October 5 is day 279 of the Gregorian Calendar year, Pungenday, Bureaucracy 59, 3186 YOLD (Discordian) And let us not forget 13.0.7.16.5 mlc (the Mayan Long Count)
“When we were little," the Mock Turtle went on at last, more calmly, though still sobbing a little now and then, "we went to school in the sea. The master was an old Turtle - we used to call him Tortoise -" "Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasn't one?" Alice asked. "We called him Tortoise because he taught us," said the Mock Turtle angrily: "really you are very dull!” Lewis Carroll
On this day in history:
1143 – King Alfonso VII of León and Castile recognised Portugal as a Kingdom. (but see 1910) 1607 – The Pope's assassins tried to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi. 1665 – The University of Kiel was founded. 1789 – The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminated royal authority. 1857 – The city of Anaheim was founded even though neither Disney nor Gene Autry was born yet. 1877 – The Nez Perce War ended. The wrong side won. 1910 – The Portuguese monarchy was overthrown and a republic was declared. 1911 – The Kowloon–Canton Railway began service. 1944 – The Provisional Government of the French Republic enfranchised women. 1947 – President Truman made the first televised Oval Office address. 1966 – A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station had a partial meltdown. 1970 – The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) was founded. 1986 – Mordechai Vanunu revealed Israel's secret nuclear weapons. 1988 – A Chilean opposition coalition defeated Pinochet in his re-election attempt. 2000 – Mass demonstrations in Serbia forced the resignation of Slobodan Miloševic.
Born this day in:
Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.
1713 – Denis Diderot, philosopher and critic 1715 – Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, Physiocratic economist and educator 1728 – Chevalier d'Éon, diplomat, soldier, and spy , Go Read About ... 1781 – Bernard Bolzano, mathematician and philosopher 1795 – Alexander Keith, brewer and politician 1817 – Catherine Cooper Hopley, author and naturalist 1824 – Henry Chadwick, historian and author( 1858 – Helen Churchill Candee, journalist and author 1879 – Francis Peyton Rous, pathologist and virologist 1882 – Robert H. Goddard, physicist, engineer, and academic 1887 – René Cassin, judge and academic, 1892 – Remington Kellogg, zoologist and paleontologist 1899 – Elda Anderson, physicist and health researcher 1900 – Bing Xin, author and poet, known for her contributions to children's literature 1902 – Ray Kroc, invented modern US culture 1903 – M. King Hubbert, geophysicist and academic 1907 – Mrs. Miller, novelty singer 1911 – Pierre Dansereau, ecologist and academic 1923 – Philip Berrigan, priest, activist, and hero 1923 – Stig Dagerman, journalist and author 1928 – Louise Fitzhugh, author and illustrator 1932 – Michael John Rogers, ornithologist 1933 – Billy Lee Riley, rockabilly musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer 1936 – Václav Havel, poet, playwright, and politician, 1937 – Carlo Mastrangelo, doo-wop singer 1938 – Johnny Duncan, country singer 1941 – Roy Book Binder, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1942 – Billy Scott, singer and songwriter 1942 – Richard Street, singer, songwriter 1943 – Steve Miller, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1945 – Brian Connolly, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1945 – Geoff Leigh, saxophonist and flute player 1947 – Brian Johnson, singer and songwriter 1948 – Carter Cornelius, singer 1948 – Russell Mael, vocalist 1948 – Tawl Ross, guitarist 1949 – B. W. Stevenson, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1949 – Yashiki Takajin, singer and television host 1950 – "Fast" Eddie Clarke, rock guitarist 1951 – Bob Geldof, singer, songwriter, and actor 1952 – Harold Faltermeyer, keyboard player, composer, and producer 1955 – Jean-Jacques Lafon, singer and songwriter 1957 – Lee Thompson, singer, songwriter, and saxophonist 1958 – Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author 1959 – Maya Lin, architect and sculptor 1959 – Kelly Joe Phelps, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1961 – Pato Banton, singer and songwriter 1961 – David Bryson, singer, guitarist, and songwriter 1961 – Sharon Cheslow, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1964 – Dave Dederer, guitarist and singer 1966 – Sean M. Carroll, physicist, cosmologist, and academic 1970 – Audie Pitre, singer and bass player 1970 – Tord Gustavsen, pianist and composer 1978 – James Valentine, guitarist 1978 – Steinar Nickelsen, organist and composer 1980 – Paul Thomas, bass player
Died this day in:
The remembrance of the past is the teacher of the future.
1714 – Kaibara Ekken, botanist and philosopher
1740 – Jean-Philippe Baratier, astronomer and scholar
1777 – Johann Andreas Segner, mathematician, physicist, and physician
1802 – Sanité Bélair, freedom fighter
1813 – Tecumseh, tribal leader
1880 – Jacques Offenbach, cellist and composer
1940 – Silvestre Revueltas, violinist, composer, and conductor
1942 – Dorothea Klumpke, astronomer
1943 – Leon Roppolo, clarinet player and composer
1985 – Karl Menger, mathematician from the Vienna Circle
1986 – James H. Wilkinson, mathematician and computer scientist
1992 – Eddie Kendricks, singer and songwriter 1996 – Seymour Cray, American engineer and businessman,
2009 – Mike Alexander, English singer-songwriter and bass player
2010 – Steve Lee, singer and songwriter
2011 – Bert Jansch, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
2011 – Fred Shuttlesworth, activist, co-founded the SCLC
2013 – Ruth R. Benerito, chemist and academic
2015 – Grace Lee Boggs, philosopher, author, and activist
Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such: World Space Week, so go space out International Day of No Prostitution (presumably excludes politicians, press, PR and Advertising persons, etc.) World Teachers' Day Apple Betty Day Do Something Nice Day National Story Telling Day (Isn't every day, with our media, govt., press, and "historians" all telling us tall tales?) World Architecture Day
Music goes here, iirc, well, With apologies ;-)