UN
Day
World
Tsunami Awareness Day
Events
of the day
1138 – Ly Anh Tong is
enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age
of two, starting a 37-year reign.
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.
1530 – The St. Felix's Flood destroys the
city of Reimerswaal in the Netherlands.
1605 – The arrest of Guy Fawkes, found during
a search of the Palace of Westminster, foils
Robert Catesby's plot to destroy the House
of Lords and all within it.
1688 – The Glorious Revolution begins: William
of Orange lands at Brixham.
1743 – Coordinated scientific observations
of the transit of Mercury are organized
by Joseph-Nicolas Delisle.
1757 – Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great
defeats the allied armies of France and
the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.
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.
1780 – French-American forces under Colonel
LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little
Turtle.
1811 – Salvadoran priest José Matías Delgado,
rang the bells of La Merced church in San
Salvador, calling for insurrection and launching
the 1811 Independence Movement
1831 – Nat Turner, American slave leader,
is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death
in Virginia.
1838 – The Federal Republic of Central America
begins to disintegrate when Nicaragua separates
from the Federation.
1854 – Crimean War: The Battle of Inkerman.
1862 – American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln
removes George B. McClellan as commander
of the Union Army for the second and final
time.
1862 – 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.
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.
1895 – George B. Selden is granted the first
U.S. patent for an automobile.
1911 – After declaring war on the Ottoman
Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes
Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
1913 – King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by
his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes
the title Ludwig III.
1916 – The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed
by the Act of November 5th of the emperors
of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
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.
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).
1917 – St. Tikhon of Moscow is elected the
Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox
Church.
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.
1937 – Adolf Hitler holds a secret meeting
and states his plans for acquiring "living
space" for the German people.
1943 – Bombing of the Vatican.
1945 – Colombia joins the United Nations.
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.
1967 – The Hither Green rail crash in the
United Kingdom kills 49 people. Survivors
include Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees.
1970 – Vietnam War: The United States Military
Assistance Command in Vietnam reports the
lowest weekly American soldier death toll
in five years (24).
1983 – Byford Dolphin diving bell accident
kills five and leaves one severely injured.
1986 – USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf
visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China – the first
US Naval visit to China since 1949.
1987 – Govan Mbeki is released from custody
after serving 24 years of a life sentence
for terrorism and treason.
1990 – Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the
far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after
a speech at a New York City hotel.
1995 – André Dallaire attempts to assassinate
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada.
He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's
wife locks the door.
1996 – President of Pakistan Farooq Ahmed
Khan Leghari dismisses the government of
Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves
the National Assembly of Pakistan.
2003 – Green River Killer Gary Ridgway pleaded
guilty to 48 counts of murder.
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'as in 1982.
2007 – China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e
1 goes into orbit around the Moon.
2009 – US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan kills
13 and wounds 29 at Fort Hood, Texas in
the deadliest mass shooting at a US military
installation.
Holidays
and observances
Christian
Feast Day:
Domninus
Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist
Galation
Magnus
Pope Zachary
November 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Guy Fawkes Night (United Kingdom, New Zealand
and the Canadian province of Newfoundland
& Labrador), and its related observances:
West Country Carnival (West Country)
Kanakadasa Jayanthi (Karnataka)
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