October 5 in History

Windows 11 is released to the general public.

In the Mekong River massacre, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered.

Mass demonstrations in Serbia force the resignation of Slobodan Milošević.

The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in West London kills 31 people.

Swiss police find the bodies of 48 members of the Order of the Solar Temple, who had died in a cult mass murder-suicide.

An Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash kills 135 people.

After 150 years The Herald newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.

A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.

Seven Israeli vacationers, including four children, are killed in a mass shooting at Ras Burqa in the Sinai Peninsula by an Egyptian soldier.

Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space.

Tylenol products are recalled after bottles in Chicago laced with cyanide cause seven deaths.

Bombs planted by the PIRA in pubs in Guildford kill four British soldiers and one civilian.

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded in the United States.[citation needed]

The British Trade Commissioner, James Cross, is kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec, triggering the October Crisis in Canada.

A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.

A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown.

The United States suspends the Commercial Import Program in response to repression of the Buddhist majority by the regime of President Ngo Dinh Diem.

The first of the James Bond film series, based on the novels by Ian Fleming, Dr. No, is released in Britain.

The first Beatles single "Love Me Do" is released in Britain.

President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.

A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of the Warner Brothers studio.

The Provisional Government of the French Republic enfranchises women.

World War II: Pacific Theater: Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.

Holocaust: In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.

The Jarrow March sets off for London.

Clyde Edward Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr. make the first nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean in the plane Miss Veedol.

British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage killing 48 people.

The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.[citation needed]

World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire for the first time.

The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.

In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.

The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.

Peace congress in Paris condemns British policy in South Africa and asserts Boer Republic's right to self-determination.

The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.

The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.

The Eastman tunnel, in Minnesota, United States, collapses during construction, causing a landslide that nearly destroys St. Anthony Falls.

War of 1812: The Army of the Northwest defeats a British and Native Canadian force threatening Detroit.

French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.

Assassins attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi.

Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria expels Jews from his jurisdiction.

With the signing of the Treaty of Zamora, King Alfonso VII of León and Castile recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.

The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to depose patriarch Photios I.

King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope.

Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor.

Jacob Tremblay, Canadian actor

Washington Sundar, Indian cricketer

Exequiel Palacios, Argentine footballer

Michael Hoecht, Canadian American football player

Jewell Loyd, American basketball player

Wakamotoharu Minato, Japanese sumo wrestler

Kevin Magnussen, Danish racing driver

Cody Zeller, American basketball player

Pär Lindholm, Swedish ice hockey player

Tornike Shengelia, Georgian basketball player

Nathan Peats, Australian rugby league player

Kelsey Adrian, Canadian basketball player

Marcel Baude, German footballer

Ify Ibekwe, American basketball player

Travis Kelce, American football player

Benny Howell, English cricketer

Bahar Kızıl, German singer-songwriter

Maja Salvador, Filipino actress, dancer, singer, and host

Dillon Francis, American DJ and record producer

Michael Grabner, Austrian ice hockey player

Jesse Joensuu, Finnish ice hockey player

Kevin Mirallas, Belgian footballer

Tim Ream, American soccer player

Park So-yeon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress

Luigi Vitale, Italian footballer

Brandan Wright, American basketball player

Mladen Bartulović, Croatian footballer

Tanner Roark, American baseball player

Nicola Roberts, English singer-songwriter

Brooke Valentine, American singer and songwriter

Naima Adedapo, American singer and dancer

Kenwyne Jones, Trinidadian footballer

Nathalie Kelley, Peruvian-Australian actress

Nate Thompson, American ice hockey player

Angel Perkins, American sprinter

Jesse Eisenberg, American actor and writer

Nicky Hilton, American socialite, fashion designer, and model

Florian Mayer, German tennis player

Mashrafe Mortaza, Bangladeshi cricketer

Michael Roos, Estonian-American football player

Steve Williams, Australian-German rugby player

Jeanette Antolin, American gymnast

Joel Lindpere, Estonian footballer

Andy Nägelein, German footballer

Yuta Tabuse, Japanese basketball player

Paul Thomas, American bass player

James Toseland, English motorcycle racer

Joakim Brodén, Swedish-Czech musician and lead vocalist of the power metal band Sabaton

Vince Grella, Australian footballer

Curtis Sanford, Canadian ice hockey player

Steinar Nickelsen, Norwegian organist and composer

Jesse Palmer, Canadian football player and sportscaster

Shane Ryan, Irish footballer and hurler

James Valentine, American musician and songwriter

Morgan Webb, Canadian-American television host and producer

Hugleikur Dagsson, Icelandic author, illustrator, and critic

Vinnie Paz, Italian-American rapper and producer

Konstantin Zyryanov, Russian footballer

Ramzan Kadyrov, Russian-Chechen general and politician, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic

Royston Tan, Singaporean director, producer, and screenwriter

J. J. Yeley, American race car driver

Bobo Baldé, French-Guinean footballer

Carson Ellis, American painter and illustrator

Hutch Harris, American songwriter and musician

Parminder Nagra, English actress

Monica Rial, American voice actress, director, and screenwriter

Scott Weinger, American actor

Kate Winslet, English actress

Rich Franklin, American mixed martial artist and actor

Heather Headley, Trinidadian-American singer, songwriter, and actress

Anousjka van Exel, Dutch tennis player

Cédric Villani, French mathematician and academic

Annely Akkermann, Estonian banker and politician

Aaron Guiel, Canadian baseball player

Grant Hill, American basketball player and actor

Thomas Roberts, American journalist and actor

Tonia Antoniazzi, British politician

Mauricio Pellegrino, Argentinian footballer and manager

Josie Bissett, American actress

Matthew Knights, Australian footballer and coach

Tord Gustavsen, Norwegian pianist and composer

Cal Wilson, New Zealand comedian, actress, and screenwriter (died 2023)

Rex Chapman, American basketball player and sportscaster

Guy Pearce, English-Australian actor

Dennis Byrd, American football player (died 2016)

Sean M. Carroll, American physicist, cosmologist, and academic

Fredrik Olausson, Swedish ice hockey player

Jan Verhaas, Dutch snooker player and referee

Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player

Patrick Roy, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Korina Sanchez, Filipino journalist

Laura Davies, English golfer and sportscaster

Tony Dodemaide, Australian cricketer

Michael Hadschieff, Austrian speed skater

Michael Andretti, American race car driver

Thomas Herbst, German footballer and manager

Caron Keating, British television host (died 2004)

Daniel Baldwin, American actor, director, and producer

Careca, Brazilian footballer[citation needed]

David Kirk, New Zealand rugby player and coach

Kenan İpek, Turkish lawyer and judge

Maya Lin, American architect and sculptor, designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Civil Rights Memorial

Kelly Joe Phelps, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022)

André Kuipers, Dutch physician and astronaut

Neil Peart, Australian footballer

Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author

Bernie Mac, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (died 2008)

Lee Thompson, English singer-songwriter and saxophonist

John Alexander, English footballer

Jean-Jacques Lafon, French singer-songwriter

Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell, English academic and businessman

Philip Hampton, English-Scottish accountant and businessman

Roy Laidlaw, Scottish rugby player

Clive Barker, English author, director, producer, and screenwriter

Harold Faltermeyer, German keyboard player, composer, and producer

Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan

Karen Allen, American actress

Bob Geldof, Irish singer-songwriter and actor

Jeff Conaway, American actor and singer (died 2011)

Edward P. Jones, American novelist and short story writer

James Rizzi, American painter and illustrator (died 2011)

Peter Ackroyd, English biographer, novelist and critic

Michael Gaughan, Irish Republican died on hunger strike (died 1974)

Ralph Goodale, Canadian lawyer and politician, 36th Canadian Minister of Finance

Bill James, American historian and author

Yashiki Takajin, Japanese singer and television host (died 2014)

Russell Mael, American vocalist

Brian Johnson, English singer and songwriter

Michèle Pierre-Louis, Haitian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Haiti

Zahida Hina, Pakistani journalist and author

Robin Lane Fox, English historian and author

Jean Perron, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster

David Watson, English footballer

Brian Connolly, Scottish singer-songwriter (died 1997)

Richard Rosser, Baron Rosser, English union leader and politician (died 2024)

Ben Cardin, American lawyer and politician

Steve Miller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Michael Morpurgo, English author, poet, and playwright

Etela Farkašová, Slovak philosopher and writer

Richard Street, American singer-songwriter (died 2013)

Stephanie Cole, English actress

Eduardo Duhalde, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 50th President of Argentina

Frank Stagg, Irish republican died on hunger strike (died 1976)

Bob Cowper, Australian cricketer

Terry Trotter, American jazz pianist

Marie-Claire Blais, Canadian author and playwright (died 2021)

A. R. Penck, German painter and sculptor (died 2017)

Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Filipino lawyer and jurist

Johnny Duncan, American country singer (died 2006)

Teresa Heinz, Mozambican-American businesswoman and philanthropist

Barry Switzer, American football player and coach

Václav Havel, Czech poet, playwright, and politician, 1st President of the Czech Republic (died 2011)

Adrian Smith, American basketball player (died 2026)

Kenneth D. Taylor, Canadian businessman and diplomat (died 2015)

Angelo Buono, American serial killer and rapist (died 2002)

Doug Bailey, American political consultant, founded The Hotline (died 2013)

Billy Lee Riley, American rockabilly musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer (died 2009)

Neal Ascherson, Scottish journalist and author

Dean Prentice, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2019)

Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist and police officer (died 2006)

Rosalie Gower, Canadian nurse and politician (died 2013)

Pavel Popovich, Ukrainian general, pilot, and cosmonaut (died 2009)

Reinhard Selten, German economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)

Richard F. Gordon Jr., American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 2017)

Bill Wirtz, American businessman (died 2007)

Louise Fitzhugh, American author and illustrator (died 1974)

Marjorie Finlay, American opera singer and television personality (died 2003)

Avraham Adan, Israeli general (died 2012)

Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer and educator (died 1979)

Gail Davis, American actress (died 1997)

Herbert Kretzmer, South African-English journalist and songwriter (died 2020)

Walter Dale Miller, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of South Dakota (died 2015)

Bill Dana, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2017)

José Donoso, Chilean author (died 1996)

Barbara Kelly, Canadian actress and screenwriter (died 2007)

Frederic Morton, Austrian-American banker, journalist, and author (died 2015)

Bob Thaves, American cartoonist (died 2006)

Philip Berrigan, American priest and activist (died 2002)

Stig Dagerman, Swedish journalist and author (died 1954)

Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer and politician (died 1994)

Glynis Johns, British actress and singer (died 2024)

Kailashpati Mishra, Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor of Gujarat (died 2012)

José Froilán González, Argentinian racing driver (died 2013)

Bil Keane, American cartoonist (died 2011)

Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager (died 1985)

Bill Willis, American football player and coach (died 2007)

Donald Pleasence, English actor (died 1995)

Allen Ludden, American television personality and game show host (died 1981)

Magda Szabó, Hungarian author and poet (died 2007)

Stetson Kennedy, American author and activist (died 2011)

Zhang Zhen, Chinese general and politician (died 2015)

Eugene B. Fluckey, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2007)

Fritz Fischer, German physician and convicted war criminal (died 2003)

Pierre Dansereau, Canadian ecologist and academic (died 2011)

Brian O'Nolan, Irish author and playwright (died 1966)

Mehmet Ali Aybar, Turkish lawyer and politician (died 1995)

Joshua Logan, American director and screenwriter (died 1988)

Mrs. Miller, American novelty singer (died 1997)

Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic (died 1959)

John Hoyt, American actor (died 1991)

Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (died 1987)

M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist and academic (died 1989)

Larry Fine, American comedian (died 1975)

Ray Kroc, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1984)

John Alton, Austrian-American director and cinematographer (died 1996)

Elda Anderson, American physicist and health researcher (died 1961)

Nachum Gutman, Moldovan-Israeli painter and sculptor (died 1980)

Bevil Rudd, South African runner and journalist (died 1948)

Remington Kellogg, American zoologist and paleontologist (died 1969)

Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author and educator (died 1936)

Mary Fuller, American actress and screenwriter (died 1973)

René Cassin, French judge and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1976)

Manny Ziener, German actress (died 1972)

Arunachalam Mahadeva, Sri Lankan politician and diplomat (died 1969)

Ernst Pittschau, German actor (died 1951)

Robert H. Goddard, American physicist, engineer, and academic (died 1945)

Francis Peyton Rous, American pathologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)

Louise Dresser, American actress (died 1965)

Mike O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager (died 1959)

Lucien Mérignac, French fencer (died 1941)

Louis Lumière, French director and producer (died 1948)

Helen Churchill Candee, American journalist and author (died 1949)

Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish author and playwright (died 1942)

Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician (died 1910)

Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist and poet (died 1919)

Francis William Reitz, South African lawyer and politician, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (died 1934)

Philipp Mainländer, German philosopher (died 1876)

Chester A. Arthur, American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States (died 1886)

Henry Chadwick, English-American historian and author (died 1908)

David Wilber, American lawyer and politician (died 1890)

Ursula Frayne, Irish-Australian nun and missionary (died 1885)

Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, Danish-German painter (died 1844)

Alexander Keith, Scottish-Canadian brewer and politician, 13th Mayor of Halifax (died 1873)

Joseph Crosfield, English businessman (died 1844)

Bernard Bolzano, Czech mathematician and philosopher (died 1848)

Giuseppe Gazzaniga, Italian composer and educator (died 1818)

Chevalier d'Éon, French diplomat and spy (died 1810)

Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist and educator (died 1789)

Denis Diderot, French philosopher and critic (died 1784)

Francesco Guardi, Italian painter (died 1793)

Jonathan Edwards, American pastor and theologian (died 1758)

Maria Maddalena Martinengo, Italian nun (died 1737)

Mary of Modena, Queen Consort of England, Scotland and Ireland (died 1718)

Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV (died 1707)

Paul Fleming, German physician and poet (died 1640)

Rani Durgavati, Queen of Gond (died 1564)

Alessandro Farnese, Italian cardinal and diplomat (died 1589)

Ludwig of Hanau-Lichtenberg, German nobleman (died 1553)

Catherine, Princess of Asturias, Spanish royal (died 1424)

Louis II of Anjou (died 1417)

Alexios III of Trebizond (died 1390)[citation needed]

Al-Dhahabi, Syrian scholar and historian (died 1348)

Robert Coover, American novelist (born 1932)

Eberhard van der Laan, Dutch politician, mayor of Amsterdam (born 1955)

Brock Yates, American journalist and author (born 1933)

Chantal Akerman, Belgian-French actress, director, and producer (born 1950)

Joker Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1927)

Grace Lee Boggs, American philosopher, author, and activist (born 1915)

Henning Mankell, Swedish author and playwright (born 1948)

David Chavchavadze, English-American CIA officer and author (born 1924)

Andrea de Cesaris, Italian racing driver (born 1959)

Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (born 1930)

Yuri Lyubimov, Russian actor and director (born 1917)

Ruth R. Benerito, American chemist and academic (born 1916)

Carlo Lizzani, Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)

Yakkun Sakurazuka, Japanese voice actress and singer (born 1976)

Keith Campbell, English biologist and academic (born 1954)

Vojin Dimitrijević, Croatian-Serbian lawyer and activist (born 1932)

James W. Holley III, American dentist and politician (born 1926)

Edvard Mirzoyan, Georgian-Armenian composer and educator (born 1921)

Claude Pinoteau, French director and screenwriter (born 1925)

Derrick Bell, American academic and scholar (born 1930)

Bert Jansch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1943)

Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founder of Apple Inc. (born 1955)

Charles Napier, American actor and singer (born 1936)

Fred Shuttlesworth, American activist, co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (born 1922)

Gökşin Sipahioğlu, Turkish photographer and journalist (born 1926)

Bernard Clavel, French journalist and author (born 1923)

Mary Leona Gage, American model and actress, Miss USA 1957 (born 1939)

Steve Lee, Swiss singer-songwriter (born 1963)

Antonio Peña, Mexican wrestling promoter, founded Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (born 1953)

Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)

William H. Dobelle, American biologist and academic (born 1941)

Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-English physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)

Dan Snyder, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1978)

Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist, director, and producer (born 1957)

Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1920)

Mike Mansfield, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to Japan (born 1903)

Johanna Döbereiner, Brazilian agronomist (born 1924)

Cătălin Hîldan, Romanian footballer (born 1976)

Brian Pillman, American football player and wrestler (born 1962)

Seymour Cray, American engineer and businessman, founded CRAY Inc (born 1925)

Eddie Kendricks, American singer-songwriter (born 1939)

Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver and accountant (born 1947)

Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (born 1898)

James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician and computer scientist (born 1919)

Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle (born 1902)

Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (born 1897)

Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded the Tupperware Corporation (born 1907)

Gloria Grahame, American actress (born 1923)

Barbara Nichols, American actress (born 1928)

Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)

Clifton Williams, American astronaut (born 1932)

Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (born 1884)

Frederic Lewy, German-American neurologist and academic (born 1885)

Leon Roppolo, American clarinet player and composer (born 1902)

Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer (born 1861)

Louis Brandeis, American lawyer and jurist (born 1856)

Ballington Booth, English-American activist, co-founded the Volunteers of America (born 1857)

Lincoln Loy McCandless, American rancher and politician (born 1859)

Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1889)

Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint (born 1905)

Albert Ranft, Swedish actor and director (born 1858)

J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author (born 1898)

Renée Adorée, French-American actress (born 1898)

Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general (born 1862)

Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, Indian-English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Air (born 1875)

Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (born 1876)

Sam Warner, Polish-American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Warner Bros. (born 1887)

John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales (born 1869)

Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot (born 1888)

Albert Solomon, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Tasmania (born 1876)

Hans von Bartels, German painter and educator (born 1856)

Ralph Tollemache, English priest (born 1826)

Thomas C. Durant, American railroad tycoon (born 1820)

Jacques Offenbach, German-French cellist and composer (born 1819)

Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish archbishop (born 1778)

Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg, Austrian-German historian and politician (born 1781)

William Mullins, 2nd Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (born 1761)

Tecumseh, American tribal leader (born 1768)

Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1738)

Sanité Bélair, Haitian freedom fighter (born 1781)

Johann Andreas Segner, Slovak-German mathematician, physicist, and physician (born 1704)

Jean-Philippe Baratier, German astronomer and scholar (born 1721)

Kaibara Ekken, Japanese botanist and philosopher (born 1630)

Heribert Rosweyde, Jesuit hagiographer (born 1569)

Philippe Desportes, French poet and author (born 1546)

Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician and academic (born 1522)

Pierre de Manchicourt, Flemish composer and educator (born 1510)

Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet and educator (born 1488)

Richard Foxe, English bishop and academic (born 1448)

Joachim Patinir, Flemish landscape painter (born c. 1480)

Raymond of Capua, Italian priest and Master General (born c. 1330)

Blanche of Navarre, queen of France (born 1330)

Giovanni Visconti, Italian cardinal (born 1290)

Philip III, king of France (born 1245)

Al-Nasir, Abbasid caliph (born 1158)

Alfonso VIII, king of Castile and Toledo (born 1155)

Sigebert of Gembloux, French monk, historian, and author (born 1030)

Robert II, count of Flanders (born 1065)

Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1016)

Henry III, duke of Bavaria (born 940)

Phocas, Byzantine emperor

Justin II, Byzantine emperor (born 520)

Pradyota, King of Avanti and Magadha