October 5, 1785Balloon Flight by Italian Aeronaut Vincenzo Lunardi From Heriots School, Edinburgh to Ceres in Fife.
October 5, 1873Leslie Montgomery, Comic Writer Under the Pseudonym Lynn C. Doyle, Is Born in in Downpatrick, Co. Down
October 5, 1911Birth of Brian O’Nolan, Aka Flann O’Brien and Myles Na GCopaleen in Strabane, Co. Tyrone