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November 5th, 2005  
Redleg
The fire is everything...
 
 
Gear


Thank you very much for your story LeEnfield.


Here are a few more historical events from 5 November:

1556
Mughal victory assures Akbar's ascension
http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/t...3&day=10272970

1605 THE GUNPOWDER PLOT:
Early in the morning, King James I of England learns that a plot to explode the Parliament building has been foiled, hours before he was scheduled to sit with the rest of the British government in a general parliamentary session
http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/t...0&cat=10272946

1911
Italy attacks Turkey, takes Tipoli & Cyrenaica

1914
France and Britain declared war on Turkey, widening the conflict of World War I.

1917
Gen Pershing & US troops see action on Western Front for 1st time
 
 
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