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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
- 1530 –The St. Felix’s Flood destroys the city of Reimerswaal in the Netherlands.
- 1831 –Nat Turner, American slave leader, is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in Virginia.
- 1916 –The Everett Massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.
- 1917 –St. Tikhon of Moscow is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- 1943 –Bombing of the Vatican.
- 1986 –USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China – the first US Naval visit to China since 1949.
- 1987 –Govan Mbeki is released from custody after serving 24 years of a life sentence for terrorism and treason.
- 1995 –André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister’s wife locks the door.
- 2003 –Green River Killer Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty to 48 counts of murder.
- 2007 –China’s first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1 goes into orbit around the Moon.
Who were born on November 5?
- 1850 –Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (d. 1919)
- 1873 –Edwin Flack, Australian athlete (d. 1935)
- 1904 –Cooney Weiland, Canadian hockey player (d. 1985)
- 1922 –Violet Barclay, American illustrator (d. 2010)
- 1935 –Lester Piggott, British jockey
- 1938 –César Luis Menotti, Argentine footballer
- 1956 –Denise Jannah, Dutch Suriname-born jazz vocalist
- 1960 –René Froger, Dutch singer
- 1971 –Edmond Leung, Hong Kong singer
- 1987 –Kevin Jonas, American guitarist (Jonas Brothers)
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