Overview
- Aarón de Anchorena’s birth is the basis for Argentina’s National Civil Aviation Day, honoring the pioneer who crossed the Río de la Plata by balloon in 1907 with Jorge Newbery and later led the newly founded Aero Club Argentino.
- On November 5, 1911, Jorge Newbery set South American records for altitude, distance, and duration in the balloon Buenos Aires, reaching about 5,100 meters.
- The United Nations’ World Tsunami Awareness Day is observed on November 5, a preparedness initiative established by the General Assembly in 2015 at Japan’s urging.
- Efemérides for the date recall the Iraqi High Tribunal’s 2006 death sentence for Saddam Hussein over the 1983 Dujail killings.
- Listings also note cultural milestones including the 1903 birth of cartoonist Lino Palacio, the 2013 death of actor Juan Carlos Calabró, and César Luis Menotti’s recorded November 5 birthdate despite his own account of an October 22 birth.