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Day Of The Week: November 5
November 5, 2025 is the 309th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 56 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Scorpio is your zodiac sign. Topaz is your modern birthstone. Pearl is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: November 5
- 1499 –Publication of the Catholicon in Tréguier (Brittany). This Breton-French-Latin dictionary was written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc. It is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary.
- 1743 –Coordinated scientific observations of the transit of Mercury are organized by Joseph-Nicolas Delisle.
- 1780 –French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.
- 1925 –Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first “super-spy” of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.
- 1945 –Colombia joins the United Nations.
- 1950 –Korean War: British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade successfully halted the advancing Chinese 117th Division during the Battle of Pakchon.
- 1967 –The Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills 49 people. Survivors include Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees.
- 1996 –President of Pakistan Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly of Pakistan.
- 2003 –Green River Killer Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty to 48 counts of murder.
- 2009 –US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan kills 13 and wounds 29 at Fort Hood, Texas in the deadliest mass shooting at a US military installation.
Who were born on November 5?
- 1592 –Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (d. 1672)
- 1855 –Eugene V. Debs, American socialist leader (d. 1926)
- 1881 –George A. Malcolm, American jurist & educator (d. 1961)
- 1895 –Walter Gieseking, French pianist (d. 1956)
- 1961 –Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (d. 2001)
- 1963 –Andrea McArdle, American actress
- 1963 –Hans Gillhaus, Dutch footballer and director of football
- 1963 –Tatum O'Neal, American actress
- 1968 –Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Spanish actress
- 1979 –Michalis Hatzigiannis, Greek/Cypriot songwriter and singer
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