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November 5th, 2006	Event	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 as in 1982.
November 5th, 2000	Event	Emperor Haile Selassie I is given an Imperial funeral by the Ethiopian Orthodox church
November 5th, 1996	Event	President of Pakistan Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly of Pakistan.
November 5th, 1995	Event	Andre Dallaire attempts to assassinate Jean Chretien; he is thwarted when the Prime Minister s wife locks the door.
November 5th, 1990	Event	Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.
November 5th, 1987	Event	Govan Mbeki is released from custody after serving 24 years in prison. He had been sentenced to life for terrorism and treason.
November 5th, 1986	Event	USS Rentz (FFG-46), USS Reeves (DLG-24) and USS Oldendorf (DD-972) visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China - the first US Naval visit to China since 1949.
November 5th, 1983	Event	Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.
November 5th, 1979	Event	Ayatollah Khomeini declares the USA to be "the great Satan".
November 5th, 1970	Event	Vietnam War: The United States Military Assistance Command in Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).

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