Date with History: October 5

Steve Jobs left a changed world; centuries earlier, Parisian women marched on a palace.

One paperback for one calendar date: what happened on October 5, and who was born on it.

What happened on October 5

2011: Steve Jobs dies, mourned through the devices he created

Steve Jobs died on October 5, 2011, at age 56, after transforming personal computing, animated film, music distribution, and mobile phones. Within hours, mourners around the world were sharing tributes on the very devices he had built.

1789: Parisian women march on Versailles and seize the king

On October 5, 1789, thousands of Parisian women marched twelve miles from Paris to Versailles over bread shortages, then forced King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette back to Paris. The march pushed the French Revolution toward full boil.

Famous birthdays on October 5

1975 — Kate Winslet
Kate Winslet, born 1975, built a career playing complicated, fully realized women.

1958 — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson, born 1958, became America's most recognized science communicator.

Nearby dates

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Part of Date with History, a 366-book collection with one book for every date of the year. 5″×8″ paperback, cream paper.

Historical selections are editorially researched. This is a date-specific book, not a personalized or custom-made product.