On This Day November 5th

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November 5th is the three hundredth ninth day of the year, and there are 56 days remaining until the end of the year.

 

Events

1138 – Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign.

1605 – Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament, where he had planted gunpowder in an attempt to blow up the building and kill King James I of England.

1688 – Prince William III of Orange lands with a Dutch fleet at Brixham to challenge the rule of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland).

1768—The Treaty of Fort Stanwix is signed. Its purpose is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.

1811 – Salvadoran priest José Matías Delgado rings the bells of La Merced church in San Salvador, calling for insurrection and launching the 1811 Independence Movement.

1862 – American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.

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.

1913 – King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.

1917 – Lenin calls for the October Revolution.

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.

2007 – Google unveiled the Android mobile operating system.

2021 – The Astroworld Festival crowd crush results in 10 deaths and 25 people being hospitalized

Birthdays

1494 – Hans Sachs, German poet and playwright (d. 1576)

1592 – Charles Chauncy, English-American pastor, theologian, and academic (d. 1672)

1666 – Attilio Ariosti, Italian viola player and composer (d. 1729)

1701 – Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter and educator (d. 1785)

1789 – William Bland, Australian surgeon and politician (d. 1868)

1846 – Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1869)

1879 – Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach (d. 1963)

1894 – Beardsley Ruml, American economist and statistician (d. 1960)

1900 – Ethelwynn Trewavas, British ichthyologist, over a dozen fish species named in her honor (d. 1993)

1906 – Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer and academic (d. 2004)

1911 – Roy Rogers, American singer, guitarist, and actor (d. 1998)

1923 – Rudolf Augstein, German soldier and journalist, co-founder of Der Spiegel (d. 2002)

1941 – Art Garfunkel, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1961 – Alan G. Poindexter, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2012)

1973 – Johnny Damon, American baseball player

1992 – Odell Beckham Jr., American football player

 

Holiday Highlight

  Guy Fawke's Night

The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 was a failed attempt by Robert Catesby and a group of Catholic conspirators to assassinate King James I and restore Catholic rule in England. Discontented with James’ continued persecution of Catholics, Catesby devised a plan to blow up Parliament by placing 36 barrels of gunpowder beneath the House of Lords. Guy Fawkes, skilled in explosives, was assigned to guard the stash.

The plot unraveled when Lord Monteagle, a Catholic loyal to the Crown, received an anonymous warning and alerted authorities. Fawkes was captured, tortured, and revealed his accomplices, leading to their arrest and execution. The public celebrated the king’s survival with bonfires, and Parliament established November 5 as Gunpowder Treason Day, later evolving into Guy Fawkes Night. Over time, Fawkes' image shifted from traitor to a symbol of resistance, popularized by the *V for Vendetta* graphic novel.

 

Holidays And Observance

American Football Day

Bank Transfer Day

Commercial TV Broadcast Day

Firewood Day

Guy Fawkes Day

National Donut Day

National Gunpowder Day

National Love Your Red Hair Day

Play Monopoly Day

Skeptics Day International  

World Tsunami Awareness Day 

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