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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_5" title="November 5">November 5</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night" title="Guy Fawkes Night">Guy Fawkes Night</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a> and some <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth</a> countries (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1605" title="1605">1605</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1138" title="1138">1138</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BD_Anh_T%C3%B4ng" title="Lý Anh Tông">Lý Anh Tông</a></b> was enthroned as the emperor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90%E1%BA%A1i_Vi%E1%BB%87t" title="Đại Việt">Đại Việt</a> at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943" title="1943">1943</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: An unknown aircraft <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_the_Vatican" title="Bombing of the Vatican">dropped four bombs</a></b> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a>, which maintained neutrality during the war.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995" title="1995">1995</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aline_Chr%C3%A9tien" title="Aline Chrétien">Aline Chrétien</a></b> thwarted <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Dallaire" title="André Dallaire">André Dallaire</a></b><span class="nowrap">'s</span> attempt to assassinate her husband, Canadian prime minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Chr%C3%A9tien" title="Jean Chrétien">Jean Chrétien</a>, by locking the bedroom door in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_Sussex_Drive" title="24 Sussex Drive">24 Sussex Drive</a></b>, their official residence in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa" title="Ottawa">Ottawa</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a> – American serial killer <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Ridgway" title="Gary Ridgway">Gary Ridgway</a></b> pleaded guilty to 48 counts of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_in_United_States_law" title="Murder in United States law">first-degree murder</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISRO" title="ISRO">Indian Space Research Organisation</a> launched the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Orbiter_Mission" title="Mars Orbiter Mission">Mars Orbiter Mission</a></b>, India's first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncrewed_spacecraft#Space_probes_and_observatories" title="Uncrewed spacecraft">interplanetary probe</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Bertrand_Castel" title="Louis Bertrand Castel">Louis Bertrand Castel</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1688); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Flack" title="Edwin Flack">Edwin Flack</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1873); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Robert_Baker" title="James Robert Baker">James Robert Baker</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1997); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habibollah_Asgaroladi" title="Habibollah Asgaroladi">Habibollah Asgaroladi</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2013)</p>