October 5th (1940) was a Saturday. It's the 278th day of the year (279th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 87 days left to the end of the year.
Famous Birthdays on October 5 in 1940
» Rein Aun, Estonian decathlete (d. 1995)
» Thom Christopher, American actor
» John Byrne Cooke, American author and photographer
» Milena Dravić, Serbian actress
October 5th Famous Deaths for 1940
» Ballington Booth, English-American co-founder of the Volunteers of America (b. 1857)
» Lincoln Loy McCandless, American politician (b. 1859)
» Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)
October 5th Holidays in History
» Armed Forces Day Indonesia called Armed Forces Day (Indonesia)
» Christian feast day:
» Faustina Kowalska
» Francis Xavier Seelos named Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos (Roman Catholic Church)
» Bartolo Longo known as Blessed Bartolo Longo
» Thraseas
» Hor and Susia (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria called Coptic Church)
» Saint Placidus e.g Placid and Saint Maurus e.g Maurus
» Placidus (martyr)
» October 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Constitution Day (Vanuatu)
» International Day of No Prostitution (International observance named International)
» One of the three Lapis manalis named Mundus patet (Roman Empire)