Today in History - History - October 5th

1993Pope John Paul II publishes encyclical Veritatis splendor

1949WBNS TV channel 10 in Columbus, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting

1916Soldier Adolf Hitler is injured

19471st Presidential address televised from White House- Harry Truman

1905Orville/Wilbur Wright's "Flyer III" flight 38.5 km in 38.3"

1980Kathy Whitworth/Donna Caponi Young win Portland Ping Team Golf Champ

1956Yogi Berra becomes 4th Yank to hit a World Series grand slam

19921st overturn of a George Bush veto (cable bill)

2007"Michael Clayton", starring George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, and Tilda Swinton, is released

1568Conference of York begins: trial against Mary Stuart

1902Ray Kroc, Oak Park, Illinois, fast food entrepreneur (McDonalds), (d. 1984)

1963Laura Davies, Coventry England, LPGA golfer (1989 Lady Keystone Open)

1713Denis Diderot, Langres, France, enlightenment philosopher (Encyclopédie), (d. 1784)

1829Chester A. Arthur, Fairfield Vermont, (Republican) 21st American President (1881-85)

1965Patrick Roy, Quebec City Quebec, NHL goalie (Montreal Canadiens, Colorado Avalanche)

1965Mario Lemieux, Montreal Quebec, NHL high scoring center (Pitts Penguin, #66)

1975Kate Winslet, Reading England, actress (Titanic, Jude, Hamlet, Get Back)

1882Robert Hutchings Goddard, Worcester Mass, rocket pioneer

1949Bill James [George William James], Holton Kansas, American baseball writer and statistician

1703Jonathan Edwards, East Windsor, Connecticut Colony, Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian (Original Sin)

1968"The Dirty Dozen" actor Charles Bronson (46) weds Jill Ireland

2001F1 racing driver Ralf Schumacher (26) weds former model Cora Brinkmann at the church of Maria Plain in Salzburg, Austria

2004Professional golfer Tiger Woods (28) weds former Swedish model Elin Nordegren (24) at Sandy Lane Resort in St. James, Barbados

1945Actress Janet Leigh (18) weds Stanley Reames at Morris Chapel in Stockton, California

2007Actress Reese Witherspoon (30) divorces actor Ryan Phillippe (32) due to irreconcilable differences after 7 years of marriage

1991Director Martin Scorsese (48) divorces producer Barbara De Fina (41) after 6 years of marriage

2011Fred Shuttlesworth, American civil rights activist, dies at 89

2011Steve Jobs, American Businessman, co-founder and CEO of Apple, dies from respiratory arrest at 56

1813Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief (Battle of Thames), dies in battle at 45

2004Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian (b. 1921)