October 5th is the 278th day of the year (279th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 87 days remaining until the end of the year.
1582 • Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1930 • Laura Ingalls became the first woman to make a transcontinental airplane flight.
1947 • President Harry S Truman held the first televised presidential address from the White House. The subject was the current international food crisis.
1962 • Dr. No, the first in the James Bond film series, was released.
1969 • The first episode of the famous comedy show Monty Python’s Flying Circus aired on BBC.
1988 • In a debate between candidates, Dimocrat Lloyd Bentsen told Repuglican Dan Quayle, “You’re no Jack Kennedy.”
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