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05 Sep 1198
Philips of Zwabia Prince of Hohenstaufen crowned King of Germany and King of the Romans
05 Sep 1550
William Cecil appoints himself English minister of foreign affairs
05 Sep 1596
Dutch fleet commander Cornelis de Houtman taken hostage in Java
05 Sep 1622
Richelieu appointed Cardinal under French King Louis XIII
05 Sep 1634
-6] Battle at Nordlingen King Ferdinand III & Spain beat Sweden & German protestants
05 Sep 1666
Great Fire of London ends leaving 13200 houses destroyed and 8 dead
05 Sep 1750
Decree issued in Paderborn Prussia allows for annual search of all Jewish homes for stolen or doubtful goods
05 Sep 1774
Twelve of the thirteen American colonies adopt a trade embargo against Great Britain at the first Continental Congress at Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
05 Sep 1774
With the meeting of the Continental Congress Philadelphia becomes the 1st capital of United States
05 Sep 1786
Montplaisir Ceramic factory opens in Schaarbeek Belgium
05 Sep 1796
General Salicetti orders equal rights for Jews of Bologna Italy
05 Sep 1798
New conscription law goes into effect in France
05 Sep 1800
Malta surrenders to British after they blockade French troops
05 Sep 1814
-15] Battle of Masurische Meren Germans chase Russians out of East Prussia
05 Sep 1844
Iron ore discovered in Minnesotas Mesabi Mountains
05 Sep 1864
British French & Dutch fleets attacked Japan in Shimonoseki Straits
05 Sep 1864
Achille Franois Bazaine becomes Marshall of France.
05 Sep 1877
Southern blacks led by Pap Singleton settle in Kansas
05 Sep 1879
George Washington De Long American Arctic Explorer and commander on board the Jeannette becomes trapped with his crew in pack ice during his attempt to reach the North Pole
05 Sep 1882
10000 workers march in 1st Labor Day parade in NYC
05 Sep 1885
1st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer (Ft Wayne Ind)
05 Sep 1887
Gas lamp at Theatre Royal in Exeter catches fire killing about 200
05 Sep 1889
German Christine Hardt patents the first modern brassiere
05 Sep 1895
George Washington Murray elected to Congress from SC
05 Sep 1901
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues forms
05 Sep 1905
Lillian Mortimers No Mother to Guide premieres in Detroit
05 Sep 1905
50 prominent men meet in Sydneys Australia Hotel to found the National Defense League fueled by fear of Japan after its victory over Russia
05 Sep 1906
1st legal forward pass (Bradbury Robinson to Jack Schneider)
05 Sep 1907
King Edward VII of Great Britain meets Russias Foreign Minister Alexander Izvolski in an attempt to strengthen Russias relationship with Britain
05 Sep 1910
Jack Coombs begins a record streak of 53 shutout innings
05 Sep 1913
Phillies & Braves tie record of only 1 run in a double header Phillies win 1st game 1-0 then a scoreless tie into 10th
05 Sep 1914
French headquarters move to Chatillon-sur-Seine
05 Sep 1914
Great Britain France Belgium and Russia sign pact of London
05 Sep 1914
Proclamation prohibits Canadian mint from issuing gold coins
05 Sep 1915
Anti-war conference in Zimmerwald Switzerland
05 Sep 1916
US National Championship Mens Tennis R. Norris Williams beats Bill Johnston 4-6 6-4 0-6 6-2 6-4 for his 2nd and final US singles crown
05 Sep 1918
Due to WW I 15th World Series begins a month early
05 Sep 1920
Iron monument unveiled at Stone churches Flanders
05 Sep 1922
17th Davis Cup USA beats Australasia in New York (4-1)
05 Sep 1922
Yankees final game at Polo Grounds (played there 7 years)
05 Sep 1923
Flyweights Gene LaRue & Kid Pancho KO each other simultaneously
05 Sep 1925
112 F (44C) Centerville Alabama (state record)
05 Sep 1925
29th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Bobby Jones
05 Sep 1929
French premier Aristide Briand requests a United States of Europe
05 Sep 1932
The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast French Sudan and Niger
05 Sep 1938
Davis Cup Final Philadelphia Don Budge beats Adrian Quist of Australia 8-6 6-1 6-2 to wrap up the tie for the United States 3-2
05 Sep 1939
34th Davis Cup Australia beats USA in Haverford (3-2)
05 Sep 1944
Mad Tuesday 65000 Dutch nazi collaborators flee to Germany
05 Sep 1944
Belgium Luxembourg & Netherlands sign customs Unity treaty
05 Sep 1944
Dutch Armed Forces forms under prince Bernhard
05 Sep 1946
Yours Is My Heart opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 36 performances
05 Sep 1946
Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game
05 Sep 1948
In France Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister As such he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
05 Sep 1949
US National Championship Mens Tennis Pancho Gonzales beats fellow American Ted Schroeder 16-18 2-6 6-1 6-2 6-4 longest singles final match by games (67) before tiebreaker introduction
05 Sep 1949
US National Championship Womens Tennis Forest Hills NY Defending champion Margaret Osborne duPont beats fellow American Doris Hart 6-4 6-1
05 Sep 1950
98.3 cm rainfall at Yankeetown Florida (state record)
05 Sep 1950
US National Championship Mens Tennis American Art Larsen beats countryman Herb Flam 6-3 4-6 5-7 6-4 6-3 for his only Grand Slam title
05 Sep 1950
US National Championship Womens Tennis Forest Hills NY In an all-American final Margaret Osborne duPont beats Doris Hart 6-3 6-3 for her third consecutive US singles crown
05 Sep 1951
US National Championship Womens Tennis Forest Hills NY Maureen Connolly wins her 1st of 9 Grand Slam singles titles beats fellow American Shirley Fry 6-3 1-6 6-4
05 Sep 1952
General Carlos Ibez elected president of Chile
05 Sep 1953
1st privately operated atomic reactor-Raleigh NC
05 Sep 1953
US give Persian premier Zahedi 45 million aid
05 Sep 1954
Dutch Super Constellation crashes at Shannon 28 die
05 Sep 1955
Dodger Don Newcombe hits NL pitcher record 7th HR of season
05 Sep 1957
Yugoslavia bans Milovan Djilas book new class marine officers
05 Sep 1958
1st color video recording on magnetic tape presented Charlotte North Carolina
05 Sep 1958
WKPC TV channel 15 in Louisville Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting
05 Sep 1959
Wash Senator Jim Lemon is 7th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (3rd)
05 Sep 1955
WKRG TV channel 5 in Mobile AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
05 Sep 1955
WTTW TV channel 11 in Chicago IL (PBS) begins broadcasting
05 Sep 1960
President Kasavubu fires premier Patrice Lumumba of Congo
05 Sep 1960
The poet Lopold Sdar Senghor is elected as the first President of Senegal.
05 Sep 1960
Future world middleweight boxing champion Nino Benvenuti of Italy beats Yuri Radonyak of the Soviet Union to win welterweight gold medal at the Rome Olympics
05 Sep 1961
US President JFK signs law against hijacking (death penalty)
05 Sep 1962
Atletico Madrid of Spain win 2nd European Cup Winners Cup against ACF Fiorentina of Italy 3-0 in Stuttgart (replay)
05 Sep 1962
Cubs Ken Hubbs sets 2nd base record for consecutive errorless games at 78 & consecutive errorless chances (418) he errors in the 4th
05 Sep 1966
WRLK TV channel 35 in Columbia SC (PBS) begins broadcasting
05 Sep 1967
-23] Hurricane Beuleah kills 54 in Caribbean Mexico & Texas
05 Sep 1967
KMEG TV channel 14 in Sioux City IA (CBS) begins broadcasting
05 Sep 1967
WEBA TV channel 14 in Allendale SC (PBS) begins broadcasting
05 Sep 1969
Frente Obrero wins Dutch Antilles national elections
05 Sep 1970
Estimated 15 cm (6) of rainfall Bug Point Utah (state record)
05 Sep 1971
Astros pitcher J R Richard debut strikes out 15 Giants in a 5-3 win
05 Sep 1971
NY Mets Don Hahn hits 1st inside the park homer at Phillies Vet
05 Sep 1972
11 Israeli athletes taken hostage and later killed by Palestinian Black September group at the Munich Olympics
05 Sep 1972
Chemical spill with fog sickens hundreds in Meuse Valley Belgium
05 Sep 1972
Jerry Lewis 7th Muscular Dystrophy telethon John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear
05 Sep 1973
Desert Song opens at Uris Theater NYC for 15 performances
05 Sep 1973
1st one-day Cricket international for WI (v Eng) - lose by 1 wicket
05 Sep 1973
Conference of less developed countries approves forming producers associations and calls for withdrawal of Israeli forces from occupied Arab lands
05 Sep 1976
Rex closes at Lunt-Fontaine Theater NYC after 48 performances
05 Sep 1976
Very Good Eddie closes at Booth Theater NYC after 307 performances
05 Sep 1977
Cleveland Indians stage 1st I hate the Yankee Hanky Night
05 Sep 1977
Red Army Faction kidnaps and subsequently murders West German business executive Hanns Martin Schleyer
05 Sep 1977
Voyager 1 (US) launched toward fly-by of Jupiter Saturn
05 Sep 1979
As Matt Keough As beats Brewers 6-1 for 1st win after 14 straight losses ended 1978 with 4 loses (1 shy of the record 19)
05 Sep 1979
Canada puts its first gold bullion coin on sale
05 Sep 1980
Worlds longest road tunnel St Gotthard in Swiss Alps opens
05 Sep 1982
US Mens Amateur Golf Championship The Country Club Jay Sigel wins 8 & 7 over David Tolley
05 Sep 1982
Eddie Hill sets propeller-driven boat water speed record of 229 mph
05 Sep 1983
8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-lands at Edwards AFB
05 Sep 1983
Elmer Trettr sets record for highest terminal velocity at 201.34 mph
05 Sep 1983
Jerry Lewis 18th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises 30691627
05 Sep 1984
12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D) -Discovery 1- lands at Edwards AFB
05 Sep 1986
Hijacking of aircraft Pan Am 73 at Karachi airport Pakistan 20 passengers killed
05 Sep 1986
NASA awards study contracts to 5 aerospace firms
05 Sep 1987
Carlton Fisk clubs his 300th career HR off Danny Jackson
05 Sep 1988
Jerry Lewis 23rd Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises 41132113
05 Sep 1988
CFLs Earl Winfield (Ham) scores TDs on 101-yd punt return 100-yd kickoff return & 58-yd pass reception
05 Sep 1989
Chris Everts final US Open tennis match defeated by Zina Garrison 7-6 6-2 in the quarter finals
05 Sep 1989
Deborah Norville becomes news anchor of Today Show
05 Sep 1992
Dan OBrien sets world record decathlon (8891 pts)
05 Sep 1993
Fool Moon closes at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC after 207 performances
05 Sep 1993
Jellys Last Jam closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 569 performances
05 Sep 1993
Musical Will Rogers Follies closes at Palace Theater NYC after 983 performances with 6 Tony Awards
05 Sep 1993
Noureddine Morceli runs world record mile (34439)
05 Sep 1994
Jerry Lewis 29th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises 47100000
05 Sep 1994
Jingyi Le swims world record 100m womens freestyle (54.01 sec)
05 Sep 1996
Summer & Smoke opens at Criterion Theater NYC
05 Sep 1996
Following US cruise missile strikes on Iraq crude oil prices rise as the market speculates when Iraq will begin exporting oil under UN Resolution 986
05 Sep 1997
Athens in Greece selected to host 2004 Olympics
05 Sep 1997
Orioles beat Yankes 13-9 in longest 9 inning game
05 Sep 2000
The Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry makes its maiden voyage.
05 Sep 2005
Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes into a heavily-populated residential of Sumatra Indonesia killing 104 people on board and at least 39 persons on ground.
05 Sep 2007
Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.
05 Sep 2009
Denmark celebrates the first national flagday in memory of the fallen Danes in international operations since 1948.
05 Sep 2012
54 people are killed and 50 injured after a firecracker factory explodes in Nadu
05 Sep 2012
Austerity measure requires Greece to increase its maximum working days to six per week
05 Sep 2012
25 are killed and 4 wounded after an ammunition store exploded in Afyon Turkey
05 Sep 2014
World Health Organization estimates 1900 people have died from the Ebola virus out of 3500 infected in Guinea Liberia Nigeria Senegal and Sierra Leone
05 Sep 2015
US health officials confrim a salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers from Mexico is responsible for 1 death and for making hundreds sick
05 Sep 1774
The 1st Continental Congress a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that later became the United States convenes at Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia
05 Sep 1906
St. Louis University quarterback Bradbury Robinson throws first legal forward pass in the history of American football for a TD to Jack Schneider at Carroll College Waukesha Wisconsin St. Louis wins 22-0
05 Sep 1938
International Lawn Tennis Challenge Philadelphia PA US retain title as Don Budge beats Australian Adrian Quist 8-6 6-1 6-2 for unbeatable 3-1 lead ends 3-2
05 Sep 1939
International Lawn Tennis Challenge Haverford PA John Bromwich beats American Frank Parker 6-0 6-3 6-1 to give Australia the title 3-2
05 Sep 1948
Davis Cup Forest Hills NY 3 straight titles for US as Gardnar Mulloy & Bill Talbert beat Australians Colin Long & Bill Sidwell 8-6 9-7 2-6 7-5 for unassailable 3-0 lead ends 5-0
05 Sep 1979
Oakland As pitcher Matt Keough beats Milwaukee Brewers 6-1 for first win after 14 straight losses ended 1978 with 18 defeats (1 shy of the MLB record 19)
05 Sep 2005
Mandala Airlines Flight 91 crashes into a heavily-populated residential area seconds after taking off from Medan in Sumatra Indonesia killing 100 people on board and 49 people on the ground
05 Sep 1774
With the meeting of the Continental Congress Philadelphia becomes the 1st capital of the United States
05 Sep 1908
Brooklyn Superbas pitcher Nap Rucker no-hits Boston Braves 6-0 at Washington Park Brooklyn
05 Sep 1946
Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game in his hometown of St. Louis 2 RBIs in Cardinals win over Chicago Cubs
05 Sep 1967
-23] Hurricane Beuleah kills 54 in the Caribbean Mexico & Texas
05 Sep 2001
John Cages musical composition As Slow as Possible to be played for 639 years begins at St. Burchardi Church Halberstadt Germany
05 Sep 1646
First public library in the Americas established when Bishop Palafox y Mendoza donates his personal library of 5000 volumes to Tridentine colleges in Puebla Mexico [1]
05 Sep 1901
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues better known as Minor League Baseball is formed at the Leland Hotel in Chicago
05 Sep 1918
Due to WWI 15th Baseball World Series begins a month early Boston Red Sox defeat Chicago Cubs 1-0 at Comiskey Park
05 Sep 1946
Yours Is My Heart an adaptation of Franz Lehars operetta The Land of Smiles opens at Shubert Theater NYC runs for 36 performances
05 Sep 1948
Davis Cup Mens Tennis Forest Hills NY 3 straight titles for US as Gardnar Mulloy & Bill Talbert beat Australians Colin Long & Bill Sidwell 8-6 9-7 2-6 7-5 for unassailable 3-0 lead ends 5-0
05 Sep 1975
Portugal Prime Minister Vasco Gonalves dismissed
05 Sep 1977
NASA launches Voyager 1 on a mission to initially just fly-by Jupiter and Saturn later Uranus and Neptune also (2012 becomes the first human-made object to leave the solar system)
05 Sep 1983
8th NASA Space Shuttle Mission Challenger 3-lands at Edwards AFB
05 Sep 1984
12th NASA Space Shuttle Mission (41D) Discovery 1 lands at Edwards AFB
05 Sep 1750
Decree issued in Paderborn Prussia allows for annual search of all Jewish homes for stolen or doubtful goods
05 Sep 1864
British French & Dutch fleets attack Japan in Shimonoseki Straits
05 Sep 1879
American Arctic explorer George Washington De Long on board the Jeannette becomes trapped with his crew in pack ice during attempt to reach the North Pole
05 Sep 1885
1st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer in Fort Wayne Indiana
05 Sep 1895
George Washington Murray elected to Congress from South Carolina
05 Sep 1905
Lillian Mortimers play No Mother to Guide Her premieres in Detroit
05 Sep 1906
Saint Louis University quarterback Bradbury Robinson throws first legal forward pass in the history of American football for a TD to Jack Schneider at Carroll College Waukesha Wisconsin Saint Louis wins 22-0
05 Sep 1910
Philadelphia Athletics player Jack Coombs begins a record streak of 53 shutout innings
05 Sep 1944
5 resistance fighter executed in Terneuzen Netherlands
05 Sep 1944
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill travels to Scotland
05 Sep 1950
38.7 inches (98.3 cm) rainfall - over several days - at Yankeetown Florida (state record)
05 Sep 1951
US National Championship Mens Tennis Forest Hills NY Frank Sedgman of Australia beats American Vic Seixas 6-4 6-1 6-1 for his first of 2 straight US singles crowns
05 Sep 1953
1st privately operated atomic reactor in Raleigh North Carolina
05 Sep 1953
US give Persian premier Fazlollah Zahedi 45 million aid
05 Sep 1955
Dutch magician Fred Kaps wins his 2nd FISM World Championship
05 Sep 1956
20 die in a train crash in Springer New Mexico
05 Sep 1959
Washington Senators player Jim Lemon is 7th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (3rd)
05 Sep 1967
-23] Hurricane Beuleah kills 54 in the Caribbean Mexico and Texas
05 Sep 1973
1st one-day Cricket international for West Indies (vs England) - lose by 1 wicket
05 Sep 1979
American Roscoe Tanner fires 11 aces breaks the net with his bullet serve and upsets top-seed Bjrn Borg 6-2 4-6 6-2 7-6 in the US Open Tennis quarterfinals
05 Sep 1986
NASA launches DoD-1 (classified Department of Defense satellite)
05 Sep 1990
12 seed Pete Sampras ends 3 Ivan Lendls bid for 9th straight US Open final with classic 6-4 7-6 3-6 4-6 6-2 quarter final win goes on to win 1st career Grand Slam title
05 Sep 1550
William Cecil appoints himself English Secretary of State
05 Sep 1839
First Opium War begins between the British Empire and the Qing dynasty of China
05 Sep 1871
German archaeologist Carl Mauch is the first European to explore the ruins of the medieval Shona city of Great Zimbabwe the largest archaeological site in Sub-Saharan Africa [1]
05 Sep 1942
American sailor Charles J. French (22) swims for over six hours in waters near Guadalcanal while towing a life raft with fifteen survivors from his US Navy ship which was sunk by Japanese gunfire [1]
05 Sep 1958
First color video recording on magnetic tape is presented in Charlotte North Carolina
05 Sep 1972
Eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and later killed by the Palestinian Black September group at the Munich Olympics
05 Sep 1977
Cleveland Indians stage 1st I hate the Yankee Hanky Night inspired by local radio personality Pete Franklin home team sweeps a doubleheader over New York at Cleveland Municipal Stadium
05 Sep 1980
Edward Gierek resigns under pressure from post as Polands communist party leader
05 Sep 1993
F. Murray Abraham released from hospital after car accident
05 Sep 2009
The Staffordshire Hoard the largest Anglo-Saxon metalwork hoard ever found with over 4600 items is discovered on farmland near Hammerwich England [1]
05 Sep 2015
US health officials confirm a salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers from Mexico is responsible for 1 death and for making hundreds sick
05 Sep 2017
Barry Callebaut announce a 4th type of chocolate Ruby made from the Ruby cocoa bean
05 Sep 2017
Brenda Hale Baroness Hale of Richmond becomes the first woman President of the UK Supreme Court
05 Sep 2017
Togos government shuts down the internet for a week to quell government opposition
05 Sep 2018
Anonymous senior White house official opinion piece I am part of the resistance inside the Trump administration published by the New York Times
05 Sep 2019
Erramatti Mangamma becomes the worlds oldest living mother after giving birth to twins aged 74 in Hyderabad India
05 Sep 2019
New theory the Loss Ness monster may be a giant eel after DNA study reveals no plesiosaur or sturgeon DNA found
05 Sep 2019
South African women march on parliament to protest violence against women after a month when 30 were killed by their spouses
05 Sep 2020
More than 50 arrested as Portland Oregon marks 100 days of protests against racism and police brutality
05 Sep 2021
Coup by soldiers in Guinea headed by Colonel Doumbouya deposes President Alpha Cond and his government claiming rampant corruption
05 Sep 2021
Tour Championship Mens Golf East Lake GC GA Patrick Cantlay claims richest prize in golf (15m) with 1 stroke win over Jon Rahm runner-up Rahm pockets 5m
05 Sep 2022
6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Chinese city of Chengdu while it was under lockdown killing 65 people [1]
05 Sep 2023
American singer Joe Jonas (34) files for divorce from English actress Sophie Turner (27) in Miami Florida after 4 years of marriage [1]
05 Sep 2023
An extratropical cyclone in Brazils southern state of Rio Grande Sul claims at least 31 lives as extensive flooding affects 60 cities [1]
05 Sep 2023
Birmingham City Council the largest local authority in Europe effectively declares itself bankrupt after stopping all nonessential spending [1]
05 Sep 2023
Former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio sentenced to 22 years in prison - the longest so far - for seditious conspiracy in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol [1]
05 Sep 1646
The first public library in the Americas is established when Bishop Palafox y Mendoza donates his personal library of 5000 volumes to Tridentine colleges in Puebla Mexico [1]
05 Sep 1750
Decree issued in Paderborn Prussia allows for the annual search of all Jewish homes for stolen or doubtful goods
05 Sep 1774
The first Continental Congress a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that later become the United States convenes at Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia
05 Sep 1774
Twelve of the thirteen American colonies adopt a trade embargo against Great Britain at the First Continental Congress in Carpenters Hall Philadelphia Pennsylvania
05 Sep 1774
With the meeting of the Continental Congress Philadelphia becomes the first capital of the United States
05 Sep 1796
General Salicetti orders equal rights for the Jews of Bologna Italy
05 Sep 1798
New annual military conscription law goes into effect in France
05 Sep 1800
Malta surrenders to the British after they blockade French troops
05 Sep 1814
Battle of Masurian Lakes Germans chase Russians out of East Prussia (ends September 15 )
05 Sep 1844
Iron ore is discovered in Minnesotas Mesabi Mountains
05 Sep 1864
Achille Franois Bazaine becomes Marshal of France
05 Sep 1864
British French and Dutch fleets attack Japan in the Shimonoseki Straits
05 Sep 1877
Southern Blacks led by Pap Singleton settle in Kansas
05 Sep 1879
American Arctic explorer George Washington De Long on board the Jeannette becomes trapped with his crew in pack ice during an attempt to reach the North Pole
05 Sep 1882
10000 workers march in the first Labor Day parade in New York City
05 Sep 1885
First gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer in Fort Wayne Indiana
05 Sep 1887
Gas lamp at Theatre Royal in Exeter catches fire killing about 200 people
05 Sep 1895
George Washington Murray from South Carolina is elected to Congress
05 Sep 1901
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues better known as Minor League Baseball is formed at the Leland Hotel in Chicago
05 Sep 1905
Fifty prominent men meet in Sydneys Australia Hotel to found the National Defence League fueled by fear of Japan after its victory over Russia
05 Sep 1906
Saint Louis University quarterback Bradbury Robinson throws the first legal forward pass in the history of American football for a touchdown to Jack Schneider at Carroll College in Waukesha Wisconsin Saint Louis wins 22-0
05 Sep 1908
Brooklyn Superbas pitcher Nap Rucker no-hits the Boston Braves 6-0 at Washington Park Brooklyn
05 Sep 1910
Philadelphia Athletics player Jack Coombs begins a record streak of 53 consecutive shutout innings
05 Sep 1913
Phillies and Braves tie the record of only one run in a doubleheader Phillies win the first game 1-0 then a scoreless tie into the 10th
05 Sep 1914
French headquarters move to Chtillon-sur-Seine
05 Sep 1914
Great Britain France Belgium and Russia sign the Pact of London
05 Sep 1918
Decree of the Council of Peoples Commissars On Red Terror is published in Russia
05 Sep 1923
Flyweights Gene LaRue and Kid Pancho knock each other out simultaneously [1]
05 Sep 1925
112F (44C) in Centerville Alabama (state record)
05 Sep 1942
American sailor Charles J. French (22) swims for over six hours in waters near Guadalcanal while towing a life raft with fifteen survivors from his US Navy ship which is sunk by Japanese gunfire [1]
05 Sep 1944
Mad Tuesday sees 65000 Dutch Nazi collaborators flee to Germany
05 Sep 1944
Belgium Luxembourg and the Netherlands sign a customs union treaty
05 Sep 1944
Dutch Armed Forces forms under Prince Bernhard
05 Sep 1944
Five resistance fighters executed in Terneuzen Netherlands
05 Sep 1948
In France Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign Minister as such he is the negotiator of the major treaties at the end of World War II
05 Sep 1950
38.7 inches (98.3 cm) of rainfall over several days at Yankeetown Florida (state record)
05 Sep 1952
General Carlos Ibez is elected president of Chile
05 Sep 1953
First privately operated atomic reactor becomes operational in Raleigh North Carolina
05 Sep 1953
US gives Persian Premier Fazlollah Zahedi 45 million in aid
05 Sep 1954
Dutch Super Constellation crashes at Shannon killing 28
05 Sep 1955
Dodger Don Newcombe hits a National League pitcher record seventh home run of the season
05 Sep 1955
Dutch magician Fred Kaps wins his second FISM World Championship
05 Sep 1958
First color video recording on magnetic tape is presented in Charlotte North Carolina
05 Sep 1959
Washington Senators player Jim Lemon becomes the seventh player to achieve six RBIs in an inning (third)
05 Sep 1961
US President John F. Kennedy signs a law against hijacking instituting the death penalty
05 Sep 1962
Cubs Ken Hubbs sets second base record for consecutive errorless games at 78 and consecutive errorless chances at 418 he errors in the fourth
05 Sep 1967
Hurricane Beulah kills 54 in the Caribbean Mexico and Texas
05 Sep 1970
Estimated 15 cm (6 inches) of rainfall in Bug Point Utah (state record)
05 Sep 1971
Astros pitcher J.R. Richard debuts striking out 15 Giants in a 5-3 win
05 Sep 1971
New York Mets Don Hahn hits his first inside-the-park home run at Phillies Vet
05 Sep 1972
Chemical spill with fog sickens hundreds in Meuse Valley Belgium
05 Sep 1972
Eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and later killed by the Palestinian group Black September group at the Munich Olympics
05 Sep 1973
Conference of less developed countries approves forming producers associations and calls for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from occupied Arab lands
05 Sep 1973
West Indies lose by one wicket to England in the first one-day cricket international
05 Sep 1975
Portugal Prime Minister Vasco Gonalves is dismissed
05 Sep 1977
Cleveland Indians stage first I Hate the Yankee Hanky Night inspired by local radio personality Pete Franklin home team sweeps a doubleheader over New York at Cleveland Municipal Stadium
05 Sep 1977
Jerry Lewiss 12th Muscular Dystrophy telethon is held
05 Sep 1977
NASA launches Voyager 1 on a mission to initially fly by Jupiter and Saturn later including Uranus and Neptune and in 2012 it becomes the first human-made object to leave the solar system
05 Sep 1979
Oakland As pitcher Matt Keough beats the Milwaukee Brewers 6-1 for his first win after 14 straight losses ending 1978 with 18 defeats one shy of the MLB record of 19
05 Sep 1980
Edward Gierek resigns under pressure from his position as Polands Communist Party leader
05 Sep 1980
Worlds longest road tunnel St. Gotthard in the Swiss Alps opens
05 Sep 1982
Eddie Hill sets a propeller-driven boat water speed record of 229 mph (368.54 kmh)
05 Sep 1982
US Mens Amateur Golf Championship The Country Club Jay Sigel wins 8 and 7 over David Tolley
05 Sep 1983
Eighth NASA Space Shuttle Mission Challenger 3 lands at Edwards AFB
05 Sep 1983
Elmer Trettr sets the record for the highest terminal velocity at 201.34 mph (324.03 kmh)
05 Sep 1983
Jerry Lewiss 18th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises 30691627
05 Sep 1984
NASAs Space Shuttle Discovery completes its first spaceflight STS-41-D with a landing at Edwards Air Force Base California
05 Sep 1986
Hijacking of aircraft Pan Am 73 at Karachi airport Pakistan 20 passengers are killed
05 Sep 1986
NASA awards study contracts to five aerospace firms
05 Sep 1986
NASA launches DoD-1 a classified Department of Defense satellite
05 Sep 1987
Carlton Fisk hits his 300th career home run off Danny Jackson
05 Sep 1988
Jerry Lewiss 23rd Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises 41132113
05 Sep 1989
Deborah Norville becomes the news anchor of the Today Show
05 Sep 1992
Dan OBrien sets a world record in the decathlon with 8891 points
05 Sep 1993
F. Murray Abraham is released from hospital after a car accident
05 Sep 1993
Noureddine Morceli runs a world record mile in 344.39
05 Sep 1994
Jerry Lewiss 29th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises 47100000
05 Sep 1994
Jingyi Le swims a world record in the 100 m womens freestyle in 54.01 seconds
05 Sep 1996
Following US cruise missile strikes on Iraq crude oil prices rise as the market speculates about when Iraq will begin exporting oil under UN Resolution 986
05 Sep 1997
Athens in Greece is selected to host the 2004 Olympics
05 Sep 1997
Orioles beat Yankees 13-9 in the longest nine-inning game
05 Sep 2005
Mandala Airlines Flight 91 crashes into a heavily populated residential area seconds after taking off from Medan in Sumatra Indonesia killing 100 people on board and 49 people on the ground
05 Sep 2007
Three terrorists suspected to be part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both Frankfurt International Airport and US military installations
05 Sep 2008
Haitis government reports a death toll of at least 529 people as a result of flooding caused by Tropical Storm Hanna around the northern port city of Gonaves
05 Sep 2009
Denmark celebrates the first national Flag Day in memory of the fallen Danes in international operations since 1948
05 Sep 2009
The Staffordshire Hoard the largest Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork hoard ever found with over 4600 items is discovered on farmland near Hammerwich England [1]
05 Sep 2012
25 people are killed and 4 wounded after an ammunition store explodes in Afyon Turkey
05 Sep 2012
54 people are killed and 50 injured after a firecracker factory explodes in Tamil Nadu
05 Sep 2012
Austerity measures require Greece to increase its maximum working days to six per week
05 Sep 2015
US health officials confirm a salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers from Mexico is responsible for one death and for making hundreds sick
05 Sep 2017
Barry Callebaut announces a fourth type of chocolate Ruby made from the Ruby cocoa bean
05 Sep 2017
Togos government shuts down the internet for a week to suppress government opposition
05 Sep 2019
Erramatti Mangamma becomes the worlds oldest living mother after giving birth to twins at age 74 in Hyderabad India
05 Sep 2019
New theory suggests the Loch Ness Monster may be a giant eel after DNA study reveals no plesiosaur or sturgeon DNA found
05 Sep 2020
More than 50 are arrested as Portland Oregon observes 100 days of protests against racism and police brutality
05 Sep 2021
Coup by soldiers in Guinea led by Colonel Doumbouya deposes President Alpha Cond and his government citing rampant corruption
05 Sep 2021
Tour Championship Mens Golf East Lake GC GA Patrick Cantlay claims the highest prize in golf (15 million) with a one-stroke win over Jon Rahm runner-up Rahm earns 5 million
05 Sep 2022
6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Chinese city of Chengdu while it is under lockdown killing 65 people [1]
05 Sep 2023
An extratropical cyclone in Brazils southern state of Rio Grande do Sul claims at least 31 lives as extensive flooding affects 60 cities [1]
05 Sep 2023
Birmingham City Council the largest local authority in Europe effectively declares itself bankrupt after stopping all nonessential spending [1]
05 Sep 2023
Former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio is sentenced to 22 years in prison the longest so far for seditious conspiracy in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol [1]
05 Sep 2024
China confirms it is ending its foreign adoption program following a suspension that began with the COVID-19 pandemic in January 2020 [1]
05 Sep 2024
Kuini Ngawai Hono i te Po (27) is named the new Mori Monarch as her father King Tuheitia is buried at Trangawaewae Marae New Zealand [1]