October 5

2024 Calendar

October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 87 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

Up to 1900

610 – Coronation of Emperor Heraclius of the Byzantine Empire.
1143 – King Alfonso VII of Leon recognises Portugal as a kingdom.
1450 – Jews are expelled from Lower Bavaria by order of Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria.
1502 – Christopher Columbus names Costa Rica.
1550 – The city of Concepcion, Chile is founded.
1582 – This day does not exist in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain, as the Gregorian calendar is introduced. In those countries, October 4 is followed by October 15.
1665 – The University of Kiel is founded.
1762 – British troops occupy Manila, Philippines.
1789 – French Revolution: Women in Paris march to Versailles in the March on Versailles to confront Louis XVI of France about his intention to hold on to the system of feudalism.
1793 – French Revolution: Christianity is removed as the official state religion of France.
1813 – The Battle of Thames is fought in Canada, in which American forces defeat British ones.
1857 – The city of Anaheim, California is founded.
1864 – Calcutta, India, is almost completely destroyed by a cyclone, killing 60,000 people.
1869 – In weather, the Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy along the maritime provinces of Eastern Canada.
1877 – Chief Joseph surrenders his Nez Perce band to US General Nelson A. Miles.
1895 – The first individual time trial for cyclists takes place in London.

1901 – 2000

1903 – Samuel Griffith becomes the first Chief Justice of Australia.
1905 – Wilbur Wright pilots the Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stuck until 1908.
1908 – Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1910 – Portugal becomes a Republic.
1914 – World War I: First aerial combat resulting in a death, in international conflict.
1915 – Bulgaria enters World War I as one of the Central Powers.
1921 – Baseball's World Series is broadcast on radio for the first time.
1933 – In Germany, the Nazis take total control of the press.
1938 – In Germany, under Nazi rule, Jews' passports are declared illegal.
1943 – World War II: 98 American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
1944 – World War II: Royal Canadian Air Force pilots shoot down the first German jet fighter over France.
1944 – Women in France are given the right to vote.
1947 – The first televised White House address is given by Harry S. Truman.
1948 – A magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes present-day Turkmenistan, killing over 100,000 people.
1951 – The first Mediterranean Games begin in Alexandria, Egypt.
1955 – Disneyland Hotel opens in Anaheim, California.
1962 – The first James Bond movie, Dr. No, is released.
1962 – Love Me Do, the Beatles' first single, is released in the United Kingdom.
1968 – Police baton civil rights demonstrators in Derry, Northern Ireland, considered to be the beginning of the Troubles.
1969 – Monty Python's Flying Circus is first shown on BBC One.
1970 – The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.
1970 – In Montreal, Quebec, Canada, British trade commissioner James Cross is kidnapped by members of the Front de liberation du Quebec, starting the October Crisis.
1973 – Signature of the European Patent Convention.
1974 – The Guildford pub bombings are carried out by the Provisional IRA, killing 4 British soldiers and 1 civilian.
1984 – Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space.
1986 – Israel's secret nuclear weapons are revealed.
1988 – The Brazilian Constitution is ratified by the Constituent Assembly.
1989 – Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama, wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
1991 – An Indonesian military transport plane crashes after take-off from Jakarta, Indonesia, killing 137, including two on the ground. Only one on board survives.
1992 – Lennart Meri becomes President of Estonia.
1999 – The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in West London kills 31 people.
2000 – Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to the resignation of Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic.

From 2001

2001 – In baseball, Barry Bonds overtakes Mark McGwire's single-season home run record, hitting his 71st and 72nd home runs of the season respectively.
2004 – At 27.25 degrees Celsius, Germany records its warmest October 5th in 125 years.
2011 – Steve Jobs, former CEO of Apple Inc., dies aged 56, leading to widespread reaction on social media.
2014 – Formula One racing driver Jules Bianchi suffers serious injuries in a crash at the Japanese Grand Prix, leading to his death in July 2015.
2017 – Allegations of sexual harassment against the film producer Harvey Weinstein are published, starting the #MeToo movement.
2018 – Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Births

Deaths

Up to 1900

578 – Justin II, Byantine Emperor (b. 520)
877 – Charles the Bald
1056 – Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1017)
1112 – Sigebert of Gembloux, French monk, historian and author (b. 1030)
1214 – King Alfonso VIII of Castile (b. 1155)
1285 – King Philip III of France (b. 1245)
1606 – Philippe Desportes, French poet (b. 1546)
1763 – King Augustus III of Poland (b. 1696)
1777 – Johann Andreas Segner, Slovakian-German mathematician, physicist and physician (b. 1704)
1791 – Grigori Potemkin, Russian statesman (b. 1739)
1805 – Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English general (b. 1738)
1813 – Tecumseh, Native American leader (b. 1768)
1837 – Hortense de Beauharnais Queen of Holland and mother of the Emperor Napoleon III of France (b. 1783)
1853 – Mahlon Dickerson, Governor of New Jersey (b. 1770)
1855 – Thomas Mitchell, Australian explorer
1861 – Kinsley S. Bingham, Governor of Michigan (b. 1808)
1880 – Jacques Offenbach, French composer (b. 1819)

1901 – 2000

1913 – Hans von Bartels, German painter (b. 1856)
1918 – Roland Garros, French pilot (b. 1888)
1927 – Sam Warner, American movie producer (b. 1887)
1930 – Christopher Birdwood Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, British Secretary of State for Air (b. 1876)
1933 – Renée Adoree, French actress (b. 1898)
1936 – J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and novelist, from complications following neglected tuberculosis (b. 1898)
1938 – Mary Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun, mystic and saint (b. 1905)
1940 – Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer (b. 1899)
1941 – Louis Dembitz Brandeis, justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (b. 1856)
1943 – Leon Roppolo, jazz musician (b. 1902)
1957 – José Leandro Andrade, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1901)
1969 – Walter Hagen, champion golfer
1976 – Lars Onsager, Norwegian physical chemist (b. 1903)
1976 – Barbara Nichols, American actress (b. 1929)
1983 – Earl Tupper, inventor of Tupperware (b. 1907)
1983 – Humberto Mauro, Brazilian movie director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
1986 – Hal B. Wallis, movie producer
1986 – James H. Wilkinson, mathematician (b. 1919)
1992 – Eddie Kendricks, singer (b. 1939)
1995 – Linda Gary, voice actor (b. 1944)
1996 – Seymour Cray, American computer pioneer (b. 1926)

From 2001

2002 – Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
2003 – Denis Quilley, British actor (b. 1927)
2003 – Dan Snyder, Atlanta Thrashers ice hockey player (b. 1978)
2004 – Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian (b. 1921)
2004 – Maurice Wilkins, DNA pioneer (b. 1916)
2007 – Walter Kempowski, German writer (b. 1929)
2007 – Justin Tuveri, Italian World War I veteran (b. 1898)
2009 – Giselher Klebe, German composer (b. 1925)
2009 – Israel Gelfand, Soviet-born American mathematician (b. 1913)
2010 – Bernard Clavel, French writer (b. 1923)
2011 – Bert Jansch, Scottish musician (b. 1943)
2011 – Steve Jobs, American computer entrepreneur and innovator, co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc. (b. 1955)
2011 – Charles Napier, American actor (b. 1936)
2012 – Claude Pinoteau, French movie director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
2013 – Carlo Lizzani, Italian actor and movie director (b. 1922)
2014 – Yuri Lyubimov, Russian stage actor and director (b. 1917)
2014 – Andrea de Cesaris, Italian racing driver (b. 1959)
2014 – Anna Przybylska, Polish actress (b. 1978)
2014 – Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian actor, director, artist and dancer (b. 1930)
2014 – Anna Maria Gherardi, Italian actress (b. 1939)
2014 – Misty Upham, American actress (b. 1982)
2015 – Henning Mankell, Swedish writer (b. 1948)
2015 – Jos Vandeloo, Belgian writer and poet (b. 1925)
2015 – Grace Lee Boggs, American writer and activist (b. 1915)
2015 – Chantal Akerman, Belgian movie director and artist (b. 1950)
2015 – Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria (b. 1938)
2016 – Georges Balandier, French sociologist, ethnologist and anthropologist (b. 1920)
2016 – Michal Kovac, 1st President of Slovakia (b. 1930)
2016 – Josh Samman, American mixed martial artist (b. 1988)
2017 – Toon Geurts, Dutch sprint canoeist (b. 1932)
2017 – Eberhard van der Laan, Dutch politician (b. 1955)
2017 – Giorgio Pressburger, Hungarian-Italian writer (b. 1937)
2017 – Anne Wiazemsky, French actress and novelist (b. 1947)
2017 – Sylke Tempel, German journalist and novelist (b. 1963)
2018 – Jimmy Duquennoy, Belgian cyclist (b. 1995)
2018 – Ray Galton, English screenwriter (b. 1930)
2018 – Ivar Odnes, Norwegian politician (b. 1963)
2018 – Víctor Pey, Spanish-Chilean engineer and political activist (b. 1915)
2019 – Andy Etcheburren, American baseball player (b. 1943)
2019 – Marcello Giordani, Italian tenor (b. 1963)
2019 – David Greaves, English snooker player (b. 1946)
2019 – Henry Keizer, Dutch politician and businessman (b. 1960)
2019 – Blaine Lindgren, American sprinter (b. 1939)
2019 – Margaret Lyons, Canadian radio executive (b. 1923)
2019 – Philippe Vandevelde, Belgian comic writer (b. 1957)

Observances

Republic Day (Portugal)
International Teachers' Day (UNESCO)
Teachers' Day (Pakistan, Russia)
Armed Forces Day (Indonesia)
Constitution Day (Vanuatu)
Stara Zagora (Bulgaria)

October 5

Events

Up to 1900

1901 – 2000

From 2001

Births

Up to 1900

1901 – 1950

1951 – 1975

From 1976

Deaths

Up to 1900

1901 – 2000

From 2001

Observances