October 5
is the 278th day of the year in the
Gregorian Calendar (279th in
Leap years). There are 87 days remaining.
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1582 - Due to the implementation of the
Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in
Italy,
Poland,
Portugal and
Spain.
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1665 - The
University of Kiel is founded.
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1789 -
French Revolution:
Parisian women march to
Versailles to confront
Louis XVI about his refusal to promulgate the decrees on the
abolition of
feudalism.
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1793 -
French Revolution:
Christianity is
disestablished in
France.
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1864 - The
Indian city of
Calcutta is almost totally destroyed by a
cyclone; 60,000 die.
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1869 - A strong
hurricane devestates the
Bay of Fundy region of Maritime
Canada. The storm had been predicted over a year before by a British naval officer.
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1877 -
Chief Joseph surrenders his
Nez Perce band to General
Nelson A. Miles.
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1895 - The first
individual time trial for racing
cyclists is held on a 50-mile course north of
London.
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1905 -
Wilbur Wright pilots
Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908.
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1910 -
Portugal overthrows its monarchy and declares itself a republic.
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1915 -
Bulgaria enters
World War I as one of the
Central Powers.
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1921 -
Baseball: The
World Series was broadcast on the radio for the first time.
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1930 - British
Airship R101 crashed in France en-route to India on its maiden voyage.
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1936 - The
Jarrow March sets off for
London.
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1944 -
Canadian Air Force pilots shoot down the first
German jet fighter over
France.
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1945 -
Hollywood Black Friday: A six month strike by
Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of
Warner Brothers' studios.
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1947 - The first televised
White House address is given by
U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
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1949 -
WSAZ,
West Virginia's first television station, begins broadcasting in
Huntington.
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1953 - The first documented recovery meeting of
Narcotics Anonymous is held.
* 1953 -
Earl Warren is sworn in as the 14th
Chief Justice of the United States.
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1962 -
The Beatles release their first single, "
Love Me Do," in
Britain.
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1966 - Near
Detroit, Michigan, there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor.
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1969 - The first broadcast of
Monty Python's Flying Circus.
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1970 -
PBS became a
television network.
* 1970 -
Montreal, Quebec:
British Trade Commissioner
James Cross is kidnapped by members of the
FLQ terrorist group.
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1972 -
The Last Goon Show of All goes to air on
BBC Radio, one of the most celebrated and influential programmes in the history of radio.
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1973 - Signature of the
European Patent Convention*
1974 -
Guildford pub bombing by the
IRA leaves 5 dead and 65 injured.
* 1974 -
I Honestly Love You first reaches #1 on the
Billboard charts, giving
Olivia Newton-John her first top-selling single in the
United States.
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1981 -
Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honorary U.S. citizen.
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1984 -
Marc Garneau becomes the first
Canadian in space, aboard the
Space Shuttle Challenger.
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1990 - After one hundred and fifty years
The Herald broadsheet newspaper in
Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
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1991 - An
Indonesian military transport crashes after takeoff from
Jakarta killing 137.
* 1991 - The first official version of the
Linux kernel, version 0.02, is released.
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1999 - The
Ladbroke Grove rail crash.
* 1999 -
Angel premieres on
the WB network.
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2000 - Mass demonstrations in
Belgrade lead to resignation of
Serbian strongman
Slobodan Milošević. These demonstration are often called the
Bulldozer Revolution.
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2001 -
Robert Stevens becomes the first victim in the
2001 anthrax attacks.
* 2001 -
Tom Ridge resigned as
Governor of Pennsylvania to become
President Bush's Homeland Security Advisor.
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2003 -
Akhmad Kadyrov elected President of
Chechnya.
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2005 -
NHL started its season to end a year-and-a-half lockout.
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1520 -
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese, Italian cardinal (d.
1589)
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1641 -
Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of King
Louis XIV of France (d.
1707)
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1658 -
Mary of Modena, queen of
James II of England (d.
1718)
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1695 -
John Glas, Scottish minister (d.
1773)
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1703 -
Jonathan Edwards, American minister (d.
1758)
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1712 -
Francesco Guardi, Italian painter (d.
1793)
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1713 -
Denis Diderot, French philosopher and encylopedist (d.
1784)
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1715 -
Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist (d.
1789)
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1717 -
Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux, French mistress of King
Louis XV of France (d.
1744)
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1781 -
Bernard Bolzano, Czech mathematician and philosopher (d.
1848)
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1795 -
Alexander Keith, brewer (d.
1873)
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1824 -
Henry Chadwick, baseball writer and statistician (d.
1908)
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1829 -
Chester A. Arthur, 21st
President of the United States (d.
1886)
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1878 -
Louise Dresser, American actress (d.
1965)
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1879 -
Francis Peyton Rous, American pathologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d.
1970)
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1882 -
Robert Goddard, American rocket scientist (d.
1945)
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1887 -
René Cassin, French judge, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize (d.
1976)
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1889 -
Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (d.
1936)
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1894 -
Bevil Rudd, South African athlete (d.
1948)
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1902 -
Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (d.
1975)
* 1902 -
Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (d.
1984)
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1903 -
M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist (d.
1989)
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1905 -
Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (d.
1987)
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1907 -
Mrs. Miller, American singer (d.
1997)
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1908 -
Joshua Logan, American film director and writer (d.
1988)
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1911 -
Flann O'Brien, Irish humorist (d.
1966)
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1917 -
Allen Ludden, American television game show host (d.
1981)
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1919 -
Donald Pleasence, English actor (d.
1995)
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1921 -
Bill Willis, American football player
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1922 -
José Froilán González, Argentine race car driver
* 1922 -
Bil Keane, American cartoonist
* 1922 -
Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager (d.
1985)
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1923 -
Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic professional football player and politician (d.
1994)
* 1923 -
Glynis Johns, British actress
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1924 -
Bill Dana, American actor and comedian
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1925 -
Gail Davis, American actress (d.
1997)
* 1925 -
Bob Thaves, American cartoonist (
Frank and Ernest) (d.
2006)
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1926 -
Willi Unsoeld, American climber (d.
1979)
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1928 -
Louise Fitzhugh, American author (d.
1974)
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1929 -
Richard F. Gordon, Jr., American astronaut
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1930 -
Anne Haddy, Australian actress (d.
1999)
* 1930 -
Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut
* 1930 -
Reinhard Selten, German economist,
Nobel Prize laureate
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1933 -
Diane Cilento, Australian actress
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1934 -
Angelo Buono, Jr., American serial killer (d.
2002)
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1935 -
Diahann Carroll, American actress
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1936 -
Václav Havel, playwright and
President of the Czech Republic*
1937 -
Barry Switzer, American football coach
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1938 -
Teresa Heinz Kerry, American philanthropist, wife of
John Kerry*
1941 -
Eduardo Duhalde,
President of Argentina*
1943 -
Steve Miller, American musician
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1947 -
Brian Johnson, American singer (AC/DC) after replacing Bon Scott's death in 1980
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1948 -
Tawl Ross, American musician (
P Funk)
* 1948 -
Zoran Živković, Serbian writer
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1950 -
Jeff Conaway, American actor
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1951 -
Karen Allen, American actress
* 1951 -
Bob Geldof, Irish musician (
The Boomtown Rats)
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1952 -
Clive Barker, English writer
* 1952 -
Duncan Regehr, Canadian actor
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1957 -
Mark Geragos, American attorney
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1958 -
André Kuipers, Dutch astronaut
* 1958 -
Bernie Mac, American actor and comedian
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1960 -
Daniel Baldwin, American actor
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1962 -
Michael Andretti, American race car driver
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1963 -
Caron Keating, Irish television personality (d.
2004)
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1964 -
Keiji Fujiwara, Japanese
seiyu (voice actor)
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1965 -
Mario Lemieux, Canadian hockey player
* 1965 -
Patrick Roy, Canadian hockey player
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1967 -
Guy Pearce, English-born actor
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1970 -
Agnes Barley, American artist
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1972 -
Grant Hill, American basketball player
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1974 -
Colin Meloy, American singer songwriter
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1975 -
Kate Winslet, English actress
* 1975 -
Bobo Balde, Guinean footballer
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1976 -
J.J. Yeley, Nascar Nextel Cup Driver
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1978 -
Shane Ryan, Irish Gaelic Footballer
* 1978 -
Morgan Webb, G4TV host and FHM columnist
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1979 -
Curtis Sanford, Canadian Hockey Goalie
* 1979 -
Vince Grella, Australian footballer
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1980 -
Paul Thomas, American musician (
Good Charlotte)
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1983 -
Nicky Hilton, American heiress
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1985 -
Nicola Roberts, English singer (
Girls Aloud)
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578 -
Justin II,
Byzantine Emperor*
877 -
Charles the Bald (b.
823)
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1056 -
Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (b.
1017)
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1112 -
Sigebert of Gembloux, French chronicler
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1214 - King
Alfonso VIII of Castile (b.
1155)
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1285 - King
Philip III of France (b.
1245)
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1528 -
Richard Fox, English churchman
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1540 -
Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (b.
1488)
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1564 -
Pierre de Manchicourt, Flemish composer
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1565 -
Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (b.
1522)
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1606 -
Philippe Desportes, French poet (b.
1546)
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1714 -
Kaibara Ekiken, Japanese philosopher (b.
1630)
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1740 -
Johann Philipp Baratier, German scholar (b.
1721)
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1791 -
Grigori Potemkin, Russian statesman (b.
1739)
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1805 -
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British general (b.
1738)
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1813 -
Tecumseh, Shawnee leader
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1837 -
Hortense de Beauharnais Queen of Holland and mother of the Emperor
Napoleon III of France (b.
1783)
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1861 -
Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish bishop (b.
1778)
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1913 -
Hans von Bartels, German painter (b.
1856)
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1918 -
Roland Garros, French pilot (shot down) (b.
1888)
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1930 -
Christopher Birdwood Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, British military officer (b.
1875)
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1933 -
Renée Adorée, French actress (b.
1898)
* 1933 -
Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich, Russian general (b.
1862)
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1936 -
J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and novelist (tuberculosis) (b.
1898)
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1938 -
Saint Faustina Polish religious (b.
1905)
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1940 -
Ballington Booth,
Salvation Army Officer and co-founder of
Volunteers of America (b.
1857)
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1941 -
Louis Dembitz Brandeis, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b.
1856)
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1943 -
Leon Roppolo, American musician (b.
1902)
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1950 -
Frederic Lewy, German neurologist (b.
1885)
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1969 -
Walter Hagen, American golfer (b.
1892)
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1976 -
Lars Onsager, Norwegian chemist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1903)
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1981 -
Gloria Grahame, American actress (b,
1923)
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1983 -
Earl Tupper, American inventor (b.
1907)
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1986 -
Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (b.
1898)
* 1986 -
James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician (b.
1919)
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1992 -
Eddie Kendricks, American singer (b.
1939)
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1993 -
Jim Holton, Scottish footballer (b.
1951)
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1995 -
Linda Gary, voice actress (b.
1944)
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1996 -
Seymour Cray, American computer pioneer (b.
1925)
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1997 -
Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler (b.
1962)
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2000 -
Catalin Haldan, Romanian football player (b.
1976)
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2001 -
Mike Mansfield, American politician (b.
1903)
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2003 -
Denis Quilley, British actor (b.
1927)
* 2003 -
Dan Snyder, Canadian hockey player (b.
1978)
* 2003 -
Timothy Treadwell, bear enthusiast featured in
Grizzly Man (b.
1957)
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2004 -
Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian (b.
1921)
* 2004 -
Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-born physicist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b.
1916)
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Roman festivals -
mundus patet: one of the three days that the
mundus was opened for public.
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Portugal -
Republic Day, celebrates overthrow of the Monarchy in
1910*
International World Teachers' Day [
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French Republican Calendar -
Réséda (Mignonette) Day, fourteenth day in the
Month of Vendémiaire*
BBC: On This DayOctober 4 -
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