Today In History....! Nov 5 Have A Nice Day....! Srinivasan Balaji 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. 1870- Chittaranjan Das (was an Indian politician and leader of the Swaraj Party in Bengal under British rule) was Born. 1895 - George B. Selden received the first U.S. patent for an automobile. He sold the rights for $200,000 four years later. 1905 – Sajjad Zaheer, (Urdu writer and revolutionary) was Born. 1911 - Italy officially annexed Tripoli. 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 – Banarsi Das Gupta,(Indian former Chief Minister of Haryana) was Born. 1935 - The game Monopoly was introduced by Parker Brothers Company. 1937 – Adolf Hitler holds a secret meeting and states his plans for acquiring living space for the German people. 1945 – Colombia joins the United Nations. 1946 - John F. Kennedy was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives at the age of 29. 1948 – Hridayananda Dasa Goswami, (ISKCON guru) was Born. 1952 – Vandana Shiva, (Indian physicist) was Born. 1955 - The Vienna State Opera House in Austria formally opened. 1955 – Karan Thapar, (Indian journalist and political analyst) was Born. 1959 - The American Football League was formed. 1988 – Virat Kohli, (Indian cricketer) was Born. 1994 - Former U.S. President Reagan announced that he had Alzheimers disease. 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 Shias in 1982. 2007 – Chinas first lunar satellite, Change 1 goes into orbit around the Moon. 2011- Al-Sadd wins the 2011 AFC Champions League beating Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2-2 (4-2 in penalties) in the 2011 AFC Champions League Final. 2011 – Bhupen Hazarika,( Indian singer-songwriter, director, and poet) was passed away.
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