# What happened on October 5 in history?

**Date:** October 5  
**Events recorded:** 44  
**Years spanned:** 610 – 2021  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/october/5/

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## Featured Event

**2021** — Windows 11 is released to the general public.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11)

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## Events on this date

- **610** — Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraclius))
- **816** — King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_the_Pious))
- **869** — The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to depose patriarch Photios I. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Council_of_Constantinople_(Catholic_Church)))
- **1143** — With the signing of the Treaty of Zamora, King Alfonso VII of León and Castile recognises Portugal as a Kingdom. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Zamora))
- **1450** — Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria expels Jews from his jurisdiction. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_IX%2C_Duke_of_Bavaria))
- **1607** — Assassins attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Sarpi))
- **1789** — French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_March_on_Versailles))
- **1813** — War of 1812: The Army of the Northwest defeats a British and Native Canadian force threatening Detroit. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812))
- **1869** — The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1869_Saxby_Gale))
- **1869** — The Eastman tunnel, in Minnesota, United States, collapses during construction, causing a landslide that nearly destroys St. Anthony Falls. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastman_tunnel))
- **1877** — The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nez_Perce_War))
- **1900** — Peace congress in Paris condemns British policy in South Africa and asserts Boer Republic's right to self-determination. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Republic))
- **1905** — The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers))
- **1910** — In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_October_1910_revolution))
- **1911** — The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon%E2%80%93Canton_Railway))
- **1914** — World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire for the first time. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I))
- **1921** — The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.[citation needed] ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921_World_Series))
- **1930** — British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage killing 48 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R101))
- **1931** — Clyde Edward Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr. make the first nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean in the plane Miss Veedol. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Pangborn))
- **1936** — The Jarrow March sets off for London. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarrow_March))
- **1938** — Holocaust: In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust))
- **1943** — World War II: Pacific Theater: Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1944** — The Provisional Government of the French Republic enfranchises women. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Government_of_the_French_Republic))
- **1945** — A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of the Warner Brothers studio. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Black_Friday))
- **1947** — President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Oval_Office_Address))
- **1962** — The first of the James Bond film series, based on the novels by Ian Fleming, Dr. No, is released in Britain. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond))
- **1962** — The first Beatles single "Love Me Do" is released in Britain. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles))
- **1963** — The United States suspends the Commercial Import Program in response to repression of the Buddhist majority by the regime of President Ngo Dinh Diem. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Import_Program))
- **1966** — A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Fermi_Nuclear_Generating_Station))
- **1968** — A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry is violently suppressed by police. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Civil_Rights_Association))
- **1970** — The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded in the United States.[citation needed] ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBS))
- **1970** — The British Trade Commissioner, James Cross, is kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec, triggering the October Crisis in Canada. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cross))
- **1974** — Bombs planted by the PIRA in pubs in Guildford kill four British soldiers and one civilian. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army))
- **1982** — Tylenol products are recalled after bottles in Chicago laced with cyanide cause seven deaths. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylenol))
- **1984** — Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Garneau))
- **1985** — Seven Israeli vacationers, including four children, are killed in a mass shooting at Ras Burqa in the Sinai Peninsula by an Egyptian soldier. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ras_Burqa_massacre))
- **1988** — A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Pinochet))
- **1990** — After 150 years The Herald newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Herald_(Melbourne)))
- **1991** — An Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash kills 135 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Jakarta_Indonesian_Air_Force_C-130_crash))
- **1994** — Swiss police find the bodies of 48 members of the Order of the Solar Temple, who had died in a cult mass murder-suicide. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Solar_Temple))
- **1999** — The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in West London kills 31 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladbroke_Grove_rail_crash))
- **2000** — Mass demonstrations in Serbia force the resignation of Slobodan Milošević. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overthrow_of_Slobodan_Milo%C5%A1evi%C4%87))
- **2011** — In the Mekong River massacre, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekong_River_massacre))
- **2021** — Windows 11 is released to the general public. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11))

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## Notable births on October 5

- **2006** — **Jacob Tremblay** — Canadian actor ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Tremblay))
- **1999** — **Washington Sundar** — Indian cricketer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Sundar))
- **1998** — **Exequiel Palacios** — Argentine footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exequiel_Palacios))
- **1997** — **Michael Hoecht** — Canadian American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hoecht))
- **1993** — **Jewell Loyd** — American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewell_Loyd))
- **1993** — **Wakamotoharu Minato** — Japanese sumo wrestler ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakamotoharu_Minato))
- **1992** — **Kevin Magnussen** — Danish racing driver ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Magnussen))
- **1992** — **Cody Zeller** — American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cody_Zeller))
- **1991** — **Pär Lindholm** — Swedish ice hockey player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A4r_Lindholm))
- **1991** — **Tornike Shengelia** — Georgian basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornike_Shengelia))

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## Notable deaths on October 5

- **2024** — **Robert Coover** — American novelist (born 1932) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Coover))
- **2017** — **Eberhard van der Laan** — Dutch politician, mayor of Amsterdam (born 1955) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eberhard_van_der_Laan))
- **2016** — **Brock Yates** — American journalist and author (born 1933) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock_Yates))
- **2015** — **Chantal Akerman** — Belgian-French actress, director, and producer (born 1950) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chantal_Akerman))
- **2015** — **Joker Arroyo** — Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1927) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_Arroyo))
- **2015** — **Grace Lee Boggs** — American philosopher, author, and activist (born 1915) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Lee_Boggs))
- **2015** — **Henning Mankell** — Swedish author and playwright (born 1948) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henning_Mankell))
- **2014** — **David Chavchavadze** — English-American CIA officer and author (born 1924) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Chavchavadze))
- **2014** — **Andrea de Cesaris** — Italian racing driver (born 1959) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_de_Cesaris))
- **2014** — **Geoffrey Holder** — Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (born 1930) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Holder))

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