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October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap Year s). There are 87 days remaining.
Events
- 1582 - Due to the implementation of the Gregorian Calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy , Poland , Portugal and Spain .
- 1665 - The University Of Kiel is founded.
- women march to Versailles to confront Louis XVI about his refusal to promulgate the decrees on the Abolition of Feudalism .
- is Disestablished in France .
- 1864 - The India n city of Calcutta is almost totally destroyed by a Cyclone ; 60,000 die.
- 1869 - A strong Hurricane devestates the Bay Of Fundy region of Maritime Canada . The storm had been predicted over a year before by a British naval officer.
- 1877 - Chief Joseph surrenders his Nez Perce band to General Nelson A. Miles .
- 1895 - The first Individual Time Trial for racing Cyclist s is held on a 50-mile course north of London .
- 1905 - Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908.
- 1910 - Portugal overthrows its monarchy and declares itself a republic.
- 1915 - Bulgaria enters World War I as one of the Central Powers .
- was broadcast on the radio for the first time.
- 1930 - British Airship R101 crashed in France en-route to India on its maiden voyage.
- 1936 - The Jarrow March sets off for London .
- 1944 - Canadian Air Force pilots shoot down the first German Jet Fighter over France .
- Set Decorator s turns into into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers ' studios.
- 1947 - The first televised White House address is given by U.S. President Harry S. Truman .
- 1949 - WSAZ , West Virginia's first television station, begins broadcasting in Huntington .
- 1953 - The first documented recovery meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is held.
- 1953 - Earl Warren is sworn in as the 14th Chief Justice Of The United States .
- 1962 - The Beatles release their first hit, " Love Me Do ," in Britain .
- 1966 - Near Detroit, Michigan , there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor.
- 1969 - The first broadcast of '' Monty Python's Flying Circus ''.
- 1970 - PBS became a Television network.
- 1970 - Trade Commissioner James Cross is kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group.
- 1972 - ''The Last Goon Show of All'' goes to air on BBC Radio , one of the most celebrated and influential programmes in the history of radio.
- 1973 - Signature of the European Patent Convention
- 1974 - Guildford Pub Bombing by the IRA leaves 5 dead and 65 injured.
- 1974 - '' I Honestly Love You '' first reaches #1 on the Billboard Charts , giving Olivia Newton-John her first top-selling single in the United States .
- 1981 - Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honorary U.S. citizen.
- 1983 - Saurabh Lal son of Jagdish Lal was born.
- 1984 - Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian In Space , aboard the Space Shuttle '' Challenger ''.
- 1990 - After one hundred and fifty years ''The Herald'' Broadsheet newspaper in Melbourne, Australia , is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
- 1991 - An Indonesia n military transport crashes after takeoff from Jakarta killing 137.
- 1991 - The first official version of the Linux Kernel , version 0.02, is released.
- 1999 - The Ladbroke Grove Rail Crash .
- 1999 - '' Angel '' premieres on The WB network.
- 2000 - Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Serbia n strongman Slobodan Milošević . These demonstration are often called the Bulldozer Revolution .
- 2001 - Robert Stevens becomes the first victim in the 2001 Anthrax Attacks .
- 2001 - Tom Ridge resigned as Governor Of Pennsylvania to become President Bush's Homeland Security Advisor .
- 2003 - Akhmad Kadyrov elected President of Chechnya .
- 2005 - NHL started its season to end a year-and-a-half lockout.
Births
- 1520 - Alessandro Cardinal Farnese , Italian cardinal (d. 1589 )
- 1641 - Françoise-Athénaïs, Marquise De Montespan , French mistress of King Louis XIV Of France (d. 1707 )
- 1658 - Mary Of Modena , queen of James II Of England (d. 1718 )
- 1695 - John Glas , Scottish minister (d. 1773 )
- 1703 - Jonathan Edwards , American minister (d. 1758 )
- 1712 - Francesco Guardi , Italian painter (d. 1793 )
- 1713 - Denis Diderot , French philosopher and encylopedist (d. 1784 )
- 1715 - Victor De Riqueti, Marquis De Mirabeau , French economist (d. 1789 )
- 1717 - Marie-Anne De Mailly-Nesle Duchess De Châteauroux , French mistress of King Louis XV Of France (d. 1744 )
- 1781 - Bernard Bolzano , Czech mathematician and philosopher (d. 1848 )
- 1795 - Alexander Keith , brewer (d. 1873 )
- 1824 - Henry Chadwick , baseball writer and statistician (d. 1908 )
- 1829 - Chester A. Arthur , 21st President Of The United States (d. 1886 )
- 1878 - Louise Dresser , American actress (d. 1965 )
- 1879 - Francis Peyton Rous , American pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 1970 )
- 1882 - Robert Goddard , American rocket scientist (d. 1945 )
- 1887 - René Cassin , French judge, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1976 )
- 1889 - Teresa De La Parra , Venezuelan writer (d. 1936 )
- 1894 - Bevil Rudd , South African athlete (d. 1948 )
- 1902 - Larry Fine , American actor and comedian (d. 1975 )
- 1902 - Ray Kroc , American fast food entrepreneur (d. 1984 )
- 1903 - M. King Hubbert , American geophysicist (d. 1989 )
- 1905 - Harriet E. MacGibbon , American actress (d. 1987 )
- 1907 - Mrs. Miller , American singer (d. 1997 )
- 1908 - Joshua Logan , American film director and writer (d. 1988 )
- 1911 - Flann O'Brien , Irish humorist (d. 1966 )
- 1917 - Allen Ludden , American television game show host (d. 1981 )
- 1919 - Donald Pleasence , English actor (d. 1995 )
- 1921 - Bill Willis , American football player
- 1922 - José Froilán González , Argentine race car driver
- 1922 - Bil Keane , American cartoonist
- 1922 - Jock Stein , Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1985 )
- 1923 - Albert Guðmundsson , Icelandic professional football player and politician (d. 1994 )
- 1923 - Glynis Johns , British actress
- 1924 - Bill Dana , American actor and comedian
- 1925 - Gail Davis , American actress (d. 1997 )
- 1926 - Willi Unsoeld , American climber (d. 1979 )
- 1928 - Louise Fitzhugh , American author (d. 1974 )
- 1929 - Richard F. Gordon, Jr. , American astronaut
- 1930 - Anne Haddy , Australian actress (d. 1999 )
- 1930 - Pavel Popovich , Soviet cosmonaut
- 1930 - Reinhard Selten , German economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1933 - Diane Cilento , Australian actress
- 1934 - Angelo Buono, Jr. , American serial killer (d. 2002 )
- 1935 - Diahann Carroll , American actress
- 1936 - Václav Havel , playwright and President Of The Czech Republic
- 1937 - Barry Switzer , American football coach
- 1938 - Teresa Heinz Kerry , American philanthropist, wife of John Kerry
- 1941 - Eduardo Duhalde , President Of Argentina
- 1943 - Steve Miller , American musician
- 1947 - Brian Johnson , American singer (AC/DC) after replacing Bon Scott's death in 1980
- 1948 - Tawl Ross , American musician ( P Funk )
- 1948 - Zoran Živković , Serbian writer
- 1950 - Jeff Conaway , American actor
- 1951 - Karen Allen , American actress
- 1951 - Bob Geldof , Irish musician ( The Boomtown Rats )
- 1952 - Clive Barker , English writer
- 1952 - Duncan Regehr , Canadian actor
- 1957 - Mark Geragos , American attorney
- 1958 - André Kuipers , Dutch astronaut
- 1958 - Bernie Mac , American actor and comedian
- 1960 - Daniel Baldwin , American actor
- 1962 - Michael Andretti , American race car driver
- 1963 - Caron Keating , Irish television personality (d. 2004 )
- 1965 - Mario Lemieux , Canadian hockey player
- 1965 - Patrick Roy , Canadian hockey player
- 1967 - Guy Pearce , English-born actor
- 1970 - Agnes Barley , American artist
- 1972 - Grant Hill , American basketball player
- 1975 - Kate Winslet , English actress
- 1976 - J.J. Yeley , Nascar Nextel Cup Driver
- 1979 - Curtis Sanford , Canadian Hockey Goalie for the St Louis Blues
- 1980 - Paul Thomas , American musician ( Good Charlotte )
- 1983 - Nicky Hilton , American heiress
Deaths
- 578 - Justin II , Byzantine Emperor
- 877 - Charles The Bald (b. 823 )
- 1056 - Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1017 )
- 1112 - Sigebert Of Gembloux , French chronicler
- 1214 - King Alfonso VIII Of Castile (b. 1155 )
- 1285 - King Philip III Of France (b. 1245 )
- 1528 - Richard Fox , English churchman
- 1540 - Helius Eobanus Hessus , German poet (b. 1488 )
- 1564 - Pierre De Manchicourt , Flemish composer
- 1565 - Lodovico Ferrari , Italian mathematician (b. 1522 )
- 1606 - Philippe Desportes , French poet (b. 1546 )
- 1714 - Kaibara Ekiken , Japanese philosopher (b. 1630 )
- 1740 - Johann Philipp Baratier , German scholar (b. 1721 )
- 1791 - Grigori Potemkin , Russian statesman (b. 1739 )
- 1805 - Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis , British general (b. 1738 )
- 1813 - Tecumseh , Shawnee leader
- 1837 - Hortense De Beauharnais Queen of Holland and mother of the Emperor Napoleon III Of France (b. 1783 )
- 1861 - Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski , Polish bishop (b. 1778 )
- 1913 - Hans Von Bartels , German painter (b. 1856 )
- 1918 - Roland Garros , French pilot (shot down) (b. 1888 )
- 1930 - Christopher Birdwood Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson , British military officer (b. 1875 )
- 1933 - Renée Adorée , French actress (b. 1898 )
- 1936 - J. Slauerhoff , Dutch poet and novelist (tuberculosis) (b. 1898 )
- 1938 - Saint Faustina Polish religious (b. 1905 )
- 1940 - Ballington Booth , Salvation Army Officer and co-founder of Volunteers Of America (b. 1857 )
- 1941 - Louis Dembitz Brandeis , U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1856 )
- 1943 - Leon Roppolo , American musician (b. 1902 )
- 1969 - Walter Hagen , American golfer (b. 1892 )
- 1976 - Lars Onsager , Norwegian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903 )
- 1981 - Gloria Grahame , American actress (b, 1923 )
- 1983 - Earl Tupper , American inventor (b. 1907 )
- 1986 - Hal B. Wallis , American film producer (b. 1898 )
- 1986 - James H. Wilkinson , English mathematician (b. 1919 )
- 1992 - Eddie Kendricks , American singer (b. 1939 )
- 1993 - Jim Holton , Scottish footballer (b. 1951 )
- 1995 - Linda Gary , voice actress (b. 1944 )
- 1996 - Seymour Cray , American computer pioneer (b. 1925 )
- 1997 - Brian Pillman , Professional Wrestler (b. 1962 )
- 2000 - Catalin Haldan , Romanian football player (b. 1976 )
- 2001 - Mike Mansfield , American politician (b. 1903 )
- 2003 - Denis Quilley , British actor (b. 1927 )
- 2003 - Dan Snyder , Canadian hockey player (b. 1978 )
- 2003 - Timothy Treadwell , bear enthusiast featured in Grizzly Man (b. 1957 )
- 2004 - Rodney Dangerfield , American comedian (b. 1921 )
- 2004 - Maurice Wilkins , New Zealand-born physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1916 )
Holidays
External links
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