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On This Day · The 309th day of the year

November 5

From 1138 to 2007, November 5 gathers 869 years of history. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

♏ZodiacScorpio ◈BirthstoneTopaz ❀Birth flowerChrysanthemum

Scorpio is the sign for November 5 — read more on the Scorpio page, or see November's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on November 5?

November 5 is the 309th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1138 and 2007. Famous people born on November 5 include Art Garfunkel, Eliud Kipchoge and Jean-Pierre Papin.

Released on November 5

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game Biped 2
  • Game Sonic Rumble Party
  • Movie Predator: Badlands

2024

  • Game Metal Slug Tactics

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1138

    Lý Anh Tông

  2. 1556

    Second Battle of Panipat

  3. 1757

    Seven Years' War

  4. 1881

    New Zealand

  5. 1914

    World War I

  6. 1916

    Everett massacre

  7. 1940

    World War II

  8. 1950

    Korean War

  9. 1996

    Bill Clinton

  10. 2007

    Android (operating system)

Famous birthday twins

Born on November 5

Art Garfunkel

b. 1941

Eliud Kipchoge

b. 1984

Jean-Pierre Papin

b. 1963

Hans Sachs

b. 1494

Johnny Damon

b. 1973

Uwe Seeler

b. 1936

Walter Gieseking

b. 1895

Rudolf Augstein

b. 1923

Deaths

  • 2012Leonardo Favio
  • 1986Adolf Brudes
  • 1977Alexei Stakhanov
  • 1879James Clerk Maxwell
  • 1876Theodor von Heuglin
  • 1370Casimir III the Great

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: All Jesuit Saints and Blesseds
  • —Christian feast day: Saint Domninus of Grenoble
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Bernhard Lichtenberg
  • —Christian feast day: Berthild of Chelles
  • —Christian feast day: Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist
  • —Christian feast day: Galation
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Gomidas Keumurdjian
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Guido Maria Conforti

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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