The Little Record That Launched the Beatles
On October 5, 1962, the Beatles released their debut single Love Me Do on Parlophone — it only reached number 17 in Britain, but it was the first faint chime of a revolution.
On October 5
The Day Bulgaria Declared Itself Free
On October 5, 1908, Prince Ferdinand proclaimed Bulgaria's full independence from the Ottoman Empire in the old capital of Tarnovo — and crowned himself Tsar on the spot.
The Battle That Broke Tecumseh's Dream
On October 5, 1813, Shawnee leader Tecumseh was killed at the Battle of the Thames in Ontario, and with him died the dream of a united Native confederacy resisting American expansion.