On this day in history - November 5

What Happened On This Day – November 5

• 2009 13 killed at Fort Hood, Texas

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

• 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 River Killer pleads guilty

  Gary Ridgeway, a serial killer also known as the Green River 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 Vatican during the second World War