September 05

Sunday 05, 2004:

Tropical Storm Ivan becomes Hurricane Ivan in the Atlantic Ocean.

Thursday 05, 2002:

The Sour Biscuit Fire in Oregon and northern California, United States, which burned 499,570 acres (2,020 km²), is finally contained.

Wednesday 05, 2001:

Young Left formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Tuesday 05, 2000:

Tuvalu joins the United Nations.

Friday 05, 1997:

1997 - The IOC picks Athens to be the host city for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Monday 05, 1988:

With US$2 billion in federal aid, the Robert M. Bass Group agrees to buy the United States's largest bankrupt thrift, American Savings and Loan Association.

Friday 05, 1986:

Pan Am Flight 73 with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.

Wednesday 05, 1984:

1984 - Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.

Monday 05, 1983:

Tom Brokaw becomes lead anchor for NBC Nightly News

Friday 05, 1980:

The St. Gotthard Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32 km) stretching from Goschenen to Airolo.

Tuesday 05, 1978:

Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace process at Camp David, Maryland.

Monday 05, 1977:

1977 - Hanns-Martin Schleyer, President of the Employers Association, is kidnapped in Cologne, West Germany. Kidnappers kill three escorting police officers and his chauffeur. They demand release of Red Army Faction prisoners

Friday 05, 1975:

In Sacramento, California, a follower of incarcerated cult leader Charles Manson named Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is thwarted by a Secret Service agent.

Tuesday 05, 1972:

Munich Massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attack Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games.

Saturday 05, 1970:

Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins: the United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thua Thien Province.

Friday 05, 1969:

My Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lt. William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai.

Monday 05, 1960:

Muhammad Ali wins the gold medal in boxing at the Rome Olympic Games.

Monday 05, 1949:

A former sharpshooter in World War II, Howard Unruh kills 13 neighbors in Camden, New Jersey, with a souvenir Luger to become the first U.S. single-episode mass murderer.

Sunday 05, 1948:

Robert Schuman becomes Prime Minister of France.

Wednesday 05, 1945:

Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese-American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.

Sunday 05, 1943:

World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment under U.S. General Douglas MacArthur lands and occupies Nazdab in Papua New Guinea.

Tuesday 05, 1939:

World War II: The United States declares its neutrality in the war.

Sunday 05, 1937:

Spanish Civil War: The fall of Llanes.

Saturday 05, 1914:

World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.

Wednesday 05, 1906:

Brandbury Robinson throws the first legal forward pass in an American football game.

Tuesday 05, 1905:

Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, USA, the Treaty of Portsmouth, a treaty mediated by US President Theodore Roosevelt, is signed by victor Japan and defeated party Russia.

Thursday 05, 1901:

The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (later renamed Minor League Baseball), is formed in Chicago, Illinois.

Tuesday 05, 1882:

The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.

Wednesday 05, 1877:

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.

Friday 05, 1862:

American Civil War: In the Confederacy's first invasion of the North, General Robert E. Lee leads 55,000 men of the Army of Northern Virginia across the Potomac River at White's Ford near Leesburg, Virginia, into Maryland.

Monday 05, 1836:

Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.

Thursday 05, 1793:

In France, the French National Convention votes to implement terror measures to enforce the principles of the French Revolution, initiating the Reign of Terror.

Monday 05, 1774:

First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Friday 05, 1698:

In an effort to move his people away from Asiatic customs, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards; All men except priests and peasants, are required to pay a tax of one hundred rubles a year and the commoners had to pay one kopek each.

Sunday 05, 1666:

Great Fire of London ends: A large fire in London burns out after three days. 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral are destroyed, but only 16 people are known to have died.

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