The 5th of November

Skylane81E said:
I see no reason the 5th of November should ever be forgot
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Reminds me of one guy down here, when he learned I was Canadian, he asked "Do you have a fourth of July up there?" and my answer "Yep, immediately after the third and right before the fifth"
 
Well, the Edmund Fitzgerald went down on November 10...
 
Hmmm... It's exactly 6 months after Cinco de Mayo?
 
Guy Fawkes Day! Or Bonfire Day! When I lived in the UK, we had Bonfire night on the 5th. It was fun.
It's also my mother's birthday, so of course I never forget.
 
Take your pick.

1138 – Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign.
1499 – Publication of the Catholicon in Tréguier (Brittany). This Breton-French-Latin dictionary was written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc. It is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary.
1530 – The St. Felix's Flood destroys the city of Reimerswaal in the Netherlands.
1605 – Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested.
1757 – Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.
1768 – Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
1780 – French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.
1811 – Salvadoran priest José Matías Delgado, rang the bells of La Merced church in San Salvador, calling for insurrection and launching the 1811 Independence Movement
1831 – Nat Turner, American slave leader, is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in Virginia.
1838 – The Federal Republic of Central America begins to disintegrate when Nicaragua separates from the Federation.
1854 – Crimean War: The Battle of Inkerman.
1862 – American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Union Army for the second and final time.
1862 – American Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to hang. 38 are ultimately executed and the others reprieved.
1872 – Women'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.
1895 – George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
1911 – After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
1912 – Woodrow Wilson is elected to the presidency of the United States.
1913 – King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.
1914 – World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
1916 – The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of November 5th of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
1916 – 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 – October Revolution: In Tallinn, Estonia, Communist leader Jaan Anvelt leads revolutionaries in overthrowing the Provisional Government (As Estonia and Russia are still using the Julian Calendar, subsequent period references show an October 23 date).
1917 – St. Tikhon of Moscow is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
1925 – Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.
1937 – Adolf Hitler holds a secret meeting and states his plans for acquiring "living space" for the German people.
1943 – World War II: Bombing of the Vatican.
1945 – Colombia joins the United Nations.
1950 – Korean War: British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade successfully halted the advancing Chinese 117th Division during the Battle of Pakchon.
1955 – After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.
1967 – The Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills 49 people. Survivors include Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees.
1970 – Vietnam War: The United States Military Assistance Command in Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).
1983 – Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.
1986 – USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China – the first US Naval visit to China since 1949.
1987 – Govan Mbeki is released from custody after serving 24 years of a life sentence for terrorism and treason.
1990 – Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.
1995 – André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door.
1996 – Pakistani President Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly of Pakistan.
2003 – Green River Killer Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty to 48 counts of murder.
2006 – Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for the role in the massacre of the 148 Shi'a Muslims in 1982.
2007 – China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1 goes into orbit around the Moon.
2009 – US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan murders 13 and wounds 29 at Fort Hood, Texas in the deadliest mass shooting at a US military installation.
2013 – Mars Orbiter Mission a.k.a. Magalyaan successfully launched by ISRO
 
are you late for work, perchance???
 

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Are you sure its really the 5th of November and not some other day? Alcohol haze?

David
 
Today, I voted for my wife for school board.

Question of the day from one of the poll workers - "isn't your mother running?" hahahahahahaha
 
N801BH said:
Did she win????:dunno:
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She's not doing great, but only the absentee ballots are counted. There are six people running for 3 seats, and she's narrowly 5th. There were 2 appointed "incumbents" (for folks who resigned), a 3rd who is pretty well known lawyer / business owner around town (once you get to know him you realize he probably isn't the best choice, but who gets to know their school board candidates?) and a guy who is attempting to win a seat for the 2nd time and has been campaigning for years.

The fact that she did so well in absentee voting is kind of a surprise.

Two more seated board members are resigning in the first six months of the next term, so the funny thing is she could end up appointed anyway.
 
The real reason 5 November is important:

Most users ever online was 4,494, November 5th, 2012 at 09:53 AM.
 
JeffDG said:
Reminds me of one guy down here, when he learned I was Canadian, he asked "Do you have a fourth of July up there?" and my answer "Yep, immediately after the third and right before the fifth"
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This is so true...happened to me when I lived in Winnipeg.
 
Colorado voted down a new school tax that would have been a large State increase and the first State tax that was progressive by a large margin, and voted in pot taxes by a large margin. It looks like the 11 counties with the secession measure on the ballot are voting it down but not by a large margin. Surprisingly close. But we won't be pursuing having a 51st State.
 
bluee said:
I'm not sure if you both are joking, or have a shaky memory of history. The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
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You took the suckabaitz.
 
EdFred said:
You took the suckabaitz.
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Apparently so.
However, just watch Jaywalking to reaffirm my total disbelief in others' knowledge of history.
 
Scott,

Did you ever figure it out?

is it still the 5th of November? :eek:

David
 
Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe said:
http://youtu.be/V8lT1o0sDwI
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bluee said:
I'm not sure if you both are joking, or have a shaky memory of history. The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
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LOL, I'm a font of useless pop-culture trivia! Capt. is right on the money with the Animal House clip.

It's funny; the other day I was reading a comment thread where one poster signaled his leaving by saying, "Later. I have to go make a mashed potato mountain." and I thought, Gee, I wonder what people think about that post if they don't get the movie reference (Close Encounters...). I guess I know now. :)
 
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