Editing October 5 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1905]] &ndash; The [[Wright brothers]] pilot the [[Wright Flyer III]] in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
*[[1910]] &ndash; In a [[5 October 1910 revolution|revolution]] in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
*[[1911]] &ndash; The [[Kowloon–Canton Railway]] commences service.
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: An aircraft successfully [[Fighter aircraft|destroys another aircraft]] with gunfire for the first time.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reichhardt |first1=Tony |title=The First Aerial Combat Victory |url=http://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/first-aerial-combat-victory-180952933/?no-ist |website=Air & Space |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |access-date=October 4, 2018 |date=October 4, 2014}}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; The [[1921 World Series|World Series]] is the first to be broadcast on radio.
*[[1930]] &ndash; British airship [[R101]] crashes in France ''en route'' to India on its maiden voyage killing 48 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=R101 airship crash: 'Hope and sadness' on 90th anniversary |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-54338833 |website=BBC News |access-date=4 October 2020 |date=3 October 2020}}</ref>
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Clyde Edward Pangborn]] and Hugh Herndon,Jr. make the first nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean in the plane ''[[Miss Veedol]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pangborn-Herndon Memorial Site |url=http://www.nps.gov/nr//travel/aviation/pan.htm |work=Aviation: From Sand Dunes To Sonic Booms |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |access-date=2012-05-31}}</ref>
*[[1936]] &ndash; The [[Jarrow March]] sets off for [[London]].
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Holocaust]]: In Nazi Germany, Jews' [[Nuremberg Laws|passports are invalidated]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Pacific War|Pacific Theater]]: Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on [[Wake Island]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; The [[Provisional Government of the French Republic]] enfranchises women.
*[[1945]] &ndash; A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a [[Hollywood Black Friday|bloody riot]] at the gates of the Warner Brothers studio.
*[[1947]] &ndash; President Truman makes the first televised [[Oval Office address]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-presidential-speech-on-tv |title=First presidential speech on TV}}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; The first of the [[James Bond]] film series, based on the novels by [[Ian Fleming]], ''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]'', is released in Britain.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. No |url=https://www.007.com/the-films/dr-no/ |access-date=2021-06-14 |website=James Bond 007 |date=7 March 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*  1962 &ndash; The first [[The Beatles|Beatles]] single "[[Love Me Do]]" is released in Britain.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/liner-notes/love-me-do/ |title=Love Me do – the Day the World Changed Forever |date=18 July 2018}}</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; The United States suspends the [[Commercial Import Program]] in response to [[Buddhist crisis|repression of the Buddhist majority]] by the regime of President Ngo Dinh Diem.<ref>{{cite book |title=Intervention : how America became involved in Vietnam |author=Kahin, George McT. |author-link=George McTurnan Kahin |location=New York |publisher=Knopf |year=1986 |isbn=0-394-54367-X |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/intervention00geor |page=86}}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; A reactor at the [[Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station]] near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown.
*[[1968]] &ndash; A [[Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association]] march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.
*[[1970]] &ndash; The [[PBS|Public Broadcasting Service]] (PBS) is founded.
*  1970   &ndash; The British Trade Commissioner, [[James Cross]], is kidnapped by members of the [[Front de libération du Québec]], triggering the [[October Crisis]] in Canada.
*[[1974]] &ndash; Bombs planted by the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|PIRA]] in pubs in [[Guildford]] [[Guildford pub bombings|kill]] four British soldiers and one civilian.
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Tylenol (brand)|Tylenol]] products are recalled after [[Chicago Tylenol murders|bottles in Chicago]] laced with cyanide cause seven deaths.
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Marc Garneau]] becomes the first Canadian in space.
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Mordechai Vanunu]]'s story in ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' reveals Israel's secret nuclear weapons.
*[[1988]] &ndash; A Chilean opposition coalition defeats [[Augusto Pinochet]] in [[1988 Chilean presidential referendum|his re-election attempt]].
*[[1990]] &ndash; After 150 years ''[[The Herald (Melbourne)|The Herald]]'' newspaper in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]], is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
*[[1991]] &ndash; An [[1991 Jakarta Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash|Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash]] kills 135 people.
*[[1994]] &ndash; Swiss police find the bodies of 48 members of the [[Order of the Solar Temple]], who had died in a [[1994 Solar Temple massacres|cult mass murder-suicide]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-05 |title=Today in History: October 5, Earl Warren becomes chief justice |url=https://apnews.com/today-in-history/october-5 |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=[[Associated Press]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; The [[Ladbroke Grove rail crash]] in [[West London]] kills 31 people.<ref>{{cite web |title='A body drifted past the window': surviving the Ladbroke Grove train crash |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/17/ladbroke-grove-paddington-train-crash-inquiry |website=The Guardian |access-date=22 July 2021 |language=en |date=17 October 2019}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević|Mass demonstrations]] in [[Serbia]] force the resignation of [[Slobodan Milošević]].
*[[2011]] &ndash; In the [[Mekong River massacre]], two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered.