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What happened in history on this day: September 5?
On September 5 in ...
- 1774 - First Continental Congress assembles, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1781 - A British fleet under Admiral Thomas Graves fails to break French naval superiority at the Battle of Virginia Capes.
- 1795 - US and Algiers sign peace treaty.
- 1862 - CSA General Robert Lee crosses the Potomac and enters Maryland.
- 1882 - The first United States Labor Day parade (10,000 workers) is held in New York City.
- 1925 - 112 degrees F (44 degrees C), Centerville, Alabama (state record).
- 1927 - Universal Pictures releases the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit film Trolley Troubles to theaters in the USA. This is the first Oswald film release, a series created by the Walt Disney film studio.
- 1930 - The Mickey Mouse film The Chain Gang is released to theaters in the USA. This film debuts Pluto the dog, though he is not named.
- 1939 - (afternoon) American President Franklin Roosevelt issues a declaration of neutrality.
- 1945 - (2030 hours) Igor Gouzenko, a cipher clerk at the Soviet embassy in Ottawa, Canada, leaves the embassy with 109 top secret documents, seeking political asylum rather than return to the Soviet Union.
- 1953 - First privately operated atomic reactor-Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
- 1956 - 20 die in a train crash in Springer, New Mexico, USA.
- 1958 - First color video recording on magnetic tape presented, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
- 1970 - Estimated 15 cm (6 inches) of rainfall, Bug Point, Utah (state record).
- 1975 - Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempts to assassinate US President Gerald Ford in Sacramento, California.
- 1977 - Voyager 1 (US) satellite launched toward fly-by of Jupiter and Saturn.
- 1978 - Israeli Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat begin the peace process at Camp David, Maryland, USA.
- 1984 - 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D) - Discovery 1 - lands at Edwards Air Force Base.
- 1986 - NASA awards study contracts to five aerospace firms.
- 1988 - Jerry Lewis' 23rd Labor Day telethon raises record US$41,132,113.
- 1988 - With US$2 billion in federal aid, the Robert M. Bass Group agrees to buy the United States' largest thrift, American Savings and Loan Association.
- 1989 - U.S. President George H. W. Bush holds up a bag of cocaine purchased across the street at Lafayette Park in his first televised speech to the nation.
- 1991 - US trial of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins.
- 2002 - The Sour Biscuit Fire in Oregon and northern California, which burned 499,570 acres (2,022 square km), is finally contained.
- 2005 - John G. Roberts is nominated by President George W. Bush for Chief Justice of the United States, to replace William Rehnquist, who had died two days previously.
- 2008 - Arizona Senator John McCain is nominated as US Presidential candidate for the Republican party, with Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin as vice presidential candidate.
Births on September 5
- 1847 - Birth of Jesse James in Missouri, USA; outlaw (dies 1882).
- 1875 - Birth of Napoleon "Larry" Lajoie in Rhode Island, USA; hall of fame shortstop (.426 in 1901).
- 1897 - Birth of Luella Gear in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Joe and Mabel).
- 1902 - Birth of Darryl Francis Zanuck in Wahoo, Nebraska, USA; Hollywood producer and motion picture executive (Warner Bros., co-founded 20th Century Films, The Longest Day, Cleopatra, winner of three Academy Awards) (dies 1979).
- 1912 - Birth of John Cage in Los Angeles, California, USA; composer (Silence) and fraud.
- 1914 - Birth of Gail Kubik in South Coffeyville, Oklahoma, USA; composer (Gerald McBoing Boing).
- 1917 - Birth of Jack Buetel in Dallas, Texas, USA; actress (The Outlaw, Half Breed).
- 1929 - Birth of Bob Newhart in Oak Park, Illinois, USA; comedian, actor, (Bob Newhart Show, Newhart).
- 1934 - Birth of Carol Lawrence in Illinois, USA; dancer/actress (Dean Martin Summer Show).
- 1935 - Birth of Werner Erhard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; founded EST.
- 1937 - Birth of William Devane in Albany, New York, USA; actor (Family Plot, Missles of October).
- 1939 - Birth of John Stewart in San Diego, California, USA; rocker (Kingston Trio - "Fire in the Wind").
- 1940 - Birth of Raquel Welch in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Myra Breckenridge, 1,000,000 BC, 100 Rifles).
- 1951 - Birth of Michael Keaton in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Gung Ho, Batman).
- 1956 - Birth of Sandra Guiboard at US Air Force Base, German Federal Republic; actress (Donna - One Life to Live).
- 1967 - Birth of Michele Ebadi in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; Miss Nebraska-America (1991).
- 1969 - Birth of Dweezil Zappa; rocker/son of Frank Zappa/MTV VJ.
Deaths on September 5
- 1969 - Death of Mitchell Ayres at age 58 when struck by an automobile in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; musical director for Columbia records, orchestra director for Perry Como's TV career, and on The Hollywood Palace.
- 2007 - Death of Jennifer Dunn, American politician (born 1941).
- 2007 - Death of Paul Gillmor, American politician (born 1939).
- 2007 - Death of D. James Kennedy, American evangelist (born 1930).
- 2016 - Death of Phyllis Schlafly, American writer and political activist (born 1924).
- 2022 - Death of Moon Landrieu at age 92 of heart failure; American legislator (Louisiana), mayor (New Orleans), Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (under President Jimmy Carter).
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