Public Holidays on October 5

• 🌍 Implantação da República (Portugal)
• 🌍 King's Birthday (Australia)
• 🌍 Labour Day (Australia)
• 🌍 Republic Day (Portugal)
• 🌍 国庆节（补假） (China)
• 🌍 개천절 대체 휴일 (South Korea)

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On This Day in History — October 5

• 2011 — In the Mekong River massacre, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered in the lawless Golden Triangle region of Southeast Asia.
• 2001 — Barry Bonds surpasses Mark McGwire's single-season home run total with his milestone 71st and 72nd home runs.
• 2000 — Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milošević. These demonstrations are often called the Bulldozer Revolution.
• 1999 — The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
• 1991 — An Indonesian military transport crashes after takeoff from Jakarta killing 137.
• 1990 — After one hundred and fifty years The Herald broadsheet newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.

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Notable Births on October 5

• 2006 — Jacob Tremblay, Canadian actor
• 2005 — Lulu Wilson, American actress
• 2000 — Taahira Butterfield, Bermudian athlete
• 1996 — Jayden Nikorima, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1990 — Nathan Peats, Australian rugby league player
• 1989 — Kelsey Adrian, Canadian basketball player

Notable Deaths on October 5

• 2017 — Eberhard van der Laan, Dutch politician, mayor of Amsterdam (b. 1955)
• 2016 — Brock Yates, American journalist and author (b. 1933)
• 2015 — Chantal Akerman, Belgian-French actress, director, and producer (b. 1950)
• 2015 — Joker Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
• 2015 — Grace Lee Boggs, American philosopher, author, and activist (b. 1915)
• 2015 — Henning Mankell, Swedish author and playwright (b. 1948)

Sports on October 5

• NHL: Florida Panthers @ Anaheim Ducks — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Calgary Flames @ Seattle Kraken — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Atlanta Braves @ Los Angeles Dodgers — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NFL: Detroit Lions @ Carolina Panthers — 00:20 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Vegas Golden Knights @ Vancouver Canucks — 01:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Chicago White Sox @ Cleveland Guardians — 21:00 UTC Scheduled

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Public Holidays on October 6

• 🌍 Armed Forces Day (Egypt)
• 🌍 休息日（由 2026-09-20 调休） (China)

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On This Day in History — October 6

• 2007 — Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.
• 1995 — 51 Pegasi is discovered to be the second major star apart from the Sun to have a planet orbiting around it.
• 1987 — Fiji becomes a republic.
• 1985 — PC Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
• 1981 — Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.
• 1979 — Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.

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Notable Births on October 6

• 1997 — Kasper Dolberg, Danish footballer
• 1993 — Adam Gemili, English sprinter
• 1993 — Joe Rafferty, English-Irish footballer
• 1992 — Taylor Paris, Canadian rugby player
• 1990 — Han Sun-hwa, South Korean singer and actress
• 1989 — Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2014)

Notable Deaths on October 6

• 2017 — Ralphie May, American stand-up comedian and actor (b. 1972)
• 2017 — David Marks (architect), British architect, designer of the London Eye (b. 1952)
• 2015 — Árpád Göncz, Hungarian author, playwright, and politician, 1st President of Hungary (b. 1922)
• 2015 — Vladimir Shlapentokh, Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic (b. 1926)
• 2015 — Juan Vicente Ugarte del Pino, Peruvian historian, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1923)
• 2014 — Vic Braden, American tennis player and coach (b. 1929)

Sports on October 6

• NHL: San Jose Sharks @ Dallas Stars — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: New York Yankees @ Tampa Bay Rays — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: Minnesota Timberwolves @ Milwaukee Bucks — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NFL: Atlanta Falcons @ New Orleans Saints — 00:15 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: Los Angeles Lakers @ Sacramento Kings — 02:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers @ Atlanta Braves — 22:00 UTC Scheduled

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