November 05

1855 – Meteorologist Léon-Philippe Teisserenc de Bort is born; noted for discovering the Earth's stratosphere.
1949 – Actor Armin Shimerman (Quark) is born.
2007 – China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, goes into orbit around the Moon.
2013 – India launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first interplanetary probe.