Historical Events -  November 5

1817 : Bajirao’s army was defeated by the British in the battle of Bajirao II.

1824 : The world’s first engineering college opened in New York City, USA.

1872 : Susan Anthony was fined $100 for voting in the United States when women did not have the right to vote.

1895 : George B. Selden received the first U.S. patent for an automobile.

1929 : GIP Railway Company introduced electric trains instead of trains from Mumbai to Pune.

1937 : Adolf Hitler called a secret meeting and revealed his plan to make more space for the German public.

1940 : Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected for the third time.

1945 : Colombia joined the United Nations.

1951 : The Bombay Railway (Bombay Baroda and Central India), the Saurashtra Railway, the Rajputana Railway, the Jaipur Railway, and the Kutch Railway were merged to form the Western Railway.

2006 : Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death.

2007 : Google unveiled the Android mobile operating system.

2007 : China’s first spacecraft Change 1 orbited the Moon.

2013 : India launched the Mars Orbiter mission.

 

Famous Birthday   – November 5  

1870: Chittaranjan Das, leader of the Indian freedom movement.

1885: Will Durant, American historian, and philosopher.

1892: J. B. S. Haldane, an Anglo-Indian geneticist and biologist.

1905: Sajjanad Zaheer, Indian writer, and poet.

1908: Raja Rao, Professor of Philosophy and author, winner of Sahitya Akademi Award.

1913: Vivian Leah, British actress.

1917: Banarasi Das Gupta, an Indian freedom fighter and Chief Minister of Haryana.

1930: Arjun Singh, Indian leader.

1932: Maruti Chitampally, Indian Writer, He is famous for his book on birds and wildlife.

1952: Vandana Shiva, Indian philosopher, and author.

1955: Karan Thapar, Indian journalist.

1988: Virat Kohli, Indian cricketer.

 

Death Anniversaries  – November 5

1879: James Clerk Maxwell, a British physicist, and mathematician who theorized that light is made up of electromagnetic waves.

1915: Pherozeshah Merwanjee Mehta, the founder of the National Assembly and a lion of Mumbai.

1930: Christiaan Eijkman, a Dutch physician, and professor of physiology.

1950: Fayaz Khansaheb, Indian singer.

1987: Daasharathi, a Telugu poet and writer.

1997: Sir Isaiah Berlin, a Latvian-born British social and political theorist, philosopher, and historian of ideas. 

1998: Nagarjun, a Hindi and Maithili poet.

2001: Milton William “Bill” Cooper, an American conspiracy theorist, radio broadcaster.

2011: Bhupen Hazarika, Indian Musician, and singer.