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Today in History

  • 2000 Bulldozer Revolution in former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

    President Slobodan Milosevic was overthrown after hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered in Be

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Illustration of stork, signifying birth

Births On This Day,
October, 5

  • 1975 Kate Winslet

    English actress, singer

  • 1958 Neil deGrasse Tyson

    American astrophysicist

  • 1936 Václav Havel

    Czech politician, 1st President of the Czech Republic

  • 1882 Robert H. Goddard

    American physicist, inventor

  • 1829 Chester A. Arthur

    American politician, 21st President of the United States

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Deaths On This Day,
October, 5

  • 2011 Steve Jobs

    American businessman, co-founded Apple Inc., Pixar

  • 1941 Louis Brandeis

    American jurist

  • 1927 Sam Warner

    American film producer, co-founded Warner Bros.

  • 1880 Jacques Offenbach

    German/French composer

  • 1813 Tecumseh

    American tribal leader