Today in History
October 5 - Today in History
By Staff
Oct 5, 2008 - 12:00:00 AM

0578 - Justinus II, Byzantine emperor (565-78), dies
0610 - Heraclius' fleet takes Constantinople
0869 - 4th Council of Constantinople (8th ecumenical council) opens
1056 - Henry III, RC German King (1039-56), dies
1111 - Robrecht II of Jerusalem, Count of Flanders (1st Crusader), dies
1285 - Philippe III, the Stout, King of France (1270-85), dies
1450 - Jews are expelled from Lower Bavaria by order of Ludwig IX
1496 - Ferdinand II, King of Naples, dies
1568 - Conference of York begins: trial against Mary Stuart
1582 - Gregorian calendar introduced in Italy, other Catholic countries
1762 - The opera "Orfeo Ed Euridice" is produced (Vienna)
1763 - August III, King of Poland, dies at 66
1777 - Washington begins assault on Germantown, Pennsylvania
1787 - Thomas Stone, US attorney/signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at about 44
1813 - Battle of the Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British
1813 - Tecumseh, US Shawnee Chief/English General (Battle of Thames), dies
1862 - Battle of Big Hatchie River, Mississippi
1862 - Federal fleet occupies Galveston, Texas
1863 - Confederate sub David damages Union ship Ironsides
1864 - Battle of Allatoona, 1/3 of Union troops die repulsing the South
1864 - Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone (approx 60,000 die)
1867 - Last day of Julian calendar in Alaska
1875 - Palace Hotel on Market Street, SF opens
1877 - Chief Joseph surrenders, ending Nez Perce War
1892 - Dalton Gang ends in shoot-out in Coffeyville, Kansas bank holdup
1906 - Henry Mathewson (NY Giants) walks 14 men
1907 - Interprovincial Rugby Football Union plays 1st game (Mtl 17 Tor 8)
1907 - Phila A's Rube Vickers no-hits Wash Senators, 4-0 in 5 inning game
1908 - Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey, Ferdinand I becomes Tsar
1910 - Portugal overthrows monarchy, proclaims republic
1912 - Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game
1912 - Yanks win final game at Hilltop stadium
1921 - 1st World Series radio broadcast, Yanks beat Giants 3-0 (World Series #18)
1921 - Present constitution of Liechtenstein comes into effect
1922 - Yanks & Giants play an infamous 3-3 tie world series game (World Series #19)
1923 - Edwin Hubble identifies Cepheid variable star
1924 - 1st Little Orphan Annie-strip appears in NYC Daily News
1931 - 1st nonstop transpacific flight, Japan to Wash (Herndon & Pangborn)
1941 - Mickey Owens drops a 3rd strike, Tom Hendrick reaches 1st safely, would have been the last out, instead Yanks score 4 and win 7-4
1942 - St Louis Cards beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 1, in 39th World Series
1945 - "Meet the Press" premieres on radio
1947 - 1st Presidential address televised from White House-HS Truman
1947 - Al Gionfriddo makes a great catch off Joe Dimaggio in world series (World Series #44)
1953 - 50th World Series sees NY Yankees beat Dodgers, 4 games to 2, as NY
1953 - Earl Warren sworn in as 14th chief justice of the US
1953 - Yankees break own record with 5th consecutive World Series win - Billy Martin's 12 hits set record (World Series #50)
1954 - Hurricane Hazel hits Eastern US
1956 - Yogi Berra becomes the 4th Yank to hit a World Series Grand Slam (World Series #53)
1960 - Eastern AL Electra turbo-prop crashed in Boston Harbor (61 die)
1962 - Beatles release their 1st record "Love Me Do"
1963 - Little Richard joins Everly Brothers Tour
1963 - Hyde St Pier re-opens as State Historical Park
1964 - SF Fire Department Museum is dedicated
1965 - Chuck Linster performs 6,006 consecutive push-ups
1965 - Dick McInnes stays aloft almost 12 hours in a kite
1969 - Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks 55-yard field goal
1970 - John Creach joins Jefferson Airplane
1970 - PBS becomes a network
1970 - Quebec seperatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross 1972 Herbert Mullin first kills, to prevent earthquakes
1978 - Isaac Bashevis Singer wins the Nobel Prize for literature
1980 - Yanks set AL attendance mark at 2,627,417
1981 - Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honarary American
1982 - NJ Devils 1st game, ties Pitts Penguins 3-3 at the Meadowlands
1982 - Unmanned rocket sled reaches 9,851 kph at White Sands, New Mexico
1983 - Lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize
1984 - 13th Space Shuttle Mission (41-G)-Challenger 6-launched
1985 - Grambling's Eddie Robinson wins record 324th football game
1986 - London Sunday Times reports Israel is stocking nuclear arms
1988 - Israel bans Meir Kahane's Kach Party on grounds of racism
1990 - Cincinnati jury acquits art gallery of obscenity (Mapplethorpe photos)
1991 - Actor Ted Shackelford (Knots Landing) weds Annett Wolf
1992 - NY senator Alphonse D'Mato fillerbusters for 15 hours 20 minutes
1997 - STS 86 (Atlantis 20) lands

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