Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In October - 05
Thursday, 20 November 2025
1982 Unmanned rocket sled reaches 9,851 kph at White Sands, NM on October - 05. 
1983 On this day in history lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize
1984 On October - 05 13th Space Shuttle Mission (41-G)-Challenger 6-launched
1984 Leonard Rossiter, actor (2001, Water), dies of a heart attack at 57 on October - 05.
1985 On October - 05 grambling's Eddie Robinson wins record 324th football game
1986 London Sunday Times reports Israel is stocking nuclear arms on this day in history.
1986 On October - 05 hall B Wallis, US movie production (Barefoot in Park), dies at 87
1988 On this day in history israel bans Meir Kahane's Kach Party on grounds of racism
1989 On October - 05 the exiled Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
1990 Cincinnati jury acquits art gallery of obscenity (Mapplethorpe photos) on this day in history.
1990 Meir Kahane, founder of Jewish defense league, assassinated at 58 on October - 05.
1991 Actor Ted Shackelford (Knots Landing) weds Annett Wolf on this day in history.
1992 Cornelis Berkhouwer, Dutch MP (VVD), dies on October - 05.
1993 On this day in history jane Nigh, actress (Big Town, Blue Blood, Rawhide), dies at about 67
1995 Dick Henry Jurgen, bandleader, dies at 85 on this day in history.
1996 On October - 05 catherine Elizabeth Pennington, personal assistant, dies at 77
1997 Andrew Keir, actor (Rob Roy, Absolution, Blood Hunt), dies at 71 on October - 05.
2005 On this day in history flight Lieutenant Malcolm Kendall-Smith charged with refusing to serve in the Iraq war.
2012 Anglo Platinum Limited fires 12,000 striking workers in South Africa on October - 05.
2013 Wladimir Klitschko defeats Alexander Povetkin to retain his WBA Heavyweight Championship on this day in history.
2014 On October - 05 south Sydney Rabbitohs win the 2014 NRL Grand Final
2017 Spanish constitutional court suspends Catalan parliament to prevent declaration of independence on this day in history.
2017 Iraqi forces claim victory and control over Islamic State's last urban stronghold Hawija, Northern Iraq on this day in history.
2017 "The New York Times" publishes investigation into sexual harassment behaviour by Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein on October - 05.
2018 Nobel Peace Prize awarded jointly to Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege and Yazidi activist Nadia Murad for "efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war" on this day in history.
2018 US unemployment figures hit lowest level since 1969 - 3.7% according to Department of Labor on October - 05.
2018 Most expensive whisky ever sold at auction for $1.1 million, the Macallan Valerio Adami 1926, in Edinburgh, Scotland on October - 05.
2019 2019 Iraqi protests: 91 people are killed by police during a week of demonstrations in Iraq on this day in history.
2020 Massive protests breakout in Kyrgyzstan following accusations that the October 2020 parliamentary election was "unfair" on October - 05.
2020 On October - 05 [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 35 million worldwide. The news coincides with the World Health Organization estimating that total worldwide cases may be around 760 million - roughly a tenth of the global population.
2021 On this day in history roscosmos launches the Soyuz MS-19 mission, which carries an Expedition 66 crewmember and two Channel One Russia personnel to the International Space Station. The two Channel One crew will perform principal photography on the film Vyzov aboard the station.[209][210]