November 5th, 1242

Born on November 5th, 1242

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 285,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 552 days, exactly on November 20th, 2025, people who were born on November 5th, 1242 will be 286,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on November 5th?

November 5th, 2013

The Indian Space Research Organisation launched the Mars Orbiter Mission, India's first interplanetary probe.

November 5th, 2009

U.S. Army major Nidal Hasan went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, the worst shooting ever to take place on an American military base, killing 13.

November 5th, 2003

American serial killer Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty to 48 counts of first-degree murder.

November 5th, 1995

Aline Chrétien (pictured) thwarted André Dallaire's attempt to assassinate her husband, Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien, by locking the bedroom door in 24 Sussex Drive, their official residence in Ottawa.

November 5th, 1990

Ultra-Zionist rabbi Meir Kahane was assassinated in a New York City hotel by an Arab gunman.

November 5th, 1950

Korean War: The 27th British Commonwealth Brigade succeeded in preventing a Chinese breakthrough at the Battle of Pakchon.

November 5th, 1944

World War II: Allied forces begin a military campaign on Japanese-occupied Singapore.

November 5th, 1943

World War II: An unknown aircraft dropped four bombs on Vatican City, which maintained neutrality during the war.

November 5th, 1916

An armed confrontation in Everett, Washington, between local authorities and members of the Industrial Workers of the World resulted in seven deaths.

November 5th, 1757

Seven Years' War: Prussian forces led by Frederick the Great defeated the allied French and Habsburg armies at the Battle of Rossbach.

November 5th, 1605

The arrest of Guy Fawkes, found during a search of the Palace of Westminster, foiled the Gunpowder Plot, which planned to blow up the House of Lords.

November 5th, 1556

At the Second Battle of Panipat, forces of the Mughal emperor Akbar captured Hemu, the Hindu emperor of north India.

November 5th, 1945

The three-day anti-Jewish riots in Tripolitania commence.

November 5th, 2017

Devin Patrick Kelley kills 26 and injures 22 in a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.

November 5th, 2015

Rona Ambrose takes over after Stephen Harper as the Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 5th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on November 5th?

85

Uwe Seeler

German footballer (1936–2022)

*November 5th, 1936, Hamburg †July 21st, 2022, Norderstedt

56

Kayah

Polish singer

*November 5th, 1967, Warsaw

64

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

53

Vivien Leigh

British actress (1913–1967)

*November 5th, 1913, Darjeeling †July 8th, 1967, Eaton Square

53

Turid Birkeland

Norwegian politician and arts executive (1962–2015)

*November 5th, 1962, Haugesund Municipality †December 24th, 2015, Oslo

63

Tilda Swinton

Scottish-British actress

*November 5th, 1960, London

86

Paul Sabatier

French chemist

*November 5th, 1854, Carcassonne †August 14th, 1941, Toulouse

73

Sam Shepard

American playwright and actor (1943–2017)

*November 5th, 1943, Fort Sheridan †July 27th, 2017, Midway

60

Jean-Pierre Papin

French association football player and manager

*November 5th, 1963, Boulogne-sur-Mer

55

Seth Gilliam

American actor

*November 5th, 1968, New York City

44

David Suazo

Honduran footballer

*November 5th, 1979, San Pedro Sula

75

Peter Hammill

English singer-songwriter

*November 5th, 1948, Ealing

24

Loena Hendrickx

Belgian figure skater

*November 5th, 1999, Turnhout

55

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Spanish-Italian actress

*November 5th, 1968, Rome

68

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

American author and poet

*November 5th, 1850, Janesville †October 30th, 1919, New Haven County

32

Ibrahim I

18th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1640 to 1648

*November 5th, 1615, Constantinople †August 18th, 1648, Constantinople

59

Famke Janssen

Dutch actress

*November 5th, 1964, Amstelveen

99

Kurt Gossweiler

German historian of modern age (1917-2017)

*November 5th, 1917, Stuttgart †May 17th, 2017, Berlin

37

Matthew Goss

Road bicycle racer

*November 5th, 1986, Launceston

60

Andrea McArdle

American singer and actress

*November 5th, 1963, Philadelphia

101

María Isabel Rodríguez

Salvadoran doctor

*November 5th, 1922, San Salvador

50

Albert Espinosa

Spanish screenwriter, playwright, writer, actor and director

*November 5th, 1973, Barcelona

75

William Daniel Phillips

Physics Nobel laureate

*November 5th, 1948, Wilkes-Barre

49

Julien Cazarre

French humorist and radio host

*November 5th, 1974, Paris

32

Ghazan

Ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanate from 1295 to 1304

*November 5th, 1271, Mazandaran Province †May 11th, 1304, Qazvin

48

Keala Settle

American actress and singer

*November 5th, 1975, Lāʻie

35

Rowan Witt

Actor

*November 5th, 1988, Sydney

85

Richard Davalos

American actor (1930–2016)

*November 5th, 1930, The Bronx †March 8th, 2016, Burbank

71

Vandana Shiva

Indian philosopher, activist and environmentalist (*1952)

*November 5th, 1952, Dehradun

43

Christoph Metzelder

German association football player

*November 5th, 1980, Haltern am See

82

Art Garfunkel

American singer (born 1941)

*November 5th, 1941, Forest Hills

60

Yair Lapid

Prime Minister of Israel in 2022

*November 5th, 1963, Tel Aviv

55

Sam Rockwell

American actor

*November 5th, 1968, Daly City

31

Marco Verratti

Italian association football player

*November 5th, 1992, Pescara

35

Virat Kohli

Indian cricket player

*November 5th, 1988, Delhi

63

Washington Allston

American artist (1779-1843)

*November 5th, 1779, Charleston †July 9th, 1843, Cambridge

75

Bernard-Henri Lévy

French film director and philosopher

*November 5th, 1948, Beni Saf

43

Andrei Korobeinik

Estonian software entrepreneur and politician

*November 5th, 1980, Pärnu

38

Annet Mahendru

American actress

*November 5th, 1985, Kabul

95

Douglass North

American economist and Nobel laureate (1920–2015)

*November 5th, 1920, Cambridge †November 23rd, 2015, Benzonia

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on November 5th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Guy Fawkes Night) which are celebrated on November 5th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1242 is a normal year and no leap year.

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