Historical Events on October 5.

1. International Day of No Prostitution & World Teacher’s Day

2. 1864, 5th October: A cyclone destroyed the city of Kolkata, killing at least 60,000 people.

3. 1910, 5th October: Portugal was proclaimed a republic – King Manuel II fled to Britain.

4. 1921, 5th October: The World Series was the first to be broadcast on radio.

5. 1948, 5th October: An earthquake in Ashgabat kills at least 110,000 people.

6. 1955, 5th October: The Hindustan Machine Tools factory was inaugurated by Pandit Nehru. The place of this factory is considered important in the industrial development of India.

7. 1962, 5th October: Dr. No, the first James Bond film released.

8. 1989, 5th October: Mirasaheb Fatima Bibi became the first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India.

9. 1998, 5th October: Indira Gandhi National Integration Award announced to Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on October 5.

1. 1524: Rani Durgavati, Queen of Gondwana, India.

2. 1890: Kishorilal Ghanshyamlal Mashruwala, Indian philosopher, and editor of Harijan.

3. 1902: Raymond Albert Kroc, an American fast-food tycoon.

4. 1905: P. Kunhiraman Nair, an Indian writer of Malayalam literature.

5. 1922: Yadunath Thatte, Indian-Marathi writer, and editor.

6. 1926: Baji Rout, the youngest Indian freedom fighter and martyr.

7. 1922: Shankar Singh Raghuvanshi, an Indian musician from the Shankar-Jaikishan duo.

8. 1923: Kailashpati Mishra, Governor of Gujarat, India.

9. 1936: Vaclav Havel, the first president of the Czech Republic.

10. 1939: Walter Wolf, founder of Walter Wolf Racing.

11. 1952: Imran Khan, former Pakistani cricketer, and politician. He is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Pakistan and the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

12. 1958: Neil deGrasse Tyson, an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, planetary scientist, author, and science communicator.

13. 1975: Kate Winslet, an English actress. 

Death Anniversaries of famous people on October 5.

1. 1805: Charles Cornwallis, former Governor-General of India.

2. 1813: Tecumseh, a Native American Shawnee warrior, and chief.

3. 1927: Sam Warner, an American film producer, co-founder of Warner Bros.

4. 1968: Jogendranath Mandal, one of the central and leading founding fathers of the modern state of Pakistan.

5. 1981: Bhagwati Charan Verma, Indian Writer.

6. 1983: Earl Silas Tupper, an American businessman, and inventor, best known as the inventor of Tupperware.

7. 1990: Ramkumar Verma, Indian Hindi poet.

8. 1991: Ramnath Goenka, an Indian newspaper publisher. He launched The Indian Express newspaper and Groups.

9. 1992: Appasaheb Pant, an Indian diplomat, prince, Gandhian, writer and freedom fighter.

10. 2011: Steven Paul Jobs was an American business magnate, industrial designer, investor, and media proprietor. 

5-October-1676

East India company got authority from the King of England to mint Indian currencies 'Rupee and Paise' coins in Bombay.

5-October-1805

Lord Charles Cornwallis, Governor General, died of ill health at Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh.

5-October-1864

Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died.

5-October-1868

Laxmi Narayan Barua, Assamia novelist, was born.

5-October-1878

First Indian circus was played by Vishnu Moreshwar Chhatre of Sangli at Mumbai.

5-October-1890

Kishorlal Ghanshyamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, was born.

5-October-1907

British MP Keir Hardie reported fomenting rebellion in India.

5-October-1932

Madhavrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (7 Tests for India, 1 century), was born in Bombay.

5-October-1949

A. K. Pillai, great social reformer and politician, died.

5-October-1957

Nehru becomes the first recipient of the key of Hiroshima Peace City.

5-October-1989

Dalal Lama was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (1989).

5-October-1989

Meerasahib Fatima Beevi, former High Court judge from Kerala, was named the first woman judge of the Supreme Court.

5-October-1990

Parliament passed the 76th Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab for another six months from November 10, 1990.

5-October-1990

Dr. Rajkumar Varma, famous Hindi journalist and playwright, died.

5-October-1991

Ramnath Goenka, journalist and founder chairman of the Indian Express Newspapers Group, died at the age of 87 years.

5-October-1991

Vinayakrao Devrukhkar, famous playwright, novelist and editor of a daily newspaper 'Sandhya', died.

5-October-1993

CBI chargesheeted 40 in Ayodhya case. Advani, Joshi and Bal Thackeray were among the accused.

5-October-1993

Geet Sethi retained World Billiards title by beating Mike Russel.

5-October-1997

Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut.

5-October-1997

Kiran Bedi, India's first woman police officer, was awarded the Joseph Beuys prize for her work in reforming the largest prison of the country.

5-October-1997

Leander-Mahesh win China Open ATP Tour doubles event.

5-October-1999

India decides not to attend the special meet on CTBT.

5-October-1999

The Government announced hike in diesel prices.