Today In History - October 5

869 The 4th Council of Constantinople opens
1450 The Jews are expelled from Lower Bavaria by order of Ludwig IX
1582 The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Italy
1813 The Battle of the Thames in Canada: Americans defeat British
1864 The Battle of Allatoona, Georgia: 1/3 of the Union troops die repulsing the South
1864 Most of Calcutta is destroyed by a cyclone: 60,000 people die
1867 The last day of Julian calendar in Alaska
1875 The Palace Hotel on Market Street, San Francisco opens
1877 Chief Joseph surrenders thus ending the Nez Perce Wars
1892 The Dalton Gang ends in shoot-out in a Coffeyville, Kansas bank holdup
1908 Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey and Ferdinand I becomes Tsar
1910 Portugal overthrows the monarchy and proclaims a republic
1921 The new constitution of Liechtenstein comes into effect
1923 Astronomer Edwin Hubble identifies Cepheid variable star
1931 The first nonstop transpacific flight from Japan to Washington
1945 "Meet the Press" premieres on radio
1947 The first Presidential address is televised from White House by president Harry S. Truman
1953 Earl Warren is sworn in as the 14th chief justice of the US
1954 Hurricane Hazel hits the Eastern US
1962 The Beatles release their first record "Love Me Do"
1970 PBS becomes a network
1970 Quebec separatists kidnap the British trade commissioner James Cross
1978 Isaac Bashevis Singer wins the Nobel Prize for literature
1982 An unmanned rocket sled reaches 9,851 kph at White Sands, NM
1983 Lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize
1986 London Sunday Times reports Israel is stocking nuclear arms
1988 Israel bans Meir Kahane's Kach Party on the grounds of racism
1990 Cincinnati jury acquits art gallery of obscenity in the Mapplethorpe photos incident
1991 Actor Ted Shackelford of Knots Landing weds Annett Wolf

1703 Jonathan Edwards
1713 Denis Diderot
1830 Chester Alan Arthur
1882 Robert Hutchings Goddard
1887 Ren‚ Cassin
1902 Ray Kroc
1904 John Hoyt
1908 Joshua Logan
1912 Tony Martin
1919 Allen Ludden
1919 Donald Pleasence
1921 Bill Willis
1923 Glynis Johns
1923 Philip Berrigan
1924 Bill Dana
1925 Gail Davis
1929 Richard F. Gordon, Jr.
1930 Pavel R. Popovich
1930 Skip Homeier
1933 Diane Cilento
1935 Peter Brown
1937 Barry Switzer
1941 Ricardo Hoffmann
1943 Steve Miller
1948 Sal Viscuso
1950 Jeff Conway
1951 Bob Geldof
1951 Karen Allen
1952 Clive Barker
1954 Duncan Regehr
1955 Leo Barnes
1957 Jeanne Evert
1958 Lee Thompson
1962 Ken Noda
1962 Michael Andretti
1965 Penny Baker
1969 Karyn Parsons
1974 Douglas Emerson
1975 Scott E. Weinger
2176 Winston Matthew Kyle