October 5

People born on this day are Libra.

On this day in history01

1974
Bombs planted by the PIRA in pubs in Guildford kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
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1978
Brother Eddie Villanueva and 15 others from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines begin the Jesus Is Lord Church.
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1982
Tylenol products are recalled after bottles in Chicago laced with cyanide cause seven deaths.
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1984
Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space.
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1985
Seven Israeli vacationers, including four children, are killed in a mass shooting at Ras Burqa in the Sinai Peninsula by an Egyptian soldier.
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1988
A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.
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1991
An Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash kills 135 people.
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1994
Swiss police find the bodies of 48 members of the Order of the Solar Temple, who had died in a cult mass murder-suicide.
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1999
The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in West London kills 31 people.
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2000
Mass demonstrations in Serbia force the resignation of Slobodan Milošević.
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2011
In the Mekong River massacre, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered.
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2021
Windows 11 is released to the general public.
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