On this day in movie history - Training Day (2001):

Training Day

directed by Antoine Fuqua,

written by David Ayer,

was released in the United States on October 5, 2001.
Music by Mark Mancina.

Cast:

Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Eva Mendes, Cliff Curtis, Raymond Cruz, Noel Gugliemi, Dr. Dre, Peter Greene, Nick Chinlund, Jaime P. Gomez, Snoop Dogg, Macy Gray, Charlotte Ayanna, Harris Yulin, Tom Berenger, Raymond J. Barry, Samantha Esteban, Seidy López, Rudy Perez, Cle Shaheed Sloan, Abel Soto, Denzel Whitaker, Fran Kranz, Terry Crews.

On this day in music history - Let the Good Times Roll, by B.B. King (1999):

The album Let the Good Times Roll,

by B.B. King,

was released on October 5, 1999.

On this day in music history - Heaven on Earth, by Belinda Carlisle (1987):

The album Heaven on Earth,

by Belinda Carlisle,

was released on October 5, 1987.

On this day in movie history - Eureka (1983):

Eureka

directed by Nicolas Roeg,

written by Paul Mayersberg,

based on the book Who Killed Sir Harry Oakes? by Marshall Houts,

was released in the United States on October 5, 1984.
Inspired by the true 1943 Sir Harry Oakes murder case.
Music by Stanley Myers.

Poem quoted in final scene is a verse from Spell of the Yukon by Robert W. Service:

There’s gold, and it’s haunting and haunting;
It’s luring me on as of old;
Yet it isn’t the gold that I’m wanting
So much as just finding the gold.
It’s the great, big, broad land ’way up yonder,
It’s the forests where silence has lease;
It’s the beauty that thrills me with wonder,
It’s the stillness that fills me with peace.

Cast:

Gene Hackman, Theresa Russell, Rutger Hauer, Jane Lapotaire, Ed Lauter, Joe Pesci, Helena Kallianiotes, Cavan Kendall, Corin Redgrave, Joe Spinell, Frank Pesce, Michael Scott Addis, Norman Beaton, Emrys James, James Faulkner, Ann Thornton, Emma Relph, Mickey Rourke, John Vine, Tim Van Rellim, Ellis Dale, Mico Blanco Group, Aklowa Master Drummers, Lloyd Berry, Tom Heaton, Timothy Scott, Geri Dewson, Annie Kidder, Ian Tracey, Brad Sakiyama, Sandra Friesen, Raimund Stamm, Suzette Collins, Tommy Lane.

On this day in movie history - The Fall of the House of Usher (1928):

The Fall of the House of Usher

aka La chute de la maison Usher,

directed by Jean Epstein,

written by Luis Buñuel and Jean Epstein,

based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe,

was released in France on October 5, 1928.

Cast:
Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance, Charles Lamy, Fournez-Goffard, Luc Dartagnan, Abel Gance, Halma, Pierre Hot, Pierre Kefer.

Born on this day – Jeff Conaway:

Jeff Conaway

Actor

October 5, 1950 – May 27, 2011

Born on this day – Marie Laforêt:

Marie Laforêt

Actress

Singer

October 5, 1949 – November 2, 2019