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| Birthday October 05, 1713 Denis Diderot, encyclopedist |
| Birthday October 05, 1829 Chester Arthur is born |
| Birthday October 05, 1829 Chester A , 21st Pres (1881-85) |
| Birthday October 05, 1882 Robet Hutchings Goddard, rocket pioneer, in Worcester, Mass |
| Birthday October 05, 1887 Rene Cassin, (Nobel Peace Prize 1968) |
| Birthday October 05, 1905 Ray Kroc, who gave Ronald McDonald a job |
| Birthday October 05, 1908 Joshua Logan, Broadway producer |
| Birthday October 05, 1919 Donald Pleasance, Happy Halloween |
| Birthday October 05, 1921 Bill Willis, AAFC, NFL guard (Browns) |
| Birthday October 05, 1923 Philip Berrigan, militant priest |
| Birthday October 05, 1923 Glynis Johns, in South Africa |
| Birthday October 05, 1929 Richard F. Gordon Jr., U.S. astronaut (Gemini 11, Apollo 12) |
| Birthday October 05, 1930 Pavel R. Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut (Vostok 4, Soyuz 14) |
| Birthday October 05, 1933 Diane Cilento, in Australia |
| Birthday October 05, 1951 Karen Allen, in Illinois |
| Birthday October 05, 1951 Bob Geldof, Band Aid organizer |
| History October 05, 1775 Washington informs Congress of espionage |
| History October 05, 1813 Tecumseh defeated |
| History October 05, 1813 Battle of the Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British |
| History October 05, 1864 Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone |
| History October 05, 1864 Battle of Allatoona |
| History October 05, 1875 Palace Hotel on Market Street opens |
| History October 05, 1877 Chief Joseph surrenders ending Nez Perc‚ War |
| History October 05, 1877 Chief Joseph surrenders |
| History October 05, 1892 The Dalton Gang is wiped out in Coffeyville, Kansas |
| History October 05, 1892 The Dalton gang performs their last robbery attempt |
| History October 05, 1892 Dalton Gang ends in shoot-out in Coffeville Kansas bank holdup |
| History October 05, 1906 Giant's Henry Matthewson walks 14 |
| History October 05, 1907 Interprovincial Rugby Football Union plays 1st game (Mtl 17 Tor 8) |
| History October 05, 1908 Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey |
| History October 05, 1910 Portugal overthrows monarchy proclaims republic |
| History October 05, 1912 Yanks win final game at Hilltop stadium |
| History October 05, 1915 Britain and France commit troops to operation in Salonika, Greece |
| History October 05, 1919 Enzo Ferrari makes his debut as a race car driver |
| History October 05, 1921 1st Yank & radio broadcast of the World Series beat Giants 3-0 |
| History October 05, 1922 Yanks & Giants play an infamous 3-3 tie world series game |
| History October 05, 1923 Edwin Hubble identifies Cepheid variable star |
| History October 05, 1930 Blimp crashes in France |
| History October 05, 1931 1st nonstop transpacific flight Japan to Wenatchee Wash |
| History October 05, 1941 Mickey Owens drops a 3rd strike Tom Hendrick reaches 1st safely |
| History October 05, 1942 Stalingrad must not be taken by the enemy. |
| History October 05, 1947 1st Presidential address televised from White House - HS Truman |
| History October 05, 1953 Billy Martin 12 hits sets record Yanks win record 5th straight WS |
| History October 05, 1953 Yanks win their fifth series in a row |
| History October 05, 1956 Yogi Berra becomes the 4th Yank to hit a World Series Grand Slam |
| History October 05, 1963 Hyde St Pier re-opens as State Historical Park |
| History October 05, 1963 South Vietnamese generals plan coup |
| History October 05, 1964 SF Fire Department Museum is dedicated |
| History October 05, 1964 President Johnson under fire from his own party |
| History October 05, 1969 Cuban defector lands MiG in Miami |
| History October 05, 1970 PBS becomes a network |
| History October 05, 1974 American circumnavigates the globe on foot |
| History October 05, 1978 Isaac Singer wins Nobel Prize |
| History October 05, 1980 Yanks set AL attendence mark at 2 627 417 |
| History October 05, 1982 Unmanned rocket sled reaches 9 851 kph at White Sands N. Mex |
| History October 05, 1984 41-G Challenger carried 1st Canadian Marc Garneau into orbit |
| History October 05, 1985 13th Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 6 launched |
| History October 05, 1986 Iran-Contra scandal unravels |
| History October 05, 1989 Dalai Lama wins Peace Prize |
| History October 05, 1990 Henry & June is first NC-17 film |
| History October 05, 1991 Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch earn a #1 hit with Good Vibrations |
| History October 05, 2011 Apple founder Steve Jobs dies |