October 5 – Calendarity

Check out some of the events that took place on this day in history:

The zany comedy that is Monty Python’s Flying Circus made its BBC television debut.

The Beatles released their first single in the UK entitled ‘Love Me Do’ which peaked at number 17 in the charts.

This year saw the first televised presidential address from the White House delivered by President Harry Truman

The British inflatable airship, the R-101 crashed in Beauvais, France, killing all those on board.

1882 – Robert H. Goddard, the American rocket pioneer
1919 – Donald Pleasence, the British actor
1922 – Jock Stein, the Scottish footballer and manager
1951 – Bob Geldof, the Irish singer in The Boomtown Rats and campaigner involved in Live Aid
1952 – Imran Khan, the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan and international cricketer
1962 – Mike Conley, the US triple jumper
1963 – Laura Davies, the British golfer
1975 – Kate Winslet, the British actress, famous for her role in Titanic
1985 – Nicola Roberts, the English singer and one of the members of the pop group, Girls Aloud