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Thursday, 05 November 2026

2009

US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly killed 13 and wounded 30 at Fort Hood, Texas in the largest mass shooting ever at a US military installation.

2007

China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1 goes into orbit around the Moon.

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'as in 1982.

1996

President of Pakistan Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly of Pakistan.

1995

André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door.

1990

Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.

1987

Govan Mbeki is released from custody after serving 24 years of a life sentence for terrorism and treason.

1986

{{USS|Rentz|FFG-46|6}}, {{USS|Reeves|DLG-24|6}} and {{USS|Oldendorf|DD-972|6}} visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China — the first US Naval visit to China since 1949.

1983

Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.

1970

Vietnam War: The United States Military Assistance Command in Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).

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