October 5 in history
Events on October 5
Notable events that happened on October 5 in past years.
- 2021
Windows 11 is released to the general public.
Wikipedia article: Windows 11 - 1999
The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in West London kills 31 people.
Wikipedia article: Ladbroke Grove rail crash - 1988
A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.
Wikipedia article: Augusto Pinochet - 1982
Tylenol products are recalled after bottles in Chicago laced with cyanide cause seven deaths.
Wikipedia article: Tylenol - 1970
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded in the United States.[citation needed]
Wikipedia article: PBS - 1966
A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown.
Wikipedia article: Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station - 1947
President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
Wikipedia article: United States Oval Office Address - 1943
World War II: Pacific Theater: Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
Wikipedia article: World War II - 1931
Clyde Edward Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr. make the first nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean in the plane Miss Veedol.
Wikipedia article: Clyde Pangborn - 1911
The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
Wikipedia article: Kowloon–Canton Railway - 1900
Peace congress in Paris condemns British policy in South Africa and asserts Boer Republic's right to self-determination.
Wikipedia article: South African Republic - 1869
The Eastman tunnel, in Minnesota, United States, collapses during construction, causing a landslide that nearly destroys St. Anthony Falls.
Wikipedia article: Eastman tunnel - 1672
Jan Sobieski, Grand Hetman of the Polish Crown, begins his successful military campaign against the Tartars following their rebellion and an invasion by the Ottoman Empire.
Wikipedia article: John III Sobieski - 1143
With the signing of the Treaty of Zamora, King Alfonso VII of León and Castile recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.
- 610
Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor.
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