Thursday, November 5, 2026
ephemeris of the day
Name day: Sylvie
Astrological sign: Scorpio (October 23 - November 22)
Festivals and international days on November 5:
- World Tsunami Awareness Day
- Guy Fawkes Night
See also: November 4 - November 6 - All days of 2026
October 27 to November 8: Weightlifting, IWF World Championships, Ningbo (China)
October 31 to November 8: Rolex Paris Masters, Paris La Défense Arena
November 1-30: Movember, the moustache celebration
November 4-5: World Business Forum, New York (USA)
November 5-15: Mar del Plata Film Festival (Argentina)
November 5-15, 2026: Thessaloniki Film Festival (Greece)
November 5, 1914: The United Kingdom and France declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
November 5, 1943: The Vatican, a neutral city during the Second World War, is bombed in the evening; four of the five bombs dropped explode. Long considered a British error, the bombing actually came from an Italian aircraft, the target being Vatican Radio, suspected by the fascists of sending coded messages to the Allies.