On this day in History - Sep 5
- 1187 - Louis VIII of France was born (d. 1226)
- 1201 - Constance, Duchess of Brittany dies (b. 1161)
- 1235 - Henry I, Duke of Brabant dies (b. 1165)
- 1494 - Ratificação do Tratado de Tordesilhas por Portugal
- 1548 - Catarina Parr dies (b. 1512). Last wife of Henrique VIII of England.
- 1568 - Tommaso Campanella was born (d. 1639). Italian theologian, philosopher, and poet.
- 1629 - Domenico Allegri dies. Italian composer.
- 1638 - Louis XIV of France was born (d. 1715).
- 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.
- 1667 - Giovanni Gerolamo Saccheri was born (d. 1733). Italian mathematician.
- 1695 - Carl Gustaf Tessin was born (d. 1770). Swedish politician.
- 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.
- 1725 - Marie Leszczynska of Poland was married to King Louis XV of France.
- 1735 - Johann Christian Bach was born (d. 1782). German composer.
- 1750 - Robert Fergusson was born (d. 1774). Scottish poet.
- 1767 - Nasce, em Hannover, August Wilhelm von Schlegel (m. 12 Jun 1845). Poeta e crítico alemão. Um dos fundadores do Romantismo alemão.
- 1771 - Archduke Charles was born (d. 1847). Austrian general
- 1774 - Caspar David Friedrich was born (d. 1840). German Romantic artist, painter.
- 1775 - Nasce Juan Martín Díez (m. 1825), el Empecinado.
- 1791 - Giacomo Meyerbeer was born (d. 1864). German composer.
- 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.
- 1803 - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos dies (b. 1741). French general and author.
- 1803 - François Devienne dies (b. 1759). French composer.
- 1807 - Richard Chenevix Trench was born (d. 1886). Irish Anglican clergyman and philologist
- 1827 - Goffredo Mameli was born. Italian poet and writer.
- 1831 - Victorien Sardu was born (d. 8 Nov 1908). French actor and playwright.
- 1836 - Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
- 1836 - Ferdinand Raimund dies (b. 1790). Austrian playwright.
- 1838 - Charles Percier dies (b. 1764). French architect.
- 1847 - Jesse James was born (d. 1882). American outlaw.
- 1857 - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky was born (d. 1935). Russian rocket scientist and inventor.
- 1857 - Auguste Comte dies (b. 1798). French sociologist.
- 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.
- 1867 - Amy Beach was born. American composer and pianist.
- 1870 - Antonio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada was born. Brazilian politician.
- 1874 - Nap Lajoie was born (d. 1959). Baseball player.
- 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.
- 1877 - Crazy Horse dies (b. 1849). Sioux chief.
- 1888 - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was born (d. 1975). Second President of India.
- 1892 - Joseph Szigeti was born (d. 1973). Hungarian violinist.
- 1898 - Sarah Edmonds dies (b. 1841). Canadian nurse, soldier, and spy.
- 1901 - Ignacij Klemenčič dies (b. 1853). Slovenian physicist.
- 1901 - The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (later renamed Minor League Baseball), is formed in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1902 - Darryl F. Zanuck was born (d. 1979). American film producer and executive.
- 1902 - Rudolf Virchow dies (b. 1821). German pathologist and politician.
- 1905 - Arthur Koestler was born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1983). Writer.
- 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.
- 1906 - Ludwig Boltzmann dies (b. 1844). Austrian physicist.
- 1908 - Nasce Josué de Castro was born. Brazilian writer, geographer and nuticionist
- 1912 - Arthur MacArthur, Jr. dies (b. 1845). U.S. Army general.
- 1912- John Cage was born (d. 1992). American composer.
- 1912 - Kristina Söderbaum was born (d. 2001). German actress and photographer.
- 1913 - Frank Thomas was born (d. 2004). American animator.
- 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.
- 1914 - Nicanor Parra was born. Chilean antipoet.
- 1914 - Charles Péguy dies. French poet.
- 1916 - Frank Yerby was born (d. 1991). American novelist.
- 1920 - Alvaro Obregón is electeted President of México.
- 1920 - Nasce, no Alvito (Alentejo), o poeta Raul de Carvalho (m. 1984). Entre os seus livros mais representativos, contam-se Mesa da Solidão e A Aliança, ambos vindos a lume na década de 50 do século XX.
- 1921 - Jack Valenti was born. American political advisor and film executive
- 1924 - Paul Volcker was born. American banker
- 1929 - Bob Newhart was born. American actor and comedian
- 1929 - Andrian Nikolayev was born. Cosmonaut.
- 1930 - Robert Means Thompson dies (b. 1849). American naval officer.
- 1932 - El Congreso Mexicano acepta la dimisión del presidente Ortiz Rubio. Le sustituye el general Rodríguez.
- 1934 - Carol Lawrence was born. American actress and singer
- 1936 - Bill Mazeroski was born. Baseball player
- 1937 - Spanish Civil War: The fall of Llanes.
- 1939 - George Lazenby was born. Australian actor
- 1939 - William Devane was born. American actor
- 1939 - Susumu Tonegawa was born. Japanese molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1940 - Raquel Welch was born. American actress.
- 1942 - Werner Herzog was born. German film director
- 1943 - World War II: The 503rd Parachute 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.
- 1945 - Al Stewart was born. Scottish singer and songwriter
- 1946 - Freddie Mercury was born (d. 1991). Zanzibar-born singer Queen
- 1946 - Loudon Wainwright III was born. American singer and composer
- 1946 - Buddy Miles was born. American musician.
- 1946 - Hugo Verboven was born in Lommel (Belgium). Painter
- 1948 - Benita Ferrero-Waldner was born. Austrian diplomat and politician
- 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.
- 1950 - Cathy Guisewite was born. American cartoonist
- 1957 - Luís Marques Mendes was born. Portuguese politician and lawyer.
- 1960 - Senegal: Poet Leopoldo Sedar Senghor is elected President.
- 1961 - Brasil: João Goulart chega de viagem à China para ser empossado presidente (v. Campanha da Legalidade)
- 1961 - Yugoslavia: representantes de 24 países reunem-se em Belgrado para realizar a primeira Conferencia de Países Não Alinhados.
- 1962 - Peter Wingfield was born. Welsh actor
- 1963 - Juan Alderete was born. American bassist (Racer X)
- 1965 - Fundação do Estádio do Mineirão .
- 1965 - Chris Morris was born. British writer.
- 1965 - Thomas Johnston dies (b. 1882). Scottish-born politician.
- 1966 - Dezső Lauber dies (b. 1879). Hungarian athlete.
- 1969 - Dweezil Zappa was born. American musician
- 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.
- 1970 - Jochen Rindt dies (b. 1942). Austrian race car driver.
- 1972 - Munich Massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attack Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games.
- 1973 - Rose McGowan was born. Italian-born actress
- 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.
- 1975 - Georg Ots dies (b. 1920). Estonian singer.
- 1976 - Tatyana Gutsu was born. Ukrainian gymnast.
- 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. 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 - Peter Jennings becomes lead anchor for ABC World News Tonight
- 1983 - Tom Brokaw becomes lead anchor for NBC Nightly News
- 1984 - STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
- 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.
- 1988 - Gert Fröbe dies (b. 1913). German actor.
- 1990 - Ivan Mihailov dies (b. 1896). Bulgarian revolutionary.
- 1992 - Fritz Leiber dies (b. 1910). American author.
- 1995 - William Kunstler dies (b. 1919). American lawyer and activist.
- 1996 - Carl Fallberg dies (b. 1915). American cartoon author.
- 1997 - Georg Solti dies. Hungarian conductor.
- 1997 - Mother Teresa dies (b. 1910). Albanian nun and aid worker, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1997 - At least 87 people killed in the Beni-Messous massacre
- 1998 - Leo Penn dies (b. 1921). American film director.
- 1998 - Allen Drury dies. American writer.
- 1999 - Allen Funt dies (b. 1914). American radio and television personality.
- 2000 - Tuvalu é admitido como Estado-membro das Nações Unidas.
- 2001 - Vladimir Zerjavic dies (b. 1912). Croatian UN statistician.
- 2000 - Tuvalu joins the United Nations.
- 2001 - Evidence provided for black hole theory: At a scientific conference in Washington, D.C., scientists described an observation of energy flares that provided strong evidence of the theorized black hole at the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy.
- 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.
- 2003 - Gisele MacKenzie dies (b. 1927). Canadian singer.
- 2003 - Furacão Fabian chega às Bermudas.
- 2004 - Tropical Storm Ivan becomes Hurricane Ivan in the Atlantic Ocean.
- 2004 - Hurricane Frances makes landfall at 1 a.m. in Sewell's Point, Florida.
- 2005 - A Russian Navy fighter jet, a Sukhoi Su-33, crashes and sinks to a depth of 1,100 meters near Shetland in the Norwegian Sea during a military exercise
- 2005 - Ethiopian general elections, 2005: The National Elections Board of Ethiopia, following repeat voting in 31 areas, announces that the ruling EPRDF coalition has retained control of the government, obtaining 59 percent of the seats in Parliament.
- 2005 - Mandala Airlines Flight 091: A Mandala Airlines flight crashes into a residential area of the Indonesian city of Medan, killing at least 100 passengers. Among the dead are the governor and former governor of Sumatra Utara, Rizal Nurdin and Raja Inal Siregar
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