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)

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