Unix Timestamp: 1223164800
Sunday, October 5. 2008, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Various American labor unions, including the CWA and the ATU, join the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York City. //www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/05/wallstreet-protests-idUSN1E7931BO20111005 (Reuters)

Marion Jones admits using banned substances during her athletic career and risks being stripped of her five Olympic medals. //www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/06/2052570.htm (AFP via ABC News Online)

Israeli warplanes strike inside Syrian territory.

Ain es Saheb airstrike: Israeli warplanes attack an alleged Islamic Jihad training base deep in Syria in retaliation for a suicide bombing at a Haifa restaurant that killed 19 people, the army said Sunday. Israeli media state this is the first Israeli attack on Syrian soil in more than two decades. An emergency session of the UN Security Council is scheduled to debate the action. France and Germany condemn the attack. The international community calls for restraint by all parties involved. //www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/01052200.htm

President Slobodan Milošević leaves office after widespread demonstrations throughout Serbia.

President Slobodan Milošević leaves office after widespread demonstrations throughout Serbia and the withdrawal of Russian support. This political event became known as 5th October Revolution in Serbia.

Thirty-one people die in the Ladbroke Grove rail crash, west of London, England.

Tansu Çiller of DYP forms the new government of Turkey (51st government, a minority government which failed to receive the vote of confidence)

UNESCO inaugurates World Teachers' Day to celebrate and commemorate the signing of the Recommendation Concerning the Status of Teachers on October 5, 1966.

The Dalai Lama wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

"STS-41-G": Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space, aboard the Space Shuttle "Challenger".

Raoul Wallenberg becomes posthumously honorary citizen of the United States

El Asnam, Algeria is destroyed by an earthquake, which claims more than 2,600 lives. After the quake, El Asnam is rebuilt and changes its name to the city of Chlef.

British Leyland launches its new Metro, a three-door entry-level hatchback which is designed as the eventual replacement for the Mini. It gives BL a long-awaited modern competitor for the likes of the Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Chevette.

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher delivers her famous 'The lady's not for turning' speech.

The United Reformed Church is founded out of the Congregational and Presbyterian Churches.

"Monty Python's Flying Circus" first airs on BBC One.

Police baton civil rights demonstrators in Derry, Northern Ireland, marking the beginning of The Troubles.

Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with Malaysia because of their disagreement in the UN.

White South Africans vote to make the country a republic.

Disneyland Hotel opens to the public in Anaheim, California.

The Indonesian government quells riots in the Moluccas.

The Agate Pass Bridge opens for traffic in Washington State.

The 1950-1951 invasion of Tibet by People's Republic of China begins.

President Harry S. Truman delivers the first televised White House address speaking on the world food crises.

A strike by the Set Decorator's Union in Hollywood results in a riot.

WWII: Royal Canadian Air Force pilots shoot down the first German jet fighter over Holland.

Roosevelt gives his famous "Quarantine Speech" in Chicago.

Miners rebel in Asturias, Spain (see Asturian miners' strike of 1934).

American gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion in Chicago.

Leeds Bradford International Airport is opened as Leeds and Bradford Municipal Aerodrome in England.

American aviators Clyde Edward Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr., complete the first non-stop flight across the Pacific Ocean, from Misawa, Japan, to East Wenatchee, Washington, in 41½ hours.

the British "Airship R101" crashes in France enroute to India on its maiden long-range flight.

16 ndash Locarno Treaties negotiated.

Portugal becomes a republic King Manuel II of Portugal flees to England.

The Wright Brothers' third aeroplane (Wright Flyer III) stays in the air for 39 minutes with Wilbur piloting, the first aeroplane flight lasting over half an hour.

Alpha Kappa Psi, the co-ed Professional Business Fraternity, is founded on the cus of New York University

After a long siege, Brazilian government troops take Canudos in north Brazil, crushing Antônio Conselheiro and his followers.

The Society for Ethical Culture of Chicago ndash (currently the Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago) is founded by Felix Adler.

December 31 ndash International Cotton Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia

A cyclone kills 70,000 in Calcutta, India.

The Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Rail Road starts operations in Brooklyn, New York this is now the oldest right-of-way on the New York City Subway, the largest rapid transit system in the United States and one of the largest in the world.

Austria, Britain, France, Prussia and the Ottoman Empire form a commission to investigate the causes of the massacres of Maronite Christians, committed by Druzes in Lebanon earlier in the year.

Medical journal "The Lancet" is founded by Thomas Wakley in London.

November ndash According to tradition, William Webb Ellis invents the sport of Rugby football at Rugby School in England.ref name=CBH/

Claudine Thévenet (known as 'Mary of St. Ignatius') founds the Roman Catholic order "Religieuses de Jésus-Marie" (Religious of Jesus And Mary) in Lyon, France.

War of 1812 ndash Battle of the Thames in Upper Canada: William Henry Harrison defeats the British, and native leader Tecumseh is killed in battle.

13 Vendémiaire: Royalist riots in Paris are crushed by troops under Paul Barras and newly reinstalled artillery officer Napoleon Bonaparte.

The election of Augustus III to succeed his father as King of Poland sparks the War of the Polish Succession.

The Pocomtuc tribe attacks and destroys Springfield, Massachusetts.

The University of Kiel is founded.

The Koreans are victorious over the Japanese in the naval Siege of Jinju.

William I of Orange invades the Southeastern Netherlands.

Jews were expelled from Lower Bavaria by order of Ludwig IX.

Emperor Go-Komatsu abdicates and Emperor Shoko accedes to the throne of Japan.

Ming Dynasty troops attack the Kindom of Lanna with Sipsongpanna support.

Early feministChristine de Pizan writes "The Book of the City of Ladies".

Bath Abbey is built in England.

Christine de Pizan writes letter to Queen Isabeau urging her to intervene in political struggle between dukes of Burgundy and Orleans.

First written record of whiskey being consumed recorded in Ireland, where it was distilled by Catholic monks.

"Bellifortis", a book on military techonology, is published by Konrad Kyeser.

Treaty of Zamora: Portugal is recognized by the Kingdom of Leon as an independent kingdom, although it has functioned as one since the Battle of São Mamede.

Robert of Ketton makes the first European translation of the Qur'an into Latin.

The exploration of the uncharted eastern parts of Germany begins, and results in the founding of cities such as Lübeck.

During the summer the people of Rome revolt against the authority of the Pope and create a republican city-state comparable to that of the other Italian cities.

Tiberius II Constantine succeeds Justin II as Byzantine Emperor.

Kongo Gumi, the world's oldest continuously operating company (578–2006), is founded in Osaka, Japan.

Reccopolis founded by king Liuvigild.

The Visigoths under king Theodoric II, acting on orders of Avitus, invade Spain with an army of Burgundians, Franks and Goths, led by their kings Chilperic I and Gondioc. They defeat the Suebi under king Rechiar on the river Urbicus near Astorga (Gallaecia) this shatters the power of the Suebi. During the battle Rechiar is captured and later executed.