Articles by May, 2020

Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 5 October.

1. Battle of the Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British
2. Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone
3. Palace Hotel on Market Street opens
4. Chief Joseph surrenders ending Nez Perc‚ War
5. Dalton Gang ends in shoot-out in Coffeville Kansas bank holdup
6. Giant's Henry Matthewson walks 14
7. Interprovincial Rugby Football Union plays 1st game (Mtl 17 Tor 8)
8. Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey
9. Portugal overthrows monarchy proclaims republic
10. Yanks win final game at Hilltop stadium
11. 1st Yank & radio broadcast of the World Series beat Giants 3-0
12. Yanks & Giants play an infamous 3-3 tie world series game
13. Edwin Hubble identifies Cepheid variable star
14. 1st nonstop transpacific flight Japan to Wenatchee Wash
15. Mickey Owens drops a 3rd strike Tom Hendrick reaches 1st safely
16. 1st Presidential address televised from White House - HS Truman
17. Billy Martin 12 hits sets record Yanks win record 5th straight WS
18. Yogi Berra becomes the 4th Yank to hit a World Series Grand Slam
19. Hyde St Pier re-opens as State Historical Park
20. SF Fire Department Museum is dedicated
21. PBS becomes a network
22. Yanks set AL attendence mark at 2 627 417
23. Unmanned rocket sled reaches 9 851 kph at White Sands N. Mex
24. 41-G Challenger carried 1st Canadian Marc Garneau into orbit
25. 13th Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 6 launched

These famous people were born on 5 October.

1. 1713 - Denis Diderot, encyclopedist
2. 1829 - Chester A , 21st Pres (1881-85)
3. 1882 - Robet Hutchings Goddard, rocket pioneer, in Worcester, Mass
4. 1887 - Rene Cassin, (Nobel Peace Prize 1968)
5. 1905 - Ray Kroc, who gave Ronald McDonald a job
6. 1908 - Joshua Logan, Broadway producer
7. 1919 - Donald Pleasance, Happy Halloween
8. 1921 - Bill Willis, AAFC, NFL guard (Browns)
9. 1923 - Glynis Johns, in South Africa
10. 1923 - Philip Berrigan, militant priest
11. 1929 - Richard F. Gordon Jr., U.S. astronaut (Gemini 11, Apollo 12)
12. 1930 - Pavel R. Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut (Vostok 4, Soyuz 14)
13. 1933 - Diane Cilento, in Australia
14. 1951 - Karen Allen, in Illinois
15. 1951 - Bob Geldof, Band Aid organizer