November 5

November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 56 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 1138 – Ly Anh Tong is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, starting a 37-year reign.
• 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.
• 1530 – The St. Felix's Flood destroys the city of Reimerswaal in the Netherlands.
• 1605 – The arrest of Guy Fawkes, found during a search of the Palace of Westminster, foils Robert Catesby's plot to destroy the House of Lords and all within it.
• 1743 – Coordinated scientific observations of the transit of Mercury are organized by Joseph-Nicolas Delisle.
• 1757 – Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.
• 1768 – Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
• 1780 – French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.
• 1811 – Salvadoran priest José Matías Delgado, rang the bells of La Merced church in San Salvador, calling for insurrection and launching the 1811 Independence Movement
• 1831 – Nat Turner, American slave leader, is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in Virginia.
• 1838 – The Federal Republic of Central America begins to disintegrate when Nicaragua separates from the Federation.
• 1854 – Crimean War: The Battle of Inkerman.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Union Army for the second and final time.
• 1862 – American Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to hang. 38 are ultimately executed and the others reprieved.
• 1872 – Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.
• 1895 – George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
• 1911 – After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
• 1912 – Woodrow Wilson is elected to the presidency of the United States.
• 1913 – King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.
• 1916 – The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of November 5th of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
• 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 – October Revolution: In Tallinn, Estonia, Communist leader Jaan Anvelt leads revolutionaries in overthrowing the Provisional Government (As Estonia and Russia are still using the Julian Calendar, subsequent period references show an October 23 date).
• 1917 – St. Tikhon of Moscow is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
• 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.
• 1937 – Adolf Hitler holds a secret meeting and states his plans for acquiring "living space" for the German people.
• 1943 – Bombing of the Vatican.
• 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.
• 1970 – Vietnam War: The United States Military Assistance Command in Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).
• 1983 – Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.
• 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.
• 1990 – Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.
• 1995 – André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door.
• 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.
• 2006 – Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for the role in the massacre of the 148 Shi'as in 1982.
• 2007 – China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1 goes into orbit around the Moon.
• 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.

Births

• 1271 – Ghazan, Mongol ruler (d. 1304)
• 1494 – Hans Sachs, German poet and playwright (d. 1576)
• 1549 – Philippe de Mornay, French author (d. 1623)
• 1592 – Charles Chauncy, English-American clergyman and educator (d. 1672)
• 1613 – Isaac de Benserade, French poet (d. 1691)
• 1615 – Ibrahim I, Ottoman sultan (d. 1648)
• 1666 – Attilio Ariosti, Italian composer (d. 1729)
• 1667 – Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (d. 1719)
• 1701 – Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter (d. 1785)
• 1705 – Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, French composer and violinist (d. 1770)
• 1715 – John Brown, English author (d. 1766)
• 1722 – William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English politician (d. 1798)
• 1739 – Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton, Scottish politician and composer (d. 1819)
• 1742 – Richard Cosway, English painter (d. 1821)
• 1818 – Benjamin Franklin Butler, American politician, 33rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1893)
• 1835 – Moritz Szeps, Austrian journalist (d. 1902)
• 1846 – Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1869)
• 1850 – Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (d. 1919)
• 1851 – Charles Dupuy, French politician, 60th Prime Minister of France (d. 1923)
• 1854 – Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian journalist, co-founded Desjardins Group (d. 1920)
• 1854 – Paul Sabatier, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
• 1855 – Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (d. 1913)
• 1855 – Eugene V. Debs, American politician (d. 1926)
• 1857 – Ida Tarbell, American journalist (d. 1944)
• 1873 – Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player (d. 1935)
• 1878 – Max Ammermann, German rower
• 1879 – Otto Wahle, Austrian swimmer (d. 1963)
• 1881 – George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1961)
• 1884 – James Elroy Flecker, English author and playwright (d. 1915)
• 1885 – Will Durant, American historian (d. 1981)
• 1887 – Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian pianist (d. 1961)
• 1890 – Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter (d. 1977)
• 1892 – J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist (d. 1964)
• 1894 – Beardsley Ruml, American economist and author (d. 1960)
• 1895 – Walter Gieseking, French pianist (d. 1956)
• 1895 – Charles MacArthur, American author (d. 1956)
• 1900 – Martin Dies, Jr., American politician (d. 1972)
• 1900 – Natalie Schafer, American actress (d. 1991)
• 1904 – Cooney Weiland, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1985)
• 1905 – Joel McCrea, American actor (d. 1990)
• 1905 – Sajjad Zaheer, Indian author and revolutionary (d. 1973)
• 1906 – Endre Kabos, Hungarian fencer (d. 1944)
• 1906 – Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer (d. 2004)
• 1910 – John Hackett, Australian-English soldier and author (d. 1997)
• 1911 – Baby Marie Osborne, American actress (d. 2010)
• 1911 – Roy Rogers, American singer, guitarist, and actor (Sons of the Pioneers) (d. 1998)
• 1913 – Vivien Leigh, English actress (d. 1967)
• 1913 – John McGiver, American actor (d. 1975)
• 1914 – Alton Tobey, American painter and illustrator (d. 2005)
• 1917 – Jacqueline Auriol, French pilot (d. 2000)
• 1917 – Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian politician (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher (d. 1978)
• 1919 – Myron Floren, American accordion player (d. 2005)
• 1920 – Tommy Godwin, American-English cyclist (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Douglass North, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1921 – Georges Cziffra, Hungarian pianist (d. 1994)
• 1921 – Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt
• 1922 – Violet Barclay, American illustrator (d. 2010)
• 1922 – Cecil H. Underwood, American politician, 25th Governor of West Virginia (d. 2008)
• 1923 – Rudolf Augstein, German journalist (d. 2002)
• 1928 – Donald Madden, American actor (d. 1983)
• 1931 – Ike Turner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (Kings of Rhythm and Ike & Tina Turner) (d. 2007)
• 1934 – Victor Argo, American actor (d. 2004)
• 1935 – Lester Piggott, English jockey
• 1935 – Christopher Wood, English screenwriter and author
• 1936 – Michael Dertouzos, Greek-American academic (d. 2001)
• 1936 – Uwe Seeler, German footballer
• 1937 – Chan Sek Keong, Singaporean jurist, 3rd Chief Justice of Singapore
• 1937 – Harris Yulin, American actor
• 1938 – Joe Dassin, American singer-songwriter (d. 1980)
• 1938 – César Luis Menotti, Argentine footballer
• 1938 – Jim Steranko, American illustrator and writer
• 1939 – Lobsang Tenzin, Singaporean religious leader, 5th Samdhong Rinpoche
• 1940 – Ted Kulongoski, American politician, 36th Governor of Oregon
• 1940 – Elke Sommer, German actress
• 1941 – Art Garfunkel, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Simon & Garfunkel)
• 1941 – Yoshiyuki Tomino, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter
• 1942 – Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
• 1943 – Friedman Paul Erhardt, German-American chef (d. 2007)
• 1943 – Sam Shepard, American actor and playwright
• 1944 – Carole Nelson Douglas, American author
• 1945 – Peter Pace, American general
• 1945 – Aleka Papariga, Greek politician
• 1946 – Herman Brood, Dutch singer, actor, and painter (d. 2001)
• 1946 – Gram Parsons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and International Submarine Band) (d. 1973)
• 1947 – Quint Davis, American director and producer
• 1947 – Rubén Juárez, Argentine singer-songwriter and bandoneón player (d. 2010)
• 1947 – Peter Noone, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Herman's Hermits)
• 1948 – Bob Barr, American politician
• 1948 – Peter Hammill, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Van der Graaf Generator)
• 1948 – Hridayananda Dasa Goswami, American guru
• 1948 – Bernard-Henri Lévy, French philosopher and author
• 1948 – William Daniel Phillips, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1949 – Armin Shimerman, American actor
• 1949 – Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984)
• 1950 – Thorbjørn Jagland, Norwegian politician, Prime Minister of Norway
• 1950 – James Kennedy, American psychologist
• 1952 – Oleg Blokhin, Ukrainian footballer
• 1952 – Vandana Shiva, Indian physicist
• 1952 – Bill Walton, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1953 – Florentino Floro, Filipino judge
• 1953 – Joyce Maynard, American author
• 1955 – Bernard Chazelle, French computer scientist
• 1955 – Kris Jenner, American businesswoman
• 1955 – Karan Thapar, Indian journalist
• 1955 – Nestor Serrano, American actor
• 1957 – Jon-Erik Hexum, American model and actor (d. 1984)
• 1957 – Mike Score, English singer-songwriter and musician (A Flock of Seagulls)
• 1958 – Don Falcone, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Spirits Burning)
• 1958 – Mo Gaffney, American actress and comedian
• 1958 – Robert Patrick, American actor
• 1959 – Bryan Adams, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
• 1959 – Tomo Česen, Slovenian mountaineer
• 1960 – René Froger, Dutch singer
• 1960 – Tilda Swinton, English actress
• 1961 – Entesar Al-Sharah, Kuwaiti actress
• 1961 – Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (d. 2001)
• 1961 – Alan G. Poindexter, American naval officer and astronaut (d. 2012)
• 1962 – Abédi Pelé, Ghanaian footballer
• 1962 – Marcus J. Ranum, American computer scientist
• 1963 – Hans Gillhaus, Dutch footballer
• 1963 – Andrea McArdle, American actress and singer
• 1963 – Tatum O'Neal, American actress and author
• 1963 – Brian Wheat, American bass player and songwriter (Tesla)
• 1964 – Helga van Niekerk, South African radio host
• 1965 – Famke Janssen, Dutch model and actress
• 1965 – Kubrat, Prince of Panagyurishte
• 1966 – Nayim, Spanish footballer
• 1966 – James Allen, English journalist
• 1966 – Georgia Apostolou, Greek actress
• 1967 – Marcelo D2, Brazilian rapper (Planet Hemp)
• 1967 – Judy Reyes, American actress
• 1968 – Sam Rockwell, American actor
• 1968 – Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Spanish actress
• 1969 – Pat Kilbane, American actor and comedian
• 1970 – Javy López, baseball player
• 1970 – Tamzin Outhwaite, English actress
• 1971 – Chris Addison, English comedian and actor
• 1971 – Sergei Berezin, Russian ice hockey player
• 1971 – Jonny Greenwood, English musician, songwriter, and composer (Radiohead)
• 1971 – Dana Jacobson, American sportscaster
• 1971 – Rob Jones, English footballer
• 1971 – Edmond Leung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (Big Four)
• 1971 – Corin Nemec, American actor
• 1971 – Mårten Olander, Swedish golfer
• 1973 – Johnny Damon, American baseball player
• 1973 – Peter Emmerich, American illustrator
• 1973 – Danniella Westbrook, English actress
• 1973 – Alexei Yashin, Russian ice hockey player
• 1974 – Ryan Adams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Whiskeytown, The Finger, and Ryan Adams and the Cardinals)
• 1974 – Angela Gossow, German singer-songwriter (Arch Enemy)
• 1974 – Dado Pršo, Croatian footballer
• 1974 – Jerry Stackhouse, American basketball player
• 1975 – Lisa Scott-Lee, Welsh singer-songwriter (Steps)
• 1976 – Sebastian Arcelus, American actor
• 1976 – Mr. Fastfinger, Finnish guitarist
• 1976 – Jeff Klein, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (My Jerusalem, The Twilight Singers, and The Gutter Twins)
• 1976 – Samuel Page, American actor
• 1977 – Brittney Skye, American porn actress
• 1977 – Maarten Tjallingii, Dutch cyclist
• 1977 – Richard Wright, English footballer
• 1979 – Romi Dames, Japanese-American actress
• 1979 – Colin Grzanna, German rugby player
• 1979 – Michalis Hatzigiannis, Greek-Cypriot singer-songwriter and producer
• 1979 – David Suazo, Honduran footballer
• 1980 – Jaime Camara, Brazilian race car driver
• 1980 – Eva González, Spanish model, Miss Spain 2003
• 1980 – Christoph Metzelder, German footballer
• 1981 – Paul Chapman, Australian footballer
• 1981 – Ümit Ergirdi, Turkish footballer
• 1982 – Rob Swire, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Pendulum and Knife Party)
• 1983 – Alexa Chung, English model and television host
• 1983 – Mike Hanke, German footballer
• 1983 – Andrew Hayden-Smith, English actor
• 1984 – Jon Cornish, Canadian football player
• 1984 – Tobias Enström, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1984 – Nick Folk, American football player
• 1984 – Nikolay Zherdev, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Michel Butter, Dutch runner
• 1985 – Kate DeAraugo, Australian singer-songwriter (Young Divas)
• 1986 – BoA, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress
• 1986 – Kasper Schmeichel, Danish footballer
• 1987 – Kevin Jonas, American singer, guitarist, and actor (Jonas Brothers)
• 1987 – O. J. Mayo, American basketball player
• 1988 – Virat Kohli, Indian cricketer
• 1992 – Marco Verratti, Italian footballer

Deaths

• 1370 – Casimir III the Great, Polish king (b. 1310)
• 1515 – Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter (b. 1474)
• 1559 – Kano Motonobu, Japanese painter (b. 1476)
• 1660 – Alexandre de Rhodes, French missionary (b. 1591)
• 1660 – Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle (b. 1599)
• 1701 – Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-English soldier and politician (b. 1659)
• 1714 – Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (b. 1633)
• 1752 – Carl Andreas Duker, German jurist and scholar (b. 1670)
• 1758 – Hans Egede, Norwegian missionary (b. 1686)
• 1828 – Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg) (b. 1759)
• 1836 – Karel Hynek Mácha, Czech poet (b. 1810)
• 1879 – James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist (b. 1831)
• 1923 – Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1928 – Arnold Rothstein, American businessman and gambler (b. 1882)
• 1930 – Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1931 – Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
• 1933 – Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 – Walther von Dyck, German mathematician (b. 1856)
• 1941 – Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish pacifist (b. 1905)
• 1942 – George M. Cohan, American actor, singer, playwright, and composer (b. 1878)
• 1944 – Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)
• 1951 – Reggie Walker, South African runner (b. 1889)
• 1955 – Maurice Utrillo, French painter (b. 1883)
• 1956 – Art Tatum, American pianist (b. 1909)
• 1960 – Ward Bond, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1960 – Johnny Horton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
• 1960 – Mack Sennett, Canadian director and producer (b. 1880)
• 1964 – Buddy Cole, American pianist and orchestra leader (b. 1916)
• 1964 – Lansdale Sasscer, American politician (b. 1893)
• 1968 – Christina Kalogerikou, Greek actress (b. 1885)
• 1971 – Sam Jones, American baseball player (b. 1925)
• 1974 – Stafford Repp, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1975 – Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer (b. 1887)
• 1975 – Edward Lawrie Tatum, American geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1909)
• 1975 – Lionel Trilling, American author and critic (b. 1905)
• 1977 – René Goscinny, French writer and illustrator (b. 1926)
• 1977 – Guy Lombardo, Canadian-American violinist and conductor (b. 1902)
• 1979 – Al Capp, American cartoonist (b. 1909)
• 1981 – Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, Tibetan spiritual figure (b. 1924)
• 1982 – E. H. Carr, English historian and theorist (b. 1892)
• 1985 – Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist (b. 1898)
• 1985 – Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader, 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1895)
• 1986 – Claude Jutra, [Canadian actor and director (b. 1930)
• 1986 – Bobby Nunn, American singer (The Coasters and The Robins) (b. 1925)
• 1987 – Eamonn Andrews, Irish radio and television host (b. 1922)
• 1989 – Vladimir Horowitz, Russian pianist (b. 1903)
• 1991 – Robert Maxwell, Czech-English politician (b. 1923)
• 1991 – Fred MacMurray, American actor (b. 1908)
• 1992 – Arpad Elo, American physicist and chess player (b. 1903)
• 1996 – Eddie Harris, American saxophonist (b. 1934)
• 1997 – James Robert Baker, American author and screenwriter (b. 1946)
• 1997 – Isaiah Berlin, Latvian historian (b. 1909)
• 1999 – James Goldstone, American film and television director (b. 1931)
• 2000 – Jimmie Davis, American singer-songwriter and politician, 47th Governor of Louisiana (b. 1899)
• 2000 – Victor Grinich, American businessman (b. 1924)
• 2000 – Bibi Titi Mohammed, Tanzanian politician (b. 1926)
• 2001 – Roy Boulting, English director and producer (b. 1913)
• 2001 – Milton William Cooper, American broadcaster, author, and activist (b. 1943)
• 2001 – Barry Horne, English activist (b. 1952)
• 2002 – Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1936)
• 2003 – Bobby Hatfield, American singer-songwriter (Righteous Brothers) (b. 1940)
• 2004 – Donald Jones, American-Dutch actor and dancer (b. 1932)
• 2005 – John Fowles, English author (b. 1926)
• 2005 – Virginia MacWatters, American soprano (b. 1912)
• 2005 – John Rice, American actor (b. 1951)
• 2005 – Link Wray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)
• 2006 – Bülent Ecevit, Turkish politician, 16th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1925)
• 2007 – Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer and coach (b. 1922)
• 2009 – Félix Luna, Argentine historian (b. 1925)
• 2010 – Jill Clayburgh, American actress (b. 1944)
• 2010 – Henriette van Lynden-Leijten, Dutch diplomat (b. 1950)
• 2010 – Adrian Păunescu, Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1943)
• 2010 – Shirley Verrett, American soprano (b. 1931)
• 2010 – Antonio Cárdenas Guillén, Mexican drug lord, co-leader (Gulf Cartel) (b. 1962)
• 2011 – Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer-songwriter, director, and poet (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Joseph Oliver Bowers, Dominican bishop (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Olympe Bradna, French-American actress and dancer (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Charles V. Bush, American air force officer (b. 1939)
• 2012 – Elliott Carter, American composer (b. 1908)
• 2012 – Stalking Cat, American body modifier (b. 1958)
• 2012 – Leonardo Favio, Argentine actor, singer, director and screenwriter (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Bob Kaplan, Canadian politician (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Louis Pienaar, South African lawyer and diplomat (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Sikandar Sanam, Pakistani actor and singer (b. 1960)
• 2012 – Jimmy Stephen, Scottish footballer (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Glen Morgan Williams, American judge (b. 1920)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Domninus
  • Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist
  • Galation
  • Magnus
  • Pope Zachary
  • November 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Guy Fawkes Night (United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Canadian province of Newfoundland & Labrador), and its related observances:
  • West Country Carnival (English West Country)
• Kanakadasa Jayanthi (Karnataka)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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