September 5
September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). There are 117 days remaining.
Events:
- 1698 - Tsar Peter the Great of Russia imposes a tax on beards
- 1774 - First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1836 - Sam Houston elected president of the Republic of Texas
- 1862 - Robert E. Lee invades Maryland
- 1905 - Treaty of Portsmouth signed, ending the Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 - Battle of the Marne[?] begins
- 1939 - United States declares its neutrality in World War II
- 1944 - Allies liberate Brussels
- 1960 - Cassius Clay wins the gold medal in boxing at the Rome Olympic Games
- 1972 - Palestinian terrorists attack Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games (see Munich massacre)
- 1977 - Voyager 1 launched
- 2002 - The Sour Biscuit Fire[?] in Oregon and northern California, which burned 499,570 acres, is finally contained.
Births:
- 1638 - Louis XIV of France (+ 1715)
- 1807 - Richard Chenevix Trench, clergyman, philologist (+ 1886)
- 1827 - Goffredo Mameli, Italian poet and writer
- 1847 - Jesse James, outlaw (+ 1882)
- 1879 - Frank Jewett[?], inventor, president of Bell Labs
- 1882 - The first Labor Day
- 1902 - Darryl F. Zanuck, movie producer and executive (+ 1979)
- 1905 - Arthur Koestler, Hungarian writer
- 1912 - John Cage, American composer (+ 1992)
- 1916 - Frank Yerby[?], novelist(+ 1991)
- 1921 - Jack Valenti, political advisor, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Motion Picture Association of America
- 1924 - Paul Volcker[?], head of the Federal Reserve Board
- 1929 - Bob Newhart, actor, comedian
- 1929 - Andrian Nikolayev, cosmonaut
- 1934 - Carol Lawrence[?], actress, singer
- 1936 - Bill Mazeroski[?], baseball star
- 1939 - George Lazenby[?], actor
- 1939 - Princess Irene of the Netherlands
- 1939 - William Devane[?], actor
- 1939 - Susumu Tonegawa[?], Nobel Prize winning molecular biologist
- 1940 - Raquel Welch, actress
- 1942 - Werner Herzog, film director
- 1946 - Freddie Mercury, British pop singer (+ 1991)
- 1946 - Loudon Wainwright III[?], singer, composer
- 1946 - Buddy Miles, musician
- 1950 - Cathy Guisewite[?], cartoonist
- 1965 - Chris Morris, British satirist
- 1976 - Tatyana Gutsu, Ukrainian gymnast
Deaths:
- 1235 - Henry I, Duke of Brabant
- 1877 - Crazy Horse, Sioux military leader
- 1902 - Rudolf Virchow, German doctor, pathologist, biologist, and politician
- 1906 - Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian phsyicist
- 1910 - Julian Edwards[?], composer
- 1912 - Arthur MacArthur[?], soldier
- 1930 - Robert Means Thompson, American naval officer
- 1970 - Jochen Rindt, Austrian racing driver
- 1988 - Gert Fröbe[?], actor
- 1992 - Fritz Leiber, science fiction and fantasy author
- 1995 - William Kunstler[?], lawyer, liberal activist
- 1997 - Georg Solti, conductor
- 1997 - Mother Teresa, Yugoslav development worker
- 1998 - Leo Penn[?], film director
- 1999 - Allen Funt[?], radio and television personality
- 2001 - Justin Wilson[?], celebrity chef
- 2001 - Heywood Hale Broun[?], sports commentator
Holidays:
September 4 - September 6 - August 5 - October 5 - more historical anniversaries
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
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