October 5 in History

Historical Events on October 5

1864 The Indian city of Calcutta is almost totally destroyed by a cyclone; 60,000 die.

1914 World War I: First aerial combat resulting in an intentional fatality.

1915 Bulgaria enters World War I as one of the Central Powers.

1944 Suffrage is extended to women in France.

1962 The Beatles' first single, "Love Me Do" backed with "P.S. I Love You", is released in the United Kingdom.

1966 Near Detroit, Michigan, there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor.

1988 The Chilean opposition coalition Concertación (center-left) defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt and a general election is called the following year.

1991 An Indonesian military transport crashes after takeoff from Jakarta killing 137.

2000 Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milošević. These demonstrations are often called the Bulldozer Revolution.

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Famous Birthdays on October 5

1952 Imran Khan

1975 Kate Winslet

1976 Ramzan Kadyrov

1976 J. J. Yeley

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Famous Deaths on October 5

1805 Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis

1880 Jacques Offenbach

1941 Louis Brandeis

2011 Steve Jobs

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