On this day: November 5
Events
Battle of IssusNovember 5, 333 BC · Wars & Conflicts
Battle of PanipatNovember 5, 1556 · Wars & Conflicts
Battle of RossbachNovember 5, 1757 · Wars & Conflicts- Battle of InkermanNovember 5, 1854 · Wars & Conflicts
1872 United States presidential electionNovember 5, 1872 · Politics
1912 United States presidential electionNovember 5, 1912 · Politics
Release of The Big ParadeNovember 5, 1925 · Film
1940 United States presidential electionNovember 5, 1940 · Politics
Bombing of SingaporeNovember 5, 1944 – May 24, 1945 · Wars & Conflicts- Release of A Big FamilyNovember 5, 1954 · Film
1968 United States presidential electionNovember 5, 1968 · Politics- Release of Madman Across the WaterNovember 5, 1971 · Music
1996 United States presidential electionNovember 5, 1996 · Politics- Release of The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day TheoryNovember 5, 1996 · Music
Founding of PetroChina Company LimitedNovember 5, 1999 · Companies- Release of Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsNovember 5, 2002 · Gaming
Release of JustifiedNovember 5, 2002 · Music
Release of 127 HoursNovember 5, 2010 · Film
Release of Call of Duty: GhostsNovember 5, 2013 · Gaming- Release of The Marshall Mathers LP 2November 5, 2013 · Music
Release of Planet ZooNovember 5, 2019 · Gaming
Release of VoyageNovember 5, 2021 · Music
Release of Call of Duty: VanguardNovember 5, 2021 · Gaming- Release of FinchNovember 5, 2021 · Film
- 2024 United States presidential electionNovember 5, 2024 · Politics
Born on this day
Hans SachsNovember 5, 1494 – January 19, 1576 · Music
Philippe de MornayNovember 5, 1549 – November 11, 1623 · Culture
Hans Leo HasslerNovember 5, 1564 – June 8, 1612 · Music
Anna Maria van SchurmanNovember 5, 1607 – May 4, 1678 · Art
Pietro LonghiNovember 5, 1701 – May 8, 1785 · Art
Franz Xaver von WulfenNovember 5, 1728 – March 16, 1805 · Science
Giovanni Battista BelzoniNovember 5, 1778 – December 3, 1823 · Exploration
Washington AllstonNovember 5, 1779 – July 9, 1843 · Art
John RichardsonNovember 5, 1787 – June 5, 1865 · Exploration
Edward S. HoldenNovember 5, 1846 – March 16, 1914 · Science
James Whitbread Lee GlaisherNovember 5, 1848 – December 7, 1928 · Science
Charles DupuyNovember 5, 1851 – July 23, 1923 · Politics
Paul SabatierNovember 5, 1854 – August 14, 1941 · Science
Raymond Duchamp-VillonNovember 5, 1876 – October 7, 1918 · Art
Richard OswaldNovember 5, 1880 – September 11, 1963 · Film
Will DurantNovember 5, 1885 – November 7, 1981 · Culture
Paul WittgensteinNovember 5, 1887 – March 3, 1961 · Music
J.B.S. HaldaneNovember 5, 1892 – December 1, 1964 · Culture
Harold InnisNovember 5, 1894 – November 8, 1952 · Culture
Mikhail BakhtinNovember 5, 1895 – March 7, 1975 · Culture
Walter GiesekingNovember 5, 1895 – October 26, 1956 · Music
Fred Lawrence WhippleNovember 5, 1906 – August 30, 2004 · Science
Milena Pavlović-BariliNovember 5, 1909 – March 6, 1945 · Art
Roy RogersNovember 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998 · Music
Vivien LeighNovember 5, 1913 – July 8, 1967 · Film
Douglass NorthNovember 5, 1920 – November 23, 2015 · Politics
György CziffraNovember 5, 1921 – January 15, 1994 · Music
John BergerNovember 5, 1926 – January 2, 2017 · Art
Hirotugu AkaikeNovember 5, 1927 – August 4, 2009 · Science
Ike TurnerNovember 5, 1931 – December 12, 2007 · Music
Charles TaylorNovember 5, 1931 – present · Culture
Kira MuratovaNovember 5, 1934 – June 6, 2018 · Film
Joe DassinNovember 5, 1938 – August 20, 1980 · Music
Elke SommerNovember 5, 1940 – present · Art
Dmitri PrigovNovember 5, 1940 – July 16, 2007 · Art
Sam ShepardNovember 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017 · Film
Gram ParsonsNovember 5, 1946 – September 19, 1973 · Music
William Daniel PhillipsNovember 5, 1948 – present · Science
Bernard-Henri LévyNovember 5, 1948 – present · Culture
Peter HammillNovember 5, 1948 – present · Music
Vandana ShivaNovember 5, 1952 – present · Culture
Oleh BlokhinNovember 5, 1952 – present · Sports
Bryan AdamsNovember 5, 1959 – present · Music
Alan G. PoindexterNovember 5, 1961 – July 1, 2012 · Space
Charles O. HobaughNovember 5, 1961 – present · Space
Alvin DrewNovember 5, 1962 – present · Space
Jean-Pierre PapinNovember 5, 1963 – present · Sports
Famke JanssenNovember 5, 1964 – present · Film
Judy ReyesNovember 5, 1967 – present · Film
KayahNovember 5, 1967 – present · Music
Jonny GreenwoodNovember 5, 1971 – present · Music
Ryan AdamsNovember 5, 1974 – present · Music
Michalis ChatzigiannisNovember 5, 1978 – present · Music
Ibrahim MaaloufNovember 5, 1980 – present · Music
Kevin JonasNovember 5, 1987 – present · Music
FlumeNovember 5, 1991 – present · Music