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