What Happened on September 5
Historical Events
- 1666 Great Fire of London ends, leaving 13,200 houses destroyed and 8 dead
- 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
- 1839 The First Opium War begins in China
- 2017 Hurricane Irma becomes the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin region with winds of 185mph (280km/h)
- More Historical Events
Sep 5 in Film & TV
- 1958 1st color video recording on magnetic tape presented, Charlotte, North Carolina
Sep 5 in Music
- 1993 Musical "Will Rogers Follies" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 983 performances with 6 Tony Awards
Sep 5 in Sport
- 1972 11 Israeli athletes taken hostage and later killed by Palestinian Black September group at the Munich Olympics
Louis XIV
Jesse James
Raquel Welch
Freddie Mercury
Bob Newhart
Michael Keaton
Would You Believe?
Erramatti Mangamma becomes the world's oldest living mother giving birth to twins aged 74 in Hyderabad, India
On September 5, 2019
Famous Weddings
- 1725 French King Louis XV marries Polish princess Mary Lesczynski
- 1959 American motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel (20) weds Linda Joan Bork; divorce in 1997
- 1968 Author Ken Follett (19) weds Mary Emma Ruth Elson
Famous Divorces
- 1980 Lawyer Kathleen St. Johns divorces best-selling author Michael Crichton (37) after nearly 2 years of marriage
More Weddings & Divorces
Suleiman the Magnificent
Crazy Horse
Rudolf Virchow
Francis Ford
Mother Teresa
Phyllis SchlaflyArticles, Photos and Quiz
Jesse James – Hero or Cold Killer?
Hailed by some as a folk hero and by others as a cold-bloodied killer, Jesse James, one of America’s most infamous outlaws, was born on this day.
September 5, 1847
First Battle of the Marne
French forces at the First Battle of the Marne
September 5, 1914
Hurricane Irma
Satellite photo of Hurricane Irma shortly before landfall in Florida, with Hurricane Jose to the right
September 5, 2017
Weekly Quiz for September 2-8
On V-J Day, where did Japan formally surrender, marking the end of WWII? Which American city was sacked and burned this week in 1864 during the US Civil War?
