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| October 5th, 2007 (October 05 2007) | Death | Justin Tuveri, Italian veteran of the First World War (born in 1898) | |
| October 5th, 2006 (October 05 2006) | Death | Jennifer Moss, English Actress (born in 1945) | |
| October 5th, 2006 (October 05 2006) | Death | Antonio Pena, Mexican founder of lucha libre promotion AAA (born in 1953) | |
| October 5th, 2004 (October 05 2004) | Death | Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian (born in 1921) | Rodney Dangerfield Quotes |
| October 5th, 2004 (October 05 2004) | Death | Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-born physicist, Nobel laureate (born in 1916) | |
| October 5th, 2004 (October 05 2004) | Death | William H. Dobelle, American biomedical engineer, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine nominee (born in 1941) | |
| October 5th, 2003 (October 05 2003) | Death | Denis Quilley, English actor (born in 1927) | |
| October 5th, 2003 (October 05 2003) | Death | Dan Snyder, Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1978) | |
| October 5th, 2003 (October 05 2003) | Death | Timothy Treadwell, American bear enthusiast featured in Grizzly Man (born in 1957) | |
| October 5th, 2002 (October 05 2002) | Death | Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1920) | Chuck D Quotes |
| October 5th, 2001 (October 05 2001) | Event | Robert Stevens becomes the first victim in the 2001 anthrax attacks. | |
| October 5th, 2001 (October 05 2001) | Event | Tom Ridge resigns as Governor of Pennsylvania to become President Bush s Homeland Security Advisor. | |
| October 5th, 2001 (October 05 2001) | Death | Mike Mansfield, American politician (born in 1903) | |
| October 5th, 2000 (October 05 2000) | Event | Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic. These demonstrations are often called the Bulldozer Revolution. | |
| October 5th, 2000 (October 05 2000) | Death | Catalin Hildan, Romanian footballer (born in 1976) | |
| October 5th, 1999 (October 05 1999) | Event | The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people. | |
| October 5th, 1997 (October 05 1997) | Death | Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler (born in 1962) | |
| October 5th, 1996 (October 05 1996) | Death | Seymour Cray, American computer pioneer (born in 1925) | Seymour Cray Quotes |
| October 5th, 1995 (October 05 1995) | Death | Linda Gary, American voice actress (born in 1944) | |
| October 5th, 1992 (October 05 1992) | Death | Eddie Kendricks, American singer (The Temptations) (born in 1939) | |
| October 5th, 1991 (October 05 1991) | Event | An Indonesian military transport crashes after takeoff from Jakarta killing 137. | |
| October 5th, 1991 (October 05 1991) | Event | The first official version of the Linux kernel, version 0.02, is released. | |
| October 5th, 1990 (October 05 1990) | Event | After one hundred and fifty years The Herald broadsheet newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper. | |
| October 5th, 1990 (October 05 1990) | Birth | Myles Jeffrey, American actor | |
| October 5th, 1988 (October 05 1988) | Event | The Chilean opposition coalition Concertacion (center-left) defeat Augusto Pinochet in his re-election intentions. Next year a general election was called. | |
| October 5th, 1988 (October 05 1988) | Birth | Bahar K?z?l, German Singer (Monrose) | |
| October 5th, 1988 (October 05 1988) | Birth | Bobby Edner, American actor | |
| October 5th, 1988 (October 05 1988) | Birth | Maja Salvador, Filipina Actress | |
| October 5th, 1987 (October 05 1987) | Birth | Javier Villa, Spanish racing driver | |
| October 5th, 1986 (October 05 1986) | Event | Israeli secret nuclear weapons were revealedied in 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." | |
| October 5th, 1986 (October 05 1986) | Death | Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (born in 1898) | |
| October 5th, 1986 (October 05 1986) | Death | James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician (born in 1919) | |
| October 5th, 1986 (October 05 1986) | Death | Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver (born in 1947) | |
| October 5th, 1985 (October 05 1985) | Birth | Nicola Roberts, English singer (Girls Aloud) | |
| October 5th, 1984 (October 05 1984) | Event | Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. | |
| October 5th, 1984 (October 05 1984) | Birth | Kenwyne Jones, Trinidadian footballer | |
| October 5th, 1983 (October 05 1983) | Birth | Mashrafe Mortaza, Bangladeshi cricketer | |
| October 5th, 1983 (October 05 1983) | Death | Earl Tupper, American inventor (born in 1907) | |
| October 5th, 1983 (October 05 1983) | Death | Humberto Mauro, Brazilian film director and screenwriter (born in 1897) | |
| October 5th, 1981 (October 05 1981) | Event | Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honorary U.S. citizen. | |
| October 5th, 1981 (October 05 1981) | Birth | Kelvin Tan Wei Lian, Singaporean singer | |
| October 5th, 1981 (October 05 1981) | Death | Gloria Grahame, American actress (born in 1923) | |
| October 5th, 1980 (October 05 1980) | Birth | Paul Thomas, American bassist (Good Charlotte) | |
| October 5th, 1979 (October 05 1979) | Birth | Curtis Sanford, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| October 5th, 1979 (October 05 1979) | Birth | Vincenzo Grella, Australian soccer player | |
| October 5th, 1979 (October 05 1979) | Birth | Jaime Chambers, American television reporter | |
| October 5th, 1978 (October 05 1978) | Birth | Shane Ryan, Irish Gaelic footballer | |
| October 5th, 1978 (October 05 1978) | Birth | Jesse Palmer, Canadian-born American football player | |
| October 5th, 1978 (October 05 1978) | Birth | Morgan Webb, Canadian-born television presenter | |
| October 5th, 1978 (October 05 1978) | Birth | James Valentine, American musician (Maroon 5) | |
| October 5th, 1976 (October 05 1976) | Birth | Song Seung-hun, South Korean actor | |
| October 5th, 1976 (October 05 1976) | Birth | Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechen President | |
| October 5th, 1976 (October 05 1976) | Birth | J. J. Yeley, American race car driver | |
| October 5th, 1976 (October 05 1976) | Death | Lars Onsager, Norwegian chemist, Nobel laureate (born in 1903) | |
| October 5th, 1976 (October 05 1976) | Death | Barbara Nichols, American actress (born in 1929) | |
| October 5th, 1975 (October 05 1975) | Birth | Bobo Balde, Guinean footballer | |
| October 5th, 1975 (October 05 1975) | Birth | Parminder Nagra, English actress | |
| October 5th, 1975 (October 05 1975) | Birth | Kate Winslet, English actress | |
| October 5th, 1975 (October 05 1975) | Birth | Scott Weinger English actor | |
| October 5th, 1974 (October 05 1974) | Event | Guildford pub bombing by the IRA leaves 5 dead and 65 injured. | |
| October 5th, 1974 (October 05 1974) | Birth | Heather Headley, Trinidadian singer | |
| October 5th, 1974 (October 05 1974) | Birth | Rich Franklin, American Mixed Martial Artist | Martial Quotes |
| October 5th, 1974 (October 05 1974) | Birth | Colin Meloy, American singer (The Decemberists) | |
| October 5th, 1973 (October 05 1973) | Event | Signature of the European Patent Convention. | |
| October 5th, 1972 (October 05 1972) | Birth | Grant Hill, American basketball player | |
| October 5th, 1972 (October 05 1972) | Birth | Thomas Roberts, American news anchor | |
| October 5th, 1971 (October 05 1971) | Birth | Mauricio Pellegrino, Argentine former footballer | |
| October 5th, 1970 (October 05 1970) | Event | PBS became a television network. | |
| October 5th, 1970 (October 05 1970) | Event | Montreal, Quebec: British Trade Commissioner James Cross is kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group. | |
| October 5th, 1970 (October 05 1970) | Birth | Agnes Barley, American artist | |
| October 5th, 1970 (October 05 1970) | Birth | Josie Bissett, American actress | |
| October 5th, 1970 (October 05 1970) | Birth | Audie Pitre, bass guitarist (died in 1996) | |
| October 5th, 1970 (October 05 1970) | Birth | South Park Mexican, American rapper | |
| October 5th, 1967 (October 05 1967) | Birth | Guy Pearce, Anglo-Australian actor | |
| October 5th, 1966 (October 05 1966) | Event | Near Detroit, Michigan, there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor. | Enrico Fermi Quotes |
| October 5th, 1966 (October 05 1966) | Birth | Jan Verhaas, Dutch snooker referee | |
| October 5th, 1965 (October 05 1965) | Birth | Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| October 5th, 1965 (October 05 1965) | Birth | Patrick Roy, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| October 5th, 1964 (October 05 1964) | Birth | Keiji Fujiwara, Japanese voice actor | |
| October 5th, 1964 (October 05 1964) | Birth | Malik Saidullaev Chechen businessman | |
| October 5th, 1964 (October 05 1964) | Birth | Warren E. Miller, Maryland politician | |
| October 5th, 1963 (October 05 1963) | Birth | Laura Davies, English golfer | |
| October 5th, 1962 (October 05 1962) | Birth | Michael Andretti, American race car driver | |
| October 5th, 1962 (October 05 1962) | Birth | Caron Keating, British television personality (died in 2004) | |
| October 5th, 1961 (October 05 1961) | Birth | Sharon Cheslow, American musician, composer and artist | |
| October 5th, 1961 (October 05 1961) | Birth | Matthew Kauffman, American journalist and George Polk Award winner | |
| October 5th, 1961 (October 05 1961) | Birth | David Kirk, New Zealand rugby union footballer | |
| October 5th, 1960 (October 05 1960) | Birth | Daniel Baldwin, American actor | |
| October 5th, 1960 (October 05 1960) | Birth | Careca, Brazilian footballer | |
| October 5th, 1958 (October 05 1958) | Birth | Andre Kuipers, Dutch astronaut | |
| October 5th, 1957 (October 05 1957) | Birth | Mark Geragos, American attorney | |
| October 5th, 1957 (October 05 1957) | Birth | Bernie Mac, American comedian | |
| October 5th, 1955 (October 05 1955) | Birth | Angela Molina, Spanish actress | |
| October 5th, 1953 (October 05 1953) | Event | The first documented recovery meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is held. | |
| October 5th, 1953 (October 05 1953) | Birth | Russell Mael, American pop singer (Sparks) | |
| October 5th, 1952 (October 05 1952) | Birth | Clive Barker, English writer | Clive Barker Quotes |
| October 5th, 1952 (October 05 1952) | Birth | Duncan Regehr, Canadian actor | |
| October 5th, 1952 (October 05 1952) | Birth | Gigi Sabani, Italian TV host (died in 2007) | |
| October 5th, 1952 (October 05 1952) | Death | Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (born in 1884 or 1885) | |
| October 5th, 1951 (October 05 1951) | Birth | Karen Allen, American actress | |
| October 5th, 1951 (October 05 1951) | Birth | Bob Geldof, Irish singer (The Boomtown Rats) and activist | |
| October 5th, 1950 (October 05 1950) | Birth | Fast Eddie Clarke, English guitarist (Motorhead, Fastway) | |
| October 5th, 1950 (October 05 1950) | Birth | Jeff Conaway, American actor | |
| October 5th, 1950 (October 05 1950) | Birth | Edward P. Jones, American writer | |
| October 5th, 1950 (October 05 1950) | Death | Frederic Lewy, German neurologist (born in 1885) | |
| October 5th, 1949 (October 05 1949) | Birth | Ralph Goodale, Canadian politician | |
| October 5th, 1949 (October 05 1949) | Birth | Bill James, American baseball writer | |
| October 5th, 1949 (October 05 1949) | Birth | B. W. Stevenson, American singer (died in 1988) | |
| October 5th, 1948 (October 05 1948) | Birth | Tawl Ross, American musician (P Funk) | |
| October 5th, 1948 (October 05 1948) | Birth | Zoran Zivkovic, Serbian writer | |
| October 5th, 1947 (October 05 1947) | Event | The first televised White House address is given by U.S. President Harry S. Truman. | Harry S. Truman Quotes |
| October 5th, 1947 (October 05 1947) | Birth | Brian Johnson, English singer (AC/DC) | |
| October 5th, 1946 (October 05 1946) | Birth | Zahida Hina, Pakistani columnist | |
| October 5th, 1946 (October 05 1946) | Birth | Jean Perron, Canadian ice hockey coach | |
| October 5th, 1945 (October 05 1945) | Event | Hollywood Black Friday: A six month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers studios. | |
| October 5th, 1945 (October 05 1945) | Birth | Brian Connolly, Scottish singer (Sweet) (died in 1997) | |
| October 5th, 1945 (October 05 1945) | Birth | Geoff Leigh, English musician (Henry Cow) | |
| October 5th, 1944 (October 05 1944) | Event | Canadian Air Force pilots shoot down the first German jet fighter over France. | |
| October 5th, 1944 (October 05 1944) | Event | Suffrage is extended to women in France. | |
| October 5th, 1943 (October 05 1943) | Birth | Steve Miller, American musician (Steve Miller Band) | |
| October 5th, 1943 (October 05 1943) | Death | Leon Roppolo, American musician (born in 1902) | |
| October 5th, 1942 (October 05 1942) | Birth | Richard Street, American singer (The Temptations) | |
| October 5th, 1941 (October 05 1941) | Birth | Eduardo Duhalde, President of Argentina | |
| October 5th, 1941 (October 05 1941) | Death | Louis Dembitz Brandeis, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (born in 1856) | |
| October 5th, 1940 (October 05 1940) | Death | Ballington Booth, Salvation Army Officer and co-founder of Volunteers of America (born in 1857) | |
| October 5th, 1940 (October 05 1940) | Death | Lincoln Loy McCandless, American cattle rancher (born in 1859) | |
| October 5th, 1940 (October 05 1940) | Death | Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican musician (born in 1889) | |
| October 5th, 1939 (October 05 1939) | Birth | Marie Laforet, French singer and actress | |
| October 5th, 1939 (October 05 1939) | Birth | Marie-Claire Blais, French Canadian author and playwright | |
| October 5th, 1939 (October 05 1939) | Birth | Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Filipino Supreme Court jurist | |
| October 5th, 1938 (October 05 1938) | Birth | Teresa Heinz Kerry, American philanthropist | Teresa Heinz Kerry Quotes |
| October 5th, 1938 (October 05 1938) | Death | Saint Faustina, Polish saint (born in 1905) | |
| October 5th, 1937 (October 05 1937) | Birth | Barry Switzer, American football coach | |
| October 5th, 1936 (October 05 1936) | Event | The Jarrow March sets off for London. | |
| October 5th, 1936 (October 05 1936) | Birth | Vaclav Havel, President of the Czech Republic | Vaclav Havel Quotes |
| October 5th, 1936 (October 05 1936) | Death | J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and novelist (tuberculosis) (born in 1898) | |
| October 5th, 1935 (October 05 1935) | Birth | Arlene Saunders, American soprano | |
| October 5th, 1934 (October 05 1934) | Birth | Angelo Buono, Jr., American serial killer (died in 2002) | |
| October 5th, 1933 (October 05 1933) | Birth | Diane Cilento, Australian actress | |
| October 5th, 1933 (October 05 1933) | Death | Renee Adoree, French actress (born in 1898) | |
| October 5th, 1933 (October 05 1933) | Death | Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich, Russian general (born in 1862) | |
| October 5th, 1932 (October 05 1932) | Birth | Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist (died in 2006) | |
| October 5th, 1930 (October 05 1930) | Event | British Airship R101 crashed in France en-route to India on its maiden voyage. | |
| October 5th, 1930 (October 05 1930) | Birth | Anne Haddy, Australian actress (died in 1999) | |
| October 5th, 1930 (October 05 1930) | Birth | Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut | |
| October 5th, 1930 (October 05 1930) | Birth | Reinhard Selten, German economist, Nobel laureate | |
| October 5th, 1930 (October 05 1930) | Death | Christopher Birdwood Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, British military officer (born in 1875) | |
| October 5th, 1929 (October 05 1929) | Birth | Fred Feast, English actor (died in 1999) | |
| October 5th, 1929 (October 05 1929) | Birth | Richard F. Gordon, Jr., American astronaut | |
| October 5th, 1928 (October 05 1928) | Birth | Louise Fitzhugh, American author (died in 1974) | |
| October 5th, 1926 (October 05 1926) | Birth | Willi Unsoeld, American climber (died in 1979) | |
| October 5th, 1925 (October 05 1925) | Birth | Gail Davis, American actress (died in 1997) | |
| October 5th, 1925 (October 05 1925) | Birth | Bob Thaves, American cartoonist (died in 2006) | |
| October 5th, 1924 (October 05 1924) | Birth | Bill Dana, American actor | |
| October 5th, 1924 (October 05 1924) | Birth | Barbara Kelly, Canadian-born actress (died in 2007) | |
| October 5th, 1924 (October 05 1924) | Birth | Jose Donoso, Chilean writer (died in 1996) | |
| October 5th, 1923 (October 05 1923) | Birth | Albert Gu?mundsson, Icelandic footballer (died in 1994) | |
| October 5th, 1923 (October 05 1923) | Birth | Philip Berrigan, American peace activist (died in 2002) | |
| October 5th, 1923 (October 05 1923) | Birth | Glynis Johns, British actress | |
| October 5th, 1923 (October 05 1923) | Birth | Bill Wirtz, longtime Chicago Blackhawks owner (died in 2007) | |
| October 5th, 1922 (October 05 1922) | Birth | Jose Froilan Gonzalez, Argentine race car driver | |
| October 5th, 1922 (October 05 1922) | Birth | Bil Keane, American cartoonist | |
| October 5th, 1922 (October 05 1922) | Birth | Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager (died in 1985) | |
| October 5th, 1921 (October 05 1921) | Event | Baseball: The World Series was broadcast on the radio for the first time. | |
| October 5th, 1921 (October 05 1921) | Birth | Bill Willis, American football player (died in 2007) | |
| October 5th, 1919 (October 05 1919) | Birth | Donald Pleasence, English actor (died in 1995) | |
| October 5th, 1918 (October 05 1918) | Death | Roland Garros, French pilot (shot down) (born in 1888) | |
| October 5th, 1917 (October 05 1917) | Birth | Allen Ludden, American television game show host (died in 1981) | |
| October 5th, 1915 (October 05 1915) | Event | Bulgaria enters World War I as one of the Central Powers. | |
| October 5th, 1914 (October 05 1914) | Event | World War I first aerial combat resulting in a kill. | |
| October 5th, 1913 (October 05 1913) | Birth | Eugene Bennett Fluckey American Navy Submariner (died in 2007) | |
| October 5th, 1913 (October 05 1913) | Death | Hans von Bartels, German painter (born in 1856) | |
| October 5th, 1912 (October 05 1912) | Birth | Fritz Fischer (medical doctor), Nazi war criminal | |
| October 5th, 1911 (October 05 1911) | Birth | Flann O Brien, Irish humorist (died in 1966) | |
| October 5th, 1910 (October 05 1910) | Event | Portugal overthrows its monarchy and declares itself a republic. | |
| October 5th, 1908 (October 05 1908) | Birth | Joshua Logan, American film director and writer (died in 1988) | |
| October 5th, 1907 (October 05 1907) | Birth | Mrs. Miller, American singer (died in 1997) | |
| October 5th, 1905 (October 05 1905) | Event | Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908. | Wilbur Wright Quotes |
| October 5th, 1905 (October 05 1905) | Birth | Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (died in 1987) | |
| October 5th, 1904 (October 05 1904) | Birth | John Hoyt, American film and television actor (died in 1991) | |
| October 5th, 1903 (October 05 1903) | Event | Sir Samuel Griffith is appointed the first Chief Justice of Australia and Sir Edmund Barton and Richard O Connor are appointed as foundation justices. | |
| October 5th, 1903 (October 05 1903) | Birth | M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist (died in 1989) | |
| October 5th, 1902 (October 05 1902) | Birth | Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (died in 1975) | |
| October 5th, 1902 (October 05 1902) | Birth | Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (died in 1984) | |
| October 5th, 1901 (October 05 1901) | Birth | John Alton, American cinematographer (died in 1996) | |
| October 5th, 1899 (October 05 1899) | Birth | Georg, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died in 1962) | |
| October 5th, 1895 (October 05 1895) | Event | The first individual time trial for racing cyclists is held on a 50-mile course north of London. | |
| October 5th, 1894 (October 05 1894) | Birth | Bevil Rudd, South African athlete (died in 1948) | |
| October 5th, 1892 (October 05 1892) | Birth | Remington Kellogg, American naturalist (died in 1969) | |
| October 5th, 1889 (October 05 1889) | Birth | Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (died in 1936) | |
| October 5th, 1887 (October 05 1887) | Birth | Rene Cassin, French jurist and Nobel laureate (died in 1976) | |
| October 5th, 1882 (October 05 1882) | Birth | Robert Goddard, American rocket scientist (died in 1945) | |
| October 5th, 1880 (October 05 1880) | Death | Jacques Offenbach, German-born composer (born in 1819) | |
| October 5th, 1879 (October 05 1879) | Birth | Francis Peyton Rous, American pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (died in 1970) | |
| October 5th, 1878 (October 05 1878) | Birth | Louise Dresser, American actress (died in 1965) | |
| October 5th, 1877 (October 05 1877) | Event | Chief Joseph surrenders his Nez Perce band to General Nelson A. Miles. | Chief Joseph Quotes |
| October 5th, 1869 (October 05 1869) | Event | 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. | |
| October 5th, 1864 (October 05 1864) | Event | The Indian city of Calcutta is almost totally destroyed by a cyclone; 60,000 die. | |
| October 5th, 1864 (October 05 1864) | Birth | Louis Lumiere, French film pioneer (died in 1948) | |
| October 5th, 1861 (October 05 1861) | Death | Antoni Melchior Fijalkowski, Polish bishop (born in 1778) | |
| October 5th, 1857 (October 05 1857) | Event | The City of Anaheim was founded. | |
| October 5th, 1850 (October 05 1850) | Birth | Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician, and President of the First Imperial Duma (died in 1910) | |
| October 5th, 1848 (October 05 1848) | Birth | Guido von List, German writer (died in 1919) | |
| October 5th, 1848 (October 05 1848) | Death | Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (born in 1781) | |
| October 5th, 1844 (October 05 1844) | Birth | Francis William Reitz, State President of the Orange Free State (died in 1934) | |
| October 5th, 1829 (October 05 1829) | Birth | Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States (d.1886) | Chester A. Arthur Quotes |
| October 5th, 1824 (October 05 1824) | Birth | Henry Chadwick, English-born American baseball writer and statistician (died in 1908) | |
| October 5th, 1820 (October 05 1820) | Birth | David Wilber, American politician (died in 1890) | |
| October 5th, 1813 (October 05 1813) | Death | Tecumseh, Shawnee leader | Tecumseh Quotes |
| October 5th, 1805 (October 05 1805) | Death | Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British general (born in 1738) | |
| October 5th, 1795 (October 05 1795) | Birth | Alexander Keith, Scottish-born Canadian brewer (died in 1873) | |
| October 5th, 1793 (October 05 1793) | Event | French Revolution: Christianity is disestablished in France. | |
| October 5th, 1792 (October 05 1792) | Birth | Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (died in 1844) | |
| October 5th, 1791 (October 05 1791) | Death | Grigori Potemkin, Russian statesman (born in 1739) | |
| October 5th, 1789 (October 05 1789) | Event | French Revolution: Women of Paris 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. | |
| October 5th, 1781 (October 05 1781) | Birth | Bernard Bolzano, Czech mathematician and philosopher (died in 1848) | Philo Quotes |
| October 5th, 1777 (October 05 1777) | Death | Jan Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (born in 1704) | |
| October 5th, 1740 (October 05 1740) | Death | Johann Philipp Baratier, German scholar (born in 1721) | |
| October 5th, 1717 (October 05 1717) | Birth | Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Chateauroux, French mistress of King Louis XV of France (died in 1744) | |
| October 5th, 1715 (October 05 1715) | Birth | Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist (died in 1789) | |
| October 5th, 1714 (October 05 1714) | Death | Kaibara Ekiken, Japanese philosopher (born in 1630) | Philo Quotes |
| October 5th, 1713 (October 05 1713) | Birth | Denis Diderot, French philosopher and encylopedist (died in 1784) | Denis Diderot Quotes |
| October 5th, 1712 (October 05 1712) | Birth | Francesco Guardi, Italian painter (died in 1793) | |
| October 5th, 1703 (October 05 1703) | Birth | Jonathan Edwards, American minister (died in 1758) | Jonathan Edwards Quotes |
| October 5th, 1695 (October 05 1695) | Birth | John Glas, Scottish minister (died in 1773) | John Scott Quotes |
| October 5th, 1665 (October 05 1665) | Event | The University of Kiel is founded. | |
| October 5th, 1658 (October 05 1658) | Birth | Mary of Modena, queen of James II of England (died in 1718) | |
| October 5th, 1641 (October 05 1641) | Birth | Francoise-Athenais, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of King Louis XIV of France (died in 1707) | Louis XIV of France Quotes |
| October 5th, 1606 (October 05 1606) | Death | Philippe Desportes, French poet (born in 1546) | |
| October 5th, 1582 (October 05 1582) | Event | Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. | |
| October 5th, 1565 (October 05 1565) | Death | Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (born in 1522) | |
| October 5th, 1564 (October 05 1564) | Death | Pierre de Manchicourt, Flemish composer | |
| October 5th, 1550 (October 05 1550) | Event | Foundation of Concepcion, city in Chile. | |
| October 5th, 1540 (October 05 1540) | Death | Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (born in 1488) | |
| October 5th, 1528 (October 05 1528) | Death | Richard Foxe, English churchman | |
| October 5th, 1520 (October 05 1520) | Birth | Alessandro Cardinal Farnese, Italian cardinal (died in 1589) | |
| October 5th, 1285 (October 05 1285) | Death | King Philip III of France (born in 1245) | |
| October 5th, 1214 (October 05 1214) | Death | King Alfonso VIII of Castile (born in 1155) | |
| October 5th, 1143 (October 05 1143) | Event | The king Alfonso VII of Leon recognises Portugal as a Kingdom. | |
| October 5th, 1112 (October 05 1112) | Death | Sigebert of Gembloux, French chronicler | |
| October 5th, 1056 (October 05 1056) | Death | Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (born in 1017) | |
| October 5th, 0869 (October 05 0869) | Event | The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople. | |
| October 5th, 0578 (October 05 0578) | Death | Justin II, Byzantine Emperor | |
