Historical Events on October 5
● International Day of No Prostitution & World Teacher’s Day
● 1864, 5th October: A cyclone destroyed the city of Kolkata, killing at least 60,000 people.
● 1910, 5th October: Portugal was proclaimed a republic – King Manuel II fled to Britain.
● 1921, 5th October: The World Series was the first to be broadcast on radio.
● 1948, 5th October: An earthquake in Ashgabat kills at least 110,000 people.
● 1955, 5th October: The Hindustan Machine Tools factory was inaugurated by Pandit Nehru. The place of this factory is considered important in the industrial development of India.
● 1962, 5th October: Dr. No, the first James Bond film released.
● 1989, 5th October: Mirasaheb Fatima Bibi became the first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India.
● 1998, 5th October: Indira Gandhi National Integration Award announced to Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.
*Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on October 5.*
● 1524: Rani Durgavati, Queen of Gondwana, India.
● 1890: Kishorilal Ghanshyamlal Mashruwala, Indian philosopher, and editor of Harijan.
● 1902: Raymond Albert Kroc, an American fast-food tycoon.
● 1905: P. Kunhiraman Nair, an Indian writer of Malayalam literature.
● 1922: Yadunath Thatte, Indian-Marathi writer, and editor.
● 1926: Baji Rout, the youngest Indian freedom fighter and martyr.
● 1922: Shankar Singh Raghuvanshi, an Indian musician from the Shankar-Jaikishan duo.
● 1923: Kailashpati Mishra, Governor of Gujarat, India.
● 1936: Vaclav Havel, the first president of the Czech Republic.
● 1939: Walter Wolf, founder of Walter Wolf Racing.
● 1952: Imran Khan, former Pakistani cricketer, and politician. He is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Pakistan and the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
● 1958: Neil deGrasse Tyson, an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, planetary scientist, author, and science communicator.
● 1975: Kate Winslet, an English actress.
*Death Anniversaries of famous people on October 5.*
● 1805: Charles Cornwallis, former Governor-General of India.
● 1813: Tecumseh, a Native American Shawnee warrior, and chief.
● 1927: Sam Warner, an American film producer, co-founder of Warner Bros.
● 1968: Jogendranath Mandal, one of the central and leading founding fathers of the modern state of Pakistan.
● 1981: Bhagwati Charan Verma, Indian Writer.
● 1983: Earl Silas Tupper, an American businessman, and inventor, best known as the inventor of Tupperware.
● 1990: Ramkumar Verma, Indian Hindi poet.
● 1991: Ramnath Goenka, an Indian newspaper publisher. He launched The Indian Express newspaper and Groups.
● 1992: Appasaheb Pant, an Indian diplomat, prince, Gandhian, writer and freedom fighter.
● 2011: Steven Paul Jobs was an American business magnate, industrial designer, investor, and media proprietor.