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Historical events & facts — November 5
What happened on November 5?
On November 5, 1605, English authorities discovered and foiled the Gunpowder Plot, a conspiracy to blow up the Parliament of London during the opening of the session with King James I present. Guy Fawkes was arrested guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder in the cellars of the building. November 5 is celebrated in the UK as Bonfire Night.
On November 8, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan — the most powerful typhoon ever recorded at landfall — struck the Philippines with winds of up to 315 km/h. The disaster killed more than 6,300 people, left four million displaced and destroyed the city of Tacloban. The catastrophe accelerated the international debate on climate change and natural disasters.
On October 27, 1604, astronomer Johannes Kepler made his last observation of Kepler's Nova, the most recent supernova visible to the naked eye in the Milky Way. The star shone in the sky for more than a year with a brightness comparable to the brightest planets, and its observation helped refute the Aristotelian theory of the immutability of the heavens.
Notable birthdays — November 5
Famous people born on November 5
Louis Rosier
Louis Claude Rosier was a French racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1956. In endurance racing, Rosier won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1950 in a privateer Talbot-Lago T26C-GS.
James Lawton Collins Jr.
James Lawton Collins Jr. was a brigadier general in the U.S. Army who served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, a military historian, and a viticulturist. He was the son of Major General James Lawton Collins, nephew of General J. Lawton Collins, who served as Chief of Staff of the Army during the Korean War, and older brother of Apollo 11 astronaut Major General Michael Collins.
Gil Hill
Gilbert Roland Hill was an American politician, police officer, and actor, who was the President of the Detroit City Council. He gained recognition for his role as Inspector Todd in the Beverly Hills Cop film series. He was the runner-up in the 2001 Detroit mayoral election, losing to Kwame Kilpatrick.
Harris Yulin
Harris Bart Goldberg, known professionally as Harris Yulin, was an American actor who appeared in over a hundred film and television series roles including Night Moves (1975), St.
Aleka Papariga
Alexandra "Aleka" Papariga is a Greek retired politician who served the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) as its General Secretary from 1991 to 2013. She is the first woman to be General Secretary of KKE, and thus the first woman to head a major political party in Greece.
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