October 5

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on October 5. From 1900 until now. October 5 is under the sign of Libra. Famous birthdays on this day include Kate Winslet (1975), Imran Khan (1952) and Sophie Favier (1963). Several movies were released around October 5 over the years, such as Limelight in 1952 directed by Charles Chaplin and The Devil's Advocate in 1997 directed by Taylor Hackford.
But much more happened on October 5 over the years: find out below

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2018 The Swedish Academy names two new members: Swedish supreme court justice Eric Runesson, and Swedish-Iranian writer and poet Jila Mossaed. (Reuters)
2017 Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017): Hawija offensive (2017): The Iraqi Army fully retakes the city of Hawija in the Kirkuk Governorate from ISIL. Fighting continues to the north and east of the city as Iraqi troops continue anti-ISIL operations in the Hawija District. (The Guardian)
2016 Mexican tequila producer Jose Cuervo will delay its IPO until after the U.S. presidential election due to concern over potential market volatility. (Reuters)
2015 Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War, Spillover of the Syrian Civil War: Turkey says a Russian warplane violated its airspace near the Syrian border, prompting the Turkish Air Force to scramble two F-16 fighter jets to intercept it. The Foreign Ministry summoned Russia's ambassador to protest the violation and urged Russia to avoid repeating such a violation, or it would be held "responsible for any undesired incident that may occur". (Reuters)
2014 Syrian civil war:: 18,000 Palestinians are facing life-threatening shortages of water in the Yarmouk Camp neighborhood of Damascus. (QnA)
2013 Post-civil war clashes in Libya:: Gunmen attack a military checkpoint near Bani Walid leaving 15 soldiers dead. (BBC)
2012 The Syrian city of Homs is subjected to a sustained bombing campaign, the worst it has seen in five months. (BBC)
2011 Arab Spring:
2010 Afghan militant attacks kill 4 civilians, wound 6 in southwestern Farah province's Rusht Rod district. (''Poten'' via Associated Press)
2009 The United States Federal Trade Commission issues regulations for writers of blogs. (Wired Magazine)
2008 Animated TV series Star Wars: The Clone Wars debuts in the USA.
2007 Merrill Lynch announces it would write off about US$5 billion in investments for the quarter, its largest trading loss ever.
2006 The Dow Jones industrial average closes at a record high for the third day in a row. (ABC News Australia Online)
2005 Level 3 Communications terminates peering connectivity between its Internet network and the one belonging to Cogent Communications over a financial dispute. As a result, thousands of Internet users are unable to access some sites. (PC World)
2004 A major British influenza vaccine company, Chiron, has its manufacturing license revoked due to an outbreak of bacteria. Chiron had been expected to supply half of this season's flu vaccines in the United States. (BBC)
2003 Maher Arar is reported to have been freed from a Syrian jail. The Canadian engineer was deported to Syria by the United States as he changed planes in New York, over a year ago. He will arrive in Montreal the following afternoon.
2002 Bertrand Delanoë, mayor of Paris, gets stabbed in the abdomen at city hall during the Nuits Blanches event.
2001 Tom Ridge resigns as Governor of Pennsylvania to become the first director of the newly created United States Office of Homeland Security.
2000 Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic. These demonstrations are often called the Bulldozer Revolution.
1999 The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
1997 35th Tennis Federation Cup: France beats Netherlands 4-1 in Den Bosch (Netherlands)
1996 Caroline Pierce wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
1995 Company opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 68 performances
1994 28th Country Music Association Award
1993 Pope John Paul II publishes encyclical Veritatis splendor
1992 1st overturn of a George Bush veto (cable bill)
1991 Actor Ted Shackelford (Knots Landing) weds Annett Wolf
1990 Cincinnati jury acquits art gallery of obscenity (Mapplethorpe photos).
1989 U.S. televangelist John Nunes is found guilty of embezzling US$158 million.
1988 Brazil adopts its Constitution
1986 London Sunday Times reports Israel is stocking nuclear arms.
1984 13th Space Shuttle Mission (41-G) - Challenger 6 - launched. Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space.
1983 Lech Walesa of Poland wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
1982 Hernan Siles Zuazo appointed President of Bolivia
1981 Dutch guilder / Deutsche mark revalued up 5.5%
1980 Formal opening of meditation hall of Zenshin Temple in Riverdale Bronx
1979 Luke rapes Laura on General Hospital
1978 Isaac Bashevis Singer wins the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1977 Hair opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 43 performances
1976 Seattle and Toronto picks 30 unprotected players on other AL rosters Ruppert Jones (Seattle) and Bob Bailor (Toronto) are picked 1st
1974 Guildford pub bombings: bombs planted by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
1973 Signature of the European Patent Convention.
1972 Herbert Mullin, serial killer, first kills, claiming to prevent earthquakes.
1970 John Creach, joins Jefferson Airplane
1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
1968 Battles between Catholic demonstrators and police in Londonderry
1966 Near Detroit, Michigan, there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor.
1965 Chuck Linster performs 6,006 consecutive push-ups.
1964 KIXE TV channel 9 in Redding, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1963 17th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-3 at Toronto
1962 Beatles release their first single record "Love Me Do".
1961 China and Nepal sign treaty
1960 British Labour party demands unilateral nuclear disarmament
1958 KRTV TV channel 3 in Great Falls, MT (CBS) begins broadcasting
1957 11th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-3 at Montreal
1956 Yogi Berra becomes the fourth New York Yankees' player to hit a World Series Grand Slam (World Series #53).
1955 Disneyland Hotel opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
1954 Hurricane Hazel hits Eastern US.
1953 The first documented recovery meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is held.
1952 19th Congress of Communist Party meets in Moscow
1950 Pardon Our French opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 100 performances
1949 WBNS TV channel 10 in Columbus, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
1948 The 1948 Ashgabat earthquake kills 110,000.
1947 Al Gionfriddo makes a great catch off Joe Dimaggio in World Series
1946 Yours Is My Heart closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 36 performances
1945 Meet the Press premieres on radio
1944 Harold Arlen / ET Harburgs musical premieres in New York City
1943 US air raid on Wake
1942 5,000 Jews of Dubno Russia massacred
1941 Mickey Owens drops a third strike, Tom Hendrick reaches first safely, would have been the last out, instead New York Yankees score 4 and win 7-4.
1937 Minister Romme says unemployment is 25% quarter of Romme
1936 The Jarrow March sets off for London.
1934 Miners rebel in Asturias, Spain (see Asturian miners' strike of 1934).
1931 First nonstop transpacific flight, Japan to Washington (Herndon and Pangborn).
1930 British Airship R101 crashes in France en-route to India on its maiden voyage.
1925 WSM-AM in Nashville Tenn begins radio transmissions
1924 1st Little Orphan Annie-strip appears in NYC Daily News
1923 Edwin Hubble identifies Cepheid variable star.
1922 Yanks and Giants play an infamous 3-3 tie World Series game
1921 1st World Series radio broadcast, Yanks beat Giants 3-0
1919 Norwegian population agrees to prohibition
1916 Soldier Adolf Hitler is injured
1915 Bulgaria enters World War I as one of the Central Powers.
1914 World War I: first aerial combat resulting in a kill.
1911 Italian troops occupy Tripoli
1910 Portugal overthrows its monarchy and declares itself a republic.
1908 Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey, Ferdinand I becomes Tsar
1907 Interprovincial Rugby Football Union plays first game (Montreal 17 Toronto 8).
1905 Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908.
1904 Alpha Kappa Psi, the co-ed Professional Business Fraternity, is founded on the campus of New York University
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.
1900 6th US Golf Open: Harry Vardon shoots a 313 at Chicago Golf Club - Illinois
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