October 5 leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 87 days remaining until the end of the year.
869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople.
1143 - The king Alfonso VII of Leon recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.
1550 - Foundation of Concepción , city in Chile .
1582 - Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy , Poland , Portugal and Spain .
1665 - The University of Kiel is founded.
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.
1793 - French Revolution : Christianity is disestablished in France .
1857 - The City of Anaheim was founded.
1864 - The Indian city of Calcutta is almost totally destroyed by a cyclone ; 60,000 die.
1869 - A strong hurricane devastates the Bay of Fundy region of Maritime Canada . The storm had been predicted over a year before by a British naval officer.
1877 - Chief Joseph surrenders his Nez Perce band to General Nelson A. Miles .
1895 - The first individual time trial for racing cyclists is held on a 50-mile course north of London .
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.
1905 - Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908.
1910 - Portugal overthrows its monarchy and declares itself a republic.
1914 - World War I first aerial combat resulting in a kill.
1915 - Bulgaria enters World War I as one of the Central Powers .
1921 - Baseball : The World Series was broadcast on the radio for the first time.
1930 - British Airship R101 crashed in France en-route to India on its maiden voyage.
1936 - The Jarrow March sets off for London .
1944 - Canadian Air Force pilots shoot down the first German jet fighter over France .
1945 - Hollywood Black Friday : A six month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers ' studios.
1947 - The first televised White House address is given by U.S. President Harry S. Truman .
1953 - The first documented recovery meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is held.
1966 - Near Detroit , there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor .
1970 - PBS became a television network.
1970 - Montreal : British Trade Commissioner James Cross is kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group.
1973 - Signature of the European Patent Convention .
1974 - Guildford pub bombing by the IRA leaves 5 dead and 65 injured.
1981 - Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honorary U.S. citizen.
1984 - Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space , aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger 1986 - Israeli secret nuclear weapons were revealed. The British newspaper The Sunday Times Mordechai Vanunu 's story on its front page under the headline: "Revealed — the secrets of Israel's nuclear arsenal."
1988 - The Chilean opposition coalition Concertación Augusto Pinochet in his re-election intentions. Next year a general election was called.
1990 - After one hundred and fifty years The Herald broadsheet newspaper in Melbourne , is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
1991 - An Indonesian military transport crashes after takeoff from Jakarta killing 137.
1991 - The first official version of the Linux kernel , version 0.02, is released.
1999 - The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
2000 - Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milošević . These demonstrations are often called the Bulldozer Revolution .
2001 - Robert Stevens becomes the first victim in the 2001 anthrax attacks .
2001 - Tom Ridge resigns as Governor of Pennsylvania to become President Bush's Homeland Security Advisor .
1520 - Alessandro Cardinal Farnese , Italian cardinal (d. 1589 )
1641 - Françoise-Athénaïs , French mistress of King Louis XIV of France (d. 1707 )
1658 - Mary of Modena , queen of James II of England (d. 1718 )
1695 - John Glas , Scottish minister (d. 1773 )
1703 - Jonathan Edwards , American minister (d. 1758 )
1712 - Francesco Guardi , Italian painter (d. 1793 )
1713 - Denis Diderot , French philosopher and encylopedist (d. 1784 )
1715 - Victor de Riqueti , French economist (d. 1789 )
1717 - Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux , French mistress of King Louis XV of France (d. 1744 )
1781 - Bernard Bolzano , Czech mathematician and philosopher (d. 1848 )
1792 - Joseph Crosfield , English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1844 )
1795 - Alexander Keith , Scottish-born Canadian brewer (d. 1873 )
1820 - David Wilber , American politician (d. 1890 )
1824 - Henry Chadwick , English-born American baseball writer and statistician (d. 1908 )
1829 - Chester A. Arthur , 21st President of the United States (d.1886 )
1848 - Guido von List , German writer (d. 1919 )
1850 - Sergey Muromtsev , Russian lawyer and politician, and President of the First Imperial Duma (d. 1910 )
1864 - Louis Lumière , French film pioneer (d. 1948 )
1878 - Louise Dresser , American actress (d. 1965 )
1879 - Francis Peyton Rous , American pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1970 )
1882 - Robert Goddard , American rocket scientist (d. 1945 )
1887 - René Cassin , French judge, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1976 )
1889 - Teresa de la Parra , Venezuelan writer (d. 1936 )
1892 - Remington Kellogg , American naturalist (d. 1969 )
1894 - Bevil Rudd , South African athlete (d. 1948 )
1901 - John Alton , American cinematographer (d. 1996 )
1902 - Larry Fine , American actor and comedian (d. 1975 )
1902 - Ray Kroc , American fast food entrepreneur (d. 1984 )
1903 - M. King Hubbert , American geophysicist (d. 1989 )
1904 - John Hoyt , American film and television actor (d. 1991 )
1905 - Harriet E. MacGibbon , American actress (d. 1987 )
1907 - Mrs. Miller , American singer (d. 1997 )
1908 - Joshua Logan , American film director and writer (d. 1988 )
1911 - Flann O'Brien , Irish humorist (d. 1966 )
1912 - Fritz Fischer , Nazi war criminal
1913 - Eugene Bennett Fluckey American Navy Submariner (d. 2007 )
1917 - Allen Ludden , American television game show host (d. 1981 )
1919 - Donald Pleasence , English actor (d. 1995 )
1921 - Bill Willis , American football player (d. 2007 )
1922 - José Froilán González , Argentine race car driver
1922 - Bil Keane , American cartoonist
1922 - Jock Stein , Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1985 )
1923 - Albert Guðmundsson , Icelandic footballer (d. 1994 )
1923 - Glynis Johns , British actress
1923 - Bill Wirtz , longtime Chicago Blackhawks owner (d. 2007 )
1924 - Bill Dana , American actor
1924 - Barbara Kelly , Canadian-born actress (d. 2007 )
1924 - José Donoso , Chilean writer (d. 1996 )
1925 - Gail Davis , American actress (d. 1997 )
1925 - Bob Thaves , American cartoonist (d. 2006 )
1926 - Willi Unsoeld , American climber (d. 1979 )
1928 - Louise Fitzhugh , American author (d. 1974 )
1929 - Richard F. Gordon , American astronaut
1930 - Anne Haddy , Australian actress (d. 1999 )
1930 - Pavel Popovich , Soviet cosmonaut
1930 - Reinhard Selten , German economist, Nobel laureate
1932 - Michael John Rogers , English ornithologist (d. 2006 )
1933 - Diane Cilento , Australian actress
1934 - Angelo Buono , American serial killer (d. 2002 )
1935 - Arlene Saunders , American soprano
1936 - Václav Havel , President of the Czech Republic
1937 - Barry Switzer , American football coach
1938 - Teresa Heinz Kerry , American philanthropist
1939 - Marie Laforêt , French singer and actress
1939 - Marie-Claire Blais , French Canadian author and playwright
1941 - Eduardo Duhalde , President of Argentina
1942 - Richard Street , American singer (The Temptations )
1943 - Steve Miller , American musician (Steve Miller Band )
1945 - Brian Connolly , Scottish singer (Sweet ) (d. 1997 )
1945 - Geoff Leigh , English musician (Henry Cow )
1946 - Zahida Hina , Pakistani columnist
1946 - Jean Perron , Canadian ice hockey coach
1947 - Brian Johnson , English singer (AC/DC )
1948 - Tawl Ross , American musician (P Funk )
1948 - Zoran Živković , Serbian writer
1949 - Ralph Goodale , Canadian politician
1949 - Bill James , American baseball writer
1949 - B. W. Stevenson , American singer (d. 1988 )
1950 - 'Fast' Eddie Clarke , English guitarist (Motörhead , Fastway )
1950 - Jeff Conaway , American actor
1950 - Edward P. Jones , American writer
1951 - Karen Allen , American actress
1951 - Bob Geldof , Irish singer (The Boomtown Rats ) and activist
1952 - Clive Barker , English writer
1952 - Duncan Regehr , Canadian actor
1952 - Gigi Sabani , Italian TV host (d. 2007 )
1953 - Russell Mael , American pop singer (Sparks )
1955 - Ángela Molina , Spanish actress
1957 - Mark Geragos , American attorney
1957 - Bernie Mac , American comedian
1958 - André Kuipers , Dutch astronaut
1960 - Daniel Baldwin , American actor
1960 - Careca , Brazilian footballer
1961 - Sharon Cheslow , American musician, composer and artist
1961 - Matthew Kauffman , American journalist and George Polk Award winner
1961 - David Kirk , New Zealand rugby union footballer
1962 - Michael Andretti , American race car driver
1962 - Caron Keating , British television personality (d. 2004 )
1963 - Laura Davies , English golfer
1964 - Keiji Fujiwara , Japanese voice actor
1964 - Malik Saidullaev Chechen businessman
1964 - Warren E. Miller , Maryland politician
1965 - Mario Lemieux , Canadian ice hockey player
1965 - Patrick Roy , Canadian ice hockey player
1966 - Jan Verhaas , Dutch snooker referee
1967 - Guy Pearce , Anglo-Australian actor
1970 - Agnes Barley , American artist
1970 - Josie Bissett , American actress
1970 - South Park Mexican , American rapper
1972 - Grant Hill , American basketball player
1972 - Thomas Roberts , American news anchor
1974 - Heather Headley , Trinidadian singer
1974 - Rich Franklin , American Mixed Martial Artist
1974 - Colin Meloy , American singer (The Decemberists )
1975 - Bobo Baldé , Guinean footballer
1975 - Parminder Nagra , English actress
1975 - Kate Winslet , English actress
1976 - Song Seung-hun , South Korean actor
1976 - Ramzan Kadyrov , Chechen President
1976 - J. J. Yeley , American race car driver
1978 - Shane Ryan , Irish Gaelic footballer
1978 - Jesse Palmer , Canadian-born American football player
1978 - Morgan Webb , Canadian-born television presenter
1978 - James Valentine , American musician (Maroon 5 )
1979 - Curtis Sanford , Canadian ice hockey player
1979 - Vincenzo Grella , Australian soccer player
1980 - Paul Thomas , American bassist (Good Charlotte )
1981 - Kelvin Tan Wei Lian , Singaporean singer
1983 - Nicky Hilton , American heiress
1984 - Kenwyne Jones , Trinidadian footballer
1985 - Nicola Roberts , English singer (Girls Aloud )
1987 - Javier Villa , Spanish racing driver
1988 - Bobby Edner , American actor
578 - Justin II , Byzantine Emperor
1056 - Henry III (b. 1017 )
1112 - Sigebert of Gembloux , French chronicler
1214 - King Alfonso VIII of Castile (b. 1155 )
1285 - King Philip III of France (b. 1245 )
1528 - Richard Foxe , English churchman
1540 - Helius Eobanus Hessus , German poet (b. 1488 )
1564 - Pierre de Manchicourt , Flemish composer
1565 - Lodovico Ferrari , Italian mathematician (b. 1522 )
1606 - Philippe Desportes , French poet (b. 1546 )
1714 - Kaibara Ekiken , Japanese philosopher (b. 1630 )
1740 - Johann Philipp Baratier , German scholar (b. 1721 )
1777 - Ján Andrej Segner , Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704 )
1791 - Grigori Potemkin , Russian statesman (b. 1739 )
1805 - Charles Cornwallis , British general (b. 1738 )
1813 - Tecumseh , Shawnee leader
1848 - Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg , Austrian politician (b. 1781 )
1861 - Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski , Polish bishop (b. 1778 )
1880 - Jacques Offenbach , German-born composer (b. 1819 )
1913 - Hans von Bartels , German painter (b. 1856 )
1918 - Roland Garros , French pilot (shot down) (b. 1888 )
1930 - Christopher Birdwood Thomson , British military officer (b. 1875 )
1933 - Renée Adorée , French actress (b. 1898 )
1933 - Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich , Russian general (b. 1862 )
1936 - J. Slauerhoff , Dutch poet and novelist (tuberculosis) (b. 1898 )
1938 - Saint Faustina , Polish saint (b. 1905 )
1940 - Ballington Booth , Salvation Army Officer and co-founder of Volunteers of America (b. 1857 )
1940 - Lincoln Loy McCandless , American cattle rancher (b. 1859 )
1940 - Silvestre Revueltas , Mexican musician (b. 1889 )
1941 - Louis Dembitz Brandeis , U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1856 )
1943 - Leon Roppolo , American musician (b. 1902 )
1950 - Frederic Lewy , German neurologist (b. 1885 )
1952 - Joe Jagersberger , Austrian racing driver (b. 1884 or 1885 )
1976 - Lars Onsager , Norwegian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903 )
1976 - Barbara Nichols , American actress (b. 1929 )
1981 - Gloria Grahame , American actress (b. 1923 )
1983 - Earl Tupper , American inventor (b. 1907 )
1983 - Humberto Mauro , Brazilian film director and screenwriter (b. 1897 )
1986 - Hal B. Wallis , American film producer (b. 1898 )
1986 - James H. Wilkinson , English mathematician (b. 1919 )
1986 - Mike Burgmann , Australian racing driver (b. 1947 )
1992 - Eddie Kendricks , American singer (The Temptations ) (b. 1939 )
1995 - Linda Gary , American voice actress (b. 1944 )
1996 - Seymour Cray , American computer pioneer (b. 1925 )
1997 - Brian Pillman , American professional wrestler (b. 1962 )
2000 - Cătălin Hîldan , Romanian footballer (b. 1976 )
2001 - Mike Mansfield , American politician (b. 1903 )
2002 - Chuck Rayner , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920 )
2003 - Denis Quilley , English actor (b. 1927 )
2003 - Dan Snyder , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1978 )
2003 - Timothy Treadwell , American bear enthusiast featured in Grizzly Man (b. 1957 )
2004 - Rodney Dangerfield , American comedian (b. 1921 )
2004 - Maurice Wilkins , New Zealand-born physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916 )
2004 - William H. Dobelle , American biomedical engineer, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine nominee (b. 1941 )
2006 - Jennifer Moss , English Actress (b. 1945 )
2006 - Antonio Peña , Mexican founder of lucha libre promotion AAA (b. 1953 )
2007 - Justin Tuveri , Italian veteran of the First World War (b. 1898 )
Holidays and observances
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