Template:On this day/October 5

Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

October 5:

• 1995 – Hurricane Opal made landfall.
• 2000 – The Escambia County School District's administrative building on Garden Street was named in honor of educator Vernon McDaniel.
• 2006 – Vince Whibbs, Jr. was disbarred by the Florida Supreme Court and charged with grand theft and mortgage fraud.
• 2007 – Roy Atchison committed suicide while in detention.