On this day3 stories, from 1912 to 2024
November 5th.
3 stories on this exact date, across the years, plus 57 more from the surrounding weeks.
The surrounding week
34 stories within seven days of 5 November
November 1, 1922Wikipedia · "Dissolution of the Ottoman Empire"Fall of the Ottoman Empire Officiallysomewhere in Turkey
November 1, 1755Wikipedia · "1755 Lisbon earthquake"Lisbon Earthquake Destroys CityPortugal
November 2, 1948Wikipedia · "1948 United States presidential election"1948 U.S. Presidential Electionsomewhere in the United States
November 2, 1920Wikipedia · "1920 United States presidential election"1920 US Presidential Electionsomewhere in the United States
November 2, 1880Wikipedia · "1880 United States presidential election"1880 U.S. Presidential Electionsomewhere in the United States
November 3, 1992Wikipedia · "1992 United States presidential election"1992 United States Presidential Electionsomewhere in the United States
November 3, 1964Wikipedia · "1964 United States presidential election"U.S. Presidential Election of 1964somewhere in the United States
November 3, 1936Wikipedia · "1936 United States presidential election"1936 U.S. Presidential Electionsomewhere in the United States
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November 3, 1896Wikipedia · "1896 United States presidential election"1896 United States Presidential Electionsomewhere in the United States
November 4, 2008Wikipedia · "2008 United States presidential election"Election of Barack Obamasomewhere in the United States
November 4, 1980Wikipedia · "1980 United States presidential election"1980 U.S. Presidential Electionsomewhere in the United States
November 4, 1952Wikipedia · "1952 United States presidential election"1952 U.S. Presidential Electionsomewhere in the United States
November 4, 1924Wikipedia · "1924 United States presidential election"1924 U.S. Presidential Electionsomewhere in the United States
November 6, 1956Wikipedia · "1956 United States presidential election"1956 United States Presidential Electionsomewhere in the United States
November 6, 1900Wikipedia · "1900 United States presidential election"1900 US Presidential Electionsomewhere in the United States
November 6, 1860Wikipedia · "1860 United States presidential election"US Presidential Electionsomewhere in the United States
November 6, 1860Wikipedia · "United States"United States Presidential Electionsomewhere in the United States
November 7, 2000Wikipedia · "2000 United States presidential election"2000 U.S. Presidential Electionsomewhere in the United States
November 7, 1917Wikipedia · "Russian Civil War"Russian Civil War Beginssomewhere in Russia
November 7, 1916Wikipedia · "1916 United States presidential election"1916 U.S. Presidential Electionsomewhere in the United States
November 7, 1876Wikipedia · "1876 United States presidential election"U.S. Presidential Election (1876)somewhere in the United States
November 7, 1848Wikipedia · "1848 United States presidential election"1848 U.S. Presidential Electionsomewhere in the United States
November 7, 1659Wikipedia · "Treaty of the Pyrenees"Treaty of the Pyreneessomewhere in Spain
November 8, 2016Wikipedia · "2016 United States presidential election"2016 US Presidential Electionsomewhere in the United States
November 8, 1960Wikipedia · "1960 United States presidential election"1960 U.S. Presidential Electionsomewhere in the United States
November 8, 1932Wikipedia · "1932 United States presidential election"1932 United States Presidential Electionsomewhere in the United States
November 9, 1989U.S. Department of Defense / SSGT F. Lee Corkran (Public domain)The Fall of the Berlin WallBrandenburg Gate, Berlin
November 11, 1918Wikipedia · "Hundred Days Offensive"Hundred Days Offensivesomewhere in France
October 29, 1956Royal Navy official photographer · via WikipediaSuez Crisis Endssomewhere in Egypt
October 29, 1929Wikipedia · "Great Depression"Great Depression Beginssomewhere in the United States
October 29, 1924Wikipedia · "1924 United Kingdom general election"British General Election 1924somewhere in the United Kingdom
October 30, 1995Wikipedia · "1995 Quebec referendum"Québec Sovereignty Referendumsomewhere in CanadaOctober 31, 1984Wikipedia · "Assassination of Indira Gandhi"Indira Gandhi's AssassinationIndia
- October 31, 1517Reformation Beginssomewhere in the Holy Roman Empire
Elsewhere in November
21 stories
November 15, 1884Wikipedia · "Berlin Conference"Berlin Colonial Conferencesomewhere in Germany
November 16, 1942Wikipedia · "Kokoda Track campaign"Kokoda Track CampaignAustralia
November 16, 1794Wikipedia · "Kościuszko Uprising"Kościuszko Uprisingsomewhere in Poland
November 17, 1989Wikipedia · "Velvet Revolution"Velvet Revolution Topples Communismsomewhere in Czechoslovakia
November 18, 1978Wikipedia · "1978"1978 Jonestown Murder-Suicidesomewhere in Guyana
November 19, 1863Wikipedia · "Gettysburg Address"Lincoln's Gettysburg Addresssomewhere in the United States
November 20, 2022Wikipedia · "2022 FIFA World Cup"2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatarsomewhere in Qatar
November 20, 1975Wikipedia · "Spanish transition to democracy"Spanish Transition to Democracysomewhere in Spain
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November 20, 1945Wikipedia · "Nuremberg trials"Nuremberg Trials BeginGermany
November 20, 1921Wikipedia · "1921 Belgian general election"1920 Belgian General Electionsomewhere in Belgium
November 21, 2013Wikipedia · "Euromaidan"Euromaidan Protests Ukrainesomewhere in Ukraine
November 22, 2004Wikipedia · "Orange Revolution"Orange Revolution in Ukrainesomewhere in Ukraine
November 22, 1963Wikipedia · "Assassination of John F. Kennedy"Assassination of John F. KennedyUnited States
November 22, 1956Paasikivi · via Wikipedia1956 Summer Olympics Melbournesomewhere in Australia
November 24, 1885Wikipedia · "1885 United Kingdom general election"British General Electionsomewhere in the United Kingdom
November 26, 2008"The Taj Mahal Hotel" by Debjyotiarr is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/.Mumbai Terrorist Attacks & 26/11India
November 27, 1919Wikipedia · "Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine"Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seinesomewhere in Bulgaria
November 28, 1943Wikipedia · "Tehran Conference"Teheran Conferencesomewhere in Iran
November 28, 1885Wikipedia · "Serbo-Bulgarian War"Serbian-Bulgarian Warsomewhere in Serbia
November 29, 2010Wikipedia · "Cancún"Cancun Climate Summit COP16somewhere in Mexico
November 30, 1999Wikipedia · "1999 Seattle WTO protests"Seattle WTO Protestssomewhere in the United States
Also in November
2 stories we can place in November, but not on a day