How Many Days Until November 5?

This day in history: November 5

1. 1950

   Korean War: The 27th British Commonwealth Brigade succeeded in preventing a Chinese breakthrough at the Battle of Pakchon.

2. 1952

   An earthquake struck the Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering a major tsunami that affected the Kuril Islands and other parts of the Pacific Ocean.

3. 1990

   Israeli ultra-nationalist rabbi Meir Kahane was assassinated in a New York City hotel by an Arab gunman.

4. 1995

   Aline Chrétien thwarted André Dallaire's attempt to assassinate her husband, Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien, by locking the bedroom door in 24 Sussex Drive, their official residence in Ottawa.

5. 2003

   American serial killer Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty to 48 counts of first-degree murder.

6. 2009

   U.S. Army major Nidal Hasan went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, the worst shooting ever to take place on an American military base, killing 13.

7. 2013

   The Indian Space Research Organisation launched the Mars Orbiter Mission, India's first interplanetary probe.

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