Today in History
5 October
252 births · 103 deaths · 44 events recorded
Featured Birthday · Born 1962
Thomas Herbst (footballer)
German footballer and manager
Notable Births
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Jacob Tremblay
b. 2006
Canadian actor (born 2006)
Washington Sundar
b. 1999
Indian cricketer (born 1999)
Exequiel Palacios
b. 1998
Argentine footballer (born 1998)
Jewell Loyd
b. 1993
American basketball player (born 1993)
Wakamotoharu Minato
b. 1993
Japanese professional sumo wrestler
Kevin Magnussen
b. 1992
Danish racing driver (born 1992)
Cody Zeller
b. 1992
American basketball player (born 1992)
Thomas Herbst (footballer)
b. 1962
German footballer and manager
Notable Deaths
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Robert Coover
d. 2024
American novelist (1932–2024)
Eberhard van der Laan
d. 2017
Dutch politician
Chantal Akerman
d. 2015
Belgian film director, screenwriter, and educator (1950–2015)
Joker Arroyo
d. 2015
Filipino politician (1927–2015)
Grace Lee Boggs
d. 2015
American social activist, author (1915–2015)
Henning Mankell
d. 2015
Swedish author (1948–2015)
William Mullins, 2nd Baron Ventry
d. 1827
Anglo-Irish politician (1761–1827)
Pierre de Manchicourt
d. 1564
French renaissance composer
On This Day in History
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2021
Windows 11 is released to the general public.
Windows 11
2011
In the Mekong River massacre, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered.
Mekong River massacre
2000
Mass demonstrations in Serbia force the resignation of Slobodan Milošević.
Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević
1999
The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in West London kills 31 people.
Ladbroke Grove rail crash
1994
Swiss police find the bodies of 48 members of the Order of the Solar Temple, who had died in a cult mass murder-suicide.
Order of the Solar Temple
1991
An Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash kills 135 people.
1991 Jakarta Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash
1990
After 150 years The Herald newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
The Herald (Melbourne)
1988
A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.
Augusto Pinochet