October 5th, 2008

October 5th in History

1981:
Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honorary U.S. citizen.

1973:
Signature of the European Patent Convention

1966:
Near Detroit, Michigan, there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor, killing three workers.

1921:
Baseball: The World Series was broadcast on the radio for the first time.

1869:
A strong hurricane devestates the Bay of Fundy region of Maritime Canada. The storm had been predicted over a year before by a British naval officer.