What happend on 5th October

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1984

Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.

1981

Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honorary U.S. citizen.

1974

I Honestly Love You first reaches #1 on the Billboard charts, giving Olivia Newton-John her first top-selling single in the United States.

1974

Guildford pub bombing by the IRA leaves 5 dead and 65 injured.

1973

Signature of the European Patent Convention

1970

Montreal, Quebec: British Trade Commissioner James Cross is kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group.

1970

PBS became a television network.

1969

The first broadcast of Monty Python's Flying Circus

1966

Near Detroit, Michigan, there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor, killing three workers.

1962

The Beatles release their first hit, "Love Me Do," in Britain.