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1970 – Members of the Front de libération du Québec's Liberation Cell kidnapped British diplomat James Cross in Montreal, sparking the October Crisis. refimprove 1986 – The British newspaper The Sunday Times published a story by Mordechai Vanunu , a former nuclear technician, revealing details of Israel's nuclear capability .
October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 87 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 610 – ...
October 11: Yom Kippur begins at sunset ; Feast day of Saint James the Deacon (Anglicanism); Double Ninth Festival in China (2024); National Coming Out Day Aftermath of the Myyrmanni bombing 1142 – The Treaty of Shaoxing was ratified, ending the Jin–Song wars , although sporadic fighting continued until 1234.
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Rob Schneider was born on October 31, 1963, making it his 61st birthday this year. Rob Schneider in 2017. Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic/Getty Images.
Highlights of this day in history: First victim dies in post-Sept. 11th anthrax scare; VP candidates spar over JFK; The Beatles release 'Love Me Do'; 'Monty Python' premieres; Baseball's Barry ...
1892 - Edward Emerson Barnard discovers D/1892 T1, the first comet discovered by photographic means, on the night of October 13-14; 1917 - The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Fátima, Portugal; 1954 – Birth of Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli nuclear technician
The original Famous Birthdays website was created by Edward Morykwas, a Michigan schoolteacher, in 1996. [4] [5] [6]The site was updated to its current format in November 7, 2012, by Evan Britton, [7] who has since described the website as "Wikipedia for Generation Z".