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September 5 in History
Significant events that happened on this day.
Historical Events
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1986
Pan Am Flight 73 was hijacked in Karachi, with crew members helping save 359 passengers
Four armed terrorists from the Abu Nidal Organization seized the aircraft during a stop in Pakistan. The crew prevented the plane from taking off by a...
1977
NASA launched Voyager 1, which became the first human-made object to enter interstellar space
MajorVoyager 1 was launched to study the outer Solar System and has continued operating for over 45 years. In 2012, it became the first spacecraft to cross...
1975
Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme, a Charles Manson follower, attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford
Fromme pointed a loaded Colt .45 at Ford in Sacramento, California, but the gun failed to fire because there was no round in the chamber. Secret Servi...
1960
Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) won his first professional boxing match in six rounds
The 18-year-old Olympic gold medalist defeated Tunney Hunsaker, a police chief from West Virginia, in Louisville, Kentucky. Clay earned $2,000 for the...
1946
Freddie Mercury, legendary Queen frontman, was born in Zanzibar
Born Farrokh Bulsara to Parsi parents from India, he spent most of his childhood in India before moving to England in his teens. He would go on to bec...
1905
The Treaty of Portsmouth ended the Russo-Japanese War, shocking the world
Negotiated in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the treaty marked the first time an Asian power had defeated a European one in modern warfare. President Theo...
1882
The first Labor Day parade was held in New York City with 10,000 workers marching
Organized by the Central Labor Union, workers took unpaid time off to march from City Hall to Union Square. The parade featured signs demanding better...
1836
Sam Houston was elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas
Just months after Texas won independence from Mexico at the Battle of San Jacinto, Houston won the election by a landslide with 5,119 votes out of 6,6...
1774
The First Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia to respond to British tyranny
MajorDelegates from 12 of the 13 colonies met at Carpenters' Hall to discuss colonial rights and coordinate resistance to Britain's Coercive Acts. Georgia...
1698
Russian Tsar Peter the Great imposed a tax on beards to modernize Russia
Upon returning from Europe, Peter the Great began forcibly shaving nobles' beards at court and then instituted a beard tax. Those who wished to keep t...
1666
The Great Fire of London finally ended after burning for four days and destroying 13,200 houses
The fire started in a bakery on Pudding Lane and consumed 87 churches including St. Paul's Cathedral and most of the medieval City of London. Remarkab...