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October 5 is the 278th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (279th in leap years). There are 87 days remaining.
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- 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople.
- 1550 - Foundation of Concepción, city in Chile.
- 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.
- 1789 - French Revolution: Parisian women march to Versailles in the March on Versailles to confront Louis XVI about his refusal to promulgate the decrees on the abolition of feudalism, demand bread, and have the King and his court moved to Paris.
- 1793 - French Revolution: Christianity is disestablished in France.
- 1864 - The Indian city of Calcutta is almost totally destroyed by a cyclone; 60,000 die.
- 1869 - A strong hurricane devastates 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.
- 1886 - City of Johannesburg, South Africa founded following the discovery of gold there.
- 1895 - The first individual time trial for racing cyclists 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.
- 1921 - Baseball: The World Series 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.
- 1945 - Hollywood Black Friday: A six month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns 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.
- 1966 - Near Detroit, Michigan, there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor.
- 1969 - The first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus airs, at 9 p.m., on the BBC.
- 1970 - PBS became a television network.
- 1970 - Montreal, Quebec: British 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.
- 1981 - Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honorary U.S. citizen.
- 1984 - Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
- 1986 - Israeli secret nuclear weapons were revealed. The British newspaper The Sunday Times ran Mordechai Vanunu's story on its front page under the headline: "Revealed — the secrets of Israel's nuclear arsenal."
- 1988 - The Chilean opposition coalition Concertación (center-left) defeat Augusto Pinochet in his re-election intentions. Next year a general election was called.
- 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 Indonesian 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 in west London kills 31 people.
- 2000 - Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milošević. These demonstrations are often called the Bulldozer Revolution.
- 2001 - Robert Stevens becomes the first victim in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
- 2001 - Tom Ridge resigns as Governor of Pennsylvania to become President Bush's Homeland Security Advisor.
- 2001 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants set a new mark for home runs in a single season, hitting his 71st and 72nd in a loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- 2003 - Akhmad Kadyrov is elected President of Chechnya.
- 2005 - The National Hockey League resumes its season after a year-and-a-half lockout.
[edit] 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)
- 1792 - Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1844)
- 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)
- 1848 - Guido von List, German writer (d. 1919)
- 1850 - Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician, and President of the First Imperial Duma (d. 1910)
- 1864 - Louis Lumière, French film pioneer (d. 1948)
- 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)
- 1901 - John Alton, American cinematographer (d. 1996)
- 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)
- 1904 - John Hoyt, American film and television actor (d. 1991)
- 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 football player (d. 1994)
- 1923 - Glynis Johns, British actress
- 1924 - Bill Dana, American actor
- 1924 - Barbara Kelly, Canadian-born actress (d. 2007)
- 1925 - Gail Davis, American actress (d. 1997)
- 1925 - Bob Thaves, American cartoonist (d. 2006)
- 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 laureate
- 1932 - Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist (d. 2006)
- 1933 - Diane Cilento, Australian actress
- 1934 - Angelo Buono, Jr., American serial killer (d. 2002)
- 1936 - Václav Havel, President of the Czech Republic
- 1937 - Barry Switzer, American football coach
- 1938 - Teresa Heinz Kerry, American philanthropist
- 1939 - Marie Laforêt, French singer and actress
- 1939 - Marie-Claire Blais, French Canadian author and playwright
- 1941 - Eduardo Duhalde, President of Argentina
- 1942 - Richard Street, American singer (The Temptations)
- 1943 - Steve Miller, American musician
- 1945 - Brian Connolly, English singer (Sweet) (d. 1997)
- 1946 - Zahida Hina, Pakistani columnist
- 1946 - Jean Perron, Quebec hockey coach
- 1947 - Brian Johnson, British singer (AC/DC)
- 1948 - Tawl Ross, American musician (P Funk)
- 1948 - Zoran Živković, Serbian writer
- 1949 - Ralph Goodale, Canadian politician
- 1949 - Bill James, American baseball writer
- 1949 - B.W. Stevenson, American singer (d. 1988)
- 1950 - 'Fast' Eddie Clarke, British musician, (Motörhead, Fastway)
- 1950 - Jeff Conaway, American actor
- 1950 - Edward P. Jones, American writer
- 1951 - Karen Allen, American actress
- 1951 - Bob Geldof, Irish singer (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 comedian
- 1960 - Daniel Baldwin, American actor
- 1961 - Matthew Kauffman, American journalist and George Polk Award winner
- 1961 - David Kirk, New Zealand rugby player
- 1962 - Michael Andretti, American race car driver
- 1963 - Caron Keating, Irish television personality (d. 2004)
- 1964 - Keiji Fujiwara, Japanese voice actor
- 1964 - Warren E. Miller, Maryland politician
- 1965 - Mario Lemieux, Canadian hockey player
- 1965 - Patrick Roy, Canadian hockey player
- 1966 - Jan Verhaas, Dutch Snooker referee
- 1967 - Guy Pearce, Anglo-Australian actor
- 1970 - Agnes Barley, American artist
- 1970 - Josie Bissett, American actress
- 1972 - Grant Hill, American basketball player
- 1974 - Colin Meloy, American singer (The Decemberists)
- 1974 - Heather Headley, Trinidad and Tobago singer
- 1975 - Kate Winslet, English actress
- 1975 - Bobo Balde, Guinean footballer
- 1975 - Parminder Nagra, English actress
- 1976 - Song Seung-hun, South Korean actor
- 1976 - J. J. Yeley, American race car driver
- 1978 - Shane Ryan, Irish Gaelic footballer
- 1978 - Morgan Webb, television presenter
- 1978 - James Valentine, American musician (Maroon 5)
- 1979 - Curtis Sanford, Canadian hockey player
- 1979 - Vince Grella, Australian footballer
- 1980 - Paul Thomas, American musician (Good Charlotte)
- 1981 - Kelvin Tan Wei Lian, Singaporean singer
- 1983 - Nicky Hilton, American heiress
- 1983 - Ryan Hoffmaster, American Idealist and Philosopher
- 1985 - Nicola Roberts, English singer (Girls Aloud)
- 1987 - Javier Villa, Spanish racing driver
[edit] 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, French-born queen of Holland and mother of the Emperor Napoleon III of France (b. 1783)
- 1848 - Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (b. 1781)
- 1861 - Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish bishop (b. 1778)
- 1880 - Jacques Offenbach, German-born composer (b. 1819)
- 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)
- 1933 - Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich, Russian general (b. 1862)
- 1936 - J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and novelist (tuberculosis) (b. 1898)
- 1938 - Saint Faustina, Polish saint (b. 1905)
- 1940 - Ballington Booth, Salvation Army Officer and co-founder of Volunteers of America (b. 1857)
- 1940 - Lincoln Loy McCandless, American cattle rancher (b. 1859)
- 1941 - Louis Dembitz Brandeis, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1856)
- 1943 - Leon Roppolo, American musician (b. 1902)
- 1950 - Frederic Lewy, German neurologist (b. 1885)
- 1969 - Walter Hagen, American golfer (b. 1892)
- 1976 - Lars Onsager, Norwegian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
- 1976 - Barbara Nichols, American actress (b. 1929)
- 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, American voice-actress (b. 1944)
- 1996 - Seymour Cray, American computer pioneer (b. 1925)
- 1997 - Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler (b. 1962)
- 2000 - Catalin Haldan, Romanian football player (b. 1976)
- 2001 - Mike Mansfield, American politician (b. 1903)
- 2002 - Chuck Rayner, National Hockey League goaltender (b. 1920)
- 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)
- 2004 - William H. Dobelle, American biomedical engineer, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine nominee (b. 1941)
- 2006 - Antonio Peña, Mexican founder of lucha libre promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (b. 1953)
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