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One Day Like This : September 5

Rolando De La Garza Sep 5, 2012 · 14 min read

Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.

One Day Like This

One Day Like This : September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 117 days remaining until the end of the year.

One Day Like This : Events

1590 – Alexander Farnese’s army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris.
1661 – Fall of Nicolas Fouquet: Louis XIV Superintendent of Finances is arrested in Nantes by D’Artagnan, captain of the king’s musketeers.
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.
1697 – War of the Grand Alliance : A French warship commanded by Captain Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville defeated an English squadron at the Battle of Hudson’s Bay.
1698 – In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry.
1725 – Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.
1774 – First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1781 – Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War : the British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.
1793 – French Revolution the French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
1798 – Conscription is made mandatory in France by the Jourdan law.
1800 – Napoleon surrenders Malta to Great Britain.
1812 – War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Wayne begins when Chief Winamac’s forces attack two soldiers returning from the fort’s outhouses.
1816 – Louis XVIII has to dissolve the Chambre introuvable (“Unobtainable Chamber”).
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.
1840 – Premiere of Giuseppe Verdi’s Un giorno di regno at La Scala of Milan.
1862 – American Civil War: the Potomac River is crossed at White’s Ford in the Maryland Campaign.
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.
1877 – American 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.
1882 – The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
1887 – Fire at Theatre Royal in Exeter, England killed 186
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).
1914 – World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
1915 – The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
1918 – Decree “On Red Terror” is published in Russia
1927 – The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.
1932 – The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
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.
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.
1943 – World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Nazdab, near Lae in the Salamaua-Lae campaign.
1944 – Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux.
1945 – Cold War: Igor Gouzenko, a Soviet Union embassy clerk, defects to Canada, exposing Soviet espionage in North America, signalling the beginning of the Cold War.
1945 – Iva Toguri D’Aquino, a Japanese-American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.
1948 – In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister, As such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
1957 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
1960 – The poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is elected as the first President of Senegal.
1960 – The boxer Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) is awarded the gold medal for his first place in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.
1961 – The first conference of the Non Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade.
1969 – My Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lt. William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai.
1970 – Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins: the United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thừa Thiên-Huế Province.
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.
1975 – Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
1977 – Hanns Martin Schleyer, is kidnapped in Cologne, West Germany by the Red Army Faction and is later murdered.
1977 – Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay.
1978 – Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace process at Camp David, Maryland.
1980 – The St. Gotthard Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world’s longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.224 km) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo.
1984 – STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
1984 – Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
1986 – Pan Am Flight 73 with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.
1991 – The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, came into force.
2005 – Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes into a heavily populated residential area of Sumatra, Indonesia, killing 104 people on board and at least 39 persons on ground.

One Day Like This : Births

973 – Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī, Khwarezmi-Persian scholar and polymath (d. 1048)
1187 – Louis VIII of France (d. 1226)
1319 – Peter IV of Aragon (d. 1387)
1567 – Date Masamune, Japanese Samurai and Daimyo (d. 1636)
1568 – Tommaso Campanella, Italian theologian, philosopher, and poet (d. 1639)
1621 – Juan Andrés Coloma, Spanish noble (d. 1694)
1638 – Louis XIV of France (d. 1715)
1667 – Giovanni Gerolamo Saccheri, Italian mathematician (d. 1733)
1694 – František Václav Míča, Czech conductor and composer (d. 1744)
1695 – Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (d. 1770)
1722 – Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (d. 1763)
1725 – Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (d. 1799)
1735 – Johann Christian Bach, German composer (d. 1782)
1750 – Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (d. 1774)
1769 – John Shortland, English navy officer (d. 1810)
1771 – Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, Austrian field marshal (d. 1847)
1772 – Fat′h-Ali Shah Qajar, Iranian king (d. 1834)
1774 – Caspar David Friedrich, German painter (d. 1840)
1775 – Juan Martín Díez, Spanish captain (d. 1825)
1781 – Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer and publisher (d. 1858)
1787 – François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (d. 1850)
1791 – Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer (d. 1864)
1792 – Ours-Pierre-Armand Petit-Dufrénoy, French geologist and mineralogist (d. 1857)
1806 – Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general (d. 1865)
1807 – Richard Chenevix Trench, Irish archbishop and philologist (d. 1886)
1809 – Manuel Montt, Chilean politician and scholar, 6th President of Chile (d. 1880)
1817 – Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian poet, author, and playwright (d. 1875)
1818 – Edmund Kennedy, Australian explorer (d. 1848)
1826 – John Wisden, English cricketer (d. 1884)
1827 – Goffredo Mameli, Italian poet and songwriter (d. 1849)
1831 – Victorien Sardou, French playwright (d. 1908)
1833 – George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (d. 1917)
1836 – Justiniano Borgoño, Peruvian soldier and politician, President of Peru (d. 1921)
1846 – Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniel’s (d. 1911)
1847 – Jesse James, American criminal and murderer (d. 1882)
1856 – Thomas E. Watson, American lawyer, publisher, and politician (d. 1922)
1862 – Denis St. George Daly, Irish polo player (d. 1942)
1867 – Amy Beach, American composer and pianist (d. 1944)
1872 – V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian freedom fighter (d.1936)
1873 – Cornelius Vanderbilt III, American military officer and engineer (d. 1942)
1874 – Nap Lajoie, American baseball player (d. 1959)
1876 – Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (d. 1956)
1876 – Abdelaziz Thâalbi, Tunisian politician (d. 1944)
1881 – Otto Bauer, Austrian politician (d. 1938)
1883 – Otto Erich Deutsch, Austrian publisher and scholar (d. 1967)
1888 – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (d. 1975)
1892 – Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (d. 1973)
1897 – Morris Carnovsky, American actor (d. 1992)
1897 – Arthur Nielsen, American market analyst, founded ACNielsen (d. 1980)
1897 – Ella Schuler, American super-centenarian (d. 2011)
1899 – Humphrey Cobb, American screenwriter and novelist (d. 1944)
1899 – Helen Creighton, Canadian author (d. 1989)
1901 – Florence Eldridge, American actress (d. 1988)
1901 – Mario Scelba, Italian politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1991)
1902 – Darryl F. Zanuck, American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1979)
1904 – Vera Bradford, Australian pianist (d. 2004)
1905 – Maurice Challe, French general (d. 1979)
1905 – Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-English author and journalist (d. 1983)
1905 – Justiniano Montano, Filipino politician (d. 2005)
1907 – Sunnyland Slim, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1995)
1908 – Josué de Castro, Brazilian physician, geographer, and activist (d. 1973)
1908 – Gloria Holden, English actress (d. 1991)
1908 – Joaquín Nin-Culmell, Cuban-Spanish pianist and composer (d. 2004)
1909 – Hans Carste, German pianist and conductor (d. 1971)
1909 – Bernard Delfont, Russian-English talent manager (d. 1994)
1909 – Archie Jackson, Australian cricketer (d. 1933)
1910 – Leila Mackinlay, English author (d. 1996)
1910 – Phiroze Palia, Indian cricketer (d. 1981)
1912 – John Cage, American composer (d. 1992)
1912 – Kristina Söderbaum, German actress and photographer (d. 2001)
1912 – Frank Thomas, American animator (d. 2004)
1914 – Gail Kubik, American composer (d. 1984)
1914 – Nicanor Parra, Chilean mathematician and poet
1916 – Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian (d. 2002)
1916 – Frank Yerby American novelist (d. 1991)
1917 – Sören Nordin, Swedish Harness racer and trainer (d. 2008)
1918 – Luis Alcoriza, Mexican actor, screenwriter, and director (d. 1992)
1918 – Bob Katter, Sr., Australian politician (d. 1990)
1918 – Jean-Marie Poitras, Canadian politician (d. 2009)
1918 – Buddy Williams, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1986)
1919 – Elisabeth Volkenrath, German SS officer (d. 1945)
1920 – Peter Racine Fricker, English-American composer (d. 1990)
1921 – Jack Valenti, American film executive, created the MPAA film rating system (d. 2007)
1923 – David Hamer, Australian politician (d. 2002)
1923 – Ken Meuleman, Australian cricketer (d. 2004)
1924 – Paul Dietzel, American football player and coach
1927 – Paul Volcker, American economist
1928 – Joyce Hatto, English pianist (d. 2006)
1928 – Damayanti Joshi, Indian dancer (d. 2004)
1928 – Albert Mangelsdorff, German trombonist (d. 2005)
1929 – Bob Newhart, American actor and comedian
1929 – Andriyan Nikolayev, Soviet astronaut (d. 2004)
1933 – Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Chilien archbishop
1934 – Carol Lawrence, American actress and singer
1934 – Dennis Letts, American actor (d. 2008)
1935 – Johnny Briggs, English actor
1935 – Paul Josef Cordes, German cardinal
1935 – Werner Erhard, American author founded Werner Erhard and Associates
1935 – Helen Gifford, Australian composer
1936 – Robert Burns, Canadian politician
1936 – John Danforth, American politician
1936 – Jonathan Kozol, American sociologist
1936 – Bill Mazeroski, American baseball player
1937 – Antonio Valentin Angelillo, Argentinian footballer
1937 – William Devane, American actor
1937 – Colin Wesley, South African cricketer
1938 – John Ferguson, Sr., Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
1939 – Claudette Colvin, American nurse and activist
1939 – George Lazenby, Australian actor
1939 – Clay Regazzoni, Swiss race car driver (d. 2006)
1939 – John Stewart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Kingston Trio) (d. 2008)
1940 – Raquel Welch, American actress
1941 – Dave Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player
1942 – Denise Fabre, French television host
1942 – Werner Herzog, German director
1942 – Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor and composer (d. 1995)
1943 – Dulce Saguisag, Filipino politician (d. 2007)
1944 – Dario Bellezza, Italian poet, author, and playwright (d. 1996)
1944 – Gareth Evans, Australian lawyer and politician
1945 – Al Stewart, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946 – Dennis Dugan, American actor and director
1946 – Freddie Mercury, Tanzanian-English singer-songwriter and producer (Queen and Ibex) (d. 1991)
1946 – Loudon Wainwright III, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1947 – Buddy Miles, American singer-songwriter and drummer (The Electric Flag and The California Raisins) (d. 2008)
1947 – Kiyoshi Takayama, Japanese mobster
1947 – Bruce Yardley, Australian cricketer
1948 – Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian diplomat and politician
1949 – Clem Clempson, English guitarist and composer (Humble Pie and Colosseum)
1950 – Cathy Guisewite, American cartoonist
1950 – Paul William Roberts, Canadian author
1951 – Paul Breitner, German footballer
1951 – Michael Keaton, American actor
1951 – Patti McGuire, American model and producer
1953 – Victor Davis Hanson, American historian
1954 – Richard Austin, Jamaican cricketer
1954 – Frederick Kempe, American author and journalist
1956 – Roine Stolt, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Flower Kings, Kaipa, Transatlantic, and The Tangent)
1957 – Rudi Gores, German footballer
1957 – Peter Winnen, Dutch cyclist
1960 – Candy Maldonado, Puerto Rican baseball player
1961 – Marc-André Hamelin, Canadian pianist and composer
1962 – Peter Wingfield, Welsh actor
1963 – Juan Alderete, American bass player and songwriter (Racer X, The Mars Volta, Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group, The Scream, and Big Sir)
1963 – Kristian Alfonso, American actress
1963 – Jeff Brantley, American baseball player
1963 – Taki Inoue, Japanese race car driver
1963 – Jonathan Phillips, English actor
1964 – Frank Farina, Australian footballer
1964 – Ken Norman, American basketball player
1964 – Amanda Ooms, Swedish actress
1964 – Kevin Saunderson, American DJ and producer (Inner City)
1965 – David Brabham, Australian race car driver
1965 – Chris Gore, American critic and writer
1965 – Chris Morris, English comedian and actor
1965 – César Rincón, Colombian bullfighter
1966 – Terry Ellis, American singer (En Vogue)
1966 – Achero Mañas, Spanish actor and director
1966 – Milinko Pantić, Serbian footballer
1967 – India Hicks, English model
1967 – Matthias Sammer, German footballer
1967 – Jane Sixsmith, English field hockey player
1968 – Dennis Scott, American basketball player
1968 – Brad Wilk, American singer-songwriter and drummer (Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine, and Greta)
1969 – Leonardo Nascimento de Araujo, Brazilian footballer
1969 – Mark Ramprakash, English cricketer
1969 – Dweezil Zappa, American singer, guitarist, and actor (Zappa Plays Zappa)
1970 – Kim Hye-su, South Korean actress and model
1970 – Liam Lynch, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, puppeteer, and director
1970 – Mohammad Rafique, Bangladeshi cricketer
1971 – Adam Hollioake, England cricketer
1972 – Hans Riemer, American activist
1972 – Shane Sewell, Canadian wrestler
1972 – Guy Whittall, Zimbabwean cricketer
1973 – Paddy Considine, English actor
1973 – Alexandra Kerry, American director and producer
1973 – Rose McGowan, Italian-American actress and singer
1974 – Rawl Lewis, Grenadian cricketer
1975 – Rod Barajas, American baseball player
1975 – George Boateng, Dutch footballer
1975 – Randy Choate, American baseball player
1975 – Matt Geyer, Australian rugby player
1975 – Jamie Spaniolo, American rapper (Twiztid, Dark Lotus, Psychopathic Rydas, and House of Krazees)
1976 – Tatyana Gutsu, Ukrainian gymnast
1976 – Richard Marsland, Australian comedian, writer, and radio host
1976 – Carice van Houten, Dutch actress
1977 – Rosevelt Colvin, American football player
1977 – Joseba Etxeberria, Spanish footballer
1977 – Minoru Fujita, Japanese wrestler
1977 – Nazr Mohammed, American basketball player
1978 – Laura Bertram, Canadian actress
1978 – Chris Jack, New Zealand rugby player
1978 – Sylvester Joseph, Caribbean cricketer
1978 – Yu Nan, Chinese actress
1978 – Zhang Zhong, Chinese chess player
1979 – John Carew, Norwegian footballer
1979 – Stacey Dales, Canadian basketball player and sportscaster
1979 – Stewart Holden, English scrabble player
1979 – Salvatore Mastronunzio, Italian footballer
1979 – George O’Callaghan, Irish footballer
1980 – Franco Costanzo, Argentinian footballer
1981 – Nina Eichinger, German actress
1981 – Daniel Moreno, Spanish cyclist
1981 – Ann Marie Rios, American porn actress
1981 – Filippo Volandri, Italian tennis player
1982 – Alexandre Geijo, Spanish-Swiss footballer
1982 – Sondre Lerche, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1983 – Eugen Bopp, Ukrainian-German footballer
1983 – Pablo Granoche, Uruguayan footballer
1983 – Antony Sweeney, English footballer
1984 – Chris Anker Sørensen, Danish cyclist
1985 – Ryan Guy, American soccer player
1986 – Colt McCoy, American football player
1986 – Pragyan Ojha, Indian cricketer
1987 – Pierre Casiraghi, Monegasque son of Caroline, Princess of Hanover
1987 – Silvestre Rasuk, American actor
1988 – Denni Avdić, Swedish footballer
1988 – Felipe Caicedo, Ecuadorian footballer
1988 – Nuri Şahin, Turkish footballer
1989 – Katerina Graham, Swiss-American actress, singer, and dancer
1989 – José Ángel Valdés, Spanish footballer
1989 – Ben Youngs, English rugby player
1990 – Antonio Esposito, Italian footballer
1990 – Angy Fernández, Spanish singer and actress
1990 – Kim Yu-Na, South Korean figure skater
1990 – Franco Zuculini, Italian footballer
1991 – Skandar Keynes, English actor
1993 – Gage Golightly, American actress
1995 – Caroline Sunshine, American actress, singer, and dancer

One Day Like This : Deaths

1165 – Emperor Nijō of Japan (b. 1143)
1201 – Constance, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1161)
1235 – Henry I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1165)
1548 – Catherine Parr, English 6th wife of Henry VIII of England (b. 1512)
1607 – Pomponne de Bellièvre, French politician, Chancellor of France (b. 1529)
1629 – Domenico Allegri, Italian composer (b. 1585)
1734 – Nicolas Bernier, French composer (b. 1664)
1786 – Jonas Hanway, English merchant, traveler, and philanthropist (b. 1712)
1803 – Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author (b. 1741)
1803 – François Devienne, French composer (b. 1759)
1808 – John Home, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1722)
1836 – Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright (b. 1790)
1837 – James Ruse, Australian farmer and criminal (b. 1759)
1838 – Charles Percier, French architect (b. 1764)
1857 – Auguste Comte, French sociologist (b. 1798)
1876 – Manuel Blanco Encalada, Chilean navy officer and politician, 1st President of Chile (b. 1790)
1877 – Crazy Horse, Native American war leader (b. 1849)
1898 – Sarah Edmonds, Canadian nurse, soldier, and spy (b. 1841)
1901 – Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist (b. 1853)
1902 – Rudolf Virchow, German pathologist and politician (b. 1821)
1906 – Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist (b. 1844)
1912 – Arthur MacArthur, Jr., American army general (b. 1845)
1914 – Charles Péguy, French poet, essayist, and editor (b. 1873)
1917 – Marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist (b. 1872)
1920 – Robert Harron, American actor (b. 1893)
1922 – Georgette Agutte, French painter (b. 1867)
1926 – Karl Harrer, German journalist and politician (b. 1890)
1930 – Robert Means Thompson, American navy officer (b. 1849)
1931 – John Thomson, Scottish footballer (b. 1909)
1932 – Francisco Acebal, Spanish novelist, playwright, and journalist (b. 1866)
1932 – Paul Bern, German-American director (b. 1889)
1934 – Sidney Myer, Russian-Australian businessman, founded Myer Stores (b. 1878)
1936 – Federico Borrell García, Spanish soldier (b. 1912)
1936 – Gustave Kahn, French poet and critic (b. 1859)
1942 – François de Labouchère, French pilot (b. 1917)
1945 – Clem Hill, Australian cricketer (b. 1877)
1948 – Richard C. Tolman, American physicist (b. 1881)
1953 – Richard Walther Darré, Argentinian-German nazi politician (b. 1895)
1954 – Eugen Schiffer, German politician (b. 1860)
1955 – Haydn Bunton, Sr., Australian footballer (b. 1911)
1965 – Thomas Johnston, Scottish politician (b. 1882)
1966 – Dezső Lauber, Hungarian architect (b. 1879)
1970 – Jochen Rindt, German-Austrian race car driver (b. 1942)
1972 – Alan Kippax, Australian cricketer (b. 1897)
1972 – Yossef Romano, Israeli weightlifter (b. 1940)
1972 – Moshe Weinberg, Israeli wrestling coach (b. 1939)
1973 – Jack Fournier, American baseball player (b. 1889)
1975 – Georg Ots, Estonian singer (b. 1920)
1977 – Marcel Thiry, Belgian poet (b. 1897)
1979 – Alberto di Jorio, Italian cardinal (b. 1884)
1980 – Don Banks, Australian composer (b. 1923)
1982 – Douglas Bader, English pilot (b. 1910)
1983 – Antonio Mairena, Spanish singer (b. 1909)
1984 – Adam Malik, Indonesian politician and diplomat (b. 1917)
1984 – Jane Roberts, American psychic medium and author (b. 1929)
1988 – Gert Fröbe, German actor (b. 1913)
1989 – Philip Baxter, Australian engineer and academic (b. 1905)
1990 – Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon, English diplomat (b. 1907)
1990 – Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian revolutionary leader (b. 1896)
1991 – Sharad Joshi, Indian author and poet (b. 1931)
1992 – Fritz Leiber, American author (b. 1910)
1993 – Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (b. 1914)
1994 – Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician (b. 1921)
1994 – John Newman, Australian politician (b. 1946)
1996 – Basil Salvadore D’Souza, Indian bishop (b. 1926)
1997 – Georg Solti, Hungarian conductor (b. 1912)
1997 – Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian missionary, and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
1998 – Fernando Balzaretti, Mexican actor (b. 1946)
1998 – Ferdinand Biondi, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1909)
1998 – Verner Panton, Danish designer (b. 1926)
1998 – Leo Penn, American director (b. 1921)
1999 – Alan Clark, English politician and author (b. 1928)
1999 – Allen Funt, American director, writer, and producer (b. 1914)
1999 – Bryce Mackasey, Canadian politician (b. 1921)
2000 – Roy Fredericks, Guyanese cricketer (b. 1942)
2000 – Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian general (b. 1918)
2001 – Justin Wilson, American chef (b. 1914)
2001 – Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist (b. 1912)
2002 – David Todd Wilkinson, American astronomer (b. 1935)
2003 – Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-American singer and actress (b. 1927)
2005 – Roberto Viaux, Chilean army general (b. 1917)
2007 – Jennifer Dunn, American politician (b. 1941)
2007 – Paul Gillmor, American politician (b. 1939)
2007 – Thomas Hansen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1976)
2007 – D. James Kennedy, American pastor, evangelist, and broadcaster (b. 1930)
2007 – Nikos Nikolaidis, Greek director and writer (b. 1939)
2008 – Evan Tanner American mixed martial artist (b. 1971)
2010 – Hedley Beare, Australian educator and academic (b. 1932)
2010 – Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, Belgian poet and painter (b. 1922)
2010 – Shoya Tomizawa, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1990)
2012 – Hamzah Abu Samah, Malaysian politician (b. 1924)
2012 – Edis Bahtijarević, Turkish-Bosnian footballer (b. 1986)
2012 – Christian Marin, French actor (b. 1929)
2012 – John Oaksey, English sportscaster and journalist (b. 1929)

One Day Like This : Holidays and Observances

Christian Feast Day:

Bertin
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
Genebald
Zechariah and Elisabeth (Anglican and Eastern Orthodox Church)
September 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Earliest date on which Jeûne genevois can fall, while September 11 is the latest; celebrated on Thursday after the first Sunday of September. (Canton of Geneva)
Jupiter Stator, commemorates that Jupiter helped Romulus to stop the Sabine invasion under Titus Tatius. (Roman Empire)
Teachers’ Day (India)

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