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October 5, 2026 · Starting event: Percy Bysshe Shelley publishes Ozymandias (1818)

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1. 1240
   Politics

   The Disputation of Paris, in which four rabbis defended the Talmud against Nicholas Donin's accusations of blasphemy, began in the court of King Louis IX

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2. 1479
   War

   Battle of Guinegate: French troops of King Louis XI are defeated by the Burgundians led by Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg

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3. 1562
   Religion

   France grants religious toleration to the Huguenots in the Edict of Saint-Germain

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4. 1727
   Birth

   Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, French economist and statesman, is born

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5. 1743
   Birth

   Gavrila Derzhavin, Russian poet, is born

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6. 1816
   Politics

   Argentina declares independence from Spain

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7. 1818
   BooksStarting event

   Percy Bysshe Shelley publishes Ozymandias

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8. 1852
   Religion

   The New Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public

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9. 1858
   Landmarks

   Royal Opera House officially opens

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10. 1883
    Landmarks

    Buffalo Bill's first Buffalo Bill's Wild West opens in Omaha, Nebraska

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11. 1904
    Books

    Arthur Conan Doyle publishes The Adventure of the Three Students

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12. 1915
    War

    World War I: The first major attack of the German bombing campaign against Britain took place when Zeppelins bombed several towns in Norfolk

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13. 1920
    Sport

    Pesäpallo, the Finnish version of baseball developed by Lauri Pihkala, is played for the first time at Kaisaniemi Park in Helsinki

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14. 1957
    Film

    The Bridge on the River Kwai, directed by David Lean, is released

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15. 1980
    Music

    Motörhead releases the album Ace of Spades

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16. 1991
    Film

    Cape Fear, directed by Martin Scorsese, is released

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17. 1992
    Disaster

    A Nigerian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashes in Ejigbo, Lagos, killing 159

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18. 1997
    Music

    Rammstein releases the album Sehnsucht

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19. 2005
    Medicine

    Jeanna Giese, the first known rabies survivor who did not receive the vaccine, was discharged from Children's Wisconsin

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20. 2008
    History

    A gunman kills eight students in Jerusalem

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21. 2011
    TV

    The final episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest-rated daytime talk show in U.S. television history, hosted by Oprah Winfrey, was broadcast

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