Oct. 5 (UPI) — On this date in history:
In 1918, Germany’s Hindenburg Line was broken as World War I neared an end.
In 1921, the World Series is broadcast on the radio for the first time.
In 1935, Ethiopia asks the League of Nations to act against Italy to halt Italy’s conquest of the country.
In 1947, President Harry Truman delivers the first televised White House address.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman, pictured in 1949, delivered the first televised White House address October 5, 1947. UPI File Photo
In 1955, the doors to the Disneyland Hotel are thrown open to the public.
On October 5, 1921, the World Series was broadcast on the radio for the first time. File Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress
In 1970, The Public Broadcasting Service, PBS, is founded.
In 1989, the Dalai Lama, who advocated non-violent struggle against Chinese domination of his homeland, Tibet, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
PBS supporters take part in the Million Puppet March in Washington, D.C., on November 3, 2012. The bipartisan march was organized to show support for Public Broadcasting following Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney’s pledge to cut funding to PBS. On October 5, 1970, PBS, was founded. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
In 1994, authorities said 53 members of a secretive religious cult called the Order of the Solar Temple were found dead — the victims of murder or suicide — over a two-day period in Switzerland and Canada.
In 2001, Barry Bonds hit his 71st home runmost by a player in one season, breaking Mark McGwire’s 1998 Major League Baseball record. The San Francisco Giants slugger finished the season with 73 homers.
Media gathers outside of the federal courthouse after Time Square bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad pleaded guilty on terror and weapons charges June 21, 2010, in New York. On October 5, Shahzad, who left an explosives-laden vehicle in New York’s Times Square, planning to detonate it on a busy night, was sentenced to life in prison. File Photo by Monika Graff/UPI
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In 2005, scientists announced that for the first time they were able to genetically sequence the strain of avian flu that was behind the 1918 pandemic that killed up to 50 million people worldwide.
In 2010, Faisal Shahzad, who left an explosives-laden vehicle in New York’s Times Square, planning to detonate it on a busy night, was sentenced to life in prison.
In 2023, a Russian strike on a supermarket in the village of Hroza, in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, killed dozens of people.
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