What are the important events that happened on September 5? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

September 5: Facts & Myths About This Day

September 5 is the 248^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 117 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 23, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 488,064 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectatetracontaoctagon’ day.

Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 165 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,641 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

September 5 Historical Events

• 1666 –
  Great Fire of London ends: 10,000 buildings including St. Paul’s Cathedral are destroyed, but only 6 people are known to have died.
• 1725 –
  Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.
• 1774 –
  First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• 1798 –
  Conscription is made mandatory in France by the Jourdan law.
• 1812 –
  War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Wayne begins when Chief Winamac’s forces attack two soldiers returning from the fort’s outhouses.
• 1840 –
  Premiere of Giuseppe Verdi’s Un giorno di regno at La Scala of Milan.
• 1941 –
  Whole territory of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany.
• 1945 –
  Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese-American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.
• 1957 –
  Cuba: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
• 1972 –
  Munich Massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called “Black September” attack and take hostage 11 Israel athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. 2 die in the attack and 9 die the following day.

Who were born on September 5?

• 1568 –
  Tommaso Campanella, Italian theologian, philosopher, and poet (d. 1639)
• 1809 –
  Manuel Montt Torres, Chilean politician (d. 1880)
• 1901 –
  Mario Scelba, Italian politician (d. 1991)
• 1918 –
  Jean-Marie Poitras, Canadian businessman and senator (d. 2009)
• 1951 –
  Michael Keaton, American actor
• 1977 –
  Nazr Mohammed, American Basketball player
• 1977 –
  Rosevelt Colvin, American football player
• 1984 –
  Chris Anker Sørensen, Danish professional bicyclist
• 1988 –
  Denni Avdić, Swedish footballer
• 1990 –
  Franco Zuculini, Italian footballer

Who died on September 5?

• 1235 –
  Henry I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1165)
• 1629 –
  Domenico Allegri, Italian composer (b. c.1585)
• 1876 –
  Manuel Blanco Encalada, first president of Chile (b. 1790)
• 1902 –
  Rudolf Virchow, German pathologist and politician (b. 1821)
• 1954 –
  Eugen Schiffer, German politician (b. 1860)
• 1989 –
  Philip Baxter, Australian chemical engineer, university vice-chancellor (b. 1905)
• 1997 –
  Mother Teresa, Albanian-born missionary and humanitarian, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1910)
• 1999 –
  Bryce Mackasey, Canadian politician (b. 1921)
• 2000 –
  Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian general (b. 1918)
• 2005 –
  Roberto Viaux, Chilean Army General (b. 1917)