This is our day guide for Sunday November 5th 2023 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
Holidays on November 5th 2023
Not a Public Holiday
Netherlands: All Saints' Day
Pope Boniface IV dedicated the day as a holiday to honour the Blessed Virgin Mary and all martyrs
Panama: Colon Day
In 1903, the citizens of Colon averted a march on Panama City by the Colombian army.Not a Public Holiday
United Kingdom (regional): Guy Fawke's Night
Celebrates the failure of the Gunpowder plot to blow up the Houses of ParliamentObservances on November 5th 2023
United Kingdom: International Stout Day
Find out the dates, history and traditions of International Stout Day
United Nations: World Tsunami Awareness Day
Find out the dates, history and traditions of World Tsunami Awareness Day
United Kingdom: Guy Fawke's Night
Celebrates the failure of the Gunpowder plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament.
Netherlands: All Saints' Day
Pope Boniface IV dedicated the day as a holiday to honour the Blessed Virgin Mary and all martyrs
USA: Daylight Savings End
Get ready to set your clocks back by one hour as daylight savings time ends.
USA: National Doughnut Appreciation Day
Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Doughnut Appreciation Day.November 4th 2023 | Go to Today | November 6th 2023
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| General Information for November 5th 2023 | |
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| There are 3 public holidays today. | |
| Day 309 of 2023 | |
| 56 days left in 2023 | |
| Week 44 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 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. | |
| 1916 - The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of November 5th of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary. | |
| 1914 - World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire. | |
| 1912 - Woodrow Wilson is elected to the presidency of the United States. |
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