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 249th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 117 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 23, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,725,494,400 seconds 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 ‘dihectatetracontaenneagon’ day.
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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 146 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 4,276 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 5 Historical Events
- 1774 –First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1862 –James Glaisher, pioneering meteorologist and Henry Tracey Coxwell break world record for altitude whilst collecting data in their balloon.
- 1864 –Achille François Bazaine becomes Marshall of France.
- 1918 –Decree “On Red Terror” is published in Russia
- 1937 –Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls.
- 1938 –Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are assassinated in the Seguro Obrero massacre.
- 1960 –The poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is elected as the first President of Senegal.
- 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.
- 1977 –Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay.
- 1984 –Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
Who were born on September 5?
- 1836 –Justiniano Borgoño, President of Peru (d. 1921)
- 1907 –Sunnyland Slim, blues pianist (d. 1995)
- 1919 –Elisabeth Volkenrath, German Nazi concentration camp supervisor (d. 1945)
- 1936 –Robert Burns, Canadian politician
- 1947 –Kiyoshi Takayama, Japanese yakuza boss
- 1953 –Victor Davis Hanson, American historian
- 1963 –Jonathan Phillips, English actor
- 1973 –Paddy Considine, English actor
- 1976 –Richard Marsland, Australian comedian/writer and radio personality
- 1993 –Gage Golightly, American actress
Who died on September 5?
- 1201 –Constance, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1161)
- 1901 –Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist (b. 1853)
- 1922 –Georgette Agutte, French painter (b. 1867)
- 1942 –François de Labouchère, French aviator of World War II, compagnon de la Libération. (b. 1917)
- 1945 –Clem Hill, Australian cricketer (b. 1877)
- 1948 –Richard C. Tolman, American mathematical physicist (b. 1881)
- 1972 –Alan Kippax, Australian cricketer (b. 1897)
- 1983 –Antonio Mairena, Spanish flamenco singer (b. 1909)
- 1994 –John Newman, assassinated Australian politician (b. 1946)
- 2007 –D. James Kennedy, American televangelist (b. 1930)
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