November 5th, 1871

Born on November 5th, 1871

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

86

Paul Sabatier

French chemist

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

56

Kayah

Polish singer

*November 5th, 1967, Warsaw

53

Vivien Leigh

British actress (1913–1967)

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

64

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

53

Turid Birkeland

Norwegian politician and arts executive (1962–2015)

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

68

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

American author and poet

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

63

Tilda Swinton

Scottish-British actress

*November 5th, 1960, London

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

145

Max Ammermann

German rower

*November 5th, 1878, Hamburg

99

Kurt Gossweiler

German historian of modern age (1917-2017)

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

75

Peter Hammill

English singer-songwriter

*November 5th, 1948, Ealing

55

Seth Gilliam

American actor

*November 5th, 1968, New York City

101

María Isabel Rodríguez

Salvadoran doctor

*November 5th, 1922, San Salvador

44

David Suazo

Honduran footballer

*November 5th, 1979, San Pedro Sula

55

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Spanish-Italian actress

*November 5th, 1968, Rome

24

Loena Hendrickx

Belgian figure skater

*November 5th, 1999, Turnhout

59

Famke Janssen

Dutch actress

*November 5th, 1964, Amstelveen

57

Ricardo Miró

Panamanian writer

*November 5th, 1882, Panama City †March 2nd, 1940, Panama City

Same year
Born in 1871

51

Marcel Proust

French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)

*July 10th, 1871, 16th arrondissement of Paris †November 18th, 1922, 16th arrondissement of Paris

47

Rosa Luxemburg

German-Polish Marxist theorist, socialist philosopher, and revolutionary, editor (1871–1919)

*March 5th, 1871, Zamość †January 15th, 1919, Berlin

66

Ernest Rutherford

British physicist of New Zealand origin, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1908) (1871–1937)

*August 30th, 1871, Nelson †October 19th, 1937, Cambridge

64

Victor Grignard

French chemist (1871-1935)

*May 6th, 1871, Cherbourg †December 13th, 1935, 7th arrondissement of Lyon

128

Irene Alföldi

Hungarian singer and opera singer

*July 24th, 1871, Eger †January 1st, 2000

74

Theodore Dreiser

American novelist and journalist (1871–1945)

*August 27th, 1871, Terre Haute †December 28th, 1945, Hollywood

85

Émile Borel

French mathematician and politician

*January 7th, 1871, Saint-Affrique †February 3rd, 1956, Paris

76

Wilhelm von Opel

Member of the German Opel family

*May 15th, 1871, Rüsselsheim am Main †May 2nd, 1948, Wiesbaden

64

Grazia Deledda

Italian novelist (1871-1936)

*September 27th, 1871, Nuoro †August 15th, 1936, Rome

67

James Weldon Johnson

American writer and activist

*June 17th, 1871, Jacksonville †June 26th, 1938, Wiscasset

85

Maurice Garin

French cyclist

*March 3rd, 1871, Arvier †February 18th, 1957, Lens

93

Jan Fabricius

(1871-1964) Dutch playwright and writer

*September 30th, 1871, Assen †November 23rd, 1964, Wimborne Minster

69

James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon

British politician (1871-1940)

*January 8th, 1871, Belfast †November 24th, 1940, County Down

54

Friedrich Ebert

German politician, president of Germany (1871-1925)

*February 4th, 1871, Heidelberg †February 28th, 1925, Berlin

47

Karl Liebknecht

German socialist, editor, and co-founder of the Spartacus League (1871-1919)

*August 13th, 1871, Leipzig †January 15th, 1919, Berlin

72

Emma Müllenhoff

German writer

*September 22nd, 1871, Kiel †April 14th, 1944, Bavaria

57

Segundo de Chomón

Spanish-French film director, cinematographer and animator (1871-1929)

*October 17th, 1871, Teruel †May 2nd, 1929, 20th arrondissement of Paris

68

Giuseppe Motta

Member of the Swiss Federal Council (1871-1940)

*December 29th, 1871, Airolo †January 23rd, 1940, Bern

83

Cordell Hull

American politician, U.S. Secretary of State from 1933 to 1944

*October 2nd, 1871, Olympus †July 23rd, 1955, Bethesda

73

Paul Valéry

French poet, essayist, and philosopher (1871–1945)

*October 30th, 1871, Sète †July 20th, 1945, Paris

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Public holidays on November 5th

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1871 is a normal year and no leap year.

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