November 5: Guy Fawkes Night in Great Britain and some Commonwealth countries (1605)
George B. McClellan
- 1138 – Lý Anh Tông was enthroned as emperor of Đại Việt at the age of two, starting a 37-year reign.
- 1862 – American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removed George B. McClellan (pictured) as commander of the Union Army for the second and final time.
- 1943 – World War II: An unknown aircraft dropped four bombs on Vatican City, which maintained neutrality during the war.
- 1990 – Ultra-Zionist rabbi Meir Kahane was assassinated in a New York City hotel by an Arab gunman.
- 1995 – André Dallaire was thwarted in his attempt to assassinate Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien when Chrétien's wife locked the door.
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