Tukuk-OS📅 September 5
24 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on September 5? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2020 — California wildfires: A pyrotechnic device at a gender reveal party ignited the El Dorado Fire (pictured), burning for 71 days and killing one firefighter.
- 2005 — Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashed shortly after take-off in Indonesia due to pilot error, killing 100 out of the 117 people on board along with 49 more on the ground.
- 2005 — Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashed shortly after take-off in Indonesia due to pilot error, killing 100 out of the 117 people on board along with 49 more on the ground.
- 1977 — NASA launched the space probe Voyager 1, currently the farthest spacecraft from Earth, from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
- 1977 — NASA launched the space probe Voyager 1, currently the farthest spacecraft from Earth, from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
- 1975 — Squeaky Fromme (pictured), a devotee of Charles Manson, attempted to assassinate U.S. president Gerald Ford in Sacramento, California.
Squeaky FrommeCharles MansonAttempted assassination of Gerald Ford in Sacramento
- 1972 — The Palestinian militant group Black September took hostage eleven Israeli athletes and coaches at the Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany; all of the hostages were killed less than 24 hours later.
- 1970 — During the practice session of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza Circuit, Jochen Rindt was killed and subsequently became motor racing's only posthumous world champion.
- 1964 — Hurricane Cleo dissipated after causing 156 deaths, mainly in Haiti, and causing roughly US$187 million in damages across the Caribbean and southeastern United States.
- 1943 — World War II: American and Australian airborne forces landed at Nadzab as part of the New Guinea campaign against Japan.
- 1943 — World War II: American and Australian airborne forces landed at Nadzab as part of the New Guinea campaign against Japan.
- 1926 — Forty-eight people died in a fire in a makeshift cinema in Dromcolliher, Ireland.
- 1915 — The Zimmerwald Conference, the first of three international socialist conferences forming the Zimmerwald movement, opened in Switzerland.
- 1915 — The Casablanca Fair (poster pictured) opened in the French protectorate in Morocco.
- 1915 — The Casablanca Fair (poster pictured) opened in the French protectorate in Morocco.
- 1905 — Under the mediation of U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt, the Russo-Japanese War officially ended with the signing of a treaty at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine.
- 1887 — A fire that killed 186 people broke out at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, England.
- 1882 — A group of London schoolboys led by Bobby Buckle founded Hotspur Football Club to continue to play sports during the winter months.
- 1816 — Facing rising discontent in France, Louis XVIII was forced to dissolve the Chambre introuvable, the legislature dominated by Ultra-royalists.
- 1781 — American Revolutionary War: French naval forces handed Britain a major strategic defeat at the Battle of the Chesapeake (depicted).
- 1774 — In response to the British Parliament's enactment of the so-called Intolerable Acts, representatives from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies convened the First Continental Congress at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia.
Parliament of the United KingdomIntolerable ActsThirteen Colonies
- 1367 — Swa Saw Ke became the ruler of the Kingdom of Ava in Upper Myanmar.
- 1367 — Swa Saw Ke became the ruler of the Kingdom of Ava in Upper Myanmar.
- 917 — Liu Yan declared himself emperor, establishing the state of Southern Han at his capital of Panyu (present-day Guangzhou) in southern China.
Births
- 2007 — Matthew Schaefer, Canadian ice hockey player
- 2001 — Bukayo Saka, English footballer
- 2001 — Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, Australian rugby league player
- 1999 — Filip Chytil, Czech ice hockey player
- 1998 — Caroline Dolehide, American tennis player
- 1998 — Mac Jones, American football player
- 1998 — Davion Mitchell, American basketball player
- 1997 — Steven Kwan, American baseball player
- 1997 — Kyōko Saitō, Japanese idol
- 1996 — Jarren Duran, American baseball player
- 1996 — Sigrid, Norwegian singer
- 1996 — Richairo Zivkovic, Dutch footballer
Deaths
- 2024 — Rebecca Cheptegei, Ugandan athlete (born 1991)
- 2024 — Herbie Flowers, English musician (born 1938)
- 2024 — Radha Charan Gupta, Indian historian of mathematics (born 1935)
- 2024 — Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian pianist and composer (born 1941)
- 2024 — Rich Homie Quan, American rapper (born 1990)
- 2024 — Laurent Tirard, French film director and screenwriter (born 1967)
- 2021 — Sarah Harding, English singer, member of Girls Aloud (born 1981)
- 2019 — Francisco Toledo, Mexican painter, sculptor, and graphic artist (born 1940)
- 2018 — Bhagwatikumar Sharma, Indian Gujarati writer and journalist (born 1934)
- 2018 — Beatriz Segall, Brazilian actress (born 1926)
- 2017 — Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate (born 1920)
- 2016 — Hugh O'Brian, American actor (born 1925)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Bertin
- Christian feast day: Charbel (martyr)
- Christian feast day: Genebald
- Christian feast day: Gregorio Aglipay (Episcopal Church)
- Christian feast day: Mother Teresa
- Christian feast day: Ursicinus of Ravenna
- Christian feast day:
Zechariah and Elisabeth (Anglican and Eastern Orthodox Church)
Zechariah, father of John the BaptistElizabeth, mother of John the BaptistAnglicanism
- Christian feast day: September 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Earliest date on which Jeûne genevois can fall, while September 11 is the latest; celebrated on Thursday after the first Sunday of September. (Canton of Geneva)
- International Day of Charity
- Teacher's Day (India)
- The flag-flying day for Denmark's deployed personnel (Denmark)
- First day of school in Vietnam
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