What are the important events that happened on October 5? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

October 5: Facts & Myths About This Day

October 5 is the 278^th 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.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 22, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,327,040 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaheptacontaoctagon’ day.

Libra is the zodiac 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.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,671 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

October 5 Historical Events

• 869 –
  The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople.
• 1450 –
  Jews are expelled from Lower Bavaria by order of Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria.
• 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.
• 1910 –
  In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared .
• 1914 –
  World War I: first aerial combat resulting in an intentional fatality.
• 1953 –
  The first documented recovery meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is held.
• 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”.
• 1990 –
  After one hundred and fifty years The Herald broadsheet newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.

Who were born on October 5?

• 1901 –
  John Alton, American cinematographer (d. 1996)
• 1919 –
  Donald Pleasence, English actor (d. 1995)
• 1922 –
  Bil Keane, American cartoonist (d. 2011)
• 1924 –
  Bob Thaves, American cartoonist Frank and Ernest (comic strip) (d. 2006)
• 1949 –
  Bill James, American baseball writer
• 1951 –
  Bob Geldof, Irish singer (The Boomtown Rats) and activist
• 1952 –
  Clive Barker, English writer
• 1971 –
  Samuel Vincent, Canadian voice actor
• 1975 –
  Parminder Nagra, English actress
• 1983 –
  Noot Seear, Canadian fashion model and actress

Who died on October 5?

• 1528 –
  Richard Foxe, English churchman
• 1606 –
  Philippe Desportes, French poet (b. 1546)
• 1714 –
  Kaibara Ekiken, Japanese philosopher (b. 1630)
• 1913 –
  Hans von Bartels, German painter (b. 1856)
• 1952 –
  Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (b. 1884)
• 1981 –
  Gloria Grahame, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1983 –
  Earl Tupper, American inventor (b. 1907)
• 2002 –
  Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
• 2004 –
  William H. Dobelle, American biomedical engineer (b. 1941)
• 2009 –
  Mike Alexander, English bassist (Evile) (b. 1977)