12 History Lessons + 7 Births & 7 Deaths for October 5, 2025
Today’s History:
- 610 – Heraclius deposes Phocas and becomes Byzantine emperor.
- 1813 – Battle of the Thames: U.S. victory in Ontario; Tecumseh is killed.
- 1930 – British airship R101 crashes near Beauvais, France, killing 48.
- 1947 – Harry Truman delivers the first televised presidential address from the White House.
- 1953 – Earl Warren is sworn in as the 14th Chief Justice of the United States.
- 1962 – Dr. No premieres in London, launching the James Bond film franchise.
- 1962 – The Beatles release their debut single “Love Me Do” in the UK.
- 1969 – Monty Python’s Flying Circus debuts on BBC TV.
- 1986 – Mordechai Vanunu’s revelations expose Israel’s secret nuclear program in The Sunday Times.
- 1988 – Chile’s “No” campaign defeats Augusto Pinochet in a pivotal national plebiscite.
- 1999 – Ladbroke Grove rail crash in London kills 31 and injures hundreds.
- 2000 – Mass protests in Belgrade topple Slobodan Milošević.
Today’s Birthdays:
- 1975 – Kate Winslet, Academy Award–winning actress (50).
- 1989 – Travis Kelce, NFL tight end (Kansas City Chiefs) (36).
- 1958 – Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and science communicator (67).
- 1967 – Guy Pearce, Emmy-winning actor (58).
- 1983 – Jesse Eisenberg, actor/playwright (42).
- 1951 – Karen Allen, film and stage actress (74).
- 1943 – Steve Miller, rock musician (Steve Miller Band) (82).
Today’s Deaths:
- 2011 – Steve Jobs, Apple cofounder and tech visionary (56).
- 2004 – Rodney Dangerfield, comedian/actor (“I don’t get no respect”) (82).
- 2014 – Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor/dancer and Tony-winning director (84).
- 1992 – Eddie Kendricks, cofounder/lead singer of The Temptations (52).
- 2014 – Andrea de Cesaris, Italian Formula One driver (55).
- 2011 – Charles Napier, film and TV character actor (75).
- 2016 – Michal Kováč, first president of independent Slovakia (86).
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