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7737 Sirrah (1981 VU) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 5 1981 by E. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory.

Fingolimod (INN trade name Gilenya Novartis) is an immunomodulating drug approved for treating multiple sclerosis. It has reduced the rate of relapses in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis by over half. Fingolimod […]

James Duane Doty (November 5 1799 – June 13 1865) was a land speculator and politician in the United States who played an important role in the development of Wisconsin […]

Adolf Brudes (born in Kotulin near Breslau now Wrocław in Poland 15 October 1899 – died in Bremen 5 November 1986) was a Formula One driver from Germany. He participated […]

Harlan Alonso Smith known as Lonnie Smith (born November 5 1962 in Denver Colorado) is an American boxer at Welterweight.

The eighth season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files commenced airing in the United States on November 5 2000 concluded on May 20 2001 and consisted of […]

Hugo Pastor Corro (November 5 1953 – June 15 2007) better known plainly as Hugo Corro was a former boxer from Argentina who was world Middleweight champion.Corro beat Rodrigo Valdez […]

Derrick Todd Lee (born November 5 1968 in St. Francisville Louisiana) is a convicted serial killer nicknamed the Baton Rouge Serial Killer.He was linked racially by DNA to the deaths […]

The Stânca-Costeşti Dam (Romanian: Barajul Stânca-Costeşti) is a dam on the Prut and a checkpoint between Moldova and Romania. The dam is located between Costeşti (Moldova) and Stânca (Romania).

The 2013 New York City mayoral election occurred on November 5 2013 along with elections for comptroller public advocate borough presidents and members of the New York City Council. The […]

Manuel Batakian I.C.P.B. (born November 5 1929) is a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as an auxiliary bishop to the Armenian Catholic Patriarch from […]

Adgur Rafet-ipa Kharazia (Abkhaz: Адгəыр Рафеҭ-иҧа Харазиа Georgian: ადგურ ხარაზია) is a deputy of the People’s Assembly of Georgia’s breakaway republic of Abkhazia.

Augustus Peabody Gardner (November 5 1865 – January 14 1918) was a Representative from Massachusetts. Gardner was the son-in-law of Henry Cabot Lodge.

W.A.K.O. World Championships 1978 were the first ever W.A.K.O. World kickboxing championships introduced by the pioneer of German Karate Georg Bruckner and the third major event hosted by the W.A.K.O. […]

6582 Flagsymphony (1981 VS) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 5 1981 by E. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory.

Fred Fanning (5 November 1921 – 23 May 1993) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

General elections were held in Italy on 29 October 1882 with a second round of voting on 5 November. The ministerial left-wing bloc emerged as the largest in Parliament winning […]

Xavier Tondo Volpini (Valls Spain 5 November 1978 – Monachil Spain 23 May 2011) was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist who specialized in mountain stages of bicycle races.