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Sunday, November 5. What the world marks, and the firsts that happened on this day.
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What the world marks
Guy Fawkes Night (United Kingdom, New Zealand and Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada), and its related observances: West Country Carnival (English West Country)Annual celebration in the English West Country
Negros, PhilippinesCinco de noviembre1898 declaration of the Negros Republic during the Philippine Revolution
Karnataka, IndiaKanakadasa JayanthiKannada saint (1509–1606)
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Firsts, not anniversaries
2024Donald Trump becomes the first president of the United States to be elected to a non-consecutive second term in 132 years, since Grover Cleveland won the 1892 election.4 years ago
2013India launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first interplanetary probe.15 years ago
2007China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, goes into orbit around the Moon.21 years ago
1986USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf visit Qingdao, China; the first US naval visit to China since 1949.42 years ago
1940Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.88 years ago
1925Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.103 years ago
1895George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.133 years ago
1872Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.156 years ago
1499The Catholicon, written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc in Tréguier, is published; this is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary.529 years ago
The week ahead, around the world
The same subject is marked on different dates almost everywhere.
Monday, Nov 6Gustavus Adolphus Day · in Sweden, Finland and Estonia — Holiday in Sweden
Monday, Nov 6Finnish Swedish Heritage Day · in Finland — Flag flying day in Finland
Monday, Nov 6International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict — United Nations commemorative day
Monday, Nov 6Obama Day · in Kenya — Days honoring Barack Obama
Tuesday, Nov 7Students' Day, the anniversary of B. R. Ambedkar's school entry day. · Maharashtra, India — Indian state observance (7 November)
Tuesday, Nov 7Commemoration Day, the anniversary of Ben Ali's succession. · Tunisia — Country in North Africa
Tuesday, Nov 7Hungarian Opera Day · Hungary
Tuesday, Nov 7International Inuit Day — Annual holiday
Tuesday, Nov 7National Day, after Treaty of the Pyrenees. · Northern Catalonia, France — Designated date on which celebrations mark the nationhood of a nation
Tuesday, Nov 7National Revolution and Solidarity Day · Bangladesh — National day in Bangladesh
Tuesday, Nov 7October Revolution Day (the Soviet Union (former, official), modern Belarus, Kyrgyzstan) — Public holiday in the Soviet Union
Tuesday, Nov 7Tokhu Emong · Lotha Naga people of India — Harvest festival celebrated by the Lotha Nagas in India
Wednesday, Nov 8Intersex Day of Remembrance · New South Wales, Australia — Annual observance
Wednesday, Nov 8International Day of Radiology · European Society of Radiology — International observance, 8 November
Wednesday, Nov 8National Aboriginal Veterans Day · Canada — Canadian observance, 8 November
Wednesday, Nov 8Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the other Bodiless Powers of Heaven · Eastern Orthodox Church — Liturgical assembly in Eastern Christianity
Wednesday, Nov 8World Urbanism Day — International observance
Wednesday, Nov 8Victory Day · Azerbaijan — Public holiday in Azerbaijan
Thursday, Nov 9The fall of the Berlin Wall · Germany — 1989.
Thursday, Nov 9Birthday of Muhammad Iqbal · Pakistan
Thursday, Nov 9Day of the Skulls or Dia de los ñatitas · Bolivia — Mexican multi-day holiday
Thursday, Nov 9Flag Day · Azerbaijan
Thursday, Nov 9Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Cambodia from France in 1953. — National holiday in Cambodia
Thursday, Nov 9Inventors' Day · Germany, Austria, Switzerland — Day dedicated to contributions of inventors
Thursday, Nov 9Uttarakhand Day · Uttarakhand, India — Holiday in Uttarakhand, India
Thursday, Nov 9World Freedom Day · United States — US federal observance, November 9
Friday, Nov 10Cry of Independence Day · Panama
Friday, Nov 10Day of Remembrance of Atatürk · Turkey — President of Turkey from 1923 to 1938
Friday, Nov 10Day of Russian Militsiya · Russia — Law enforcement agency
Friday, Nov 10Heroes Day (Indonesia) or Hari Pahlawan — National holiday in many countries
Friday, Nov 10Martinisingen · Germany — Protestant custom in Germany
Friday, Nov 10United States Marine Corps birthday · United States — Public holiday in the United States on November 10
Friday, Nov 10World Keratoconus Day — Observance dedicated to eye disorder keratoconus
Friday, Nov 10World Science Day for Peace and Development — Specialized agency of the United Nations
Saturday, Nov 11Armistice Day · Remembrance Day · Many countries — The end of the First World War, 1918; poppies are worn.
Saturday, Nov 11St Martin's Day · Germany · Netherlands — Children carry lanterns through the streets, singing.
Saturday, Nov 11The carnival season opens · Rhineland, Germany — At 11:11 on the eleventh of the eleventh.
Saturday, Nov 11Singles' Day · China — The four ones of 11.11; now the year's largest shopping day.
Saturday, Nov 11Independence Day · Poland — 1918.
Saturday, Nov 11Birthday of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck · Bhutan
Saturday, Nov 11Children's Day · Croatia — Public observance in honor of children
Saturday, Nov 11End of World War I-related observances: Armistice Day (France, Belgium and Serbia) — Commemorating the end of WWI
Saturday, Nov 11End of World War I-related observances: National Independence Day (Poland), commemorates the anniversary of Poland's assumption of independent statehood in 1918 — National holiday celebrated in Poland on 11 November
Saturday, Nov 11End of World War I-related observances: Remembrance Day (United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, including Australia and Canada) — Day honouring military casualties of war
Saturday, Nov 11End of World War I-related observances: Veterans Day, called Armistice Day until 1954, when it was rededicated to honor American military (Army, Navy, Marine, and Air Force) veterans. (United States) — Federal holiday in the United States
Saturday, Nov 11Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Angola from Portugal in 1975.
Saturday, Nov 11Independence of Cartagena · Colombia
Saturday, Nov 11Lāčplēsis Day, celebrates the victory over the Bermontians at the Battle of Riga in 1919. · Latvia — Memorial day in Latvia
Saturday, Nov 11Opening of carnival ("Karneval"/"Fasching"), on 11-11, at 11:11. · Germany, the Netherlands, and other countries — Christian festival before Lent
Saturday, Nov 11National Education Day · India — Designated Day in India
Saturday, Nov 11Republic Day · Maldives
Saturday, Nov 11Pepero Day (South Korea) and Pocky Day (Japan), both celebrating the similar dipped biscuit snacks of their respective countries. — Annual observance in South Korea
Sunday, Nov 12Birth of Sun Yat-Sen, also Doctors' Day and Cultural Renaissance Day. · Republic of China
Sunday, Nov 12Constitution Day · Azerbaijan
Sunday, Nov 12Father's Day · Indonesia — Celebration honoring fathers
Sunday, Nov 12National Health Day · Indonesia
Sunday, Nov 12National Youth Day · East Timor
Sunday, Nov 12World Pneumonia Day — Annual event