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What happend on 5. October in History
In our data base we found 358 events happened on 5. October:
• 456: The Visigoths under king Theodoric II, acting on orders of the Roman emperor Avitus, invade Hispania with an army of Burgundians, Franks and Goths, led by the kings Chilperic I and Gondioc. [category: Events]
• 578: Justin II, Byzantine emperor (b. 520) [category: Deaths]
• 610: Coronation of Byzantine Emperor Heraclius. [category: Events]
• 869: The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about patriarch Photius of Constantinople. [category: Events]
• 1056: Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1017) [category: Deaths]
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• 1112: Sigebert of Gembloux, French author (b. 1030) [category: Deaths]
• 1143: King Alfonso VII of León recognises Portugal as a Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1214: Alfonso VIII of Castile (b. 1155) [category: Deaths]
• 1285: Philip III of France (b. 1245) [category: Deaths]
• 1338: Alexios III of Trebizond (d. 1390) [category: Births]
• 1450: Jews are expelled from Lower Bavaria by order of Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria. [category: Events]
• 1520: Alessandro Farnese, Italian cardinal (d. 1589) [category: Births]
• 1528: Richard Foxe, English bishop (b. 1448) [category: Deaths]
• 1540: Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (b. 1488) [category: Deaths]
• 1550: Foundation of Concepción, city in Chile. [category: Events]
• 1564: Pierre de Manchicourt, Flemish composer (b. 1510) [category: Deaths]
• 1565: Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (b. 1522) [category: Deaths]
• 1582: Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. [category: Events]
• 1606: Philippe Desportes, French poet (b. 1546) [category: Deaths]
• 1641: Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (d. 1707) [category: Births]
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• 1658: Mary of Modena (d. 1718) [category: Births]
• 1665: The University of Kiel is founded. [category: Events]
• 1695: John Glas, Scottish minister (d. 1773) [category: Births]
• 1703: Jonathan Edwards, American minister and theologian (d. 1758) [category: Births]
• 1712: Francesco Guardi, Italian painter (d. 1793) [category: Births]
• 1713: Denis Diderot, French philosopher (d. 1784) [category: Births]
• 1714: Kaibara Ekiken, Japanese philosopher (b. 1630) [category: Deaths]
• 1715: Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist (d. 1789) [category: Births]
• 1717: Marie Anne de Mailly, French mistress of Louis XV of France (d. 1744) [category: Births]
• 1740: Jean-Philippe Baratier, German scholar (b. 1721) [category: Deaths]
• 1743: Giuseppe Gazzaniga, Italian composer (d. 1818) [category: Births]
• 1777: Johann Andreas Segner, Slovak-German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704) [category: Deaths]
• 1781: Bernard Bolzano, Czech mathematician and philosopher (d. 1848) [category: Births]
• 1789: 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. [category: Events]
• 1791: Grigori Potemkin, Russian military leader and statesman (b. 1739) [category: Deaths]
• 1792: Joseph Crosfield, English businessman (d. 1844) [category: Births]
• 1793: French Revolution: Christianity is disestablished in France. [category: Events]
• 1795: Alexander Keith, Scottish-Canadian brewer and politician, 13th Mayor of Halifax (d. 1873) [category: Births]
• 1805: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English general (b. 1738) [category: Deaths]
• 1813: Tecumseh, American tribal leader (b. 1768) [category: Deaths]
• 1813: Battle of Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British. [category: Events]
• 1820: David Wilber, American politician (d. 1890) [category: Births]
• 1824: Henry Chadwick, English-American author and historian (d. 1908) [category: Births]
• 1829: Chester A. Arthur, American politician, 21st President of the United States (d. 1886) [category: Births]
• 1844: Francis William Reitz, South African lawyer and politician, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1848: Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist and poet (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1848: Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg, Austrian-German politician (b. 1781) [category: Deaths]
• 1850: Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1857: Peadar Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish author (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1857: The City of Anaheim is founded. [category: Events]
• 1858: Helen Churchill Candee, American author and journalist, survivor of the Sinking of the RMS Titanic (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1861: Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish archbishop (b. 1778) [category: Deaths]
• 1864: Louis Lumière, French director and producer (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1864: The Indian city of Calcutta is almost totally destroyed by a cyclone; 60,000 die. [category: Events]
• 1869: The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region of Maritime Canada. The storm had been predicted over a year before by a British naval officer. [category: Events]
• 1873: Lucien Mérignac, French fencer (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1877: Chief Joseph surrenders his Nez Perce band to General Nelson A. Miles. [category: Events]
• 1878: Louise Dresser, American actress (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1879: Francis Peyton Rous, American pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1880: Jacques Offenbach, German-French composer (b. 1819) [category: Deaths]
• 1881: Robert Stangland, American jumper (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1882: Robert H. Goddard, American physicist and inventor (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1887: René Cassin, French jurist and judge, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1889: Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan author (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1892: Remington Kellogg, American naturalist (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1894: Bevil Rudd, South African runner (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1895: Ralph Tollemache, English clergyman (b. 1826) [category: Deaths]
• 1895: The first individual time trial for racing cyclists is held on a 50-mile course north of London. [category: Events]
• 1898: Nachum Gutman, Israeli painter (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1899: Georg, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1901: John Alton, American cinematographer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1902: Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1902: Ray Kroc, American businessman (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1903: M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1903: Sir Samuel Griffith is appointed the first Chief Justice of Australia and Sir Edmund Barton and Richard O'Connor are appointed as foundation justices. [category: Events]
• 1905: Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1905: John Hoyt, American actor (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1905: Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908. [category: Events]
• 1907: Mrs. Miller, American singer (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1908: Joshua Logan, American director and screenwriter (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1909: Tony Malinosky, American baseball player (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1910: In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared. [category: Events]
• 1911: Brian O'Nolan, Irish author and playwright (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1911: Pierre Dansereau, Canadian ecologist (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1911: The Kowloon-Canton Railway (split into MTR East Rail Line and Guangshen Railway now) commences service between Kowloon and Canton. [category: Events]
• 1912: Fritz Fischer, German nazi doctor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1913: Eugene Bennett Fluckey American navy commander (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1913: Hans von Bartels, German painter (b. 1856) [category: Deaths]
• 1914: World War I: first aerial combat resulting in an intentional fatality. [category: Events]
• 1915: Bulgaria enters World War I as one of the Central Powers. [category: Events]
• 1916: Stetson Kennedy, American author and activist (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1917: Allen Ludden, American game show host (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1917: Magda Szabó, Hungarian author (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1918: Roland Garros, French pilot (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1919: Donald Pleasence, English actor (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1919: Robin Bailey, English actor (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1921: Bill Willis, American football player (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1921: Baseball: The World Series is broadcast on the radio for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1922: Bil Keane, American cartoonist (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1922: Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1922: José Froilán González, Argentine race car driver [category: Births]
• 1923: Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1923: Glynis Johns, South African-Welsh actress, singer, and dancer [category: Births]
• 1923: Kailashpati Mishra, Indian politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1923: Philip Berrigan, American priest and activist (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1923: Stig Dagerman, Swedish author and journalist (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1924: Barbara Kelly, Canadian-English actress (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1924: Bill Dana, American actor and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1924: Bob Thaves, American cartoonist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1924: José Donoso, Chilean author (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1925: Gail Davis, American actress (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1926: Avraham Adan, Israeli general (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1926: Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1927: Sam Warner, American film producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1928: Louise Fitzhugh, American author (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1929: Bill Wirtz, American businessman (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1929: Fred Feast, English actor (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1929: Richard F. Gordon, Jr., American captain and astronaut [category: Births]
• 1929: Varghese Payapilly Palakkappilly, Indian-Syrian priest (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Pavel Popovich, Soviet astronaut (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1930: Reinhard Selten, German economist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1930: Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, Indian-English military officer (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: British Airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage. [category: Events]
• 1932: Dean Prentice, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1932: Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1933: Diane Cilento, Australian actress (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1933: Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich, Russian general (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Renée Adorée, French actress (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Angelo Buono, Jr., American serial killer (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1934: Kenneth D. Taylor, Canadian diplomat [category: Births]
• 1935: Arlene Saunders, American soprano [category: Births]
• 1936: Václav Havel, Czech politician, 1st President of the Czech Republic (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1936: J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: The Jarrow March sets off for London. [category: Events]
• 1937: Barry Switzer, American football coach [category: Births]
• 1938: Teresa Heinz Kerry, American businesswoman and philanthropist [category: Births]
• 1938: Mary Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun, mystic and saint (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: In Nazi Germany Jews’ passports were invalidated, and those who needed a passport for emigration purposes were given one marked with the letter J (Jude – Jew). [category: Events]
• 1939: Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Filipino jurist [category: Births]
• 1939: Marie Laforêt, French-Swiss singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1939: Marie-Claire Blais, Canadian author and playwright [category: Births]
• 1939: Walter Wolf, Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Walter Wolf Racing [category: Births]
• 1940: John Byrne Cooke, American author and photographer [category: Births]
• 1940: Milena Dravić, Serbian actress [category: Births]
• 1940: Thom Christopher, American actor [category: Births]
• 1940: Ballington Booth, English-American co-founder of the Volunteers of America (b. 1857) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Lincoln Loy McCandless, American politician (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Eduardo Duhalde, Argentine lawyer and politician, 50th President of Argentina [category: Births]
• 1941: Roy Book Binder, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1941: Louis Brandeis, American jurist (b. 1856) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Billy Scott, American singer-songwriter (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1942: Richard Street, American singer-songwriter (The Temptations) [category: Births]
• 1943: Ben Cardin, American politician [category: Births]
• 1943: Steve Miller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Steve Miller Band) [category: Births]
• 1943: Leon Roppolo, American clarinet player (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: 98 American POW's executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island. [category: Events]
• 1944: Royal Canadian Air Force pilots shoot down the first German jet fighter over France. [category: Events]
• 1944: Suffrage is extended to women in France. [category: Events]
• 1945: Brian Connolly, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sweet) (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1945: Geoff Leigh, English saxophone player (Henry Cow) [category: Births]
• 1945: Hollywood Black Friday: A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers' studios. [category: Events]
• 1946: Jean Perron, Canadian ice hockey coach [category: Births]
• 1946: Zahida Hina, Pakistani journalist and author [category: Births]
• 1947: Brian Johnson, English singer-songwriter (AC/DC and Geordie) [category: Births]
• 1947: Michèle Pierre-Louis, Haitian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Haiti [category: Births]
• 1947: The first televised White House address is given by U.S. President Harry S. Truman. [category: Events]
• 1948: Carter Cornelius, American singer (Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose) (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1948: Tawl Ross, American guitarist (Funkadelic) [category: Births]
• 1948: Zoran Živković, Serbian author [category: Births]
• 1948: The 1948 Ashgabat earthquake kills 110,000. [category: Events]
• 1949: B. W. Stevenson, American singer-songwriter (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1949: Bill James, American historian and author [category: Births]
• 1949: Ralph Goodale, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1950: Eddie Clarke, English guitarist (Motörhead and Fastway) [category: Births]
• 1950: James Rizzi, American painter (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1950: Jeff Conaway, American actor (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1950: Frederic Lewy, German neurologist (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Bob Geldof, Irish singer-songwriter, actor, and author (The Boomtown Rats) [category: Births]
• 1951: Karen Allen, American actress [category: Births]
• 1952: Clive Barker, English author and director [category: Births]
• 1952: Duncan Regehr, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1952: Gigi Sabani, Italian television host and singer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1952: Joe Jagersberger, Austrian race car driver (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: The first documented recovery meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is held. [category: Events]
• 1955: Caroline Loeb, French actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1955: Jean-Jacques Lafon, French singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1955: John Alexander, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1955: Ángela Molina, Spanish actress [category: Births]
• 1955: Disneyland Hotel opens to the public in Anaheim, California. [category: Events]
• 1957: Bernie Mac, American actor and comedian (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1957: Lee Thompson, English singer-songwriter and saxophonist (Madness and The Dance Brigade) [category: Births]
• 1957: Mark Geragos, American lawyer [category: Births]
• 1958: André Kuipers, Dutch physician and astronaut [category: Births]
• 1958: Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist [category: Births]
• 1959: Kelly Joe Phelps, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1959: Maya Lin, American architect and sculptor, designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Civil Rights Memorial [category: Births]
• 1960: Careca, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1960: Daniel Baldwin, American actor, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1960: David Kirk, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1960: David Shannon, American author [category: Births]
• 1960: Evangelia Tzampazi, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1961: Matthew Kauffman, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1961: Sharon Cheslow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Chalk Circle) [category: Births]
• 1962: Caron Keating, English television host (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1962: Michael Andretti, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1962: Thomas Herbst, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1962: Dr. No, the first in the James Bond film series, is released. [category: Events]
• 1962: The Beatles' first single, "Love Me Do" backed with "P.S. I Love You", is released in the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1963: Laura Davies, English golfer [category: Births]
• 1963: Michael Hadschieff, Austrian speed skater [category: Births]
• 1964: Keiji Fujiwara, Japanese voice actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Malik Saidullaev Chechen businessman [category: Births]
• 1964: Philip A. Haigh, Writer and Historian [category: Births]
• 1965: Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1965: Patrick Roy, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1965: Trace Armstrong, American football player [category: Births]
• 1966: Dennis Byrd, American football player [category: Births]
• 1966: Jan Verhaas, Dutch snooker referee [category: Births]
• 1966: Sean M. Carroll, American cosmologist [category: Births]
• 1966: Terri Runnels, American wrestler and manager [category: Births]
• 1966: Near Detroit, Michigan, there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor. [category: Events]
• 1967: Guy Pearce, English-Australian actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1967: Rex Chapman, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Police baton civil rights demonstrators in Derry, Northern Ireland – considered to mark the beginning of The Troubles. [category: Events]
• 1969: The first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus airs on BBC One. [category: Events]
• 1970: Audie Pitre, American singer and bass player (Acid Bath) (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1970: Cal Wilson, New Zealand comedian and actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Josie Bissett, American actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Matthew Knights, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1970: Montreal, Quebec: British Trade Commissioner James Cross is kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group, triggering the October Crisis. [category: Events]
• 1970: The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded. [category: Events]
• 1971: Mauricio Pellegrino, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Samuel Vincent, Canadian voice actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1971: South Park Mexican, American rapper, founded Dope House Records [category: Births]
• 1972: Aaron Guiel, Canadian baseball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Grant Hill, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Thomas Roberts, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1973: Signature of the European Patent Convention. [category: Events]
• 1974: Alex Walkinshaw, English actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Anousjka van Exel, Dutch tennis player [category: Births]
• 1974: Colin Meloy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Decemberists, Tarkio, and Happy Cactus) [category: Births]
• 1974: Heather Headley, Trinidadian-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Rich Franklin, American mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1974: Guildford pub bombings: bombs planted by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) kill four British soldiers and one civilian. [category: Events]
• 1975: Bobo Baldé, Guinean footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Carson Ellis, American illustrator [category: Births]
• 1975: Christian Fährmann, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Kate Winslet, English actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1975: Monica Rial American voice actress, director, and scriptwriter [category: Births]
• 1975: Parminder Nagra, English actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Scott Weinger American actor and producer [category: Births]
• 1975: Lady Constance Malleson, English actress and author (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Operation Primicia: terrorist attack against a Military Regiment at Formosa, Argentina. [category: Events]
• 1976: J. J. Yeley, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1976: Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechen politician, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic [category: Births]
• 1976: Royston Tan, Singaporean screenwriter and director [category: Births]
• 1976: Song Seung-heon, South Korean actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Barbara Nichols, American actress (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Lars Onsager, Norwegian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Hugleikur Dagsson, Icelandic cartoonist, scriptwriter, and critic [category: Births]
• 1977: Vinnie Paz, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1978: James Valentine, American guitarist (Maroon 5 and JJAMZ) [category: Births]
• 1978: Jesse Palmer, Canadian-American football player and sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1978: Morgan Webb, Canadian-American television host and producer [category: Births]
• 1978: Shane Ryan, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Curtis Sanford, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1979: Joe Lipari, American comedian, radio host, and director [category: Births]
• 1979: Vince Grella, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: James Toseland, English motorcycle racer [category: Births]
• 1980: Paul Thomas, American bass player (Good Charlotte) [category: Births]
• 1981: Andy Nägelein, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Kelvin Tan, Singaporean singer [category: Births]
• 1981: Gloria Grahame, American actress (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Brandi Williams, American singer-songwriter and actress (Blaque) [category: Births]
• 1982: Steve Williams, Australian-German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1982: Chicago Tylenol murders: Johnson & Johnson initiates a nationwide product recall in the United States for all products in its Tylenol brand after several bottles in Chicago are found to have been laced with cyanide, resulting in seven deaths. [category: Events]
• 1983: Florian Mayer, German tennis player [category: Births]
• 1983: Jesse Eisenberg, American actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Mashrafe Mortaza, Bangladeshi cricketer [category: Births]
• 1983: Nicky Hilton, American model and fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1983: Noot Seear, Canadian model and actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded Tupperware (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Kenwyne Jones, Trinidadian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Naima Adedapo, American singer [category: Births]
• 1984: Tiana Benjamin, English actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. [category: Events]
• 1985: Nicola Roberts, English singer-songwriter and actress (Girls Aloud) [category: Births]
• 1986: Mladen Bartulović, Croatian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Mike Burgmann, Australian race car driver (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Israeli secret nuclear weapons are revealed. The British newspaper The Sunday Times runs Mordechai Vanunu's story on its front page under the headline: "Revealed — the secrets of Israel's nuclear arsenal". [category: Events]
• 1987: Javier Villa, Spanish race car driver [category: Births]
• 1987: Kevin Mirallas, Belgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Luigi Vitale, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Park So-yeon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (T-ara) [category: Births]
• 1987: Tim Ream, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1988: Bahar Kızıl, German singer-songwriter (Monrose) [category: Births]
• 1988: Benny Howell, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1988: Bobby Edner, American singer, dancer, and actor (Varsity Fanclub) [category: Births]
• 1988: The Brazilian Constitution is ratified by Constituent Assembly. [category: Events]
• 1988: The Chilean opposition coalition Concertación (center-left) defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt and a general election is called the following year. [category: Events]
• 1989: Marcel Baude, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: After one hundred and fifty years The Herald broadsheet newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper. [category: Events]
• 1991: An Indonesian military transport crashes after takeoff from Jakarta killing 137. [category: Events]
• 1991: The first official version of the Linux kernel, version 0.02, is released. [category: Events]
• 1992: Eddie Kendricks, American singer-songwriter (The Temptations) (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Ali Brustofski, American singer [category: Births]
• 1993: Jim Holton, Scottish footballer (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Linda Gary, American voice actress (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Seymour Cray, American engineer and businessman, founded CRAY Inc (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Brian Pillman, American football player and wrestler (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people. [category: Events]
• 2000: Cătălin Hîldan, Romanian footballer (b. 1976) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milošević. These demonstrations are often called the Bulldozer Revolution. [category: Events]
• 2001: Mike Mansfield, American politician (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Dan Snyder, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1978) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Denis Quilley, English actor (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist, director, and producer (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian and actor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: William H. Dobelle, American biologist (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Antonio Peña, Mexican wrestling promoter, founded Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Jennifer Moss, English actress (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Justin Tuveri, Italian soldier (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Mike Alexander, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Evile) (b. 1977) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Bernard Clavel, French author (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Mary Leona Gage, American model and actress, Miss USA 1957 (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Steve Lee, Swiss singer-songwriter (Gotthard) (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Bert Jansch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pentangle) (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Charles Napier, American actor (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Derrick Bell, American academic and scholar (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Fred Shuttlesworth, American activist (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founder and of Apple Inc. (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: In the Mekong River massacre, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered in the lawless Golden Triangle region of Southeast Asia. [category: Events]
• 2012: Claude Pinoteau, French director and scriptwriter (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Edvard Mirzoyan, Georgian-Armenian composer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Gloria Taylor, Canadian activist (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: James W. Holley, III, American politician (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Vojin Dimitrijević, Serbian lawyer and activist (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• _: Armed Forces Day (Indonesia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos (Roman Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Constitution Day (Vanuatu) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Faustyna Kowalska [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Hor and Susia (Coptic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: October 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: One of the three Mundus patet (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Placid and Maurus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Placidus (martyr) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Republic Day (Portugal) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Stara Zagora (Bulgaria) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Teacher's Day (Pakistan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Thraseas [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Teachers' Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]