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October 5, 2024

October 5, 2024, was a Saturday. It was 1 month and 17 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Libra.

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On this day

What happened on October 5, 2024?

  • Elon Musk joins Donald Trump at his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Facts

This date occurred 48 days ago. It was the 279th day of 2024, in week 40. The decade was the 2020s. A baby that was born on this day is now 6 weeks old.

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Zodiac info

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Personality summary image

  • Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on October 5, 2024, will have the star sign Libra.
  • Zodiac Element: Air.
  • Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 2024 is the year of the Dragon (Yang Earth).
  • The Life Path Number for this date is 5.
  • Native American Zodiac: October 5, 2024 falls under the Raven.
  • Birthstone: A person during the month of October will have the birthstones Tourmaline and Opal.
  • Birth flower (October): The Marigold and the Cosmos.

Personality traits

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Events

What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around October 5, 2024.

  • September 5, 2024: Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei dies five days after being attacked by her ex-boyfriend in Endebess, Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya.
  • September 6, 2024: The film "Beetlejuice 2" is released.
  • September 9, 2024: Actor James Earl Jones passes away at the age of 93.
  • September 10, 2024:
    • Kamala Harris and Donald Trump take part in their first presidential debate.
    • Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl announces that he fathered a child outside of his marriage.
    • Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris.
    • Sony announces the PlayStation 5 Pro.
  • September 12, 2024: The true crime documentary "Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter" is released on Netflix.
  • September 13, 2024:
    • Justin Timberlake pleads guilty to impaired driving following his June arrest in the Hamptons.
    • The documentary film "Will & Harper" is released on Netflix.
  • September 15, 2024:
    • A man is arrested on suspicion of trying to assassinate Donald Trump in Florida.
    • Tito Jackson dies at the age of 70.
  • September 16, 2024:
    • Sean Combs (P. Diddy) is arrested in Manhattan following a grand jury indictment.
    • Social media company Meta announces that it is banning the Russian media outlet RT for foreign interference activity.
  • September 17, 2024:
    • Sean "Diddy" Combs is charged with sex-trafficking and racketeering.
    • Lebanon: Nine are killed and over 2,750 are wounded after thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah explode simultaneously.
  • September 18, 2024:
    • Former Italian soccer player Salvatore "Toto" Schillaci dies at 59.
    • 9 are killed and hundreds injured after walkie talkies begin exploding in Lebanon.
  • September 21, 2024: 51 people are killed in a coal mine explosion in Tabas, South Khorasan Province, Iran.
  • September 22, 2024: Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill more than 400 people.
  • September 25, 2024:
    • Soccer: Raphaël Varane announces his retirement at the age of 31.
    • New York City Mayor Eric Adams is indicted on federal charges following multiple corruption probes.
    • The wrestling documentary TV series "Mr. McMahon" is released on Netflix.
  • September 26, 2024: Hurricane Helene hits the United States.
  • September 27, 2024:
    • The video game "EA Sports FC 25" is released.
    • British actress Maggie Smith passes away at the age of 89.
    • Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is killed by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon.
    • The film Megalopolis is released.
  • September 28, 2024: US country singer Kris Kristofferson dies aged 88.
  • September 30, 2024:
    • Hamas says that its leader in Lebanon, Fatah Sharif Abu al-Amine, has been killed by an Israeli airstrike.
    • Israel begins "targeted ground raids" in Lebanon.
    • Former NBA player Dikembe Mutombo dies from brain cancer at the age of 58.
    • Former Major League Baseball player Pete Rose dies aged 83.
    • The PlayStation Network experiences a global outage.
    • The death toll from Hurricane Helene reaches 100.
  • October 1, 2024:
    • Tim Walz and JD Vance take part in a vice-presidential debate.
    • Andres Iniesta retires from professional football.
    • Iran launches 180 ballistic missiles at Israel.
    • The 2024 United States port strike begins.
    • TikTok influencer Mr Prada (Terryon Thomas) is arrested on suspicion of murder in Dallas, Texas.
    • Israel invades Southern Lebanon.
  • October 3, 2024: Dockworkers agree to suspend the 2024 United States port strike after their contracts are extended to January 2025.
  • October 4, 2024: The film "Joker: Folie à Deux" is released.
  • This date: October 5, 2024
  • October 6, 2024: The death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to 227.
  • October 8, 2024:
    • The authorities ask millions of people in Florida to leave their homes before Hurricane Milton arrives.
    • The US Supreme Court rejects R. Kelly's appeal.
    • The Office actress Jenna Fischer reveals that she was diagnosed with breast cancer 11 months prior.
  • October 9, 2024: Hurricane Milton dips to Category 3 before it makes landfall in Florida.
  • October 10, 2024: Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Florida.
  • October 11, 2024:
    • National Geographic magazine reports that human remains found on Mount Everest belong to Briton Andrew Irvine, a famous climber who went missing in 1924.
    • R. Kelly's daughter, Buku Abi, accuses him of sexually abusing her as a child.
  • October 12, 2024: It is reported that Donald Trump's campaign team worked with X (Twitter) to keep a leaked file about JD Vance off its platform.
  • October 13, 2024: SpaceX catches its Starship rocket booster for the first time.
  • October 16, 2024:
    • Soccer: Thomas Tuchel is appointed as the new manager of England.
    • One Direction singer Liam Payne (31) dies after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina.
    • Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is killed in an airstrike in Gaza.
  • October 18, 2024: The horror film "Smile 2" is released.
  • October 22, 2024: An FTC's rule banning fake online reviews goes into effect.
  • October 23, 2024:
    • Seven people are killed in a terrorist attack at an aerospace firm in Ankara, Turkey.
    • The true crime documentary "This Is the Zodiac Speaking" is released on Netflix.
  • October 24, 2024: Rapper Lil Durk is arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire.
  • October 25, 2024: The video game "Call of Duty: Black Ops 6" is released.
  • October 26, 2024: Israel launches a wave of strikes against Iranian military sites.
  • October 28, 2024:
    • Soccer: Manchester United sack Erik ten Hag.
    • Georgia's president, Salome Zourabichvili, says that she does not recognize the disputed results of her country's recent parliamentary vote.
    • Soccer: Manchester City's Rodri wins the 2024 Ballon d'Or award.
  • October 29, 2024:
    • Tropical Storm Trami leaves more than 150 people dead in the Philippines.
    • More than 60 people die after Spain is hit by flash floods.
    • Actress Teri Garr dies aged 79.
  • October 31, 2024: Rapper Young Thug pleads guilty to gang, drug, and gun charges.
  • November 1, 2024:
    • Spanish floods: The death toll in Valencia rises to 200.
    • Charli XCX's "Brat" is chosen as the Collins Dictionary word of the year.
    • Soccer: Ruben Amorim is appointed as the new head coach of Manchester United.
    • 14 people die after a concrete canopy collapses at the main railway station in Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • November 3, 2024:
    • American record producer and composer Quincy Jones dies aged 91.
    • Dexys Midnight Runners founding member Andy Leek dies aged 66.
  • November 4, 2024: A volcano named Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupts in eastern Indonesia, killing at least 10 people.
Television shows

Television shows in October 2024

Television shows that people were watching in October 2024:

The Family Stallone
The Family Stallone
The Night Agent
The Night Agent
The Last of Us
The Last of Us
House of the Dragon
House of the Dragon
The Bear
The Bear
The Kardashians
The Kardashians
Severance
Severance
The Wheel of Time
The Wheel of Time
Only Murders in the Building
Only Murders in the Building
The White Lotus
The White Lotus
Cobra Kai
Cobra Kai
Bridgerton
Bridgerton
Children TV shows

Cartoons and children's TV shows in October 2024

Children and teenagers were watching the following cartoons and TV series:

Rock Paper Scissors
Rock Paper Scissors
Pretty Freekin Scary
Pretty Freekin Scary
Transformers: EarthSpark
Transformers: EarthSpark

Monster High
Monster High
The Tiny Chef Show
The Tiny Chef Show
Chibiverse
Chibiverse
Face's Music Party
Face's Music Party
The Villains of Valley View
The Villains of Valley View
Baby Shark's Big Show!
Baby Shark's Big Show!
Tyler Perry's Young Dylan
Tyler Perry's Young Dylan
The Adventures of Paddington
The Adventures of Paddington
Toys

Toys in 2024

Children were playing with the following toys and games:

The PlayStation 5
The PlayStation 5
The Xbox Series X
The Xbox Series X
Video games

Video games

Popular video games that people were playing in October 2024.

Starfield 2023
Starfield
Diablo IV 2023
Diablo IV
Celebrity birthdays

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on October 5.

Bob Geldof

Bob Geldof

Singer
Born on October 5, 1951
He turned 73 on this day in 2024.

Bernie Mac

Bernie Mac

Actor / Comedian Deceased
Born on October 5, 1957
He was not alive on this date.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysicist
Born on October 5, 1958
He turned 66 on this day in 2024.

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce

Actor
Born on October 5, 1967
He turned 57 on this day in 2024.

Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet

Actress
Born on October 5, 1975
She turned 49 on this day in 2024.

Jesse Eisenberg

Jesse Eisenberg

Actor
Born on October 5, 1983
He turned 41 on this day in 2024.

Nicola Roberts

Nicola Roberts

Girls Aloud
Born on October 5, 1985
She turned 39 on this day in 2024.

USA

US President

Joe Biden was the President of the United States on October 5, 2024.

UK

UK Prime Minister

Keir Starmer was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Ireland

Irish Taoiseach

Simon Harris was the Taoiseach of Ireland.

Conception

Conception dates

Conception estimates for this date.

  • A baby that was born on October 5, 2024 was most likely conceived around January 13, 2024.
  • The due date for a baby that was conceived on October 5, 2024 is close to June 28, 2025.

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Stats for October 5, 2024

Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about October 5, 2024:

  • 48 days have passed since this date.
  • 6 weeks have passed.
  • 4,150,800 seconds have passed since October 5, 2024.
  • If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 4,842,600 times.
  • Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 2,141,812,800 miles through space.
  • If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 691,800 times.
  • You have taken approximately 356,969 steps. That's roughly 159 miles.
  • 49,810 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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