History Events on October 05

The Jarrow March sets off for London.
#Jarrow_March

A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.
#1988_Chilean_national_plebiscite

The Ashgabat earthquake kills between 10,000 and 110,000 people.
#1948_Ashgabat_earthquake

The city of Anaheim, California is founded.
#Anaheim,_California

The Provisional Government of the French Republic enfranchises women.
#Provisional_Government_of_the_French_Republic

World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
#World_War_I

French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.
#Women's_March_on_Versailles

Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space.
#Marc_Garneau

The Kowloon-Canton Railway commences service.
#Kowloon-Canton_Railway

The Killough massacre in east Texas sees eighteen Texian settlers either killed or kidnapped.
#Killough_massacre

Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor.
#Heraclius
War of 1812: The Army of the Northwest defeats a British and Native Canadian force threatening Detroit.
#Battle_of_the_Thames

In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
#5_October_1910_revolution

King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope.
#Louis_the_Pious

Mordechai Vanunu's story in The Sunday Times reveals Israel's secret nuclear weapons.
#Mordechai_Vanunu

The University of Kiel is founded.
#University_of_Kiel

In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
#Nuremberg_Laws

A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown.
#Enrico_Fermi_Nuclear_Generating_Station

The city of Concepción is founded, in present-day Chile.
#Concepción,_Chile

The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
#Nez_Perce_War

In the Mekong River massacre, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered.
#Mekong_River_massacre

The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.
#1921_World_Series

Assassins sent by the Pope attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi.
#Paolo_Sarpi

Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria expels Jews from his jurisdiction.
#Louis_IX,_Duke_of_Bavaria

The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
#Wright_brothers

Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
#Wake_Island

King Alfonso VII of León and Castile recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.
#Alfonso_VII_of_León_and_Castile

British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage.
#R101

An Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash kills 135 people.
#1991_Jakarta_Indonesian_Air_Force_C-130_crash