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Events on the 5th of October in history

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05 Oct 0456 The Visigoths under king Theodoric II, acting on orders of the Roman emperor Avitus, invade Iberia with an army of Burgundians, Franks and Goths, led by the kings Chilperic I and Gondioc. They defeat the Suebi under king Rechiar on the river Urbicus near Astorga (Gallaecia).
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05 Oct 0610 Coronation of Byzantine Emperor Heraclius.
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05 Oct 0869 4th Council of Constantinople (8th ecumenical council) opens
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05 Oct 0869 The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about patriarch Photius of Constantinople.
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05 Oct 1143 King Alfonso VII of León and Castile recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.
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05 Oct 1430 Duke Philip the Good of Bourgondy visits Brussels
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05 Oct 1450 Jews are expelled from Lower Bavaria by order of Ludwig IX
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05 Oct 1450 Jews are expelled from Lower Bavaria by order of Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria.
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05 Oct 1465 French King Louis XI signs peace with Charles the Stout
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05 Oct 1511 Eedgenootschap signs anti-French Saint League
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05 Oct 1550 Foundation of Concepción, city in Chile.
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05 Oct 1568 Conference of York begins: trial against Mary Stuart
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05 Oct 1568 Willem of Oranges army occupies Brabant
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05 Oct 1582 Gregorian calendar introduced in Italy, other Catholic countries
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05 Oct 1582 Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
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05 Oct 1632 Henry Casimir I appointed Viceroy of Groningen
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05 Oct 1665 The University of Kiel is founded.
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05 Oct 1762 Opera "Orfeo Ed Euridice" is produced (Vienna)
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05 Oct 1777 Washington begins assault on Germantown, Penn
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05 Oct 1789 French Revolution: Women of Paris march to Versailles in the March on Versailles to confront Louis XVI of France about his refusal to promulgate the decrees on the abolition of feudalism, demand bread, and have the King and his court moved to Paris.
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05 Oct 1793 French Revolution: Christianity is disestablished in France.
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05 Oct 1796 Spain declares war on England
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05 Oct 1813 Battle of Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British
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05 Oct 1813 Battle of the Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British and kill Shawnee leader Tecumseh.
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05 Oct 1823 Weber visits Beethoven
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05 Oct 1830 King Willem I mobilizes Dutch army
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05 Oct 1833 Charles Darwin moves with Parana to Santa Fe Bajada Argentina
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05 Oct 1857 The City of Anaheim, California is founded.
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05 Oct 1862 Battle of Big Hatchie River, Mississippi
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05 Oct 1862 Federal fleet occupies Galveston, Texas
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05 Oct 1863 Confederate sub David damages Union ship Ironsides
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05 Oct 1864 Battle of Allatoona, 1 / 3 of Union troops die repulsing South
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05 Oct 1864 Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone (approximately 60,000 die)
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05 Oct 1864 The Indian city of Calcutta is almost totally destroyed by a cyclone; 60,000 die.
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05 Oct 1867 Last day of Julian calendar in Alaska
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05 Oct 1869 The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region of Maritime Canada. The storm had been predicted over a year before by a British naval officer.
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05 Oct 1875 Palace Hotel on Market Street, SF opens
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05 Oct 1877 Chief Joseph surrenders his Nez Perce band to General Nelson A. Miles.
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05 Oct 1892 Dalton Gang ends in shoot-out in Coffeville, Kansas bank holdup
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05 Oct 1895 The first individual time trial for racing cyclists is held on a 50-mile course north of London.
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05 Oct 1897 Solomon Andrees baloon / polar expedition reaches White Island
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05 Oct 1900 6th US Golf Open: Harry Vardon shoots a 313 at Chicago Golf Club - Illinois
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05 Oct 1900 Harry Vardon wins US Open golf tournament
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05 Oct 1903 Sir Samuel Griffith is appointed the first Chief Justice of Australia and Sir Edmund Barton and Richard O'Connor are appointed as foundation justices.
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05 Oct 1905 Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908.
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05 Oct 1907 Interprovincial Rugby Football Union plays 1st game (Mtl 17 Tor 8)
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05 Oct 1907 Philadelphia Athletics Rube Vickers no-hits Washingston Senators, 4-0 in 5 inning game
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05 Oct 1908 Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey, Ferdinand I becomes Tsar
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05 Oct 1908 White Sox Ed Walsh tops Detroit 6-1 for his 40th victory
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05 Oct 1910 Portugal overthrows monarchy, proclaims Republic
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05 Oct 1910 In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
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05 Oct 1911 Italian troops occupy Tripoli
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05 Oct 1911 The Kowloon–Canton Railway (split into MTR East Rail Line and Guangshen Railway now) commences service between Kowloon and Canton.
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05 Oct 1912 Yanks win final game at Hilltop stadium
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05 Oct 1914 World War I: first aerial combat resulting in an intentional fatality.
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05 Oct 1915 Bulgaria enters World War I as one of the Central Powers.
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05 Oct 1916 Soldier Adolf Hitler is injured
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05 Oct 1919 Norwegian population agrees to prohibition
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05 Oct 1921 1st World Series radio broadcast, Yanks beat Giants 3-0
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05 Oct 1921 Present constitution of Liechtenstein comes into effect
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05 Oct 1921 Baseball: The World Series is broadcast on the radio for the first time.
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05 Oct 1922 Yanks and Giants play an infamous 3-3 tie World Series game
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05 Oct 1923 Edwin Hubble identifies Cepheid variable star
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05 Oct 1924 1st Little Orphan Annie-strip appears in NYC Daily News
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05 Oct 1925 WSM-AM in Nashville Tenn begins radio transmissions
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05 Oct 1930 British airship crashes in storm at Beauvais France, 48 die
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05 Oct 1930 British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage.
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05 Oct 1931 1st nonstop transpacific flight, Japan to Washington (Herndon & Pangborn)
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05 Oct 1936 The Jarrow March sets off for London.
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05 Oct 1937 Minister Romme says unemployment is 25% "quarter of Romme"
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05 Oct 1938 In Nazi Germany Jews' passports were invalidated, and those who needed a passport for emigration purposes were given one marked with the letter J (Jude – Jew).
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05 Oct 1941 Mickey Owens drops a 3rd strike, Tom Hendrick reaches 1st safely - would have been last out, instead Yanks score 4 and win 7-4
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05 Oct 1942 5,000 Jews of Dubno Russia massacred
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05 Oct 1942 St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Yankees, 4 games to 1, in 39th World Series
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05 Oct 1943 US air raid on Wake
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05 Oct 1943 Ninety-eight American POW's executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
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05 Oct 1944 Harold Arlen / ET Harburgs musical premieres in New York City
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05 Oct 1944 Kerkrade (Neth) liberated
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05 Oct 1944 Royal Canadian Air Force pilots shoot down the first German jet fighter over France.
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05 Oct 1944 Suffrage is extended to women in France.
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05 Oct 1945 "Meet the Press" premieres on radio
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05 Oct 1945 Indonesian army forms
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05 Oct 1945 Queen Wilhelmina visits Rotterdam
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05 Oct 1945 Hollywood Black Friday: A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers' studios.
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05 Oct 1946 "Yours Is My Heart" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 36 performances
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05 Oct 1947 1st Presidential address televised from White House-HS Truman
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05 Oct 1947 Al Gionfriddo makes a great catch off Joe Dimaggio in World Series
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05 Oct 1947 The first televised White House address is given by U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
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05 Oct 1948 The 1948 Ashgabat earthquake kills 110,000.
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05 Oct 1949 WBNS TV channel 10 in Columbus, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
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05 Oct 1949 WOR (now WWOR) TV channel 9 in NY-Secaucus, New York (IND) begins
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05 Oct 1950 "Pardon Our French" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 100 performances
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05 Oct 1952 19th Congress of Communist Party meets in Moscow
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05 Oct 1952 6th NHL All-Star Game: 1st Team ties 2nd Team 1-1 at Detroit
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05 Oct 1953 Earl Warren sworn in as 14th chief justice of US
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05 Oct 1953 The first documented recovery meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is held.
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05 Oct 1954 Hurricane Hazel hits Eastern US
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05 Oct 1955 Disneyland Hotel opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
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05 Oct 1956 Yogi Berra becomes 4th Yank to hit a World Series grand slam
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05 Oct 1957 11th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-3 at Montreal
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05 Oct 1957 Yugoslav dissident Milovan Djilos sentenced to 7 years
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05 Oct 1958 KRTV TV channel 3 in Great Falls, MT (CBS) begins broadcasting
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05 Oct 1960 British Labour party demands unilateral nuclear disarmament
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05 Oct 1960 Eastern AL Electra turbo-prop crashed in Boston Harbor (61 die)
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05 Oct 1960 KEYC TV channel 12 in Mankato, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting
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05 Oct 1961 China and Nepal sign treaty
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05 Oct 1962 Beatles release their 1st record "Love Me Do"
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05 Oct 1962 Dr. No, the first in the James Bond film series, is released.
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05 Oct 1962 The Beatles' first single, "Love Me Do" backed with "P.S. I Love You", is released in the United Kingdom.
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05 Oct 1963 17th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-3 at Toronto
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05 Oct 1963 Hyde St. Pier re-opens as State Historical Park
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05 Oct 1963 Little Richard joins Everly Brothers Tour
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05 Oct 1964 KIXE TV channel 9 in Redding, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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05 Oct 1964 San Francisco Fire Department Museum is dedicated
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05 Oct 1965 Chuck Linster performs 6,006 consecutive push-ups
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05 Oct 1965 Dick McInnes stays aloft almost 12 hours in a kite
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05 Oct 1966 Near Detroit, Michigan, there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor.
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05 Oct 1968 Battles between Catholic demonstrators and police in Londonderry
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05 Oct 1968 KPLM (now KESQ) TV channel 42 in Palm Springs, CA (ABC) begins
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05 Oct 1968 Police baton civil rights demonstrators in Derry, Northern Ireland – considered to mark the beginning of The Troubles.
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05 Oct 1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
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05 Oct 1969 Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks 55-yard field goal
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05 Oct 1969 The first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus airs on BBC One.
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05 Oct 1970 John Creach, joins Jefferson Airplane
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05 Oct 1970 PBS becomes a network
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05 Oct 1970 Quebec separatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross
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05 Oct 1970 The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.
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05 Oct 1970 Montreal: British Trade Commissioner James Cross is kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group, triggering the October Crisis.
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05 Oct 1972 Herbert Mullin 1st kills, to prevent earthquakes
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05 Oct 1973 Signature of the European Patent Convention.
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05 Oct 1974 Guildford pub bombings: bombs planted by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
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05 Oct 1975 Operation Primicia: terrorist attack against a Military Regiment at Formosa, Argentina.
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05 Oct 1976 Seattle and Toronto picks 30 unprotected players on other AL rosters Ruppert Jones (Seattle) and Bob Bailor (Toronto) are picked 1st
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05 Oct 1977 "Hair" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 43 performances
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05 Oct 1978 Isaac Bashevis Singer wins Nobel Prize for literature
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05 Oct 1979 Luke rapes Laura on General Hospital
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05 Oct 1980 Formal opening of meditation hall of Zenshin Temple in Riverdale Bronx
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05 Oct 1980 Kathy Whitworth / Donna Caponi Young win Portland Ping Team Golf Champ
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05 Oct 1980 Yanks set AL attendance mark at 2,627,417
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05 Oct 1981 Dutch guilder / Deutsche mark revalued up 5.5%
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05 Oct 1981 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honarary American
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05 Oct 1982 1st New Jersey Devils game, tie the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-3 at the Meadowlands
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05 Oct 1982 Hernan Siles Zuazo appointed President of Bolivia
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05 Oct 1982 Unmanned rocket sled reaches 9,851 km/h at White Sands, New Mexico
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05 Oct 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders: Johnson & Johnson initiates a nationwide product recall in the United States for all products in its Tylenol brand after several bottles in Chicago are found to have been laced with cyanide, resulting in seven deaths.
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05 Oct 1983 Lech Walesa wins Nobel Peace Prize
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05 Oct 1984 13th Space Shuttle Mission (41-G) - Challenger 6-launched
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05 Oct 1984 Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
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05 Oct 1986 London Sunday Times reports Israel is stocking nuclear arms
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05 Oct 1986 Israeli secret nuclear weapons are revealed. The British newspaper The Sunday Times runs Mordechai Vanunu's story on its front page under the headline: "Revealed — the secrets of Israel's nuclear arsenal".
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05 Oct 1988 Brazil adopts its Constitution
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05 Oct 1988 Chilean population agrees at referendum against Pinochet regime
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05 Oct 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.
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05 Oct 1988 The Brazilian Constitution is ratified by the Constituent Assembly.
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05 Oct 1990 Cincinnati jury acquits art gallery of obsentity (Mappelthorpe photos)
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05 Oct 1990 After one hundred and fifty years The Herald broadsheet newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
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05 Oct 1991 Actor Ted Shackelford (Knots Landing) weds Annett Wolf
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05 Oct 1991 Fresno State ties NCAA record with 49 points in a quarter, as they route New Mexico 94-17
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05 Oct 1991 Military transport plane crashes at Djakarta, 133 dies
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05 Oct 1991 New Jersey Devils begin their 10th Anniversary with a 7-2 win over the Blues
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05 Oct 1991 USSR reduces nuclear weapons arsenal
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05 Oct 1991 An Indonesian military transport crashes after takeoff from Jakarta killing 137.
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05 Oct 1991 The first official version of the Linux kernel, version 0.02, is released.
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05 Oct 1992 1st overturn of a George Bush veto (cable bill)
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05 Oct 1992 El Al cargo jet crashes into apartment complex in Amsterdam (250 die)
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05 Oct 1992 US Air goes on strike
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05 Oct 1993 Pope John Paul II publishes encyclical Veritatis splendor
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05 Oct 1994 28th Country Music Association Award
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05 Oct 1994 52 members of Zonnetempel, murdered
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05 Oct 1995 "Company" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 68 performances
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05 Oct 1996 Caroline Pierce wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
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05 Oct 1996 Cleveland Indians strike out 23 Baltimore Orioles in 12 inn playoff game
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05 Oct 1996 New York Yankee Bernie Williams switch hits HRs in a post season game
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05 Oct 1997 35th Tennis Federation Cup: France beats Netherlands 4-1 in Den Bosch (Netherlands)
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05 Oct 1997 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA CoreStates Betsy King Classic
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05 Oct 1997 STS 86 (Atlantis 20) lands
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05 Oct 1997 Vantage Senior Golf Championship
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05 Oct 1999 The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
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05 Oct 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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05 Oct 2001 Barry Bonds surpassed Mark McGwire's single-season home run total with his milestone 71st and 72nd home runs.
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05 Oct 2011 In the Mekong River massacre, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered in the lawless Golden Triangle region of Southeast Asia.
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