October 5

1143 – Under terms of the Treaty of Zamora, King Alfonso VII of León and Castile recognizes Portugal as a separate Kingdom.

1813 –During the War of 1812, the Army of the Northwest defeats a British and Native Canadian force threatening Detroit.

1869 – The Eastman tunnel built under the Mississippi river in Minnesota,  collapses during construction, causing a landslide that nearly destroys St. Anthony Falls.

1877 – The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end as Chief Joseph surrenders to Brigadier General Nelson Miles.

1905 – The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes around Huffman Field, Ohio.

1914 – During World War I, French pilot Sgt. Joseph Frantz and his mechanic/gunner, Louis Quénault, flying a Voisin biplane,  shoot down a German Aviatik biplane near Reims, the first confirmed aerial combat victory.

1921 – The World Series between the New York Giants and the New York Yankees, is the first to be broadcast on radio and is also the last to use the best-of-nine games format

1938 – In Nazi Germany, Jews’ passports are invalidated.

1943 – 98 American prisoners of war are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.

1947 – President Truman makes the first televised address from the Oval Office

1966 – At the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Detroit, prototype reactor 1 suffers a partial meltdown.

1970 – The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.

1982 – Tylenol products are recalled after bottles in Chicago, laced with cyanide, cause 7 deaths.

2003 – Timothy Treadwell and his girlfriend Amie Huguenard are eaten by a bear in the Katmai National Park, Alaska.