October 5

Today in History
• 1568 Conference of York begins: trial against Mary, Queen of Scots
• 1793 French Revolution: Christianity is disestablished in France
• 1864 Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone, approx 60,000 die
• 1867 Last day of Julian calendar in Alaska
• 1877 Chief Joseph surrenders, ending Nez Perce War
• 1905 Orville and Wilbur Wright's make a circling flight on "Flyer III"
• 1914 World War I first aerial combat resulting in a kill
• 1931 1st nonstop transpacific flight, Japan to Wash


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Bring Your Bible To School Day
• Hoshana Rabbah
• Kiribati: Education Day
• National Caribbean Civility Day
• National Rhode Island Day
• Portugal Republic Day
• Vanuatu Constitution Day
• World Teachers' Day

Birthdays
• 1737 - Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, Russian count (helped Catherine the Great to the throne)
• 1795 - Alexander Keith, Scottish-Canadian politician (4th Mayor of Halifax)
• 1804 - Robert Parker Parrott, American inventor (the Parrott gun)
• 1829 - Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States (1881-85)
• 1850 - Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer, politician, President of the First Imperial Duma
• 1882 - Robert H. Goddard, Rocket Pioneer (invented and built the first liquid-fueled rocket)
• 1936 - Václav Havel, Czech politician (President of Czechoslovakia, 1990-2, Czech Republic)
• 1941 - Eduardo Duhalde, President of Argentina (2002-03)