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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_5" title="October 5">October 5</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Teachers%27_Day" title="World Teachers' Day">World Teachers' Day</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1143" title="1143">1143</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Zamora" title="Treaty of Zamora">Treaty of Zamora</a></b> established Portugal as a kingdom independent of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Le%C3%B3n" title="Kingdom of León">Kingdom of León</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1869" title="1869">1869</a> – During construction of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastman_tunnel" title="Eastman tunnel">Eastman tunnel</a></b> in St. Anthony, Minnesota (now <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a>), the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a> broke through the tunnel's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a> ceiling, nearly destroying <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Anthony_Falls" title="Saint Anthony Falls">Saint Anthony Falls</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970" title="1970">1970</a> – The environmental organization <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenpeace" title="Greenpeace">Greenpeace</a></b> was incorporated as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Make_a_Wave_Committee" title="Don't Make a Wave Committee">Don't Make a Wave Committee</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a>, Canada.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladbroke_Grove_rail_crash" title="Ladbroke Grove rail crash">Two trains collided head-on</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladbroke_Grove" title="Ladbroke Grove">Ladbroke Grove</a>, London, killing 31 people, injuring 417, and severely damaging public confidence in the management and regulation of safety of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Great_Britain" title="Rail transport in Great Britain">Britain's privatised railway system</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011" title="2011">2011</a> – Two Chinese cargo ships <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekong_River_massacre" title="Mekong River massacre">were attacked and their crews murdered</a></b> on a stretch of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekong" title="Mekong">Mekong River</a> in far northern Thailand.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_II" title="Justin II">Justin II</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 578); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Fleming_(poet)" title="Paul Fleming (poet)">Paul Fleming</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1609); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_von_List" title="Guido von List">Guido von List</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1848); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumeko_Urabe" title="Kumeko Urabe">Kumeko Urabe</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1902)</p>
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