Today in History
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2000 Bulldozer Revolution in former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
President Slobodan Milosevic was overthrown after hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered in Be
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1984 First Canadian to go into space
Marc Garneau flew as the payload specialist on STS-41-G, the 6th flight of NASA’s Space Shuttle Chal
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1969 Monty Python’s Flying Circus makes its debut
The British sketch comedy series lasted for a year on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Th
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1962 James Bond makes his theatrical debut
The fictional British spy with the code name 007 was featured on the big screen for the first time i
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1947 First televised presidential speech in the United States
Harry Truman, the 33rd President of the US, called on Americans to use less grain to help Europe whi
Births On This Day,
October, 5
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1975 Kate Winslet
English actress, singer
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1958 Neil deGrasse Tyson
American astrophysicist
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1936 Václav Havel
Czech politician, 1st President of the Czech Republic
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1882 Robert H. Goddard
American physicist, inventor
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1829 Chester A. Arthur
American politician, 21st President of the United States
Deaths On This Day,
October, 5
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2011 Steve Jobs
American businessman, co-founded Apple Inc., Pixar
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1941 Louis Brandeis
American jurist
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1927 Sam Warner
American film producer, co-founded Warner Bros.
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1880 Jacques Offenbach
German/French composer
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1813 Tecumseh
American tribal leader