November 5 in History

Historical Events on November 5

1757 Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.

1828 Greek War of Independence: The French Morea expedition to recapture Morea (now the Peloponnese) ends when the last Ottoman forces depart the peninsula.

1862 American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.

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.

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.

1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.

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.

2007 Android mobile operating system is unveiled by Google.

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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Famous Birthdays on November 5

1931 Ike Turner

1959 Bryan Adams

1988 Virat Kohli

1992 Odell Beckham Jr.

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Famous Deaths on November 5

1879 James Clerk Maxwell

1956 Art Tatum

1985 Spencer W. Kimball

2010 Jill Clayburgh

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