Historical Events  - October 5

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

1910 : Portugal was proclaimed a republic – King Manuel II fled to Britain.

1921 : The World Series was the first to be broadcast on radio.

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

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

1962 : Dr. No, the first James Bond film released.

1989 : Mirasaheb Fatima Bibi became the first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India.

1998 : Indira Gandhi National Integration Award announced to Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.

 

Famous Birthdays   – October 5  

1524: Rani Durgavati, Queen of Gondwana, India.

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

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

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

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

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

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

1923: Kailashpati Mishra, Governor of Gujarat, India.

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

1939: Walter Wolf, founder of Walter Wolf Racing.

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.

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

1975: Kate Winslet, an English actress. 

 

Death Anniversaries   – October 5

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

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

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

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

1981: Bhagwati Charan Verma, Indian Writer.

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

1990: Ramkumar Verma, Indian Hindi poet.

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

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

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