October 5th, 1974

Born on October 5th, 1974

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on October 5th, 1974?

October 5th, 1974

Bombs planted by the PIRA in pubs in Guildford kill four British soldiers and one civilian.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army

What else happened on October 5th?

October 5th, 2011

Two Chinese cargo ships were attacked and their crews murdered on a stretch of the Mekong River in far northern Thailand.

October 5th, 1988

During the United States vice-presidential debate, Democratic candidate Lloyd Bentsen told his opponent Dan Quayle, "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."

October 5th, 1975

Dirty War: The Argentine guerrilla group Montoneros carried out Operation Primicia, a terrorist attack in which they hijacked an Aerolíneas Argentinas flight, captured Formosa International Airport, and attacked a military regiment.

October 5th, 1973

Seven nations signed the European Patent Convention, providing an autonomous legal system according to which European patents are granted.

October 5th, 1970

The environmental organization Greenpeace was incorporated as the Don't Make a Wave Committee in British Columbia, Canada.

October 5th, 1962

Dr. No, the first James Bond film, was released.

October 5th, 1936

Around 200 men began a 291-mile (468 km) march from Jarrow to London, carrying a petition to the British government requesting the re-establishment of industry in the town.

October 5th, 1903

Samuel Griffith (pictured) became the first Chief Justice of Australia, while Edmund Barton and Richard O'Connor became the first Puisne Justices of the High Court of Australia.

October 5th, 1869

During construction of the Eastman tunnel in St. Anthony, Minnesota (now Minneapolis), the Mississippi River broke through the tunnel's limestone ceiling, nearly destroying Saint Anthony Falls.

October 5th, 1789

French Revolution: Upset about the high price and scarcity of bread, thousands of Parisian women and allies marched on the Palace of Versailles.

October 5th, 1143

The Treaty of Zamora (pictured) established Portugal as a kingdom independent of the Kingdom of León.

October 5th, 0869

The Fourth Council of Constantinople, the eighth Catholic Ecumenical Council, was convened to discuss the patriarchate of Photios I of Constantinople.

October 5th, 0610

Heraclius was crowned Byzantine emperor, having personally beheaded his predecessor, Phocas.

October 5th, 2011

In the Mekong River massacre, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 5th

Born on October 5th, 1974

49

Heather Headley

Trinidadian-born singer

*October 5th, 1974, Barataria

49

Marshall Lancaster

British actor

*October 5th, 1974, Macclesfield

49

Robert Mateja

Polish ski jumper

*October 5th, 1974, Zakopane

49

Paco León

Spanish actor/director

*October 5th, 1974, Seville

49

Colin Meloy

American musician

*October 5th, 1974, Helena

49

Rich Franklin

American mixed martial artist

*October 5th, 1974, Cincinnati

49

Anousjka van Exel

Dutch tennis player

*October 5th, 1974, Heerhugowaard

49

Jeff Strasser

Luxembourgish football player and manager

*October 5th, 1974, Luxembourg

49

Douglas Emerson

American actor

*October 5th, 1974, Glendale

49

Alex Walkinshaw

English actor

*October 5th, 1974, Barking

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 5th?

48

Kate Winslet

English actress (born 1976)

*October 5th, 1975, Reading

44

Sascha Lewandowski

German association football player and manager (1971–2016)

*October 5th, 1971, Dortmund †June 8th, 2016, Bochum

68

Caroline Loeb

French actress and singer

*October 5th, 1955, Neuilly-sur-Seine

47

Ramzan Kadyrov

Russian politician and head of the Chechen Republic

*October 5th, 1976, Akhmat-Yurt

65

Neil deGrasse Tyson

African-American astrophysicist and science communicator

*October 5th, 1958, Manhattan

71

Duncan Regehr

Canadian writer, artist and actor

*October 5th, 1952, Lethbridge

67

Howard Schmidt

American computer security expert (1949-2017)

*October 5th, 1949, Philadelphia †March 2nd, 2017, Muskego

56

Jenna Russell

British actress

*October 5th, 1967, Paddington

51

Tom Hooper

British-Australian filmmaker

*October 5th, 1972, London

72

Karen Allen

American actress

*October 5th, 1951, Carrollton

56

Guy Pearce

English-born Australian actor

*October 5th, 1967, Ely

43

Joakim Brodén

Swedish singer

*October 5th, 1980, Falun

75

Václav Havel

Czech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic (1936–2011)

*October 5th, 1936, Prague †December 18th, 2011, Hrádeček

51

Grant Hill

American basketball player

*October 5th, 1972, Dallas

48

Monica Rial

American voice actress

*October 5th, 1975, Houston

40

Jesse Eisenberg

American actor

*October 5th, 1983, Queens

80

Michael Morpurgo

British children's writer

*October 5th, 1943, St Albans

52

Tonia Antoniazzi

Welsh politician, Labour Party MP for Gower (born 1971)

*October 5th, 1971, Llanelli

37

Rui Costa

Portuguese cyclist

*October 5th, 1986, Póvoa de Varzim

75

Donald Pleasence

British actor (1919–1995)

*October 5th, 1919, Worksop †February 2nd, 1995, Saint-Paul-de-Vence

Same year
Born in 1974

49

Arianne Zucker

American actress and model

*June 3rd, 1974, Northridge

50

Ty Olsson

Canadian actor (born 1974)

*January 28th, 1974, Halifax

49

Anggun

Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter and television personality

*April 29th, 1974, Jakarta

50

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

49

Yoo Yong-sung

Badminton player

*October 25th, 1974, Dangjin

49

Michelle Edwards

Badminton player

*July 11th, 1974, Durban

49

Kenneth Jonassen

Badminton player

*July 3rd, 1974, Herning

49

Markus Weinzierl

German association football player and manager

*December 28th, 1974, Straubing

49

Marina Andrievskaia

Badminton player

*November 20th, 1974, Moscow

49

Florentine Lahme

TV and film actress

*July 21st, 1974, Berlin

50

Anna Grisebach

German actress

*March 20th, 1974, Göttingen

49

Leonardo DiCaprio

American actor and film producer (born 1974)

*November 11th, 1974, Los Angeles

50

Adrian Holmes

Welsh-Canadian actor

*March 31st, 1974, Wrexham

50

Martin Dulig

German politician (SPD)

*February 26th, 1974, Plauen

50

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

49

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

50

Alyson Hannigan

American actress and television presenter

*March 24th, 1974, Washington, D.C.

50

Tri Kusharyanto

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1974, Yogyakarta City

49

Ye Zhaoying

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1974, Hangzhou

49

Kim Ji-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 10th, 1974, Busan

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No: With 365 days 1974 is a normal year and no leap year.

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