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Events on October 5th

October 5th 2000 : Miloševic resigns
Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Serbian strongman Slobodan Miloševic. These demonstration are often called the Bulldozer Revolution.
October 5th 1999 : Charisma Carpenter: Started working on her most successful TV series "Angel"
October 5th 1962 : James Bond: "Dr. No" was the first official Bond film for the sixth James Bond novel by Ian Fleming
October 5th 1947 : First televised presidential address
Harry S. Truman makes the first televised presidential address.
October 5th 1793 : Christianity abolished in France
The revolutionary government in France abolishes Christianity.
October 5th 1582 : Missing Day
Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
October 5th 1434 : Medici returns from exile
The Florentine banker Cosimo de' Medici returns from exile to Florence, becoming its effective ruler. The oligarchy is overthrown, and his rival the political leader Palla Strozzi is banished.

UK Number 1 Singles on October 5th

October 5th 2006 "I Don't Feel Like Dancing" by Scissor Sisters
October 5th 2005 "Push the Button" by Sugababes
October 5th 2004 "Call On Me" by Eric Prydz
October 5th 2003 "Where Is the Love?" by Black Eyed Peas
October 5th 2002 "The Long and Winding Road / Suspicious Minds" by Will Young & Gareth Gates
October 5th 2001 "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" by Kylie Minogue
October 5th 2000 "Against All Odds" by Mariah Carey and Westlife
October 5th 1999 "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65
October 5th 1998 "Rollercoaster" by B*Witched
October 5th 1997 "Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something about the Way You Look Tonight" by Elton John
October 5th 1996 "Breakfast At Tiffany's" by Deep Blue Something
October 5th 1995 "Fairground" by Simply Red
October 5th 1994 "Saturday Night" by Whigfield
October 5th 1993 "Relight My Fire" by Take That featuring Lulu
October 5th 1992 "Ebeneezer Goode" by The Shamen
October 5th 1991 "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams
October 5th 1990 "Show Me Heaven" by Maria McKee
October 5th 1989 "Ride On Time" by Black Box
October 5th 1988 "Desire" by U2
October 5th 1987 "Pump Up The Volume" by MARRS
October 5th 1986 "True Blue" by Madonna
October 5th 1985 "If I Was" by Midge Ure
October 5th 1984 "I Just Called To Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder
October 5th 1983 "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club
October 5th 1982 "Pass the Dutchie" by Musical Youth
October 5th 1981 "Prince Charming" by Adam and the Ants
October 5th 1980 "Don't Stand So Close To Me" by The Police
October 5th 1979 "Message In A Bottle" by The Police
October 5th 1978 "Summer Nights" by John Travolta & Olivia Newton John
October 5th 1977 "Way Down" by Elvis Presley
October 5th 1976 "Dancing Queen" by ABBA
October 5th 1975 "Hold Me Close" by David Essex
October 5th 1974 "Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas
October 5th 1973 "Eye Level" by Simon Park Orchestra
October 5th 1972 "How Can I Be Sure?" by David Cassidy
October 5th 1971 "Maggie May" by Rod Stewart
October 5th 1970 "Band Of Gold" by Freda Payne
October 5th 1969 "Bad Moon Rising" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
October 5th 1968 "Those Were The Days" by Mary Hopkin
October 5th 1967 "The Last Waltz" by Engelbert Humperdinck
October 5th 1966 "Distant Drums" by Jim Reeves
October 5th 1965 "Tears" by Ken Dodd
October 5th 1964 "I'm Into Something Good" by Herman's Hermits
October 5th 1963 "She Loves You" by The Beatles
October 5th 1962 "Telstar" by The Tornados
October 5th 1961 "Kon-Tiki" by The Shadows
October 5th 1960 "Tell Laura I Love Her" by Ricky Valance
October 5th 1959 "Only Sixteen" by Craig Douglas
October 5th 1958 "Who's Sorry Now/Stupid Cupid" by Connie Francis
October 5th 1957 "Diana" by Paul Anka
October 5th 1956 "Lay Down Your Arms" by Anne Shelton
October 5th 1955 "Rose Marie" by Slim Whitman
October 5th 1954 "Three Coins in the Fountain" by Frank Sinatra
October 5th 1953 "Look at That Girl" by Guy Mitchell

USA Number 1 Singles on October 5th

October 5th 2006 "SexyBack" by Justin Timberlake
October 5th 2005 "Gold Digger" by Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
October 5th 2004 "Goodies" by Ciara featuring Petey Pablo
October 5th 2003 "Baby Boy" by Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul
October 5th 2002 "A Moment like This" by Kelly Clarkson
October 5th 2001 "Fallin'" by Alicia Keys
October 5th 2000 "Music" by Madonna
October 5th 1999 "Unpretty" by TLC
October 5th 1998 "The First Night" by Monica
October 5th 1997 "4 Seasons of Loneliness" by Boyz II Men
October 5th 1996 "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" by Los Del Rio
October 5th 1995 "Fantasy" by Mariah Carey
October 5th 1994 "I'll Make Love to You" by Boyz II Men
October 5th 1993 "Dreamlover" by Mariah Carey
October 5th 1992 "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men
October 5th 1991 "Good Vibrations" by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch featuring Loleatta Holloway
October 5th 1990 "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection" by Nelson
October 5th 1989 "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You" by Milli Vanilli
October 5th 1988 "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin
October 5th 1987 "Didn't We Almost Have It All" by Whitney Houston
October 5th 1986 "Stuck With You" by Huey Lewis & the News
October 5th 1985 "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits
October 5th 1984 "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince and the Revolution
October 5th 1983 "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler
October 5th 1982 "Jack and Diane" by John Cougar
October 5th 1981 "Endless Love" by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
October 5th 1980 "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen
October 5th 1979 "My Sharona" by The Knack
October 5th 1978 "Kiss You All Over" by Exile
October 5th 1977 "Star Wars Title Theme / Cantina Band" by Meco
October 5th 1976 "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry
October 5th 1975 "Fame" by David Bowie
October 5th 1974 "I Honestly Love You" by Olivia Newton-John
October 5th 1973 "We're an American Band" by Grand Funk
October 5th 1972 "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me" by Mac Davis
October 5th 1971 "Maggie May / Reason to Believe" by Rod Stewart
October 5th 1970 "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by Diana Ross
October 5th 1969 "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies
October 5th 1968 "Hey Jude" by The Beatles
October 5th 1967 "The Letter" by Box Tops
October 5th 1966 "Cherish" by The Association
October 5th 1965 "Hang on Sloopy" by The McCoys
October 5th 1964 "Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison
October 5th 1963 "Blue Velvet" by Bobby Vinton
October 5th 1962 "Sherry" by The Four Seasons
October 5th 1961 "Take Good Care of My Baby" by Bobby Vee
October 5th 1960 "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" by Connie Francis
October 5th 1959 "Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin
October 5th 1958 "It's All in the Game" by Tommy Edwards
October 5th 1957 "Honeycomb" by Jimmie Rodgers
October 5th 1956 "Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel" by Elvis Presley
October 5th 1955 "Yellow Rose of Texas" by Mitch Miller
October 5th 1954 "Hey There" by Rosemary Clooney
October 5th 1953 "Vaya con Dios (May God Be with You)" by Les Paul and Mary Ford
October 5th 1952 "You Belong to Me" by Jo Stafford
October 5th 1951 "Because of You" by Tony Bennett
October 5th 1950 "Goodnight, Irene" by Gordon Jenkins and The Weavers
October 5th 1949 "That Lucky Old Sun" by Frankie Laine
October 5th 1948 "Twelfth Street Rag" by Pee Wee Hunt
October 5th 1947 "Near You" by Francis Craig
October 5th 1946 "To Each His Own" by Eddy Howard
October 5th 1945 "Till the End of Time" by Perry Como
October 5th 1944 "Swinging on a Star" by Bing Crosby
October 5th 1943 "Sunday, Monday or Always" by Bing Crosby
October 5th 1942 "(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo" by Glenn Miller
October 5th 1941 "Piano Concerto in B Flat" by Freddy Martin
October 5th 1940 "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey

Birthdays on October 5th

October 5th 1975 Kate Winslet
October 5th 1972 Grant Hill
October 5th 1970 Josie Bissett
October 5th 1967 Guy Pearce
October 5th 1965 Patrick Roy
October 5th 1965 Mario Lemieux
October 5th 1960 Bono
October 5th 1958 Rick Santorum
October 5th 1957 Bernie Mac
October 5th 1954 Bob Geldof
October 5th 1952 Clive Barker
October 5th 1951 Karen Allen
October 5th 1942 Richard Street
October 5th 1937 Tamara Press
October 5th 1934 Cliff Wilson
October 5th 1933 Diane Cilento
October 5th 1925 Gail Davis
October 5th 1924 Bill Dana
October 5th 1923 Glynis Johns
October 5th 1919 Donald Pleasence
October 5th 1916 Milton Babbitt
October 5th 1909 Maybelle Carter
October 5th 1908 Joshua Logan
October 5th 1902 Larry Fine
October 5th 1902 Ray Kroc
October 5th 1894 Dimitri Tiomkin
October 5th 1889 Mae Murray
October 5th 1886 Karl Barth
October 5th 1878 Gustav Stresemann
October 5th 1788 Augustin-Jean Fresnel
October 5th 1760 Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle
October 5th 1641 Dudley North

Deaths on October 5th

October 5th 1999 Shel Silverstein
October 5th 1997 Andrew Keir
October 5th 1994 Lucebert [J Swaanswijk]
October 5th 1993 Jane Nigh
October 5th 1992 John Lund
October 5th 1992 Eddie Kendricks
October 5th 1992 Sylvia Sims
October 5th 1991 Armand HF Boni
October 5th 1990 Susan Oliver
October 5th 1984 Leonard Rossiter
October 5th 1984 Joaquin Agostinho
October 5th 1984 Robert Moore
October 5th 1983 John P Strijbos
October 5th 1982 Jean C M Picart le Doux
October 5th 1982 Peter Weiss
October 5th 1981 Jud Strunk
October 5th 1981 Gloria Grahame
October 5th 1979 John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Morton
October 5th 1977 Joan Crawford
October 5th 1973 Bruce Lee
October 5th 1973 Jack E Leonard
October 5th 1971 Shukichi Mitsukuri
October 5th 1971 Mihail Jora
October 5th 1969 Walter Hagen
October 5th 1968 Scotty Beckett
October 5th 1965 Hubertus J van Mook
October 5th 1964 Ignace Lilien
October 5th 1953 Friedrich Wolf
October 5th 1950 John G Fletcher
October 5th 1943 Arnaud/Armand Fraiteur
October 5th 1943 Maurice-Albert Raskin
October 5th 1940 Euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer
October 5th 1940 Silvestre Revueltas
October 5th 1937 Johannes Walter
October 5th 1934 Jean Vigo
October 5th 1933 Renee Adoree
October 5th 1924 Adolfo Albertazzi
October 5th 1923 Vaslav Vorovsky
October 5th 1920 John Wesley Hyatt
October 5th 1915 Albert Weisgerber
October 5th 1910 Stanislao Cannizzaro
October 5th 1910 William Huggins
October 5th 1909 Johannes de Koo
October 5th 1904 Henry M Stanley
October 5th 1897 William Thomas Best
October 5th 1885 Edward Stephen
October 5th 1880 John Goss
October 5th 1869 Bernhard Molique
October 5th 1864 James Clay Rice
October 5th 1864 Thomas Greeley Stevenson
October 5th 1859 Johan BJFS
October 5th 1849 Katsushika Hokusai
October 5th 1829 Thomas Young
October 5th 1826 Giuseppe Sigismondo
October 5th 1820 Matthaus Stegmayer
October 5th 1818 Paul Revere
October 5th 1798 George Vancouver
October 5th 1794 Elisabeth PMH
October 5th 1789 Guillaume Gommaire Kennis
October 5th 1785 Etienne Joseph Floquet
October 5th 1774 Louis XV
October 5th 1770 Charles Avison
October 5th 1764 Picander
October 5th 1710 Georg Dietrich Leiding
October 5th 1653 John Bicker
October 5th 1569 Juan the Avila
October 5th 1566 Leonhard Fuchs
October 5th 1493 Colin Campbell
October 5th 995 Boudouin
October 5th 238 Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus

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