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This is a list of selected October 5 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
International Day of No Prostitution; neutrality issues, stub
World Teachers' Day; needs expert attention
Republic Day in Portugal (1910) refimprove section
1607 – Venetian statesman Paolo Sarpi survived an attack by assassins sent by Pope Paul V. Referencing issues
1877 – After battling the U.S. Army for more than three months, retreating over 1,000 miles across Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana, and enduring a five-day siege, Chief Joseph and his Nez Perce band finally surrendered. refimprove
1908Prince Ferdinand became the first Tsar of Bulgaria since the Ottoman invasion in the 14th century. refimprove section, unreferenced section (Ancestry)
1910 – The Portuguese Republican Party organised a coup d'etat, deposed the constitutional monarchy and implanted a republican regime in Portugal. refimprove section
1930 – The British airship R101 (pictured) crashed in France en route to India on its maiden overseas flight, killing 48 passengers and crew. too many cites needed
1945 – A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators boiled over into a bloody riot at the gates of the Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, California. refimprove
1948 – The International Union for Conservation of Nature was founded at a congress sponsored by UNESCO director Julian Huxley in Fontainebleau, France. unreferenced section
1969 – The first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus was broadcast on BBC1. refimprove
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. refimprove sections, outdated
2000 – During protests over irregularities in the Yugoslavian general election, Serbian wheel-loader operator Ljubisav Đokić rammed the Radio Television of Serbia building with his vehicle, giving the protests the nickname "Bulldozer Revolution". close paraphrasing section, refimprove section, CN tags
2001 – American baseball player Barry Bonds surpassed Mark McGwire's single-season home run total with his milestone 71st and 72nd home runs. refimprove section
Giovanni Visconti |d|1354 unreferenced section (Ancestry)
Chester A. Arthur |b|1829| Birthday not cited
Guido von List |b|1848 Too much unreferenced content
Kelvin Tan |b|1981 Too much unreferenced content, outdated

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Notes

October 5: World Teachers' Day

Women's March on Versailles
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