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Today in History October 5

1938 Germany invalidates Jews' passports.

1943 Imperial Japanese forces execute 98 American POWs on Wake Island.

1948 A magnitude 7.3 earthquake near Ashgabat in the USSR kills tens of thousands; estimates range from 110,000 to 176,000.

1962 The first James Bond film, Dr. No starring Sean Connery, debuts.

1965 U.S. forces in Saigon receive permission to use tear gas.

1966 A sodium cooling system malfunction causes a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration breeder reactor near Detroit. Radiation is contained.

1969 Monty Python's Flying Circus debuts on BBC One.

1986 Britain's The Sunday Times newspaper publishes details of Israel's secret nuclear weapons development program.


Born on October 5

1937 Barry Switzer, longtime coach of the University of Oklahoma, later coach of the Dallas Cowboys; one of only two head coaches to win both an NCAA college football championship and a Super Bowl.

1965 Mario Lemieux, hockey player, led Pittsburgh Penguins to consecutive Stanley Cups (1991-92).



JOTD

A job applicant was asked, “What would you consider to be your main strengths and weaknesses?”
“Well,” he began, “my main weakness would definitely be my issues with reality—telling what’s real from what’s not.”
“Okay,” said the interviewer. “And what about your strengths?”
“I’m Batman.”