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 278th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 87 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 22, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 488,784 hours 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 ‘dihectaheptacontaoctagon’ day.
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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 135 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 4,671 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 5 Historical Events
- 869 –The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople.
- 1793 –French Revolution: Christianity is disestablished in France.
- 1864 –The Indian city of Calcutta is almost totally destroyed by a cyclone; 60,000 die.
- 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.
- 1955 –Disneyland Hotel opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
- 1966 –Near Detroit, Michigan, there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor.
- 1974 –Guildford pub bombings: bombs planted by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
- 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.
Who were born on October 5?
- 1902 –Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (d. 1975)
- 1908 –Joshua Logan, American film director and writer (d. 1988)
- 1913 –Eugene Bennett Fluckey American Navy Submariner (d. 2007)
- 1919 –Robin Bailey, English actor (d. 1999)
- 1947 –Brian Johnson, English singer (AC/DC)
- 1955 –John Alexander, English former footballer
- 1967 –Guy Pearce, Anglo-Australian actor
- 1975 –Bobo Baldé, Guinean footballer
- 1976 –Song Seung-hun, South Korean actor
- 1985 –Nicola Roberts, English singer (Girls Aloud)
Who died on October 5?
- 578 –Justin II, Byzantine Emperor
- 1933 –Renée Adorée, French actress (b. 1898)
- 1940 –Lincoln Loy McCandless, American cattle rancher (b. 1859)
- 1975 –Lady Constance Malleson, British actor and writer (b. 1895)
- 1983 –Humberto Mauro, Brazilian film director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
- 2001 –Mike Mansfield, American politician (b. 1903)
- 2003 –Timothy Treadwell, American bear enthusiast and documentary film maker (b. 1957)
- 2004 –William H. Dobelle, American biomedical engineer (b. 1941)
- 2009 –Mike Alexander, English bassist (Evile) (b. 1977)
- 2011 –Charles Napier, American actor (b. 1936)
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