About October 5
October 5, 2025 is the 278th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 87 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
You can browse the full year calendar in case you need it.
Is this your birthday? Are you not curious to learn who shares your special day? Find out the October 5 famous birthdays and expand your knowledge today. (Sponsored link)
Libra is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 135 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On October 5
- 1582 –Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
- 1665 –The University of Kiel is founded.
- 1789 –French Revolution: Women of Paris march to Versailles in the March on Versailles to confront Louis XVI about his refusal to promulgate the decrees on the abolition of feudalism, demand bread, and have the King and his court moved to Paris.
- 1864 –The Indian city of Calcutta is almost totally destroyed by a cyclone; 60,000 die.
- 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.
- 1895 –The first individual time trial for racing cyclists is held on a 50-mile course north of London.
- 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.
- 1905 –Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908.
- 1915 –Bulgaria enters World War I as one of the Central Powers.
- 1930 –British Airship R101 crashes in France en-route to India on its maiden voyage.
- 1936 –The Jarrow March sets off for London.
- 1943 –98 American POW’s executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
- 1947 –The first televised White House address is given by U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
- 1955 –Disneyland Hotel opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
- 1962 –Dr. No, the first in the James Bond film series, is released.
- 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”.
- 1988 –The Brazilian Constitution is ratified by Constituent Assembly.
- 1990 –After one hundred and fifty years The Herald broadsheet newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
- 1991 –An Indonesian military transport crashes after takeoff from Jakarta killing 137.
- 2001 –Robert Stevens becomes the first victim in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
What no one tells you about your first name’s personality. Are there magical powers in your given name? Check out Kathleen’s personality today! (Sponsored links)
Share or Link to This Page: