Today in History - History - October 5th

1568Conference of York begins: trial against Mary Stuart

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

1923Edwin Hubble identifies Cepheid variable star

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

1993Pope John Paul II publishes encyclical Veritatis splendor

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

2001Barry Bonds hits his 71st home run, breaking Mark McGwire's record of 70 for the most home runs hit in a single season (Bonds would end up with 73 in total)

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

1511Pope Julius II/Germany/Ferdinand of Aragon/Venice/Swiss

1953Earl Warren sworn in as 14th chief justice of US

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

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

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

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

1882Robert Hutchings Goddard, Worcester Mass, rocket pioneer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2004Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian (b. 1921)