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What happened in history on this day: September 5?
On September 5 in ...
- 1187 - Birth of Louis VIII [Coeur-de-Lion] king of France (1223-26).
- 1494 - The treaty between Spain and Portugal dividing areas of exploration is ratified by the Portuguese king at Setúbal.
- 1519 - Hernando Cortez and army fight the Tlascalans, an estimated 100,000 strong. Only one Spanish soldier is killed.
- 1638 - Birth of Louis XIV the Great, King of France, the Sun King (1643-1715).
- 1735 - Birth of Johann Christian Bach composer, son of JS Bach (English Bach).
- 1774 - First Continental Congress assembles, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1781 - A British fleet under Admiral Thomas Graves fails to break French naval superiority at the Battle of Virginia Capes.
- 1791 - Birth of Giacomo Meyerbeer in Vogelsdorf; German composer (Golt Und Die Natur).
- 1795 - US and Algiers sign peace treaty.
- 1836 - Sam Houston elected president of the Republic of Texas.
- 1847 - Birth of Jesse James in Missouri, USA; outlaw (dies 1882).
- 1862 - CSA General Robert Lee crosses the Potomac and enters Maryland.
- 1875 - Birth of Napoleon "Larry" Lajoie in Rhode Island, USA; hall of fame shortstop (.426 in 1901).
- 1882 - The first United States Labor Day parade (10,000 workers) is held in New York City.
- 1892 - Birth of Joseph Szigeti in Budapest, Hungary; violinist (Violinist Notebook 1933).
- 1897 - Birth of Luella Gear in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Joe and Mabel).
- 1897 - Birth of Morris Carnovsky; actor (Dead Reckoning).
- 1900 - France proclaims a protectorate over Chad.
- 1901 - Birth of Florence Elridge; actress (Long Days Journey into the Night).
- 1901 - National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues forms in the USA.
- 1902 - Birth of Darryl Francis Zanuck in Wahoo, Nebraska, USA; Hollywood producer and motion picture executive (Warner Bros., co-founded 20th Century Films, The Longest Day, Cleopatra, winner of three Academy Awards) (dies 1979).
- 1905 - Birth of Arthur Koestler in Hungary; writer (Darkness at Noon) (dies 1983).
- 1905 - Treaty of Portsmouth ends Russian-Japanese War; about 85,000 dead Japanese, 45,000 Russian.
- 1906 - The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22-0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
- 1907 - In Hsin-p'ai Wei, Weng-Li, China, a meteorite fall crushes a whole family to death.
- 1912 - Birth of John Cage in Los Angeles, California, USA; composer (Silence) and fraud.
- 1914 - Birth of Gail Kubik in South Coffeyville, Oklahoma, USA; composer (Gerald McBoing Boing).
- 1917 - Birth of Jack Buetel in Dallas, Texas, USA; actress (The Outlaw, Half Breed).
- 1918 - Due to the Great War, 15th World Series begins a month early.
- 1921 - Birth of Jack Valenti; President of Motion Picture Association of America (dies 2007).
- 1922 - New York Yankees play final game at the Polo Grounds, after 7 years.
- 1923 - Birth of Arthur C Nielsen; market researcher (TV's Nielsen's Ratings).
- 1923 - Flyweights Gene LaRue and Kid Pancho knock out each other simultaneously.
- 1925 - 112 degrees F (44 degrees C), Centerville, Alabama (state record).
- 1927 - Birth of Paul Volcker; US Federal Reserve chairman.
- 1927 - Boston Red Sox beat New York Yankees 12-11 in 18 innings.
- 1927 - Universal Pictures releases the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit film Trolley Troubles to theaters in the USA. This is the first Oswald film release, a series created by the Walt Disney film studio.
- 1929 - Birth of Andrian G Nikolayev in USSR; cosmonaut (Vostok III, Soyuz 9).
- 1929 - Birth of Bob Newhart in Oak Park, Illinois, USA; comedian, actor, (Bob Newhart Show, Newhart).
- 1930 - The Mickey Mouse film The Chain Gang is released to theaters in the USA. This film debuts Pluto the dog, though he is not named.
- 1931 - John Thomson, Scottish soccer player, dies in an accident during a Celtic-Rangers match (born 1909).
- 1934 - Birth of Carol Lawrence in Illinois, USA; dancer/actress (Dean Martin Summer Show).
- 1935 - Birth of Werner Erhard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; founded EST.
- 1936 - Boston Red Sox turn a triple-play on the New York Yankees.
- 1937 - Birth of William Devane in Albany, New York, USA; actor (Family Plot, Missles of October).
- 1939 - Birth of John Stewart in San Diego, California, USA; rocker (Kingston Trio - "Fire in the Wind").
- 1939 - The Polish government moves from Warsaw to Lublin, 100 miles south-east, as German forces advance to with 31 miles of the city.
- 1939 - German Army Commander-in-Chief Colonel-General von Brauchitsch gives the A-4 rocket project the highest possible priority.
- 1939 - (afternoon) American President Franklin Roosevelt issues a declaration of neutrality.
- 1939 - (evening) Japanese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Renzo Sawada announces that Japan will maintain neutrality in the European war.
- 1940 - Birth of Raquel Welch in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Myra Breckenridge, 1,000,000 BC, 100 Rifles).
- 1941 - German Army Group North completes occupation of Estonia.
- 1942 - Birth of Eduardo Mata in Mexico City, Mexico; conductor (Improvisaciones).
- 1945 - (2030 hours) Igor Gouzenko, a cipher clerk at the Soviet embassy in Ottawa, Canada, leaves the embassy with 109 top secret documents, seeking political asylum rather than return to the Soviet Union.
- 1945 - Birth of Al Stewart in Glasgow, Scotland; rocker ("The Year of the Cat").
- 1946 - Birth of Freddie Mercury; rock vocalist (Queen - "We are the Champions") (dies 1991).
- 1949 - The Voice of Firestone radio program of classical and semiclassical music is first simulcast on television.
- 1950 - Birth of Cathy Guisewite; cartoonist (Cathy).
- 1950 - Birth of Kathy Cronkite; actress (Annie - Hizzonner).
- 1951 - Birth of Michael Keaton in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Gung Ho, Batman).
- 1952 - Birth of Graham Salmon; blind runner (fastest 100m by a blind man).
- 1953 - First privately operated atomic reactor-Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
- 1954 - Birth of Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt in the German Democratic Republic; bobsled (Olympic-gold-1980).
- 1956 - 20 die in a train crash in Springer, New Mexico, USA.
- 1956 - Birth of Sandra Guiboard at US Air Force Base, German Federal Republic; actress (Donna - One Life to Live).
- 1956 - Birth of Steve Denton; world's fastest tennis serve (138 mph).
- 1958 - Doctor Zhivago book by Boris Pasternak published in the US.
- 1958 - First color video recording on magnetic tape presented, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
- 1959 - Washington Senators' Jim Lemon is 7th to get six RBIs in an inning (third).
- 1960 - Birth of Willie Gault; bob sledder/NFL receiver (Chicago Bears, Los Angeles Raiders).
- 1960 - Cassius Clay captures the Olympic light heavyweight gold medal.
- 1964 - Birth of Kristian Alfonso; actress (Days of Our Lives, Falcon Crest).
- 1965 - Birth of Christopher Nolan in Ireland; handicapped writer (Under Eye of Clock).
- 1966 - CBS airs the last Hazel TV show. A total of 154 episodes aired.
- 1967 - Birth of Michele Ebadi in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; Miss Nebraska-America (1991).
- 1968 - 21 killed by hijackers aboard a Pan Am jet in Karachi, Pakistan.
- 1969 - Birth of Dweezil Zappa; rocker/son of Frank Zappa/MTV VJ.
- 1969 - Death of Mitchell Ayres at age 58 when struck by an automobile in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; musical director for Columbia records, orchestra director for Perry Como's TV career, and on The Hollywood Palace.
- 1969 - Death of Josh White at age 54; blues singer ("The Singing Christian").
- 1970 - Estimated 15 cm (6 inches) of rainfall, Bug Point, Utah (state record).
- 1971 - ABC airs the last Discovery TV show.
- 1971 - The CBS TV network airs the last The Sonny and Cher Show 60-minute variety TV show in the USA.
- 1971 - New York Mets' Don Hahn hits first inside the park homer in game against Philadelphia Phillies.
- 1972 - Eleven Israeli athletes are slain at Munich Olympics, Germany.
- 1972 - Chemical spill with fog sickens hundreds in Meuse Valley, Belgium.
- 1973 - Birth of Tina Yothers; actress (Family Ties).
- 1973 - NBC airs the last Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom TV show.
- 1975 - Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempts to assassinate US President Gerald Ford in Sacramento, California.
- 1977 - Cleveland Indians stage first "I hate the Yankee Hanky Night".
- 1977 - Voyager 1 (US) satellite launched toward fly-by of Jupiter and Saturn.
- 1977 - Terrorists kidnap and later murder West German businessman, Hanns-Martin Schleyer in Cologne.
- 1977 - The NBC TV network airs the first Laugh-In 60-minute variety TV show in the USA.
- 1978 - Israeli Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat begin the peace process at Camp David, Maryland, USA.
- 1979 - The Royal Canadian Mint begins sales of its first Maple Leaf gold bullion coins.
- 1979 - Earl of Mountbatten funeral held in Burma.
- 1980 - The Saint Gotthard Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32 km) stretching from Goschenen to Airolo.
- 1980 - Barbara Loden, actress (Ernie Kovacs Show), dies at age 48.
- 1981 - Ayatollah Ali Qoddusi, prosecutor-general of Iran, is assassinated.
- 1982 - Death of Douglas Bader, Inspirational leader of the Battle of Britain (born 1910).
- 1982 - Eddie Hill sets propeller-driven boat water speed record of 229 mph.
- 1983 - Tom Brokaw becomes lead anchor for NBC Nightly News.
- 1983 - 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-lands at Edwards Air Force Base.
- 1983 - Elmer Trettr sets record for highest terminal velocity at 201.34 mph end of a 440-yard motorcycle run from a standing start.
- 1984 - 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D) - Discovery 1 - lands at Edwards Air Force Base.
- 1984 - Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
- 1985 - John Howard replaces Andrew Peacock as Australian Federal Opposition Leader.
- 1986 - Birth of Sean Thomas, English football player.
- 1986 - NASA awards study contracts to five aerospace firms.
- 1986 - NASA launches DOD-1.
- 1986 - Pan Am Flight 73, with 358 people on board, is hijacked at Karachi International Airport by four armed men of the Abu Nidal organization.
- 1987 - Birth of Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi, Prince of Monaco.
- 1988 - Canadian Football League's Earl Winfield (Hamilton Tiger-Cats) scores touchdowns on 101-yard punt return, 100-yard kickoff return, and 58-yard pass reception.
- 1988 - Jerry Lewis' 23rd Labor Day telethon raises record US$41,132,113.
- 1988 - With US$2 billion in federal aid, the Robert M. Bass Group agrees to buy the United States' largest thrift, American Savings and Loan Association.
- 1989 - U.S. President George H. W. Bush holds up a bag of cocaine purchased across the street at Lafayette Park in his first televised speech to the nation.
- 1990 - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein urges Arabs to rise against the West.
- 1991 - US trial of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins.
- 1994 - New South Wales State Member of Parliament for Cabramatta John Newman is shot outside his home, in Australia's first political assassination since 1977.
- 1997 - Beni-Messous massacre in Algeria; over 87 killed.
- 1997 - The International Olympic Committee picks Athens, Greece to be the host city for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
- 1997 - Death of Mother Teresa, Albanian missionary and humanitarian, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born 1910).
- 2000 - Tuvalu joins the United Nations.
- 2001 - Peru's attorney general files homicide charges against ex-President Alberto Fujimori.
- 2002 - A car bomb kills at least 30 people in Afghanistan.
- 2002 - An apparent assassination attempt on Afghan President Hamid Karzai fails.
- 2002 - The Sour Biscuit Fire in Oregon and northern California, which burned 499,570 acres (2,022 square km), is finally contained.
- 2003 - Death of Marie LaFeche AKA Gisele MacKenzie at age 76; singer and program host (CBC radio show, Your Hit Parade TV show, Jack Benny Show TV show, "Hard to Get" song).
- 2005 - Mandala Airlines Flight 091 737 crashes in Indonesia, killing at least 117.
- 2005 - John G. Roberts is nominated by President George W. Bush for Chief Justice of the United States, to replace William Rehnquist, who had died two days previously.
- 2007 - Death of Jennifer Dunn, American politician (born 1941).
- 2007 - Death of Paul Gillmor, American politician (born 1939).
- 2007 - Death of D. James Kennedy, American evangelist (born 1930).
- 2008 - Arizona Senator John McCain is nominated as US Presidential candidate for the Republican party, with Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin as vice presidential candidate.
- 2008 - General election in Angola: ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola wins re-election landslide, with over 80 percent of vote.
- 2008 - The Russian stock market total value drops to 30 percent since the invasion of Georgia on August 8. Up to US$20 billion in foreign capital has been pulled out of Russia during August.
- 2011 - India and Bangladesh sign a pact to end their 40-year border demarcation dispute.
- 2013 - Death of Rochus Misch, German bodyguard of Adolf Hitler (born 1917).
- 2017 - Death of Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch-American Nobel physicist (born 1920).
- 2020 - The Kentucky Derby horse race is won by Authentic and jockey John Velazquez.
- 2021 - Guinea's President Alpha Condé is detained by an elite military unit led by a former French legionnaire, Lt. Col. Mamady Doumbouya, claiming to have seized power.
- 2021 - Death of Äivko RadiÜic, 2nd Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (born 1937).
- 2022 - Earthquake with magnitude 6.8 strikes Chengdu, People's Republic of China, killing over 70 people.
- 2022 - Death of Moon Landrieu at age 92 of heart failure; American legislator (Louisiana), mayor (New Orleans), Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (under President Jimmy Carter).
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