October 5

Events

• 610: Heraclius is crowned Byzantine emperor.
• 1915: Entente allies land in Thessaloniki.
• 1930: PM Eleftherios Venizelos declares the First Balkan Athletic Games open at the Kallimarmaro Stadium.
• 1933: PM Eleftherios Venizelos ends his 10-day good will visit to Turkey.
• 1986: The Revolutionary Organization 17 November launches a series of bomb attacks on offices of the Greek Taxation bureau.
• 1994: The US Senate unanimously adopts an Act to ascertain the fate of five US citizens missing since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
• 1995: The FYROM Parliament approves the removal of the Vergina Sun from their flag.

Births

• 1954: George Koskotas, convicted former banker and Olympiakos president.

Deaths

• 1850: Login Petrovich van der Heyden, Russian admiral at the Battle of Navarino
• 2007: Alex Golfis, actor. Best known for his role as Manolios in the TV series adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis' Christ Recrucified (or The Greek Passion) Greek: Ο Χριστός Ξανασταυρώνεται
• 2024: Mimis Plessas, composer