November 5 in History

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1. 1414The Catholic Church opened the Council of Constance in Germany to heal the Western Schism and elect a universally recognized pope.
2. 1556Mughal forces triumphed at the Second Battle of Panipat, solidifying the teenage Akbar's rule over northern India.
3. 1605Authorities in London arrested Guy Fawkes beneath the House of Lords, foiling a Catholic plot to blow up the English Parliament.
4. 1757King Frederick the Great led Prussian troops to a decisive victory over a larger Franco-Imperial army at the Battle of Rossbach.
5. 1854British and French troops repelled a major Russian assault during the Crimean War in the hard-fought Battle of Inkerman.
6. 1872Suffragist Susan B. Anthony defied federal law by casting a ballot in Rochester, New York, leading to her indictment.
7. 1941Japanese naval commander Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto issued the operational order to prepare the carrier fleet for attacking Pearl Harbor.
8. 1968Shirley Chisholm won a seat representing Brooklyn, becoming the first African American woman elected to the United States Congress.
9. 2006An Iraqi special tribunal condemned deposed leader Saddam Hussein to death by hanging for crimes against humanity in Dujail.
10. 2007The robotic probe Chang'e 1 entered orbit around the Moon, marking the start of China's lunar exploration program.
11. 2009An army psychiatrist opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, committing the deadliest mass shooting on an American military base.

Chosen from the November 5 pages of HISTORY, HistoryNet and OnThisDay.com, retold in our own words.