Wikipedia: September 5

September 5
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September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). There are 117 days remaining.

Events

1698 - In an effort to move his people away from Asiatic customs, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards; All men except priests and peasants, are required to pay a tax of one hundred rubles a year and the commoners had to pay one kopek each.
1774 - First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1793 - In France, the French National Convention votes to implement terror measures to repress French Revolutionary activities. The ensuing "Reign of Terror" will last until the spring of 1794 and kill 35,000-40,000 people.
1836 - Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
1862 - American Civil War: In the Confederacy's first invasion of the North, General Robert E. Lee leads 55,000 men of the Army of Northern Virginia across the Potomac River at White's Ford near Leesburg, Virginia into Maryland.
1877 - Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
1882 - The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
1901 - The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (later renamed Minor League Baseball), is formed in Chicago, Illinois.
1905 - Russo-Japanese War: Treaty of Portsmouth signed - In New Hampshire a treaty mediated by US President Theodore Roosevelt, is signed by victor Japan and defeated party Russia. In the agreement, Russia cedes the island of Sakhalin and port and rail rights in Manchuria to Japan.
1914 - World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins - Northeast of Paris, the French 6th Army under General Michel-Joseph Maunoury attack German forces who are advancing on the capital. Over 2 million troops will fight in the battle and 100,000 will be killed or wounded in this significant Allied victory.
1939 - World War II: The United States declares its neutrality in the war.
1943 - World War II: The 503rd Parachute Regiment under American General Douglas MacArthur lands and occupies Nazdab, just east of the port city of Lae in northeastern Papua New Guinea.
1945 - Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese-American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist "Tokyo Rose," is arrested in Yokohama. She will later serve six years in prison before being pardoned by US President Gerald R. Ford.
1948 - Robert Schuman becomes Prime Minister of France
1949 - A former sharpshooter in World War II, Howard Unruh kills 13 neighbors in Camden, New Jersey with a souvenir Luger to become America's first single-episode mass murderer.
1960 - Cassius Clay wins the gold medal in boxing at the Rome Olympic Games.
1969 - My Lai Massacre: Lt. William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai.
1970 - Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins - The United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thua Thien Province (operation ends in October 1971).
1972 - Munich Massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attack Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games.
1975 - In Sacramento, California, a follower of incarcerated cult leader Charles Manson named Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempts to assassinate US President Gerald Ford, but is thwarted by a Secret Service agent.
1977 - Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay.
1978 - Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace process at Camp David, Maryland.
1980 - The St. Gothard Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32 km) stretching from Goschenen to Airolo.
1983 - The half-hour Robert MacNeil Report changes its name to the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, becoming the first hour-long network news show.
1984 - STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
1986 - Pan Am Flight 73 with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.
1988 - With US$2 billion in federal aid, the Robert M. Bass Group agrees to buy the United States's largest bankrupt thrift, American Savings and Loan Association.
2000 - Tuvalu joins the United Nations.
2001 - Peru's attorney general files homicide charges against ex-President Alberto Fujimori.
2002 - A car bomb kills 30 people in Kabul, Afghanistan, in an apparent assassination attempt on Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
2002 - The Sour Biscuit Fire in Oregon and northern California, which burned 499,570 acres, is finally contained.
2003 - Disneyland Roller Coaster accident

Births

1187 - Louis VIII of France († 1226)
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 († 1983)
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
1948 - Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian diplomat and politician
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
1965 - Thomas Johnston, Scottish-born politician
1966 - Dezső Lauber, Hungarian sportsman
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