Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 5
This is a list of selected October 5 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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Women's March on Versailles
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| International Day of No Prostitution; | neutrality issues, stub |
| World Teachers' Day; | needs expert attention |
| Republic Day in Portugal (1910) | refimprove section |
| 869 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople, the eighth Catholic Ecumenical Council, was convened to discuss the patriarchate of Photios I of Constantinople. | refimprove |
| 1877 – After battling the U.S. Army for more than three months, retreating over 1,000 miles across Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana, and enduring a five-day siege, Chief Joseph and his Nez Perce band finally surrendered. | refimprove |
| 1908 – Prince Ferdinand became the first Tsar of Bulgaria since the Ottoman invasion in the 14th century. | refimprove |
| 1910 – The Portuguese Republican Party organised a coup d'etat, deposed the constitutional monarchy and implanted a republican regime in Portugal. | refimprove section |
| 1945 – A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators boiled over into a bloody riot at the gates of the Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, California. | refimprove |
| 1948 – The International Union for Conservation of Nature was founded at a congress sponsored by UNESCO director Julian Huxley in Fontainebleau, France. | unreferenced section |
| 1969 – The first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus was broadcast on BBC1. | refimprove |
| 1970 – The environmental organization Greenpeace was incorporated as the Don't Make a Wave Committee in British Columbia, Canada. | date not in article |
| 1986 – The British newspaper The Sunday Times published a story by Mordechai Vanunu, a former nuclear technician, revealing details of Israel's nuclear capability. | refimprove sections, outdated |
| 2001 – American baseball player Barry Bonds surpassed Mark McGwire's single-season home run total with his milestone 71st and 72nd home runs. | refimprove section |
| Giovanni Visconti (d. 1354) | unreferenced section (Ancestry) |
Eligible
- 1789 – French Revolution: Upset about the high price and scarcity of bread, thousands of Parisian women and their various allies marched on the royal palace at Versailles.
- 1903 – Samuel Griffith became the first Chief Justice of Australia, while Edmund Barton and Richard O'Connor became the first Puisne Justices of the High Court of Australia.
- 1930 – The British airship R101 crashed in France en route to India on its maiden overseas flight, killing 48 passengers and crew.
- 1962 – "Love Me Do", the first single by the Beatles, was released in the United Kingdom.
- 1962 – Dr. No, the first in the James Bond film series, was released.
- 1963 – The U.S. temporarily suspended the Commercial Import Program, its main economic support for South Vietnam, in response to oppression of Buddhism by President Ngo Dinh Diem.
- 1970 – Members of the Front de Libération du Québec kidnapped British diplomat James Cross, sparking the October Crisis in Montreal.
- 1973 – Seven nations signed the European Patent Convention, providing an autonomous legal system according to which European patents are granted.
- 1986 – Eugene Hasenfus's plane was shot down by Nicaraguan forces while carrying weapons to the Contra rebels on behalf of the U.S. government; he was subsequently captured, leading to an international controversy.
- 2000 – During protests caused by irregularities in the Yugoslav general election, Serbian wheel loader operator Ljubisav Đokić rammed the Radio Television of Serbia building with his vehicle, giving the protests the nickname "Bulldozer Revolution".
- 2011 – Two Chinese cargo ships were attacked on a stretch of the Mekong River in the Golden Triangle area of Southeast Asia, and their crews murdered.
- Born/died: Paul Fleming (b. 1609) · Chester A. Arthur (b. 1829) · Francis William Reitz (b. 1844) · Jacques Offenbach (d. 1880) · Magda Szabó (b. 1917) · Eduardo Duhalde (b. 1941) · Kate Winslet (b. 1975)
Notes
- Boris III of Bulgaria appears on October 3, so Ferdinand I should not appear in the same year.
Jarrow marchers with Ellen Wilkinson
- 610 – Heraclius was crowned Byzantine emperor, having personally beheaded the previous emperor, Phocas.
- 1869 – During construction of the Hennepin Island tunnel in St. Anthony, Minnesota (now Minneapolis), the Mississippi River broke through the tunnel's limestone ceiling, nearly destroying Saint Anthony Falls.
- 1936 – Around 200 men began a 291-mile (468 km) march (pictured) from Jarrow to London, carrying a petition to the British government requesting the re-establishment of industry in the town.
- 1975 – Dirty War: The Argentine guerrilla group Montoneros carried out Operation Primicia, a terrorist attack in which they hijacked an Aerolíneas Argentinas flight, captured Formosa International Airport, and attacked a military regiment.
- 1999 – Two trains collided head-on at Ladbroke Grove, London, killing 31 people, injuring 417, and severely damaging public confidence in the management and regulation of safety of Britain's privatised railway system.
Catherine Cooper Hopley (b. 1817) · Guido von List (b. 1848) · Bill Willis (b. 1921)