Editing November 5 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1911]] &ndash; After declaring war on the [[Ottoman Empire]] on [[September 29]], 1911, Italy annexes [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] and [[Cyrenaica]].
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Woodrow Wilson]] is [[1912 United States presidential election|elected]] the 28th [[President of the United States]], defeating incumbent [[William Howard Taft]].
*[[1913]] &ndash; King [[Otto, King of Bavaria|Otto of Bavaria]] is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title [[Ludwig III of Bavaria|Ludwig III]].
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: [[French Third Republic|France]] and the [[British Empire]] declare war on the [[Ottoman Empire]].
*[[1916]] &ndash; The [[Kingdom of Poland (1917–18)|Kingdom of Poland]] is proclaimed by the [[Act of 5th November]] of the emperors of Germany and [[Austria-Hungary]].
*  1916   &ndash; The [[Everett massacre]] takes place in [[Everett, Washington]] as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the [[Industrial Workers of the World]] organizers and local police.
*[[1917]] &ndash; Lenin calls for the [[October Revolution]].
*  1917   &ndash; [[Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow|Tikhon]] is elected the [[Patriarch of Moscow]] and of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]].
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Secret agent]] [[Sidney Reilly]], the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the [[State Political Directorate|OGPU]], the [[secret police]] of the [[Soviet Union]].
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The British [[armed merchant cruiser]] {{HMS|Jervis Bay}} is sunk by the German [[pocket battleship]] {{ship|German pocket battleship|Admiral Scheer||2}}.
*  1940   &ndash; [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] is the first and only President of the United States to be [[1940 United States presidential election|elected]] to a third term.
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: [[Bombing of the Vatican]].
*[[1945]] &ndash; The three-day [[1945 anti-Jewish riots in Tripolitania|anti-Jewish riots in Tripolitania]] commence.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Goldberg |first=Harvey E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1_6XgrCXoTUC&pg=PA97 |title=Jewish Life in Muslim Libya: Rivals and Relatives |year=1990 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-30092-4 |pages=97 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Korean War]]: British and Australian forces from the [[27th British Commonwealth Brigade]] successfully halted the advancing Chinese [[117th Division (People's Republic of China)|117th Division]] during the [[Battle of Pakchon]].
*[[1955]] &ndash; After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt [[Vienna State Opera]] reopens with a performance of [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s ''[[Fidelio]]''.
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Suez Crisis]]: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign. 
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Richard Nixon]] is [[1968 United States presidential election|elected]] as 37th President of the United States.
*[[1970]] &ndash; The [[Military Assistance Command, Vietnam]] reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).
*[[1983]] &ndash; The [[Byford Dolphin]] [[diving bell]] accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.
*[[1986]] &ndash; {{USS|Rentz|FFG-46|6}}, {{USS|Reeves|DLG-24|6}} and {{USS|Oldendorf|DD-972|6}} visit [[Qingdao]], China; the first US naval visit to China since 1949.
*[[1990]] &ndash; Rabbi [[Meir Kahane]], founder of the far-right [[Kach and Kahane Chai|Kach movement]], is [[Assassination of Meir Kahane|shot dead]] after a speech at a New York City hotel.
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Tropical Storm Thelma]] causes flash floods in the [[Philippines|Philippine]] city of [[Ormoc]], killing more than 4,900 people.<ref>{{cite web|first=Monte L. |last=Peterson |publisher=United States Army Corps of Engineers |date=July 1992 |access-date=6 November 2022 |title=Reconnaissance Report: Flooding Resulting From Typhoon Uring In Ormoc City, Leyte Province, The Philippines |url=http://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a269264.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015071309/http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a269264.pdf |url-status=live |archive-date=15 October 2014 |pages=1–49}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[André Dallaire]] attempts to assassinate Prime Minister [[Jean Chrétien]] of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door.
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[President of Pakistan|Pakistani President]] [[Farooq Leghari]] dismisses the government of [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Benazir Bhutto]] and dissolves the [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]].
*  1996   &ndash; [[Bill Clinton]] is [[1996 United States presidential election|reelected]] President of the United States.
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Saddam Hussein]], the former president of [[Iraq]], and his co-defendants [[Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti]] and [[Awad Hamed al-Bandar]], are sentenced to death in [[Trial of Saddam Hussein|the al-Dujail trial]] for their roles in [[Dujail massacre|the 1982 massacre of 148 Shia Muslims]].
*[[2007]] &ndash; China's first lunar satellite, [[Chang'e 1]], goes into orbit around the Moon.
*  2007   &ndash; The [[Android (operating system)|Android]] mobile operating system is unveiled by [[Google]].
*[[2009]] &ndash; U.S. Army Major [[Nidal Hasan]] murders 13 and wounds 32 at [[Fort Hood]], [[Texas]] in the deadliest [[2009 Fort Hood shooting|mass shooting]] at a U.S. military installation.
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[JS Air Flight 201]] crashes after takeoff from [[Jinnah International Airport]] in [[Karachi]], Pakistan, killing all 21 aboard.<ref name="caapakistan.com.pk">{{Cite report |url=http://www.caapakistan.com.pk/Upload/SIBReports/JS-Report.pdf |title=Aircraft Accident Investigation Report M/S Jahangir Siddiqui Air Flight – 201, Beechcraft 1900C-1 Reg # AP-BJD Crashed Shortly After Take Off From Jiap, Karachi On 05th November, 2010 |date=18 December 2015 |publisher=[[Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419092008/http://www.caapakistan.com.pk/Upload/SIBReports/JS-Report.pdf |archive-date=19 April 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; India launches the [[Mars Orbiter Mission]], its [[List of Solar System probes|first interplanetary probe]].
*[[2015]] &ndash; An [[iron ore]] [[tailings dam]] [[Bento Rodrigues dam disaster|bursts]] in the Brazilian state of [[Minas Gerais]], flooding a valley, causing mudslides in the nearby village of Bento Rodrigues and causing at least 17 deaths and two missing.
*  2015   &ndash; [[Rona Ambrose]] takes over after [[Stephen Harper]] as the [[List of Canadian conservative leaders|Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada]].
*[[2017]] &ndash; Devin Patrick Kelley [[Sutherland Springs church shooting|kills 26 and injures 22]] in a church in [[Sutherland Springs, Texas]].
*[[2021]] &ndash; The [[Astroworld Festival crowd crush]] results in 10 deaths and 25 people being hospitalized<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/06/us/what-is-the-astroworld-festival-intl/index.html | title=What is Astroworld? Who is Travis Scott? And other things to know about the incident | website=[[CNN]] | date=6 November 2021 }}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Donald Trump]] becomes the first [[president of the United States]] to be [[2024 United States presidential election|elected]] to a non-consecutive second term in 132 years, since [[Grover Cleveland]] won the [[1892 United States presidential election|1892 election]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hajela |first1=Deepti |title=Trump isn’t first to be second: Grover Cleveland set precedent of non-consecutive presidential terms |url=https://apnews.com/article/grover-cleveland-president-nonconsecutive-terms-7ea2c92c72911462ccb1bc2e7352fa23 |publisher=[[AP News]] |access-date=November 6, 2024 |date=November 6, 2024}}</ref>