WHAT HAPPENED ON 5. OCTOBER
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World War I: first aerial combat resulting in an intentional fatality. (5. October 1914)

Bulgaria enters World War I as one of the Central Powers. (5. October 1915)

Baseball: The World Series is broadcast on the radio for the first time. (5. October 1921)

British Airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage. (5. October 1930)

The Jarrow March sets off for London. (5. October 1936)

In Nazi Germany Jews' passports were invalidated, and those who needed a passport for emigration purposes were given one marked with the letter J (Jude – Jew). (5. October 1938)

98 American POW's executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island. (5. October 1943)

Royal Canadian Air Force pilots shoot down the first German jet fighter over France. (5. October 1944)

Suffrage is extended to women in France. (5. October 1944)

Hollywood Black Friday: A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers' studios. (5. October 1945)

The first televised White House address is given by U.S. President Harry S. Truman. (5. October 1947)

The 1948 Ashgabat earthquake kills 110,000. (5. October 1948)

The first documented recovery meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is held. (5. October 1953)

Disneyland Hotel opens to the public in Anaheim, California. (5. October 1955)

Dr. No, the first in the James Bond film series, is released. (5. October 1962)

The Beatles' first single, "Love Me Do" backed with "P.S. I Love You", is released in the United Kingdom. (5. October 1962)

Near Detroit, Michigan, there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor. (5. October 1966)

Police baton civil rights demonstrators in Derry, Northern Ireland – considered to mark the beginning of The Troubles. (5. October 1968)

The first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus airs on BBC One. (5. October 1969)

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded. (5. October 1970)