What Happened On October 5

What Happened On Oct 5 Timeline

1675 Oct 5 More than Half of the Town of Springfield is Destroyed by the Pocomtuc Tribe
Springfield remained a small working town when its security was threatened in 1675, during King Philip's War. The leader of the Wampanoag Indian tribe, Wamsutta, died shortly after being ...
1789 Oct 5
to 1789 Oct 6
 The March on Versailles
The March on Versailles, also known as The Bread March of Women, and The Women's March on Versailles, was an event in the French Revolution. Although the National Assembly had taken the T...
1818 Oct 5 Mother Nancy Hanks Lincoln Dies of Milk Sickness
Among the many obscure ailments that afflicted Midwestern pioneers, it is doubtful if one has been more shrouded in mystery than was milk sickness. The disease was unknown in Europe or an...
1861 Oct 5 Battle of Cockle Creek
The Battle of Cockle Creek was a minor engagement off the waters of Chincoteague, Virginia during the American Civil War. It was fought on October 5, 1861 Chincoteague's Wartime Positi...
1862 Oct 5 Battle of Hatchie's Bridge
The Battle of Hatchie's Bridge, also known as Davis's Bridge or Matamora, was fought on October 5, 1862, in Hardeman County and McNairy County, Tennessee, as the final engagement of the I...
1864 Oct 5 Battle of Allatoona
Description: After the fall of Atlanta, Hood moved northward to threaten the Western & Atlantic Railroad, Sherman’s supply line. He attacked a number of minor garrisons and damaged track ...
1871 Oct 5 James Butler 'Wild Bill' Hickok Kills Two Men During a Street Brawl
While working in Abilene, Hickok and Phil Coe, a saloon owner, had an ongoing dispute that later resulted in a shootout. Coe had been the business partner of known gunman Ben Thompson, wi...
1877 Oct 5 Chief Joseph Surrenders
On October 5, 1877, Chief Joseph, exhausted and disheartened, surrendered in the Bears Paw Mountains of Montana, forty miles south of Canada. Thunder Rolling Down the Mountain was born in...
1900 Oct 5 Flight of 1900 Wright Glider
The 1900 glider was the Wrights’ first piloted aircraft. First flight-tested at Kitty Hawk in the fall of that year, it incorporated the wire-braced biplane structure and wing-warping con...
1914 Oct 5 Winston Churchill Travels To 'The Siege of Antwerp'
On 2 October the Germans succeeded in penetrating two of the city's forts. Churchill was sent to Antwerp to provide a first-hand report on the situation there. Leaving London that night...
1920 Oct 5
to 1920 Oct 12
 1920 World Series
In the 1920 World Series, the Cleveland Indians beat the Brooklyn Dodgers, then known interchangeably as the Robins in reference to their manager Wilbert Robinson, in seven games, five ga...
1921 Oct 5
to 1921 Oct 13
 1921 World Series
In the 1921 World Series, the New York Giants beat the New York Yankees five games to three. This was the last of the experimental best-five-of-nine series. The Series was much-anticipat...
1927 Oct 5
to 1927 Oct 8
 1927 World Series
In the 1927 World Series, the New York Yankees swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in four games. This was the first sweep of a National League team by an American League team. That year, the Y...
1930 Oct 5 The British Airship R101 Crashes and Kills 48 in the Ensuing Fire
R101 was a British rigid airship completed in 1929 as part of the Imperial Airship Scheme. After initial flights, and two enlargements to the lifting volume, it crashed on 5 October 1930 ...
1938 Oct 5
to 1938 Oct 9
 1938 World Series
The 1938 World Series matched the two-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Chicago Cubs, with the Yankees sweeping the Series in four games for their seventh championship ...
1943 Oct 5
to 1943 Oct 11
 1943 World Series
The 1943 World Series matched the defending champion St. Louis Cardinals against the New York Yankees, in a rematch of the 1942 Series. The Yankees won the Series in five games for their ...
1945 Oct 5 National Airlines Flight 16 Lands in Water
National Airlines Flight 16 was a domestic (U.S.), scheduled passenger flight from Miami, Florida, to Lakeland, Florida, that crashed on 5 October 1945. The aircraft was on the last leg o...
1949 Oct 5
to 1949 Oct 9
 1949 World Series
The 1949 World Series featured the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, with the Yankees winning in five games for their second defeat of the Dodgers in three years, and the twelfth...
1949 Oct 5 The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad is released
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad is an animated feature produced by Walt Disney and released to theaters on October 5, 1949 by RKO Radio Pictures. It is the eleventh animated featur...
1954 Oct 5
to 1954 Oct 18
 Hurricane Hazel
Leaving a death toll in Hati of more than 200 and an injured list of at least 500, according to unofficial reports reaching here, Hurricane Hazel moved toward the island of Mayaguana in t...
1955 Oct 5 The Diary of Anne Frank, a Play Based on the Book, Debuts in New York
A play based upon the diary, by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, premiered in New York City on 5 October 1955, and later won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was followed by the 1959 mo...
1956 Oct 5 The Ten Commandments (film) released
The Ten Commandments is a 1956 motion picture that dramatized the biblical story of Moses, an adopted Egyptian prince-turned deliverer of the Hebrew slaves. It was released by Paramount P...
1960 Oct 5
to 1960 Oct 13
 1960 World Series
The 1960 World Series was played between the Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) and New York Yankees (AL) from October 5 to October 13, 1960. It is most notable for the Game 7, ninth-inning home run...
1961 Oct 5 Breakfast At Tiffany's Is Released
Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1961 American film starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard, and featuring Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, and Mickey Rooney. It was directed by B...
1962 Oct 5 Dr. No released
Dr. No (1962), starring Sean Connery, is the first James Bond film. Based on the 1958 Ian Fleming novel of the same name, it was adapted by Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood, and Berkely M...
1966 Oct 5
to 1966 Oct 9
 1966 World Series
The 1966 World Series matched the Baltimore Orioles against the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Orioles sweeping the Series in four games to capture the first championshi...
1969 Oct 5 Monty Python's Flying Circus First Broadcast on BBC
Monty Python’s Flying Circus (known during the final series as just Monty Python) is a British sketch comedy series created by the comedy group Monty Python and broadcast by the BBC from ...
1970 Oct 5 Led Zeppelin III is released
Led Zeppelin III is the third album by English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was recorded between January and July 1970 and was released on 5 October 1970 by Atlantic Records. Composed large...
1973 Oct 5 The Rolling Stones Release 'No Stone Unturned'
No Stone Unturned is a compilation album by The Rolling Stones released in 1973. Seven of the twelve tracks had been previously released on single b-sides in the UK. The rest had never ap...
1979 Oct 5 Pope John Paul II says mass in Grant Park
In Chicago, city and archdiocesan officials had a more earthly concern: whether the roof of an underground parking garage would collapse under the weight of viewers when an estimated 1.5 ...
1979 Oct 5 The Police release Reggatta de Blanc
Reggatta de Blanc is the second album by The Police, released in 1979. The album took four weeks to record, spaced over several months. Unlike its successor, Zenyattà Mondatta, there w...
1981 Oct 5 FDA Approves Paddock's Midamor
Preventing development of low blood potassium or helping to restore normal blood potassium in patients with high blood pressure or heart failure. It is usually used with other medicines. ...
1993 Oct 5 Def Leppard release Retro Active
Retro Active is an album by British hard rock band Def Leppard, released in 1993. The album features touched-up versions of B-sides and previously unreleased recordings from the band's re...
1993 Oct 5 Radiohead releases "Stop Whispering" single
"Stop Whispering" is a single from British alternative rock band Radiohead, released as the band's fourth single in 1993. It is the fourth track off their first album, Pablo Honey (1993)....
1993 Oct 5 "Weird Al" Yankovic releases Alapalooza
Alapalooza is the eighth studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1993. The cover sleeve is a spoof on the movie poster of the hit movie Jurassic Park. The name is a parody of the...
2001 Oct 5 Barry Bonds Surpasses Mark McGwire's Single-Season Home Run Record
Babe Ruth's single-season home-run record of 60 lasted 34 years. Roger Maris' mark of 61 stood for 37 seasons. When Mark McGwire set his record with 70 in 1998, it was expected the record...
2001 Oct 5 Max Keeble's Big Move released
Max Keeble's Big Move is a 2001 American live-action comedy film, starring Alex D. Linz as the main character with Zena Grey, Josh Peck, Larry Miller, Jamie Kennedy, Robert Carradine, and...
2003 Oct 5 New England Patriots defeat Tennessee Titans, 38-30
While the Red Sox were "cowboying up" at Fenway Park yesterday, the Patriots were "knuckling up" at Gillette Stadium. That was their unofficial rallying cry last week. That is to say New ...
2004 Oct 5 Boston Red Sox defeat Los Angeles Angels, 9-3
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- It might be as illusory as a smog-free horizon here. It might be wishful thinking. It might be a refusal to acknowledge that even the most accomplished performers in ou...
2004 Oct 5 Fates Warning releases FWX
FWX is the tenth studio album by the progressive metal group Fates Warning, released in 2004. The name stands for "Fates Warning X", or "Fates Warning 10".
2004 Oct 5 Helmet release Size Matters
Size Matters is the fifth album by Helmet, released in 2004 through Interscope. It is the first new album since the band ended with a bitter break up in 1998. Page Hamilton, the band's fo...
2005 Oct 5 America's Next Top Model Cycle 5 Episode 4
Tyra stopped by to see how the girls were doing. Miss J helped the girls with their walks by a pool in the ritzy part of L.A. They donned fun hats and skirts and danced around the pool. T...
2005 Oct 5 Chicago White Sox defeat Boston Red Sox, 5-4
CHICAGO -- They've been tested before, these cartoon characters from Yawkey Way. Over the last three years, the Red Sox have routinely performed magic while feeling the love of our region...
2007 Oct 5 Boston Red Sox defeat Los Angeles Angels, 6-3
They were sitting down to asagohan (breakfast) in Tokyo when this one began, and lining up for last call in the Back Bay when it ended. But from sea (of Japan) to shining sea (Atlantic...
2008 Oct 5 Entourage Season 5 Episode 5
Vince, debating over whether to take the big studio picture Smokejumpers, about forest-firefighters, goes with the guys and Ari in search clarity and guidance in the arid expanse of Joshu...
2008 Oct 5 Los Angeles Angels defeat Boston Red Sox, 5-4
For the Angels, in so many ways, it had come down to mistakes. And there had been plenty, from Vladimir Guerrero's flop on the bases in Game 1 to Torii Hunter's flubs in the outfield in G...
2008 Oct 5 New England Patriots defeat San Francisco 49ers, 30-21
SAN FRANCISCO - No matter how famous the offensive coordinator, how innovative his game plan, or how dangerous his offense there is one little simple rule of football that will stop any a...
2009 Oct 5 Illinois Senate candidates announce campaign cash
The news only confirms what we already knew: the fight over President Barack Obama's old Senate seat is going to be an expensive one. Republican Congressman Mark Kirk reports he raised...
2009 Oct 5 Minnesota Vikings defeat Green Bay Packers, 30-23
Minneapolis — Brett Favre made the mother of all statements Monday night. Maybe he can play forever. Outfoxing, outflanking and showing up his old team at every turn, Favre turned back...
2009 Oct 5 Nationwide H1N1 Vaccination Campaign Begins in United States
Doctors, nurses and other health-care workers in Indiana and Tennessee will receive the first doses of swine flu vaccine Monday as the federal government launches the most ambitious vacci...