Event:
The PSLV-XL rocket carrying the Mars Orbiter Mission probe is launched by India's Space Research Organization; the will eventually be sent to Mars
More Notable Events on November 5: 1987 Iceberg twice size of Rhode Island sighted in Antarctic
1987 Supreme Court nominee Douglas H. Ginsburg admitted using marijuana
1935 Parker Brothers launches game of Monopoly
1872 Susan B. Anthony fined for trying to vote
1872 Ulysses S. Grant re-elected U.S. president
