October 5
- 1907: Birth of Mrs. Miller (Elva Ruby Connes) (+1997)
- 1935: Birth of Margie Singleton (Margaret Louis Ebey)
- 1938: Birth of Carlo Mastrangelo member of Dion and The Belmonts, Pulse
- 1938: Birth of Johnny Duncan (Johnny Richard Duncan) (+2006)
- 1939: Birth of Abi Ofarim (Abraham Reichstadt)
- 1942: Birth of Richard Street (Richard Allen Street) (+2013) member of The Temptations
- 1943: Birth of Steve Miller (Steven Haworth Miller) member of The Steve Miller Band
- 1945: Birth of Brian Connolly (Brian Francis Connolly) (+1997) member of The Sweet
- 1947: Birth of Brian Johnson member of Geordie, AC/DC
- 1948: Birth of Lucius "Tawl" Ross member of Funkadelic
- 1949: Birth of B.W. Stevenson (Louis Charles Stevenson) (+1988)
- 1951: Birth of Bob Geldof (Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof) member of The Boomtown Rats
- 1961: Release of Heartaches - The Marcels
- 1962: Release of Love Me Do - The Beatles
- 1962: Release of P.S. I Love You - The Beatles
- 1968: Recording of Savoy Truffle - The Beatles
- 1968: Recording of Martha My Dear - The Beatles
- 1970: Release of Since I've Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin
- 1974: Birth of Heather Headley
- 1975: Release of Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapin
- 1981: Death of Jud Strunk (Justin Strunk, Jr.) (°1936)
- 1992: Death of Eddie Kendricks (Edward James Kendrick) (°1939) member of The Temptations
- 1997: Death of Arthur Tracy (Abba Avrom Tracovutsky) (°1899)
- 2011: Death of Bert Jansch (Herbert Jansch) (°1943)
- 2014: Death of Leonard Delaney (°1943) member of The Tornadoes