'''September_5''' is the 248th day of the year (249th in Leap_years). There are 117 days remaining.
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==Events==
*1666 - Great_Fire_of_London ends: A large fire in London burns out after three days. 10,000 buildings including St._Paul's_Cathedral are destroyed, but only 16 people are known to have died.
*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 enforce the principles of the French_Revolution, initiating the Reign_of_Terror.
*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: In New_Hampshire, USA, the Treaty_of_Portsmouth, a Treaty mediated by US President Theodore_Roosevelt, is signed by victor Japan and defeated party Russia.
*1906 - Brandbury_Robinson throws the first legal forward pass in an American_football game.
*1914 - World_War_I: First_Battle_of_the_Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
*1937 - Spanish_Civil_War: The fall of Llanes.
*1939 - World_War_II: The United_States declares its neutrality in the war.
*1943 - World War II: The 503d Parachute Infantry Regiment under U.S. General Douglas_MacArthur lands and occupies Nazdab in Papua_New_Guinea.
*1945 - Iva_Toguri_D'Aquino, a Japanese-American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo_Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.
*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 the first U.S. single-episode mass murderer.
*1960 - Muhammad_Ali wins the gold medal in Boxing at the Rome Olympic_Games.
*1969 - My_Lai_Massacre: U.S. Army 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.
*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_Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald_Ford, but is thwarted by a Secret_Service agent.
*1977 - Voyager_program: Voyager_1 is launched after a brief delay.
*1977 - Hanns-Martin Schleyer, President of the Employers Association, is kidnapped in Cologne, West Germany. Kidnappers kill three escorting police officers and his chauffeur. They demand release of Red Army Faction prisoners
*1978 - Camp_David_Accords: Menachem_Begin and Anwar_Sadat begin peace process at Camp_David, Maryland.
*1980 - The St._Gotthard_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.
*1983 - Tom_Brokaw becomes lead anchor for NBC_Nightly_News
*1984 - STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' lands after its maiden voyage.
*1984 - Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
*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.
*1997 - At least 87 people killed in the Beni-Messous_massacre
*1997 - The IOC picks Athens to be the host city for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
*2000 - Tuvalu joins the United_Nations.
*2001 - Peru's attorney general files Homicide charges against ex-President Alberto_Fujimori.
*2001 - Young_Left formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
*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, United_States, which burned 499,570 acres (2,020 km²), is finally contained.
*2004 - Tropical Storm Ivan becomes Hurricane_Ivan in the Atlantic_Ocean.
*2005 - Taylor_Behl disappears.
==Births==
*1187 - King Louis_VIII_of_France (d. 1226)
*1494 - Hans_Sachs, German ''Meistersinger'' (d. 1576)
*1568 - Tommaso_Campanella, Italian theologian, philosopher, and poet (d. 1639)
*1638 - Louis_XIV_of_France (d. 1715)
*1667 - Giovanni_Gerolamo_Saccheri, Italian mathematician (d. 1733)
*1695 - Carl_Gustaf_Tessin, Swedish politician (d. 1770)
*1722 - Frederick_Christian,_Elector_of_Saxony (d. 1763)
*1725 - Jean-Étienne_Montucla, French mathematician (d. 1799)
*1735 - Johann_Christian_Bach, German composer (d. 1782)
*1750 - Robert_Fergusson, Scottish poet (d. 1774)
*1771 - Archduke_Charles, Austrian general (d. 1847)
*1774 - Caspar_David_Friedrich, German artist (d. 1840)
*1791 - Giacomo_Meyerbeer, German composer (d. 1864)
*1807 - Richard_Chenevix_Trench, Irish Anglican clergyman and philologist (d. 1886)
*1827 - Goffredo_Mameli, Italian poet and writer
*1847 - Jesse James, American outlaw (d. 1882)
*1857 - Konstantin_Tsiolkovsky, Russian rocket scientist and inventor (d. 1935)
*1867 - Amy_Beach, American composer and pianist
*1874 - Nap_Lajoie, baseball player (d. 1959)
*1888 - Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan, second President_of_India (d. 1975)
*1892 - Joseph_Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (d. 1973)
*1902 - Darryl_F._Zanuck, American film producer and executive (d. 1979)
*1905 - Arthur_Koestler, Austrian writer (d. 1983)
*1912 - John_Cage, American composer (d. 1992)
*1912 - Kristina_Söderbaum, German actress and photographer (d. 2001)
*1913 - Frank_Thomas, American animator (d. 2004)
*1916 - Frank_Yerby, American novelist (d. 1991)
*1921 - Jack_Valenti, American political advisor and film executive
*1924 - Paul_Volcker, American banker
*1929 - Bob_Newhart, American actor and comedian
* 1929 - Andrian_Nikolayev, cosmonaut
*1934 - Carol_Lawrence, American actress and singer
*1936 - Bill_Mazeroski, baseball player
*1937 - Antonio_Valentin_Angelillo, Argentinian football player
*1939 - William_Devane, American actor
*1939 - George_Lazenby, Australian actor
*1940 - Raquel_Welch, American actress
*1942 - Werner_Herzog, German film director
*1945 - Al_Stewart, Scottish singer and songwriter
*1946 - Freddie_Mercury, Zanzibar-born singer Queen (d. 1991)
* 1946 - Buddy_Miles, American musician
* 1946 - Loudon_Wainwright_III, American singer and composer
*1948 - Benita_Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian diplomat and politician
*1950 - Cathy_Guisewite, American cartoonist
*1951 - Michael_Keaton, American actor (or September_9)
*1962 - Peter_Wingfield, Welsh actor
*1963 - Juan_Alderete, American bassist (Racer_X)
*1965 - Chris_Morris, British writer
*1967 - Jane_Sixsmith, English field hockey player
*1969 - Dweezil_Zappa, American musician
*1969 - Leonardo_Nascimento_de_Araujo, Brazilian football player
*1973 - Rose_McGowan, Italian-born actress
*1976 - Tatyana_Gutsu, Ukrainian gymnast
*1981 - Mizu,
==Deaths==
*1165 - Emperor_Nijo of Japan (b. 1143)
*1201 - Constance,_Duchess_of_Brittany (b. 1161)
*1235 - Henry_I,_Duke_of_Brabant (b. 1165)
*1629 - Domenico_Allegri, Italian composer
*1786 - Jonas_Hanway, English merchant, traveler, and philanthropist (b. 1712)
*1803 - Pierre_Choderlos_de_Laclos, French general and author (b. 1741)
*1803 - François_Devienne, French composer (b. 1759)
*1808 - John_Home, Scottish writer (b. 1722)
*1836 - Ferdinand_Raimund, Austrian playwright (b. 1790)
*1838 - Charles_Percier, French architect (b. 1764)
*1857 - Auguste_Comte, French sociologist (b. 1798)
*1877 - Crazy Horse, Sioux chief (b. 1849)
*1898 - Sarah_Edmonds, Canadian nurse, soldier, and spy (b. 1841)
*1901 - Ignacij_Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist (b. 1853)
*1902 - Rudolf_Virchow, German pathologist and politician (b. 1821)
*1906 - Ludwig_Boltzmann, Austrian physicist (b. 1844)
*1912 - Arthur_MacArthur,_Jr., U.S. Army general (b. 1845)
*1920 - Robert_Harron, American actor (b. 1893)
*1930 - Robert_Means_Thompson, American naval officer (b. 1849)
*1965 - Thomas_Johnston, Scottish-born politician (b. 1882)
*1966 - Dezső_Lauber, Hungarian athlete (b. 1879)
*1970 - Jochen_Rindt, Austrian race car driver (b. 1942)
*1975 - Georg_Ots, Estonian singer (b. 1920)
*1988 - Gert_Fröbe, German actor (b. 1913)
*1990 - Ivan_Mihailov, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1896)
*1992 - Fritz_Leiber, American author (b. 1910)
*1995 - William_Kunstler, American lawyer and activist (b. 1919)
*1997 - Georg_Solti, Hungarian conductor (b. 1912)
* 1997 - Mother_Teresa, Albanian missionary and humanitarian, recipient of the Nobel_Peace_Prize (b. 1910)
*1998 - Leo_Penn, American film director (b. 1921)
*1999 - Allen_Funt, American radio and television personality (b. 1914)
*2001 - Vladimir_Zerjavic, Croatian UN statistician (b. 1912)
*2003 - Gisele_MacKenzie, Canadian singer (b. 1927)
==Holidays==
*Roman_festivals - ''Jupiter Stator'' to commemorate that Jupiter helped Romulus to stop the Sabine invasion under Titus_Tatius.
*RC Saints - Saint Lorenzo Giustiniani ; the Feast_day of Teresa_of_Calcutta, currently pending Sainthood.
*India - The birthdate of Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan is celebrated as Teacher's_Day in India.
== External links ==
* BBC: On This Day
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