What are the important events that happened on October 5? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 5: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 5 is the 279th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 87 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 22, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,801,440 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaheptacontaenneagon’ day.
Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 116 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,306 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 5 Historical Events
1450 –
Jews are expelled from Lower Bavaria by order of Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria.
1550 –
Foundation of Concepción, city in Chile.
1864 –
The Indian city of Calcutta is almost totally destroyed by a cyclone; 60,000 die.
1905 –
Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908.
1921 –
Baseball: The World Series is broadcast on the radio for the first time.
1944 –
Suffrage is extended to women in 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.
1953 –
The first documented recovery meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is held.
1970 –
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.
1984 –
Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
Who were born on October 5?
1338 –
Alexios III, Emperor of Trebizond (d. 1390)
1912 –
Fritz Fischer, Nazi war criminal (d. 2003)
1945 –
Geoff Leigh, English musician (Henry Cow)
1949 –
B. W. Stevenson, American singer (d. 1988)
1961 –
Matthew Kauffman, American journalist and George Polk Award winner
1961 –
Sharon Cheslow, American musician, composer and artist
1974 –
Rich Franklin, American Mixed Martial Artist
1978 –
Shane Ryan, Irish Gaelic footballer
1986 –
Mladen Bartulović, Croatian footballer
1987 –
Tim Ream, American soccer player
Who died on October 5?
1813 –
Tecumseh, Shawnee leader (b. 1768)
1918 –
Roland Garros, French pilot (b. 1888)
1933 –
Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich, Russian general (b. 1862)
1936 –
J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and novelist (b. 1898)
1940 –
Lincoln Loy McCandless, American cattle rancher (b. 1859)
1952 –
Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (b. 1884)
1986 –
James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician (b. 1919)
2004 –
Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916)
2004 –
Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian (b. 1921)
2011 –
Steve Jobs, American computer entrepreneur and innovator, co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc. (b. 1955)
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