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Events on the 5th of November in history

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05 Nov 1138 Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign.
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05 Nov 1228 Wu MeKuan, a collection of 48 Zen koans, compiled in China
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05 Nov 1414 Council of Constance (16th ecumenical council) opens
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05 Nov 1492 Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from Indians of Cuba
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05 Nov 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.
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05 Nov 1530 St. Felix Flood ravages Dutch coast
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05 Nov 1530 The St. Felix's Flood destroys the city of Reimerswaal in the Netherlands.
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05 Nov 1556 Akbar (14) succeeds his father Humajun on as Sultan of Delhi
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05 Nov 1556 Battle at Panipat: Mogollegers beat hindu leader Hemu
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05 Nov 1605 Gunpowder Plot; Catholics try to blow up English Parliament. Plot uncovered and leader Guy Fawkes hanged
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05 Nov 1605 Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested.
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05 Nov 1630 Spain and England sign peace treaty
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05 Nov 1639 1st post office in the colonies is set up in Massachusetts
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05 Nov 1678 Brandenburgse troops occupy Greifswald in Sweden
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05 Nov 1688 William III of England lands with a Dutch fleet at Brixham, Southwest England.
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05 Nov 1725 Spain and Austria sign secret treaty
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05 Nov 1757 Battle at Rossbach (7 year war / French & Indian War)
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05 Nov 1757 Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.
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05 Nov 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.
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05 Nov 1780 French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.
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05 Nov 1781 John Hanson elected 1st "Pres of US in Congress assembled"
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05 Nov 1789 Fleeing slaves under Bonni attack military post on Suriname
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05 Nov 1789 French National Meeting declares all citizens equal under law
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05 Nov 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.
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05 Nov 1831 Nat Turner, American slave leader, is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in Virginia.
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05 Nov 1838 Honduras declares independence of Central American Federation
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05 Nov 1838 The Federal Republic of Central America begins to disintegrate when Nicaragua separates from the Federation.
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05 Nov 1854 Crimean War: British and French defeat Russian force of 50,000
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05 Nov 1854 Crimean War: The Battle of Inkerman.
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05 Nov 1862 Ambrose Burnside replaces McClellen as head of Army of Potomac
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05 Nov 1862 American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Union Army for the second and final time.
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05 Nov 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.
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05 Nov 1871 Susan B Anthony arrested trying to vote in Rochester, New York
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05 Nov 1872 Susan B Anthony fined $100 for trying to vote for Ulysses S Grant
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05 Nov 1872 Ulysses S Grant re-elected US President
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05 Nov 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.
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05 Nov 1881 French government-Ferry resigns
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05 Nov 1887 Ottawa College (ORFU) defeats Montreal Football Club (QRFU) 10-5 to win the Dominion championship
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05 Nov 1894 Frederick Lugards expedition reaches Nikki
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05 Nov 1895 1st US patent granted for auto (George B Selden)
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05 Nov 1895 George Selden patents 1st gasoline-driven car
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05 Nov 1895 King Edward VII says "We are all Socialists nowadays"
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05 Nov 1895 US state Utah accepts female suffrage
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05 Nov 1895 George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
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05 Nov 1898 Gerhart Hauptmanns "Fuhrmann Henschel, " premieres in Berlin
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05 Nov 1911 Calbraith Rodgers arrives in Pasadena completing 1st transcontinental airplane flight (49 days) (left Sheepshead Bay, NY, September 17)
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05 Nov 1911 Italy attacks Turkish North-Africa (Libya), takes Tipoli and Cyrenaica
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05 Nov 1911 After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
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05 Nov 1912 Arizona, Kansas andWisconsin vote for female suffrage
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05 Nov 1912 Bulgarian troops in Constantinople blockade drinking water
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05 Nov 1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) defeats Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) and President Taft (R)
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05 Nov 1912 Woodrow Wilson is elected to the presidency of the United States.
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05 Nov 1913 Ludwig III crowned King of Bavaria
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05 Nov 1913 King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.
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05 Nov 1914 Britain annexes Cyprus
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05 Nov 1914 Great Britain and France and Russia declares war on Turkey
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05 Nov 1914 World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
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05 Nov 1916 Emperor Wilhelm II and French Jozef I establishes kingdom of Poland
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05 Nov 1916 Second Chamber accept initial impetus to general males / female suffrage
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05 Nov 1916 The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of November 5th of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
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05 Nov 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.
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05 Nov 1917 Gen Pershing and US troops see action on Western Front for 1st time
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05 Nov 1917 Supreme Court decision (Buchanan vs. Warley) strikes down Lousiville Ky ordiance requiring blacks and whites to live in separate areas
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05 Nov 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).
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05 Nov 1917 St. Tikhon of Moscow is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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05 Nov 1922 Demonstration for a Dutch University in Ghent
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05 Nov 1925 Mussolini disbands Italian socialist parties
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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.
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05 Nov 1927 10th PGA Championship: Water Hagen at Cedar Crest Country Club - Dallas
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05 Nov 1927 Walter Hagen beats Joe Turnesa for 4th consecutive PGA title
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05 Nov 1930 Nobel for literature awarded to Sinclair Lewis for "Babbitt"
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05 Nov 1932 Mussolini frees 16,000 criminals
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05 Nov 1933 Chicago Bears 30 game unbeaten streak ends to Patriots (10-0)
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05 Nov 1933 Spanish Basques vote for autonomy
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05 Nov 1935 Maryland Court of Appeals orders University of Maryland to admit (black) Donald Murray
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05 Nov 1935 Parker Brothers launches game of Monopoly
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05 Nov 1937 Hitler informs his military leader of his intentions of going to war
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05 Nov 1937 Adolf Hitler holds a secret meeting and states his plans for acquiring "living space" for the German people.
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05 Nov 1938 Ottawa Roughriders score on 5-man, 4-lateral, 65-yard punt return
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05 Nov 1938 Rugers beats Princeton 1st time in 60 yrs as Rutgers Stad dedicated
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05 Nov 1940 Dutch submarine departs Dundee
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05 Nov 1940 President FDR (D) wins unprecedented 3rd term beating Wendell Willkie (R)
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05 Nov 1940 Walter Johnson, won 416 games for Washingston Senators, loses Maryland congressional race (R)
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05 Nov 1940 World War II: The British Armed Merchant Cruiser, HMS Jervis Bay, is sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.
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05 Nov 1941 Japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki / Maejima leave Pearl Harbor
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05 Nov 1942 Nazi raid on Greek Jews in Paris
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05 Nov 1943 World War II: Bombing of the Vatican.
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05 Nov 1944 Allied troops reach Zoutelande Walcheren
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05 Nov 1944 Canadian and British troops liberate Dinteloord
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05 Nov 1944 German troops blow-up Heusden North Brabant city hall, 134 die
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05 Nov 1945 Colombia joins the United Nations.
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05 Nov 1946 John F Kennedy (D-Mass) elected to House of Representatives
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05 Nov 1950 Philippines President Quirino ends emergency crisis
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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.
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05 Nov 1953 Nobel prize for physics awarded / appended on Frederik Zernicke
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05 Nov 1953 Paul Searls saws a 32" log in 86.4 seconds
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05 Nov 1955 Montreal Canadien Jean Beliveau scores 2nd fastest hat trick (44 seconds)
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05 Nov 1955 New Vienna Opera house opens (Austria)
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05 Nov 1955 After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.
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05 Nov 1956 Britain and France land forces in Egypt
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05 Nov 1956 Dutch Communist Party office of Felix Meritis seized
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05 Nov 1956 Israel liberates Sharm-el-Sheikh, reopening Gulf of Aqaba
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05 Nov 1956 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Datis nuperrime
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05 Nov 1958 "Maria Golovin" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 5 performances
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05 Nov 1958 KGLD (now KSNG) TV channel 11 in Garden City, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast
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05 Nov 1959 AFL announced with 8 teams
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05 Nov 1963 US VP Lyndon B Johnson visits Netherlands
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05 Nov 1964 US launches Mariner 3 toward Mars; no data returned
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05 Nov 1966 Brigham Young QB Virgil Carter sets NCAA record of 599 yards gained
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05 Nov 1967 ATS-3 launched by US to take 1st pictures of full Earth disk
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05 Nov 1967 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open
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05 Nov 1967 New Orleans Saints 1st NFL victory, beat Philadelphia Eagles 31-24
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05 Nov 1967 US troops conquer Loc Ninh South Vietnam
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05 Nov 1967 Yemen President Sallal flees
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05 Nov 1967 The Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills 49 people. Survivors include Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees.
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05 Nov 1968 1st AL pitcher to win MVP, Denny McLain (wins unanimously)
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05 Nov 1968 Nixon (R) beats VP Humphrey (D) and George C Wallace for presidency
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05 Nov 1970 Vietnam War: The United States Military Assistance Command in Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).
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05 Nov 1971 Bolivia passes death penalty for political kidnapping
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05 Nov 1972 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic
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05 Nov 1973 BART starts SF-Daly City train shuttle service
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05 Nov 1974 Dmitri Sjotakovitch completes Michelangelo-liederen
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05 Nov 1974 Ella Grasso (Ct) elected 1st woman US gov not related to previous gov
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05 Nov 1974 Walter E Washington, becomes 1st elected Mayor of Washington, DC
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05 Nov 1975 British government sends troops to Belize
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05 Nov 1975 Sao Tome and Principe adopts constitution
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05 Nov 1976 New AL franchises in Seattle and Toronto fill up their rosters
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05 Nov 1977 NCAA passing record set at 571 yards (Marc Wilson, Brigham Young)
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05 Nov 1978 Iranian Prime Minister Jaafar Sharif-Emami resigns to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
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05 Nov 1978 Khomeini followers attack British embassy / El Al office in Iran
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05 Nov 1979 Iran government of Bazargan resigns
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05 Nov 1981 Former Dolphin, Mercury Morris, is sentenced to 20 years for drug trafficing, conspiracy, and possession of cocaine
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05 Nov 1982 Cleveland Cavaliers lose 24th consecutive game (NBA record)
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05 Nov 1982 George Harrison releases "Gone Troppo" album
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05 Nov 1983 New York Rangers and Quebec Nordiques both score in 1st 14 seconds of 3rd period
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05 Nov 1983 Orbiter Discovery (OV-103) moves overland to Dryden
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05 Nov 1983 Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.
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05 Nov 1985 "News" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 4 performances
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05 Nov 1986 USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China – the first US Naval visit to China since 1949.
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05 Nov 1987 "Into the Woods" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 764 performances
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05 Nov 1987 Iceberg twice size of Rhode Island sighted in Antarctic
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05 Nov 1987 South Africa ANC-leader Govan Mbeki freed
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05 Nov 1987 Supreme Court nominee Douglas H Ginsburg admitted using marijuana
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05 Nov 1987 Govan Mbeki is released from custody after serving 24 years of a life sentence for terrorism and treason.
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05 Nov 1988 1st NBA game at Bradley Center, Milw Bucks lose to LA Clippers
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05 Nov 1988 1st NBA game at Miami Arena, Miami Heat loss to LA Clippers
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05 Nov 1988 1st NBA game at Palace of Auburn Hills, Pistons beat Hornets 94-85
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05 Nov 1988 Cornell confirms grad student source of worst computer sabotage
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05 Nov 1988 Japan beats MLB all stars 2-1 in Tokyo (Game 1 of 7)
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05 Nov 1989 "Threepenny Opera" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 65 performances
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05 Nov 1989 20th NYC Marathon won by Juma Ikangaa in 2:08:01
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05 Nov 1989 Elaine Crosby wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
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05 Nov 1989 US plays El Salvador, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
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05 Nov 1990 Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.
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05 Nov 1991 Kiichi Miyazawa elected Premier of Japan
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05 Nov 1991 Richard J Kerr, ends term as acting Director of CIA
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05 Nov 1992 "Show Off" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances
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05 Nov 1992 Bobby Fisher beats Boris Spassky to with Chess title in Belgrade
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05 Nov 1993 1st NBA game in Alamodome, San Antonio Spurs beat Warriors 91-85
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05 Nov 1994 George Foreman KOs Michael Moorer in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
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05 Nov 1994 Space probe Ulyssus completes 1st passage behind the Sun
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05 Nov 1994 Tony Rominger bicycles world record time (55,291 km)
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05 Nov 1994 Yak-40 accident in north of Peru, 8 killed
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05 Nov 1995 1st NBA game at General Motors Place, Vancouver Grizzlies beat Minn Timberwolves 100-98 in OT
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05 Nov 1995 George Foreman beats Michael Moorer to win WBA / IBF boxing title
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05 Nov 1995 STS 73 (Columbia 18), lands
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05 Nov 1995 Woo-Soon Ko wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup Golf Tournament
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05 Nov 1995 André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door.
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05 Nov 1996 Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is the unanimous choice as AL Rookie of
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05 Nov 1996 Pakistani President Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly of Pakistan.
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05 Nov 1997 2 hours after Davey Johnson resigns, he is named AL Manager of Year
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05 Nov 1997 French court orders producer Jacques Charrier, ex-husband of Brigitte Bardot, to pay the former screen star $8,300 in damages
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05 Nov 2003 Green River Killer Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty to 48 counts of murder.
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05 Nov 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'a Muslims in 1982.
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05 Nov 2007 China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1 goes into orbit around the Moon.
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05 Nov 2007 Android mobile operating system is unveiled by Google.
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05 Nov 2009 U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan murders 13 and wounds 32 at Fort Hood, Texas in the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. military installation.
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05 Nov 2013 India launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first interplanetary probe.
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