EST. DECEMBER 1994 โข 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com ๐ฏ
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
October 5
Monday, October 5, 2026
Day 277 of 2026 | Week 41 | 82 days until Christmas ๐
HISTORIC EVENTS
Windows 11 is released to the general public.
In the Mekong River massacre, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered.
Mass demonstrations in Serbia force the resignation of Slobodan Miloลกeviฤ.
The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in West London kills 31 people.
Swiss police find the bodies of 48 members of the Order of the Solar Temple, who had died in a cult mass murder-suicide.
An Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash kills 135 people.
After 150 years The Herald newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.
Seven Israeli vacationers, including four children, are killed in a mass shooting at Ras Burqa in the Sinai Peninsula by an Egyptian soldier.
Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Indian actor (Hotel Salvation
American photographer and poet (The Maverick Room; Skin
British television presenter
American concert pianist (Rivalry)
American auto racer (CART championship 1991) and team owner (Andretti Autosport)
American athlete (Olympic gold triple jump 1992; World C'ship gold 1993)
New Zealand rugby union player
New Zealand cricket fast bowler (6 Tests
American journalist and George Polk Award winner
American musician
Brazilian soccer striker (64 caps; Sรฃo Paulo
American actor known for "Homicide: Life on the Street"
American Caldecott Medal-winning children's book writer and illustrator (No
American designer (Vietnam Veterans Memorial
American rock drummer (Tesla - "Psychotic Supper")
๐ฏ yow.com Connection
On March 9, 1994 - just months before yow.com would be registered - the internet was still in its infancy. There were only about 3,000 websites in existence, and most people accessed the web through 14.4kbps dial-up modems. Today, you're visiting a domain that has survived 30+ years of that incredible evolution.
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