October 5

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[edit] Events

• 1793 - French Revolution: Christianity is disestablished in France.
• 1910 - Portugal overthrows its monarchy and declares itself a republic.
• 1915 - Bulgaria enters World War I as one of the Central Powers.
• 1970 - British diplomat James Richard Cross kidnapped by FLQ terrorists in Montreal
• 1986 - The Sunday Times of London reveals for the first time to the public Israel’s nuclear weapons program with information provided by Mordechai Vanunu.
• 2000 - Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milošević.
• 2001 - Robert Stevens becomes the first victim in the 2001 anthrax attacks.

[edit] Births

• 1829 - Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States (d.1886)
• 1848 - Guido von List, Austrian occultist (d. 1919)
• 1882 - Robert Goddard, American rocket scientist (d. 1945)
• 1936 - Václav Havel, President of the Czech Republic

[edit] Deaths

• 578 - Justin II, Byzantine Emperor
• 1056 - Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1017)
• 1791 - Grigori Potemkin, Russian statesman (b. 1739)
• 1941 - Louis Dembitz Brandeis, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1856)