Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 5

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 * 610 – Heraclius was crowned Byzantine emperor, having personally beheaded his predecessor, Phocas.
 * 869 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople, the eighth Catholic Ecumenical Council, was convened to discuss the patriarchate of Photios I of Constantinople.
 * 1789 – French Revolution: Upset about the high price and scarcity of bread, thousands of Parisian women and allies marched on the Palace of Versailles.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 1962 – "Love Me Do", the first single by the Beatles, was released in the United Kingdom.
 * 1962 – Dr. No, the first James Bond film, was released.
 * 1963 – The U.S. suspended the Commercial Import Program, its main economic support for South Vietnam, in response to the oppression of Buddhists by President Ngô Đình Diệm (pictured).
 * 1970 – The environmental organization Greenpeace was incorporated as the Don't Make a Wave Committee in British Columbia, Canada.
 * 1973 – Seven nations signed the European Patent Convention, providing an autonomous legal system according to which European patents are granted.
 * 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.
 * 1986 – Eugene Hasenfus plane was shot down by Nicaraguan forces while carrying weapons to the Contra rebels on behalf of the U.S. government; he was subsequently captured, leading to an international controversy.
 * 1988 – During the United States vice-presidential debate, Democratic candidate Lloyd Bentsen told his opponent Dan Quayle, "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."
 * 1999 – Two trains collided head-on at Ladbroke Grove, London, killing 31 people, injuring 417, and severely damaging public confidence in the management and regulation of safety of Britain's privatised railway system.
 * 2011 – Two Chinese cargo ships were attacked on a stretch of the Mekong River in the Golden Triangle area of Southeast Asia, and their crews murdered.
 * Born/died: Paul Fleming |b|1609|Tecumseh |d|1813| Catherine Cooper Hopley |b|1817| Chester A. Arthur |b|1829| Francis William Reitz |b|1844| Kumeko Urabe |Jacques Offenbach |d|1880||b|1902| Magda Szabó |b|1921| Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly |d|1929| Eduardo Duhalde |b|1941| Kate Winslet |b|1975| Kelvin Tan |b|1981