October 5: Fast of Gedalia (Judaism, 2016); Republic Day in Portugal (1910)
Women's March on Versailles
- 610 – Heraclius was crowned Byzantine Emperor, having personally beheaded the previous emperor Phocas.
- 1789 – French Revolution: Upset about the high price and scarcity of bread, thousands of Parisian women and their various allies marched (pictured) on the royal palace at Versailles.
- 1936 – Around 200 men marched from Jarrow to London, carrying a petition to the British government requesting the re-establishment of industry in the town.
- 1948 – The International Union for Conservation of Nature was founded at a congress sponsored by UNESCO director Julian Huxley in Fontainebleau, France.
- 1999 – Two trains collided head-on at Ladbroke Grove, London, killing 31 riders and severely damaging public confidence in the management and regulation of safety of Britain's privatised railway system.
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