On This Day (October 5)

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• 877 - Charles the Bald died (b. 823)
• 1582 - Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
• 1864 - Louis Lumière, French film pioneer born (d. 1948)
• 1877 – After battling the U.S. Army for more than three months, retreating over 1,000 miles across Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana, and enduring a five-day siege, Chief Joseph and his Nez Perce band finally surrendered.
• 1880 - Jacques Offenbach, German-born composer died (b. 1819)
• 1882 - Robert Goddard, American rocket scientist born (d. 1945)
• 1902 - Ray Kroc, American fast food (Do you want fries with that?) entrepreneur born (d. 1984)
• 1908 – Prince Ferdinand became the first Tsar of Bulgaria since the Ottoman invasion in the 14th century.
• 1921 - Baseball: The World Series was broadcast on the radio for the first time.
• 1930 – The British airship R101 crashed in France en route to India on its maiden voyage, killing 48 passengers and crew.
• 1969 - British Sketch Show, Monty Python's Flying Circus, is broadcast for the first time.
• 1970 - PBS became a television network.
• 1970 – Members of the Front de Libération du Québec kidnapped British diplomat James Cross, sparking the October Crisis in Montreal, Canada.
• 1983 - Earl Tupper, American inventor died (b. 1907)
• 1986 – The British newspaper Sunday Times published former nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu's story revealing details of Israel's nuclear capability.
• 1991 - The first official version of the Linux kernel, version 0.02, is released.
• 1996 - Seymour Cray, American computer pioneer died (b. 1925)

1970 - PBS became a television network.

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