On This Day — 5 October
2000s
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
1900s
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
1985
Seven Israeli vacationers, including four children, are killed in a mass shooting at Ras Burqa in the Sinai Peninsula by an Egyptian soldier.
Ras Burqa massacre
1984
Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space.
Marc Garneau
1982
Tylenol products are recalled after bottles in Chicago laced with cyanide cause seven deaths.
Tylenol
1974
Bombs planted by the PIRA in pubs in Guildford kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
Provisional Irish Republican Army
1970
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded in the United States.[citation needed]
PBS
1970
The British Trade Commissioner, James Cross, is kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec, triggering the October Crisis in Canada.
James Cross
1968
A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.
Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association
1966
A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown.
Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station
1963
The United States suspends the Commercial Import Program in response to repression of the Buddhist majority by the regime of President Ngo Dinh Diem.
Commercial Import Program
1962
The first of the James Bond film series, based on the novels by Ian Fleming, Dr. No, is released in Britain.
James Bond
1962
The first Beatles single "Love Me Do" is released in Britain.
The Beatles
1947
President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
United States Oval Office Address
1945
A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of the Warner Brothers studio.
Hollywood Black Friday
1944
The Provisional Government of the French Republic enfranchises women.
Provisional Government of the French Republic
1943
World War II: Pacific Theater: Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
World War II
1938
Holocaust: In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
The Holocaust
1936
The Jarrow March sets off for London.
Jarrow March
1931
Clyde Edward Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr. make the first nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean in the plane Miss Veedol.
Clyde Pangborn
1930
British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage killing 48 people.
R101
1921
The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.[citation needed]
1921 World Series
1914
World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire for the first time.
World War I
1911
The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
Kowloon–Canton Railway
1910
In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
5 October 1910 revolution
1905
The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
Wright brothers
1900
Peace congress in Paris condemns British policy in South Africa and asserts Boer Republic's right to self-determination.
South African Republic
1800s
1877
The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
Nez Perce War
1869
The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
1869 Saxby Gale
1869
The Eastman tunnel, in Minnesota, United States, collapses during construction, causing a landslide that nearly destroys St. Anthony Falls.
Eastman tunnel
1813
War of 1812: The Army of the Northwest defeats a British and Native Canadian force threatening Detroit.
War of 1812
Before 1800
1789
French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.
Women's March on Versailles
1607
Assassins attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi.
Paolo Sarpi
1450
Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria expels Jews from his jurisdiction.
Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria
1143
With the signing of the Treaty of Zamora, King Alfonso VII of León and Castile recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.
Treaty of Zamora
869
The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to depose patriarch Photios I.
Fourth Council of Constantinople (Catholic Church)
816
King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope.
Louis the Pious
610
Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor.
Heraclius