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What happened in history on this day: October 5?
On October 5 in ...
- 1813 - Battle of the Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British.
- 1864 - Battle of Allatoona, one-third of US troops die repulsing the South.
- 1892 - Dalton Gang ends in shoot-out in Coffeyville, Kansas bank holdup.
- 1931 - First nonstop transpacific flight, Japan to Washington (Herndon and Pangborn).
- 1941 - Soviet Premier Josef Stalin receives a radio message from spy Richard Sorge in Tokyo, Japan, that Japan would go to war with the United States soon. Stalin orders twelve divisions (1700 tanks, 1500 planes, 2,500,000 men) from eastern Siberia and Outer Mongolia to come to the defense of Moscow.
- 1947 - First Presidential address televised from White House - Harry Truman.
- 1953 - Earl Warren sworn in as 14th chief justice of the USA.
- 1954 - Hurricane Hazel hits Eastern US.
- 1960 - Eastern Air Lines' Electra turbo-prop crashes in Boston Harbor (61 die).
- 1970 - NET (National Education Television) in the US changes name to the Public Broadcast System (PBS) TV network.
- 1981 - Deceased Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honarary American citizen.
- 1982 - Unmanned rocket sled reaches 9,851 kph at White Sands, New Mexico.
- 1984 - 13th Space Shuttle Mission (41-G) - Challenger 6 - launched. Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space.
- 1989 - U.S. televangelist John Nunes is found guilty of embezzling US$158 million.
- 1990 - Cincinnati jury acquits art gallery of obscenity (Mapplethorpe photos).
- 1990 - Disney re-releases the film Fantasia to theaters, based on a two-year restoration from original film negatives, with the original soundtrack.
- 1992 - IBM Personal Computer company introduces the IBM ThinkPad line of laptop computers.
- 2001 - Tom Ridge resigns as Governor of Pennsylvania to become the first director of the newly created United States Office of Homeland Security.
- 2007 - Merrill Lynch announces it would write off about US$5 billion in investments for the quarter, its largest trading loss ever.
- 2008 - Animated TV series Star Wars: The Clone Wars debuts in the USA.
- 2020 - US President Donald Trump returns to the White House from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, recovering from Covid-19.
Births on October 5
- 1829 - Birth of Chester Alan Arthur in Fairfield, Vermont, USA; 21st US President (Republican, 1881-85).
- 1882 - Birth of Robert Hutchings Goddard in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; rocket pioneer, holder of 214 patents.
- 1902 - Birth of Ray Kroc in Illinois, USA; founder of McDonald's, owner of San Diego Padres.
- 1904 - Birth of John Hoyt in Bronxville, New York, USA; actor (Gimme a Break, Tom Dick and Mary).
- 1912 - Birth of Tony Martin in Brooklyn, New York, USA; announcer (Arthur Godfrey).
- 1919 - Birth of Allen Ludden in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, USA; TV host (Password).
- 1924 - Birth of Bill Dana in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA; comedian/actor (Jose Jimenez).
- 1925 - Birth of Gail Davis in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA; actress (Annie Oakley).
- 1929 - Birth of Richard F Gordon Junior in Seattle, Washington, USA; Captain US Navy/astronaut (Gemini 11, Apollo 12).
- 1930 - Birth of Skip Homeier in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Beachhead, Dakota Incident).
- 1935 - Birth of Peter Brown in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Lawman, Laredo, The Bold and the Beautiful).
- 1943 - Birth of Steve Miller in Milwaukee, USA; rocker ("Abracadabra", "Space Cowboy").
- 1948 - Birth of Sal Viscuso in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Soap, Montefuscos).
- 1950 - Birth of Jeff Conway in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Bobby - Taxi).
- 1951 - Birth of Karen Allen in Illinois, USA; actress (Cruising, Starman, Wanderers).
- 1957 - Birth of Bernard Jeffrey McCullough [Bernie Mac] in Chicago, Illinois, USA; American actor/comedian (The Bernie Mac Show, Ocean's Eleven, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Transformers) (died 2008).
- 1958 - Birth of Brent W Jett Junior in Pontiac, Michigan, USA; US Navy Lieutenant Commander/astronaut.
- 1962 - Birth of Ken Noda in New York City, USA; pianist (Rivalry).
- 1974 - Birth of Douglas Emerson in Glendale, California, USA; actor (Robbie - Herbie The Love Bug).
- 1975 - Birth of Scott E Weinger in New York City; actor (Steve Taylor - The Family Man).
- 1983 - Birth of Nicky Hilton; American model and socialite.
- 1987 - Birth of Brandan Wright; American basketball player.
Deaths on October 5
- 1941 - Louis D Brandeis, first Jewish US Supreme Court Justice, dies at age 84.
- 1967 - Clifton C Williams Junior, astronaut, dies at age 35, in T-38 jet crash.
- 1992 - Death of Eddie Kendricks at age 52 from lung cancer; American singer (The Temptations - "The Way You Do the Things You Do" (1964), solo - "Keep on Truckin'", "Boogie Down").
- 2023 - Death of Dick Butkus at age 80 at home in Malibu, California; American football player (NFL, linebacker, Chicago Bears, 1965-1973), actor (Any Given Sunday movie (1999)).
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