October 5th Events |
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| 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, 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, 1999 (October 05 1999) | Event | The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people. | |
| 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, 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, 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, 1984 (October 05 1984) | Event | Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. | |
| October 5th, 1981 (October 05 1981) | Event | Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honorary U.S. citizen. | |
| October 5th, 1974 (October 05 1974) | Event | Guildford pub bombing by the IRA leaves 5 dead and 65 injured. | |
| October 5th, 1973 (October 05 1973) | Event | Signature of the European Patent Convention. | |
| 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, 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, 1953 (October 05 1953) | Event | The first documented recovery meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is held. | |
| 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, 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, 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, 1936 (October 05 1936) | Event | The Jarrow March sets off for London. | |
| October 5th, 1930 (October 05 1930) | Event | British Airship R101 crashed in France en-route to India on its maiden voyage. | |
| October 5th, 1921 (October 05 1921) | Event | Baseball: The World Series was broadcast on the radio for the first time. | |
| 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, 1910 (October 05 1910) | Event | Portugal overthrows its monarchy and declares itself a republic. | |
| 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, 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, 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, 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, 1857 (October 05 1857) | Event | The City of Anaheim was founded. | |
| October 5th, 1793 (October 05 1793) | Event | French Revolution: Christianity is disestablished in France. | |
| 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, 1665 (October 05 1665) | Event | The University of Kiel is founded. | |
| 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, 1550 (October 05 1550) | Event | Foundation of Concepcion, city in Chile. | |
| October 5th, 1143 (October 05 1143) | Event | The king Alfonso VII of Leon recognises Portugal as a Kingdom. | |
| 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. | |
