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OCTOBER 5, 2014
Formula One racing driver Jules Bianchi (pictured) sustained fatal head injuries in a crash at the Japanese Grand Prix.
Jules Lucien André Bianchi was a French racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 2013 to 2014. (Image Credits)
OCTOBER 5, 1999
Two trains collided head-on in Ladbroke Grove, London, killing 31 people, injuring 417, and severely damaging public confidence in the management and regulation of safety of Britain's privatised railway system.
The Ladbroke Grove rail crash was a rail accident which occurred on 5 October 1999 at Ladbroke Grove in London, England, when Read More
OCTOBER 5, 1903
Samuel Griffith (pictured) became the first Chief Justice of Australia, while Edmund Barton and Richard O'Connor became the first Puisne Justices of the High Court of Australia.
Sir Samuel Walker Griffith was an Australian judge and politician who served as the inaugural Chief Justice of Australia, in office from Read More
OCTOBER 5, 2011
Two Chinese cargo ships were attacked and their crews murdered on a stretch of the Mekong River in far northern Thailand.
The Mekong River massacre occurred on the morning of 5 October 2011, when two Chinese cargo ships were attacked on a stretch Read More
OCTOBER 5, 610
Heraclius was crowned Byzantine emperor, having personally beheaded his predecessor, Phocas.
Heraclius was Byzantine emperor from 610 to 641. His rise to power began in 608, when he and his father, Heraclius the Read More
OCTOBER 5, 1994
Swiss police found the bodies of 48 members of the Order of the Solar Temple, who had died in a cult mass murder-suicide.
The Order of the Solar Temple, or simply the Solar Temple, was a new religious movement and secret society, often described as Read More
OCTOBER 5, 1970
The environmental organization Greenpeace was incorporated as the Don't Make a Wave Committee in British Columbia, Canada.
Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network, founded in Canada in 1971 by a group of environmental activists. Greenpeace states its goal Read More
OCTOBER 5, 1789
French Revolution: Upset about the high price and scarcity of bread, thousands of Parisian women and allies marched (pictured) on the Palace of Versailles.
The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France which began with the Estates General of 1789 and Read More
OCTOBER 5, 1936
Around 200 men began a 291-mile (468 km) march from Jarrow to London, carrying a petition to the British government requesting the re-establishment of industry in the town.
The Jarrow March of 5–31 October 1936, also known as the Jarrow Crusade, was an organised protest against the unemployment and poverty Read More
OCTOBER 5, 1963
The U.S. suspended the Commercial Import Program, its main economic support for South Vietnam, in response to the oppression of Buddhists by President Ngô Đình Diệm (pictured).
The Commercial Import Program, sometimes known as the Commodity Import Program (CIP), was an economic aid arrangement between South Vietnam and its Read More
OCTOBER 5, 1143
The Treaty of Zamora (pictured) established Portugal as a kingdom independent of the Kingdom of León.
The Treaty of Zamora recognized Portugal as a kingdom with its own monarch by the Kingdom of León. Based on the terms Read More
OCTOBER 5, 1988
During the United States vice-presidential debate, Democratic candidate Lloyd Bentsen told his opponent Dan Quayle, "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. was an American politician who served as the 69th United States secretary of the treasury under President Bill Read More
OCTOBER 5, 869
The Fourth Council of Constantinople, the eighth Catholic Ecumenical Council, was convened to discuss the patriarchate of Photios I of Constantinople.
The Fourth Council of Constantinople was the eighth ecumenical council of the Catholic Church held in Constantinople from 5 October 869, to Read More
OCTOBER 5, 1975
Dirty War: The Argentine guerrilla group Montoneros carried out Operation Primicia, a terrorist attack in which they hijacked an Aerolíneas Argentinas flight, captured Formosa International Airport, and attacked a military regiment.
The Dirty War is the name used by the military junta or civic-military dictatorship of Argentina for its period of state terrorism Read More
OCTOBER 5, 1973
Seven nations signed the European Patent Convention, providing an autonomous legal system according to which European patents are granted.
The European Patent Convention (EPC), also known as the Convention on the Grant of European Patents of 5 October 1973, is a Read More
OCTOBER 5, 1869
During construction of the Eastman tunnel in St. Anthony, Minnesota (now Minneapolis), the Mississippi River broke through the tunnel's limestone ceiling, nearly destroying Saint Anthony Falls.
The Eastman tunnel, also called the Hennepin Island tunnel, was a 2,000-foot-long (600 m) underground passage in Saint Anthony, Minnesota, dug beneath the Read More
OCTOBER 5, 1986
Eugene Hasenfus's plane was shot down by Nicaraguan forces while carrying weapons to the Contra rebels on behalf of the U.S. government; he was subsequently captured, leading to an international controversy.
Eugene H. Hasenfus is a former United States Marine who helped fly weapons shipments on behalf of the U.S. government to the Read More

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