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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/1605" title="1605">1605</a> – The arrest of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes" title="Guy Fawkes">Guy Fawkes</a></b>, found during a search of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster" title="Palace of Westminster">Palace of Westminster</a>, foiled the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot" title="Gunpowder Plot">Gunpowder Plot</a></b>, which planned to blow up the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1757" title="1757">1757</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Prussian</a> forces led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_the_Great" title="Frederick the Great">Frederick the Great</a> defeated the allied <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_France" title="Kingdom of France">French</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habsburg_monarchy" title="Habsburg monarchy">Habsburg</a> armies at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rossbach" title="Battle of Rossbach">Battle of Rossbach</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950" title="1950">1950</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="27th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">27th British Commonwealth Brigade</a> succeeded in preventing a Chinese breakthrough at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pakchon" title="Battle of Pakchon">Battle of Pakchon</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009" title="2009">2009</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a> major <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nidal_Hasan" title="Nidal Hasan">Nidal Hasan</a></b> went on <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Fort_Hood_shooting" title="2009 Fort Hood shooting">a shooting rampage</a></b> at <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Hood" title="Fort Hood">Fort Hood</a>, Texas, the worst shooting ever to take place on an American military base, killing 13.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a> – The <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Space_Research_Organisation" title="Indian Space Research Organisation">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> <i>(depicted)</i>, the nation's first <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_probe" title="Space probe">interplanetary probe</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Tarbell" title="Ida Tarbell">Ida Tarbell</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1857); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell" title="James Clerk Maxwell">James Clerk Maxwell</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1879); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivien_Leigh" title="Vivien Leigh">Vivien Leigh</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1913)</p>
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