History for October 5

History for October 5 - On-This-Day.com

Vaclav Havel (Czechoslovakia) 1936

• 1937 - U.S. President Roosevelt called for a "quarantine" of aggressor nations.
• 1947 - U.S. President Harry S Truman held the first televised presidential address from the White House. The subject was the current international food crisis.
• 1970 - Anwar Sadat took office as President of Egypt replacing Gamal Abdel Nassar. Sadat was assassinated in 1981.
• 1985 - An Egyptian policeman went on a shooting rampage at a Sinai beach. Seven Israeli tourists were killed. The policeman died in prison the following January of an apparent suicide.
• 1989 - The Dalai Lama (Lhama Dhondrub, Tenzin Gyatso) was named the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent campaign to end the Chinese domination of Tibet. Gyatso was the 15th Dalai Lama.
• 1998 - The U.S. (Clinton) paid $60 million for Russia's research time on the international space station to keep the cash-strapped Russian space agency afloat.
• 2006 - Walmart rolled out its $4 generic drug program to the entire state of Florida after a successful test in the Tampa area.