| Date | Text | |||
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| 100 years anniversary | ||||
| 05 Nov 1925 | Mussolini disbands Italian socialist parties | |||
| 05 Nov 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. | |||
| 75 years anniversary | ||||
| 05 Nov 1950 | Debbie Massey: Grosse Pointe, Michigan -- LPGA golfer (1979 Wheeling Classic) | |||
| 05 Nov 1950 | Jacobus J E Hondius: Dutch classicist / graphic artist, dies at 53 | |||
| 05 Nov 1950 | Philippines President Quirino ends emergency crisis | |||
| 05 Nov 1950 | Thorbjørn Jagland, Norwegian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Norway | |||
| 05 Nov 1950 | James Kennedy, American psychologist and author | |||
| 05 Nov 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. | |||
| 50 years anniversary | ||||
| 05 Nov 1975 | Annette Kellerman: Swimmer (Million Dollar Mermaid), dies at 87 | |||
| 05 Nov 1975 | British government sends troops to Belize | |||
| 05 Nov 1975 | Sao Tome and Principe adopts constitution | |||
| 05 Nov 1975 | Lisa Scott-Lee, Welsh singer-songwriter and dancer (Steps) | |||
| 05 Nov 1975 | Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer and actress (b. 1887) | |||
| 05 Nov 1975 | Edward Lawrie Tatum, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1909) | |||
| 05 Nov 1975 | Lionel Trilling, American author and critic (b. 1905) | |||
| 05 Nov 1975 | birth Lisa Scott- Lee, vocals, Steps, (1998 UK No.1 single 'Heartbeat / Tragedy'). | |||
| 05 Nov 1975 |
death Edward Lawrie Tatum Died 5 Nov 1975 at age 65 (born 14 Dec 1909). American biochemist whose research helped create the field of molecular genetics. He helped demonstrate that genes determine the structure of particular enzymes or otherwise act by regulating specific chemical processes in living things. With George Beadle and Joshua Lederberg, he won the 1958 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. During WW II, his work was of use in maximizing penicillin production, and it has also made possible the introduction of new methods for assaying vitamins and amino acids in foods and tissues. In 1940, in collaboration with George Beadle, he had made his studies on the pink bread mold, Neurospora crassa. They irradiated spores of bread moulds, allowed them to germinate, and discovered three mutant strains that had lost the ability to synthesize specific vitamins, implying that in each case the necessary enzyme was missing or nonfunctional. The mutants differed from normal by only a single gene, which showed that specific genes determine the structure of particular enzymes or otherwise act by regulating specific chemical processes in living things. In 1945, he moved to Yale and he extended his techniques to yeast and bacteria. Tatum and Lederberg discovered genetic recombination in certain bacteria (1946). |
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| 25 years anniversary | ||||
| 05 Nov 2000 | Jimmie Davis, American singer-songwriter and politician, 47th Governor of Louisiana (b. 1899) | |||
| 05 Nov 2000 | Bibi Titi Mohammed, Tanzanian politician (b. 1926) | |||
| 05 Nov 2000 | U2 went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'All That You Can't Leave Behind', the Irish group's 8th UK No.1 album. Creed were at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'With Arms Wide Open'. | |||
| 20 years anniversary | ||||
| 05 Nov 2005 | John Fowles, English author and educator (b. 1926) | |||
| 05 Nov 2005 | Virginia MacWatters, American soprano and actress (b. 1912) | |||
| 05 Nov 2005 | John Rice, American actor (b. 1951) | |||
| 05 Nov 2005 | Link Wray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929) | |||
| 05 Nov 2005 | Guitarist Link Wray died aged 76. Wray was credited with inventing 'fuzz' guitar after punching a hole in a speaker giving him a distorted guitar sound. Famous for his 1958 US No.16 single 'Rumble' which was banned on several radio stations, on the grounds that it glorified juvenile delinquency. A rare feat for a song with no lyrics. | |||
| 15 years anniversary | ||||
| 05 Nov 2010 | Jill Clayburgh, American actress and singer (b. 1944) | |||
| 05 Nov 2010 | Antonio Cárdenas Guillén, Mexican drug lord (b. 1962) | |||
| 05 Nov 2010 | Adrian Păunescu, Romanian poet, journalist, and politician (b. 1943) | |||
| 05 Nov 2010 | Shirley Verrett, American soprano and actress (b. 1931) | |||
| 05 Nov 2010 | Keith Richards' autobiography Life was at No. 1 on the New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestseller list. The book by The Rolling Stones guitarist went on to be a million seller. | |||
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