World Teachers' Day

Name: World Teachers' Day
Start: 2000-10-05
End: 2000-10-05
Location: Histories Today Editorial Team

On October 5, in the year 0, World Teachers' Day. This event is recorded as a Holidays event in the history of October 5, a notable event in this corner of history.

World Teachers' Day is an international day held annually on October 5 to celebrate the work of teachers. Established in 1994, it commemorates the signing of recommendation by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The 1966 "ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers" is a standard-setting instrument that addresses the status and situations of teachers around the world. This recommendation outlines standards relating to education personnel policy, recruitment, and initial training as well as the continuing education of teachers, their employment, and working conditions. World Teachers' Day aims to focus on "appreciating, assessing and improving the educators of the world" and to provide an opportunity to consider issues related to teachers and teaching.

Key Facts

This event took place on October 5, 0 (AD era).
It is categorised as a Holidays event in recorded history.
Referenced in 1 Wikipedia article.
Wikipedia source last updated on 5 February 2026.

On This Date in History

Type	Year	Date	Event
Notable Deaths	2024	Oct 5	Robert Coover, American novelist (born 1932)
Historical Events	2021	Oct 5	Windows 11 is released to the general public.
Notable Deaths	2017	Oct 5	Eberhard van der Laan, Dutch politician, mayor of Amsterdam (born 1955)
Notable Deaths	2016	Oct 5	Brock Yates, American journalist and author (born 1933)
Notable Deaths	2015	Oct 5	Chantal Akerman, Belgian-French actress, director, and producer (born 1950)
Notable Deaths	2015	Oct 5	Joker Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1927)
Notable Deaths	2015	Oct 5	Grace Lee Boggs, American philosopher, author, and activist (born 1915)
Notable Deaths	2015	Oct 5	Henning Mankell, Swedish author and playwright (born 1948)
Notable Deaths	2014	Oct 5	David Chavchavadze, English-American CIA officer and author (born 1924)
Notable Deaths	2014	Oct 5	Andrea de Cesaris, Italian racing driver (born 1959)
Notable Deaths	2014	Oct 5	Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (born 1930)
Notable Deaths	2014	Oct 5	Yuri Lyubimov, Russian actor and director (born 1917)
Selected Events	2014	Oct 5	Formula One racing driver Jules Bianchi sustained fatal head injuries in a crash at the Japanese Grand Prix, dying the…
Notable Deaths	2013	Oct 5	Ruth R. Benerito, American chemist and academic (born 1916)
Notable Deaths	2013	Oct 5	Carlo Lizzani, Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)
Notable Deaths	2013	Oct 5	Yakkun Sakurazuka, Japanese voice actress and singer (born 1976)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 5	Keith Campbell, English biologist and academic (born 1954)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 5	Vojin Dimitrijević, Croatian-Serbian lawyer and activist (born 1932)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 5	James W. Holley III, American dentist and politician (born 1926)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 5	Edvard Mirzoyan, Georgian-Armenian composer and educator (born 1921)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 5	Claude Pinoteau, French director and screenwriter (born 1925)
Historical Events	2011	Oct 5	In the Mekong River massacre, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered.
Notable Deaths	2011	Oct 5	Derrick Bell, American academic and scholar (born 1930)
Notable Deaths	2011	Oct 5	Bert Jansch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1943)
Notable Deaths	2011	Oct 5	Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founder of Apple Inc. (born 1955)
Notable Deaths	2011	Oct 5	Charles Napier, American actor and singer (born 1936)
Notable Deaths	2011	Oct 5	Fred Shuttlesworth, American activist, co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (born 1922)
Notable Deaths	2011	Oct 5	Gökşin Sipahioğlu, Turkish photographer and journalist (born 1926)
Selected Events	2011	Oct 5	Two Chinese cargo ships were attacked and their crews murdered on a stretch of the Mekong River in far northern…
Notable Deaths	2010	Oct 5	Bernard Clavel, French journalist and author (born 1923)
Notable Deaths	2010	Oct 5	Mary Leona Gage, American model and actress, Miss USA 1957 (born 1939)
Notable Deaths	2010	Oct 5	Steve Lee, Swiss singer-songwriter (born 1963)
Notable Births	2006	Oct 5	Jacob Tremblay, Canadian actor
Notable Deaths	2006	Oct 5	Antonio Peña, Mexican wrestling promoter, founded Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (born 1953)
Notable Deaths	2004	Oct 5	Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)
Notable Deaths	2004	Oct 5	William H. Dobelle, American biologist and academic (born 1941)
Notable Deaths	2004	Oct 5	Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-English physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)
Notable Deaths	2003	Oct 5	Dan Snyder, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1978)
Notable Deaths	2003	Oct 5	Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist, director, and producer (born 1957)
Notable Deaths	2002	Oct 5	Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1920)
Notable Deaths	2001	Oct 5	Mike Mansfield, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to Japan (born 1903)
Historical Events	2000	Oct 5	Mass demonstrations in Serbia force the resignation of Slobodan Milošević.
Notable Deaths	2000	Oct 5	Johanna Döbereiner, Brazilian agronomist (born 1924)
Notable Deaths	2000	Oct 5	Cătălin Hîldan, Romanian footballer (born 1976)
Selected Events	2000	Oct 5	Colour revolutions: During protests over irregularities in the Yugoslavian general election, a wheel-loader was driven…
Historical Events	1999	Oct 5	The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in West London kills 31 people.
Notable Births	1999	Oct 5	Washington Sundar, Indian cricketer
Selected Events	1999	Oct 5	Two trains collided head-on in Ladbroke Grove, London, killing 31 people, injuring 417, and severely damaging public…
Notable Births	1998	Oct 5	Exequiel Palacios, Argentine footballer
Notable Births	1997	Oct 5	Michael Hoecht, Canadian American football player