History Fun Facts for October 5th
Fun History Facts for October 5th On This Day In History, October 5th, 1582, in Italy, Spain, Poland and Portugal , nothing existed. Not even October 5th. This was due to the change to the Gregorian calendar. October 4th, yesterday, was immediately followed by October 15th. A good excuse to forget to give someone a birthday card. On This Day In History in 1910, the monarchy of Portugal was overthrown in a revolution, and Portugal was declared a republic. On This Day in 1962, Dr. No, the not-actually-the-first James Bond film was released . Obviously no one counts "that" version of Casino Royale, that doesn't exist. On This Day In History in 1285, Philip III of France died of Me-Pooper-Won't-Stop-A-Pooping. King Philip III of France was also called Philip the Bold, because he invented the darker font. Philip the Bold was called The Bold, as he was pretty darned good on horseback and more than capable in...