There are a number of historic events that happened on October 5. Read on to find out!
- 1665 – The University of Kiel was founded.
- 1829 – American politician and the 21st President of the United States Chester Arthur was born.
- 1880 – The first ball-point pen was patented by Alonzo T. Cross.
- 1887 – 1st US National Championship Women’s Tennis held.
- 1915 – Bulgaria entered World War I on the side of the Central Powers.
- 1945 – “Meet the Press” premiered on the radio.
- 1947 – 1st Presidential address by Harry Truman was televised from the White House.
- 1953 – Earl Warren was sworn in as 14th Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court.
- 1953 – The first documented recovery meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is held.
- 1960 – British Labour party demanded unilateral nuclear disarmament.
- 1961 – China & Nepal signed a treaty.
- 1962 – James bond makes his theatrical debut in Dr. No. Based on the 1958 Ian Fleming novel.
- 1962 – The Beatles released their first record, “Love Me Do”.
- 1969 – Monty Python’s Flying Circus began airing on BBC TV.
- 1970 – The establishment of the US Public Broadcasting Service.
- 1975 – To claim his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship, Austrian Niki Lauda won the United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen.
- 1984 – First Canadian to go into space, was also the first space mission to have 2 women on board.
- 1986 – Details of Israel’s secret nuclear weapons development program were published in the Sunday Times newspaper.
- 2000 – President of the federal republic of Yugoslavia was overthrown in the wake of the Bulldozer Revolution.
- 2011 – Steve Jobs, the American businessman who co-founded Apple Inc., Pixar, died.