Important Events From This day in History – 5th November

Today in History

• 2009 13 killed at Fort Hood, Texas

  Major Malik Hasan opened fire on the Soldier Readiness Processing Center at Fort Hood, Texas, killing 13 people and injuring 30 others.

• 2007 China’s first lunar satellite enters lunar orbit

  The Chang’e 1, an unmanned lunar-orbiting spacecraft, sent the first pictures of the Moon on November 26.

• 2003 Green Valley Killer pleads guilty

  Gary Ridgeway, a serial killer, known as the Green Valley Killer, pleaded guilty to killing 48 women in the 1980s and 1990s.

• 1995 Assassination attempt on Canadian Prime Minister

  André Dallaire tried to assassinate Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.

• 1943 Vatican City bombed

  Vatican City was bombed by a fascist Italian aircraft breaching the neutrality of the Vatican during the Second World War.