What happened on November 5 in other years, from the events Wikipedia's editors chose for its "On this day":
- 1138: Lý Anh Tông was enthroned as the emperor of Đại Việt at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign. → Lý Anh Tông
- 1757: Seven Years' War: Prussian forces led by Frederick the Great defeated the allied French and Habsburg armies at the Battle of Rossbach. → Battle of Rossbach
- 1943: World War II: An unknown aircraft dropped four bombs on Vatican City, which maintained neutrality during the war. → Bombing of Rome in World War II
- 1950: Korean War: The 27th British Commonwealth Brigade succeeded in preventing a Chinese breakthrough at the Battle of Pakchon. → Battle of Pakchon
- 1995: Aline Chrétien thwarted André Dallaire's attempt to assassinate her husband, Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien, by locking the bedroom door in 24 Sussex Drive, their official residence in Ottawa. → André Dallaire
- 2013: The Indian Space Research Organisation launched the Mars Orbiter Mission, India's first interplanetary probe. → Mars Orbiter Mission
Born on November 5
- 1615: Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (died 1648)
- 1913: Vivien Leigh, Indian-British actress (died 1967)
- 1952: Vandana Shiva, Indian philosopher and author
- 1959: Bryan Adams, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer and actor
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