What day of the week was November 5, 1917?

The day of the week November 5th, 1917 fell on was a Monday.

There were 50 days until Christmas.

Jacqueline Auriol the French pilot (d. 2000) was born on 05 November in 1917. As was Banarsi Das Gupta the Indian politician, 4th Chief Minister of Haryana (d. 2007) .

October Revolution: In Tallinn the Estonia, Communist leader Jaan Anvelt leads revolutionaries in overthrowing the Provisional Government (As Estonia and Russia are still using the Julian Calendar, subsequent period references show an October 23 date). St. Tikhon of Moscow is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.