October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). There are 87 days remaining. It is also the most populous birthday of the year in the US statistically.
1864 - Calcutta, India almost totally destroyed by a cycloneThis article is about the meteorological phenomenon. For other uses of the term see Cyclone (disambiguation). In meteorology, a cyclone refers to the rotation of a volume of air about an area of low atmospheric pressure. Cyclones are responsible for a wid - 60,000 die
1877Events January 1 Queen Victoria proclaimed Empress of India by the Royal Titles Act, introduced by United Kingdom Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. January 8 Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry ( Montana) Ja - Chief JosephChief Joseph ( 1840 September 21, 1904) was a Nez Perce Chief, humanitarian, and peacemaker, best known for his principled resistance to the U. government's attempts to force the Nez Perce onto a reservation. Chief Joseph was born in the Wallowa Valley of surrenders his Nez PerceThe Nez Perce or Nez Perc ( pronounced /n3z pVrs/, or /ne perse'/ as in French) are a tribe of Native Americans who inhabited the Pacific Northwest region of North America and adjoining regions at the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Nez Perce is a band to General Nelson A. Miles
19081908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 A ball signifying New Year's Day drops in New York City's Times Square for the first time January 8 A train collision occurs in the Park Avenue T - BulgariaThe Republic of Bulgaria is a republic in the southeast of Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the east, Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and Montenegro and the Republic of Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north along the river Danube. declares its independence from the Ottoman EmpireOsmanlı İmparatorluğu Devlet-i Aliye-i Osmaniye The Ottoman Coat of Arms Imperial motto: unknown The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul ( Constantinople) Sovereigns Sultans - Ferdinand I of Bulgaria becomes Tsar
1947 - In the first televised White House address, President Harry S. Truman urged Americans to refrain from eating meat on Tuesdays and poultry on Sundays to help starving people in other countries.
1966 - Near Detroit, Michigan a sodium cooling system malfunction caused a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor, killing three workers. The radiation was contained.
1990 - After one hundred and fifty years The Heraldbroadsheet 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. Linux kernel version 0.01 is released.
1995 - LandSat 6 was launched, but never reached orbit due to launch failure.