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What Happened On September 5

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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. 1882: The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City. 1836: Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas. 1774: First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia. 1234: The Decretals of Gregory IX, a new canonical collection assembled by Raymond of Peñafort, are promulgated. 394: On the first day of the battle of Frigidus, the Western Roman troops of Arbogast manage to defend their positions against the Eastern Roman troops of emperor Theodosius I. 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. 1915: The Zimmerwald Conference, the first of three international socialist conferences forming the Zimmerwald movement, opened in Switzerland. 1996: Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people. 1984: Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.

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1774 First ever
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.
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1882 First ever
The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1836 First ever
Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1774 First ever
First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1234 Oddly true
The Decretals of Gregory IX, a new canonical collection assembled by Raymond of Peñafort, are promulgated.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
394 First ever
On the first day of the battle of Frigidus, the Western Roman troops of Arbogast manage to defend their positions against the Eastern Roman troops of emperor Theodosius I.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1964 Oddly true
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.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1915 First ever
The Zimmerwald Conference, the first of three international socialist conferences forming the Zimmerwald movement, opened in Switzerland.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1996 Oddly true
Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1984 Oddly true
Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Observed today

2022Liz Truss is declared the winner of the UK Conservative Party leadership election, beating Rishi Sunak. Wikipedia →
2022At least 93 people die and 25 are missing after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Sichuan, China. Wikipedia →
2021The President of Guinea, Alpha Condé is captured by armed forces during a coup d'état. Wikipedia →
2012An accidental explosion at a Turkish Army ammunition store in Afyon, western Turkey kills 25 soldiers and wounds four others. Wikipedia →
2006The Waziristan Accord is signed between the Government of Pakistan and local Taliban militants in North Waziristan, obliging the Taliban to expel foreign jihadists and the government to compensate the tribes for loss of life and property and launch reconstruction projects. Wikipedia →
2005Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes after takeoff from Polonia International Airport in Medan, Indonesia, killing 149. Wikipedia →
1996Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people. Wikipedia →
1991The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force. Wikipedia →
1990Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians. Wikipedia →
1986Pan Am Flight 73 from Mumbai, India with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport. Wikipedia →
1984STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage. Wikipedia →
1984Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment. Wikipedia →
1981The first women arrive at what becomes Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in the UK. Wikipedia →
1980The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 16.9 kilometres (10.5 mi) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo. Wikipedia →
1978Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland. Wikipedia →
1977Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 1 spacecraft. Wikipedia →
1975Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford. Wikipedia →
1972Munich massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two die in the attack and nine are murdered the following day. Wikipedia →
1970Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins: The United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province. Wikipedia →
1969Mỹ Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lieutenant William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai. Wikipedia →
1968End of the Congress of Carrara, one of the major 20th century anarchist congresses. Wikipedia →
1960Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is the first elected President of Senegal. Wikipedia →
1960Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome. Wikipedia →
1957Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos. Wikipedia →
1954KLM Flight 633 crashes into the River Shannon in Shannon, County Clare, Ireland, killing 28. Wikipedia →
1948In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister; as such, he is the French negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II. Wikipedia →
1945Cold War: Igor Gouzenko, a Soviet Union embassy clerk, defects to Canada, exposing Soviet espionage in North America, signalling the beginning of the Cold War. Wikipedia →
1945Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese American who broadcast under the name Orphan Annie during World War II, is arrested in Yokohama by U.S. military authorities amid widespread speculation of her being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose. Wikipedia →
1944Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux. Wikipedia →
1943World War II: In the Pacific Theater, the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport, near Lae during the Salamaua–Lae campaign. Wikipedia →
1942World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare during the Pacific War. Wikipedia →
1941Whole territory of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany. Wikipedia →
1938Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup. Wikipedia →
1937Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege. Wikipedia →
1932The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger. Wikipedia →
1915The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins. Wikipedia →
1914World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital. Wikipedia →
1905Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war. Wikipedia →
1887A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter kills 186, making it the UK's deadliest ever building fire. Wikipedia →
1882The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City. Wikipedia →
1877American 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. Wikipedia →
1862American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia crosses the Potomac River at White's Ford in the Maryland Campaign. Wikipedia →
1839The United Kingdom declares war on the Qing dynasty of China. Wikipedia →
1836Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas. Wikipedia →
1816Louis XVIII of France has to dissolve the Chambre introuvable ("Unobtainable Chamber"). Wikipedia →
1812War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Wayne begins when Chief Winamac's forces attack two soldiers returning from the fort's outhouses. Wikipedia →
1798Conscription is made mandatory in France by the Jourdan law. Wikipedia →
1793French Revolution: The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror. Wikipedia →
1791Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen. Wikipedia →
1781Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown. Wikipedia →
1774First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia. Wikipedia →
1725Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska. Wikipedia →
1698In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry. Wikipedia →
1697War of the Grand Alliance: A French warship commanded by Captain Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville defeats an English squadron at the Battle of Hudson's Bay. Wikipedia →
1661Fall of Nicolas Fouquet: Louis XIV's Superintendent of Finances is arrested in Nantes by D'Artagnan, captain of the king's musketeers. Wikipedia →
1590An army led by Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma forces Henry IV of France to lift the siege of Paris. Wikipedia →
1367Swa Saw Ke becomes king of Ava Wikipedia →
1234The Decretals of Gregory IX, a new canonical collection assembled by Raymond of Peñafort, are promulgated. Wikipedia →
917Liu Yan declares himself emperor, establishing the Southern Han state in southern China, at his capital of Panyu. Wikipedia →
394On the first day of the battle of Frigidus, the Western Roman troops of Arbogast manage to defend their positions against the Eastern Roman troops of emperor Theodosius I. Wikipedia →

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