Today in History: October 5
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A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
October 5
| 1762 |
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The British fleet bombards and captures Spanish-held Manila in the Philippines. |
| 1795 |
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The day after he routed counterrevolutionaries in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte accepts their formal surrender. |
| 1813 |
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U.S. victory at the Battle of the Thames, in Ontario, broke Britain's Indian allies with the death of Shawnee Chief Tecumseh, and made the Detroit frontier safe. |
| 1821 |
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Greek rebels capture Tripolitza, the main Turkish fort in the Peloponnese area of Greece. |
| 1864 |
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At the Battle of Allatoona, a small Union post is saved from Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood's army. |
| 1877 |
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Nez Perce Chief Joseph surrenders to Colonel Nelson Miles in Montana Territory, after a 1,700-mile trek to reach Canada falls 40 miles short. |
| 1880 |
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The first ball-point pen is patented on this day by Alonzo T. Cross. |
| 1882 |
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Outlaw Frank James surrenders in Missouri six months after brother Jesse's assassination. |
| 1915 |
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Germany issues an apology and promises for payment for the 128 American passengers killed in the sinking of the British ship Lusitania. |
| 1931 |
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Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon complete the first heavier than air nonstop flight over the Pacific. Their flight, begun October 3, lasted 41 hours, 31 minutes and covered 5,000 miles. They piloted their Bellanca CH-200 monoplane from Samushiro, 300 miles north of Tokyo, Japan, to Wenatchee, Washington. |
| 1965 |
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U.S. forces in Saigon receive permission to use tear gas. |
| 1966 |
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A sodium cooling system malfunction causes a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration breeder reactor near Detroit. Radiation is contained. |
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Born on October 5 |
| 1830 |
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Chester A. Arthur, 21st president of the United States (1881-1885). |
| 1882 |
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Robert Goddard, American rocket scientist, held more than 200 rocketry patents. |
| 1902 |
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Ray Croc, founder of the McDonald's hamburger franchise in 1955. |
| 1911 |
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Flann O'Brien, Irish novelist and playwright (The Hard Life, The Third Policeman). |
| 1936 |
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Václav Havel, Czech dissident dramatist who became the first freely elected president of Czechoslovakia in 55 years. |
| 1959 |
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Maya Lin, American architect who designed the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. |
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