What happened this day in history September 5

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 248th 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, 1,757,030,400 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 ‘dihectatetracontaoctagon’ 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 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.

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September 5 Historical Events

  • 1781
    Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War.
  • 1793
    French Revolution the French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
  • 1839
    United Kingdom declared First Opium War on the Qing Dynasty of China.
  • 1862
    American Civil War: the Potomac River is crossed at White’s Ford in the Maryland Campaign.
  • 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.
  • 1905
    Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, USA, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by US President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
  • 1906
    The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
  • 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.
  • 1986
    Pan Am Flight 73 with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.

Who were born on September 5?

  • 1888
    Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, second President of India (d. 1975)
  • 1914
    Gail Kubik, American composer (d. 1984)
  • 1914
    Nicanor Parra, Chilean poet and mathematician
  • 1916
    Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian (Wayne and Shuster) (d. 2002)
  • 1916
    Frank Yerby American novelist (d. 1991
  • 1917
    Sören Nordin, Swedish harness racing driver and trainer (d. 2008)
  • 1918
    Bob Katter, Sr., Australian politician, minister (d. 1990)
  • 1918
    Luis Alcoriza, Mexican screenwriter, film director, and actor (d. 1992)
  • 1968
    Brad Wilk, American musician (Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine)
  • 1978
    Laura Bertram, Canadian actress

Who died on September 5?

  • 1786
    Jonas Hanway, English merchant, traveler, and philanthropist (b. 1712)
  • 1914
    Charles Péguy, French poet, essayist and editor (b. 1873)
  • 1926
    Karl Harrer, German journalist and politician (b. 1890)
  • 1970
    Jochen Rindt, German-Austrian race car driver (b. 1942)
  • 1982
    Douglas Bader, RAF fighter pilot in World War II (b. 1910)
  • 1990
    Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1896)
  • 1998
    Fernando Balzaretti, Mexican actor (b. 1946)
  • 2003
    Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-born singer (b. 1927)
  • 2007
    Jennifer Dunn, American politician (b. 1941)
  • 2010
    Corneille (Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo), Belgian artist (b. 1922)

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