Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 5
This is a list of selected November 5 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
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Guy Fawkes
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
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| 1605 – The arrest of Guy Fawkes, found during a search of the Palace of Westminster, foiled Robert Catesby's plot to destroy the House of Lords and all within it. | Robert Catesby is TFA for 2016 |
| 1757 – Seven Years' War: Prussian forces led by Frederick the Great defeated the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman/Austrian Empire at the Battle of Rossbach. | needs more footnotes and cut and pasted from PD |
| 1768 – Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy and the British Empire signed the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, adjusting the boundary line between Iroquois lands and British colonial settlements that was previously established by the Royal Proclamation of 1763. | needs more footnotes |
| 1838 – The collapse of the Federal Republic of Central America began with Nicaragua seceding from the union. | Refimprove |
| 1854 – Crimean War: Despite being severely outnumbered, and fighting in heavy foggy conditions, the allied armies of the United Kingdom and France defeated the Russians at present-day Inkerman, Ukraine. | refimprove |
| 1913 – Otto, King of Bavaria, was deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumed the title Ludwig III. | refimprove |
| 1916 – Emperors Wilhelm II of Germany and Franz Joseph of Austria issued the Act of 5th November, proposing the creation of a Kingdom of Poland, which would actually be a puppet state allied to and controlled by them. | refimprove section |
| 1917 – St. Tikhon of Moscow was elected Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church. | refimprove |
| 1925 – Sidney Reilly, a "super-spy" who was one of the inspirations for James Bond, was executed by the Soviet secret police. | multiple issues |
| 1995 – André Dallaire was thwarted in his attempt to assassinate Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien when Chrétien's wife locked the door. | BLP sources |
| 2003 – American serial killer Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty to 48 counts of first degree murder. | Refimprove section |
Eligible
- 1862 – American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removed George B. McClellan as commander of the Union Army for the second and final time.
- 1943 – World War II: An unknown aircraft dropped four bombs on Vatican City, which maintained neutrality during the war.
- 1950 – Korean War: The 27th British Commonwealth Brigade succeeded in preventing a Chinese break-through at Pakchon in the Battle of Pakchon.
- 1967 – A train derailed near Hither Green maintenance depot in London, killing 49 people and injuring 78 others.
- 1984 – Morning Ireland, Ireland's highest-rated radio programme, was broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1 for the first time.
- 1990 – Ultra-Zionist rabbi Meir Kahane was assassinated in a New York City hotel by an Arab gunman.
- 2013 – The Indian Space Research Organisation launched the Mars Orbiter Mission, the nation's first interplanetary probe.
Notes
- Richard Sorge (1944) appears on November 7, so Sidney Reilly should not appear in the same year
- Mars Global Surveyor (1996) appears on November 5, so Mars Orbiter Mission should not appear in the same year
November 5: Guy Fawkes Night in Great Britain and some Commonwealth countries (1605)
- 1138 – Lý Anh Tông was enthroned as emperor of Đại Việt at the age of two, starting a 37-year reign.
- 1898 – Filipinos on Negros Island revolted against Spanish rule and established the short-lived Republic of Negros.
- 1916 – An armed confrontation in Everett, Washington, US, between local authorities and members of the Industrial Workers of the World resulted in seven deaths.
- 1983 – Five workers on the Byford Dolphin (pictured) semi-submersible oil rig were killed in an explosive decompression while drilling in the Frigg gas field in the North Sea.
- 2009 – Major Nidal Malik Hasan of the United States Army went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, the worst shooting ever to take place on an American military base.