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
- 1836 –Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
- 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.
- 1864 –Achille François Bazaine becomes Marshall of France.
- 1882 –The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
- 1941 –Whole territory of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany.
- 1942 –World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, first Japanese defeat in the Pacific War.
- 1957 –Cuba: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
- 1975 –Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
- 1986 –Pan Am Flight 73 with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.
Who were born on September 5?
- 1319 –Peter IV of Aragon (d. 1387)
- 1772 –Fat′h-Ali Shah Qajar, Qajar king of Iran (d. 1834)
- 1917 –Sören Nordin, Swedish harness racing driver and trainer (d. 2008)
- 1923 –Ken Meuleman, Australian cricketer (d. 2004)
- 1963 –Kristian Alfonso, American actress
- 1978 –Laura Bertram, Canadian actress
- 1981 –Daniel Moreno, Spanish professional bicyclist
- 1982 –Sondre Lerche, Norwegian musician
- 1986 –Pragyan Ojha, Indian cricketer
- 1989 –Katerina Graham, American actress/singer/dancer
Who died on September 5?
- 1548 –Catherine Parr, Sixth wife of Henry VIII of England (b. c.1512)
- 1734 –Nicolas Bernier, French musician and composer (b. 1664)
- 1786 –Jonas Hanway, English merchant, traveler, and philanthropist (b. 1712)
- 1922 –Georgette Agutte, French painter (b. 1867)
- 1934 –Sidney Myer, Russian-Australian businessman (b. 1878)
- 1955 –Haydn Bunton, Sr., Australian rules footballer (b. 1911)
- 1992 –Fritz Leiber, American author (b. 1910)
- 1994 –Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician and Israel Prize recipient (b. 1921)
- 2010 –Corneille (Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo), Belgian artist (b. 1922)
- 2010 –Shoya Tomizawa Japanese MotoGP Racer (b. 1990)
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