Historical eventNovember 51996
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton is reelected President of the United States.
30th anniversary in 2026
In context
- When
- Tuesday, November 5 199630 years ago
- Category
- Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
- Era
- 20th century · 1990s
- Anniversary
- 30th in 2026
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
At a glance
Dates: From 1996.
What happened
William Jefferson Clinton is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979, the governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and governor again from 1983 to 1992. His centrist Third Way political philosophy became known as Clintonism, which defined his presidency and the succeeding decades of Democratic Party into the 21st century.
November 5 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 1996Bill Clinton
- 2009Nidal Hasan
- 2009United States Army
- 2010JS Air Flight 201
- 2013Mars Orbiter Mission
- 2013ISRO
- 2015Iron ore
- 2015Rona Ambrose
- 2017Sutherland Springs church shooting
- 2021Astroworld Festival crowd crush
- 2024Donald Trump
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When did Bill Clinton happen?
November 5 1996 — 30 years ago, on a Tuesday.
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