October 5: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

• Kate Winslet (1975)

  English singer and actress.

• Imran Khan (1952)

  Pakistani politician and cricketer.

• Sophie Favier (1963)

  Lyon, France -- Actress (Sans Interdits).

• Jesse Eisenberg (1983)

  American actor.

• Marie Laforêt (1939)

  French actress and singer.

• Guy Pearce (1967)

  British-Australian actor, writer, and dancer.

• Bob Geldof (1951)

  Irish punk rock singer, songwriter and lead vocalist of the "Boomtown Rats", and activist.

• Neil deGrasse Tyson (1958)
• Bernie Mac (1957)

  American comedian and actor (d. 2008).

• Parminder Nagra (1975)

  English actress.

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• Andrew Keir (1997)

  Actor Rob Roy, Absolution and Blood Hunt, dies at 71.

• Barbara Nichols (1976)

  Actress (Pajama Game: Loved One) dies at 46.

• Leonard Rossiter (1984)

  British actor who died from a heart attack in his 57th year (born 1926).

• Gloria Grahame (1981)

  American actress who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in "The Bad and the Beautiful", 1952.

• Bernard Clavel (2010)

  French radio/tv writer, pacifist and artist, painter, critic.

• Jean Vigo (1934)

  French filmmaker, known as the film's Rimbaud.

• Karl G Henize (1993)

  Astronaut (STS51-F) dies at 66 from heart failure.

• Seymour Cray (1996)

  American computer technician and Thomas Edison of supercomputing, who set out to build the fastest computer on the planet.

• Mino Auletta (2012)
• Paul Acket (1992)

  Organizer (Music Express, North Sea Jazz Festival).

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Western Zodiac

Libra

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• Oct 5th, 2018 Two new members have been named by the Swedish Academy: Eric Runesson (the Swedish supreme court judge) and Jila Mossaed (the Swedish writer and poet).
• Oct 5th, 2017 Iraqi Civil War (2014-2017: Hawija offensive 2017: The Iraqi Army retakes Hawija, Kirkuk Governorate, from ISIL. As Iraqi troops carry out anti-ISIL operations within the Hawija District, fighting continues to the east and north of the city.
• Oct 5th, 2016 Jose Cuervo, a Mexican tequila producer, will postpone its IPO until after US presidential elections because of concerns about market volatility.
• Oct 5th, 2015 Russian military intervention in Syria Civil War, Spillover from the Syrian Civil War. Turkey claims that a Russian warplane invaded its airspace close to the Syrian border. The Turkish Air Force was able to dispatch two F-16 fighter aircraft to intercept the plane. The Foreign Ministry summoned Russia’s ambassador to protest this violation. It urged Russia not to repeat it and warned that it would be held responsible for any untoward incident.
• Oct 5th, 2014 Civil war in Syria:: 18,000 Palestinians face life-threatening water shortages in Damascus's Yarmouk Camp.
• Oct 5th, 2013 Fiveteen soldiers are killed in post-civil war clashes.

• Oct 5th, 2012 A sustained bombing campaign is being launched against Homs, a Syrian city. This is the worst that it has seen in five years.
• Oct 5th, 2011 Arab Spring
• Oct 5th, 2010 Afghan militant attacks kill four civilians and injure six others in Rusht Rod, southwestern Farah province.
• Oct 5th, 2009 For bloggers, the United States Federal Trade Commission has regulations.
• Oct 5th, 2008 The Clone Wars is an animated TV series that debuts in the USA.
• Oct 5th, 2007 Merrill Lynch announces that it will write off approximately US$5 billion of investments in the quarter. This is its largest trading loss.

October 5th marks the 277th day of year the Gregorian calendar;

There are 87 days remaining until the end of the year.

What day of the week is October 5th?

On October 5th, 2023 the day of the week is Thursday.

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