November 5 Holidays

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2015 — An iron ore tailings dam bursts in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais flooding a valley, causing mudslides in the nearby village of... ↗
• 2013 — India launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first interplanetary probe. ↗
• 2009 — U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan murders 13 and wounds 32 at Fort Hood, Texas in the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. military installation. ↗
• 2007 — China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, goes into orbit around the Moon. ↗
• 2007 — Android mobile operating system is unveiled by Google. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1993 — Hideya Tawada, Japanese actor and model
• 1992 — Odell Beckham Jr., American football player
• 1992 — Marco Verratti, Italian footballer
• 1991 — Flume, Australian DJ and producer
• 1991 — Shōdai Naoya, Japanese sumo wrestler