October 5 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on October 5, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♎︎ Libra
Sep 23 – Oct 22
Birth stone
Opal
Birth flower
Marigold
How common
#137 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous October 5 birthdays
Chester A. Arthur · President of the United States from 1881 to 18851829
Francis Peyton Rous · American scientist1879
Robert H. Goddard · American physicist1882
Ray Kroc · American businessman1902
Donald Pleasence · British actor1919
Glynis Johns · British actress1923
Richard F. Gordon Jr. · American astronaut1929
Reinhard Selten · German economist1930
Václav Havel · Czech statesman1936
Milena Dravić · Serbian actress1940
Karen Allen · American actress1951
Emomali Rahmon · President of Tajikistan1952
Bernie Mac · American actor1957
Neil deGrasse Tyson · American astrophysicist and science communicator1958
Careca · Brazilian association football player1960
Guy Pearce · Australian actor1967
Kate Winslet · English actress1975
Ramzan Kadyrov · Russian politician and head of the Chechen Republic1976
Andreas Kaplan · German economist, dean, university rector1977
Jesse Eisenberg · American actor1983
On this day in history
1962"Love Me Do", the first single by the Beatles, was released in the United Kingdom.
1963The U.S. suspended the Commercial Import Program, its main economic support for South Vietnam, in response to the oppression of Buddhists by President Ngô Đình Diệm.
1970The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded in the United States.[citation needed]
1988During the United States vice-presidential debate, Democratic candidate Lloyd Bentsen told his opponent Dan Quayle, "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."
1877The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
1903Samuel Griffith became the first Chief Justice of Australia, while Edmund Barton and Richard O'Connor became the first Puisne Justices of the High Court of Australia.
1936Around 200 men began a 291-mile (468 km) march from Jarrow to London, carrying a petition to the British government requesting the re-establishment of industry in the town.
1947President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
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