October 5th
- 1744 – Squire Boone born.
- 1788 – John Telemachus Johnson born.
- 1825 – Benjamin Franklin Bradley born.
- 1873 – Henry Daniel died, aged 87.
- 1880 – Jesse James and Billy Ryan robbed the store of John Dovey in Mercer County.
- 1911 – Bernard Hickman born.
- 1936 – Adrian Smith born.
- 1936 – Ingram Crockett died, aged 80.
- 1941 – Louis Brandeis died, aged 84.
- 1967 – Rex Chapman born.
- 1971 – Chris Whitney born.
- 1990 – Homer "Dixie" Howell died, aged 70.
- 2011 – Charles Napier died, aged 75.
