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
- 1143 –King Alfonso VII of León recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.
- 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.
- 1877 –Chief Joseph surrenders his Nez Perce band to General Nelson A. Miles.
- 1955 –Disneyland Hotel opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
- 1962 –Dr. No, the first in the James Bond film series, is released.
- 1973 –Signature of the European Patent Convention.
- 1990 –After one hundred and fifty years The Herald broadsheet newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
- 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?
- 1338 –Alexios III, Emperor of Trebizond (d. 1390)
- 1894 –Bevil Rudd, South African athlete (d. 1948)
- 1907 –Mrs. Miller, American singer (d. 1997)
- 1930 –Reinhard Selten, German economist, Nobel laureate
- 1940 –Milena Dravić, Serbian actress
- 1946 –Jean Perron, Canadian ice hockey coach
- 1971 –Mauricio Pellegrino, Argentine former footballer
- 1979 –Vincenzo Grella, Australian footballer
- 1983 –Jesse Eisenberg, American actor
- 1985 –Nicola Roberts, English singer (Girls Aloud)
Who died on October 5?
- 1933 –Renée Adorée, French actress (b. 1898)
- 1940 –Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican musician (b. 1889)
- 1950 –Frederic Lewy, German neurologist (b. 1885)
- 1986 –Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (b. 1898)
- 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)
- 2003 –Timothy Treadwell, American bear enthusiast and documentary film maker (b. 1957)
- 2010 –Mary Leona Gage, American beauty pageant winner and actress (b. 1939)
- 2011 –Charles Napier, American actor (b. 1936)
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