Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: October 5
October 5, 2025 is the 278th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 87 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Libra is your zodiac sign. Opal is your modern birthstone. Jasper is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: October 5
- 1582 –Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
- 1921 –Baseball: The World Series is broadcast on the radio for the first time.
- 1943 –98 American POW’s executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
- 1944 –Royal Canadian Air Force pilots shoot down the first German jet fighter over France.
- 1947 –The first televised White House address is given by U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
- 1968 –Police baton civil rights demonstrators in Derry, Northern Ireland – considered to mark the beginning of The Troubles.
- 1970 –The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.
- 1984 –Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
- 1986 –Israeli secret nuclear weapons are revealed. The British newspaper The Sunday Times runs Mordechai Vanunu’s story on its front page under the headline: “Revealed — the secrets of Israel’s nuclear arsenal”.
- 2001 –Robert Stevens becomes the first victim in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
Who were born on October 5?
- 1520 –Alessandro Farnese, Italian cardinal (d. 1589)
- 1703 –Jonathan Edwards, American minister (d. 1758)
- 1792 –Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1844)
- 1882 –Robert Goddard, American rocket scientist (d. 1945)
- 1925 –Gail Davis, American actress (d. 1997)
- 1933 –Diane Cilento, Australian actress
- 1948 –Zoran Živković, Serbian writer
- 1958 –André Kuipers, Dutch astronaut
- 1960 –Daniel Baldwin, American actor
- 1975 –Scott Weinger American actor
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