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2026 calendarToday in history · November 5
- 1995
Aline Chrétien thwarted André Dallaire's attempt to assassinate her husband, Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien, by locking the bedroom door in 24 Sussex Drive, their official residence in Ottawa.
- 2003
American serial killer Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty to 48 counts of first-degree murder.
- 2009
U.S. Army major Nidal Hasan went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, the worst shooting ever to take place on an American military base, killing 13.
- 2013
The Indian Space Research Organisation launched the Mars Orbiter Mission, India's first interplanetary probe.
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