September 5 Explained
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
- 1905 - Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
- 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.
- 1932 - The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
- 1937 - Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.
- 1938 - Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.
- 1941 - Whole territory of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany.
- 1942 - World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare during the Pacific War.
- 1943 - World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport, 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.
- 1954 - KLM Flight 633 crashes into the River Shannon in Shannon, County Clare, Ireland, killing 28.[6]
- 1957 - Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
- 1960 - Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is the first elected President of Senegal.
- 1960 - Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.
- 1969 - Mỹ Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lieutenant 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.
- 1970 - Jochen Rindt becomes the only driver to posthumously win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship (in), after being killed in practice for the Italian Grand Prix.
- 1972 - Munich massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two die in the attack and nine are murdered the following day.
- 1975 - Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
- 1977 - Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 1 spacecraft.
- 1978 - Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland.
- 1980 - The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14miles stretching from Göschenen to Airolo.
- 1981 - The first women arrive at what becomes Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in the UK.[7]
- 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 from Mumbai, India with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.
- 1990 - Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians.
- 1991 - The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.
- 1996 - Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people.
- 2005 - Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes after takeoff from Polonia International Airport in Medan, Indonesia, killing 149.[8]
- 2012 - An accidental explosion at a Turkish Army ammunition store in Afyon, western Turkey kills 25 soldiers and wounds four others.
- 2021 - The President of Guinea, Alpha Condé is captured by armed forces during a coup d'état.
- 2022 - Liz Truss is declared the winner of the UK Conservative Party leadership election, beating Rishi Sunak[9]
- 2022 - At least 93 people die and 25 are missing after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Sichuan, China.[10]
Births
Pre-1600
- 989 - Fan Zhongyan, Chinese chancellor (d. 1052)
- 1187 - Louis VIII, king of France (d. 1226)
- 1201 - Alix of Thouars, duchess of Brittany (d. 1221)
- 1319 - Peter IV, king of Aragon (d. 1387)
- 1451 - Isabel Neville, daughter of Richard Neville (d. 1476)
- 1500 - Maria of Jever, ruler of the Lordship of Jever (d. 1575)
- 1533 - Jacopo Zabarella, Italian philosopher and logician (d. 1589)
- 1540 - Magnus of Holstein, prince of Denmark (d. 1583)
- 1567 - Date Masamune, Japanese daimyō (d. 1636)
- 1568 - Tommaso Campanella, Italian poet, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1639)
1601–1900
- 1638 - Louis XIV, king of France (d. 1715)[11]
- 1641 - Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, English diplomat (d. 1702)
- 1642 - Maria of Orange-Nassau, Dutch princess (d. 1688)
- 1651 - William Dampier, English explorer (d. 1715)
- 1666 - Gottfried Arnold, German historian and theologian (d. 1714)
- 1667 - Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Italian priest, mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1733)
- 1694 - František Václav Míča, Czech conductor and composer (d. 1744)
- 1695 - Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician and diplomat (d. 1770)
- 1722 - Frederick Christian, Prince-Elector of Saxony (d. 1763)
- 1725 - Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1799)
- 1735 - Johann Christian Bach, German-English viol player and composer (d. 1782)
- 1750 - Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet and author (d. 1774)
- 1769 - John Shortland, English commander (d. 1810)
- 1771 - Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (d. 1847)
- 1772 - Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Iranian king (d. 1834)
- 1774 - Caspar David Friedrich, German painter and etcher (d. 1840)
- 1775 - Juan Martín Díez, Spanish general (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 pianist and composer (d. 1864)
- 1792 - Ours-Pierre-Armand Petit-Dufrénoy, French geologist and mineralogist (d. 1857)
- 1806 - Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1865)
- 1817 - Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian poet, author, and playwright (d. 1875)
- 1818 - Edmund Kennedy, Australian explorer and surveyor (d. 1848)
- 1826 - John Wisden, English cricketer and businessman (d. 1884)
- 1827 - Goffredo Mameli, Italian poet and songwriter (d. 1849)
- 1829 - Lester Allan Pelton, American inventor (d. 1908)
- 1831 - Victorien Sardou, French author and playwright (d. 1908)
- 1833 - George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (d. 1917)
- 1836 - Justiniano Borgoño, Peruvian soldier and politician, 57th President of Peru (d. 1921)
- 1847 - Jesse James, American outlaw (d. 1882)
- 1850 - Eugen Goldstein, German physicist (d. 1930)
- 1856 - Thomas E. Watson, American lawyer, publisher, and politician (d. 1922)
- 1867 - Amy Beach, American pianist and composer (d. 1944)
- 1871 - Friedrich Akel, Estonian physician and politician, Head of State of Estonia (d 1941)
- 1872 - V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1936)
- 1872 - Horace Rice, Australian tennis player (d. 1950)
- 1873 - Cornelius Vanderbilt III, American general and engineer (d. 1942)
- 1874 - Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager (d. 1959)
- 1876 - Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (d. 1956)
- 1880 - José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (d. 1936)
- 1881 - Otto Bauer, Austrian philosopher and politician, Foreign Minister of Austria (d. 1938)
- 1881 - Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson, English field marshal (d. 1964)
- 1883 - Otto Erich Deutsch, Austrian musicologist and scholar (d. 1967)
- 1888 - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (d. 1975)
- 1892 - Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist and educator (d. 1973)
- 1897 - Morris Carnovsky, American actor (d. 1992)
- 1897 - Arthur Nielsen, American market analyst, founded ACNielsen (d. 1980)
- 1899 - Humphrey Cobb, American author and screenwriter (d. 1944)
- 1899 - Helen Creighton, Canadian author and educator (d. 1989)
1901–present
- 1901 - Florence Eldridge, American actress (d. 1988)
- 1901 - Mario Scelba, Italian politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1991)
- 1902 - Jean Dalrymple, American playwright, producer, manager, and publicist (d. 1998)
- 1902 - Darryl F. Zanuck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1979)
- 1904 - Vera Bradford, Australian pianist and educator (d. 2004)
- 1905 - Maurice Challe, French general (d. 1979)
- 1905 - Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-English journalist and author (d. 1983)
- 1905 - Justiniano Montano, Filipino lawyer and politician (d. 2005)
- 1906 - Ralston Crawford, American painter, lithographer, and photographer (d. 1978)
- 1906 - Sunnyland Slim, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1995)
- 1908 - Josué de Castro, Brazilian physician, geographer, and activist (d. 1973)
- 1908 - Joaquín Nin-Culmell, German-American pianist and composer (d. 2004)
- 1908 - Cecilia Seghizzi, Italian composer and painter (d. 2019)
- 1908 - Renzo Rivolta, Italian engineer (d. 1966)[12]
- 1909 - Hans Carste, German pianist and conductor (d. 1971)
- 1909 - Bernard Delfont, Russian-English talent manager (d. 1994)
- 1909 - Archie Jackson, Scottish-Australian cricketer (d. 1933)
- 1910 - Leila Mackinlay, English author (d. 1996)
- 1910 - Phiroze Palia, Indian cricketer (d. 1981)
- 1912 - John Cage, American composer and theorist (d. 1992)
- 1912 - Kristina Söderbaum, Swedish-German actress and photographer (d. 2001)
- 1912 - Frank Thomas, American voice actor, animator, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
- 1914 - Stuart Freeborn, English make up artist (d. 2013)
- 1914 - Gail Kubik, American violinist, composer, and educator (d. 1984)
- 1914 - Nicanor Parra, Chilean physicist, mathematician, and poet (d. 2018)
- 1916 - Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
- 1916 - Frank Yerby, American novelist (d. 1991)
- 1917 - Pedro E. Guerrero, American photographer (d. 2012)
- 1917 - Sören Nordin, Swedish harness racer and trainer (d. 2008)
- 1918 - Luis Alcoriza, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
- 1918 - Bob Katter, Sr., Australian captain and politician (d. 1990)
- 1918 - Fred McCarthy, American cartoonist and monk (d. 2009)
- 1919 - Elisabeth Volkenrath, German SS officer (d. 1945)
- 1920 - Peter Racine Fricker, English-American composer and educator (d. 1990)
- 1920 - Fons Rademakers, Dutch-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
- 1921 - Murray Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2013)
- 1921 - Jack Valenti, American businessman, created the MPAA film rating system (d. 2007)
- 1922 - Denys Wilkinson, English physicist and academic (d. 2016)
- 1923 - David Hamer, Australian captain and politician (d. 2002)
- 1923 - Ken Meuleman, Australian cricketer (d. 2004)
- 1924 - Paul Dietzel, American football player and coach (d. 2013)
- 1924 - Frank Armitage, Australian-American artist (d. 2016)
- 1925 - Justin Kaplan, American author (d. 2014)
- 1927 - Paul Volcker, American economist and academic (d. 2019)
- 1928 - Joyce Hatto, English pianist and educator (d. 2006)
- 1928 - Albert Mangelsdorff, German trombonist and educator (d. 2005)
- 1929 - Bob Newhart, American comedian and actor (d. 2024)[13]
- 1929 - Andriyan Nikolayev, Russian general, pilot, and cosmonaut (d. 2004)[14]
- 1932 - Carol Lawrence, American actress and singer[15]
- 1932 - Robert H. Dennard, American electrical engineer and inventor (d. 2024)
- 1933 - Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Chilean cardinal
- 1934 - Paul Josef Cordes, German cardinal (d. 2024)
- 1934 - Dennis Letts, American actor and educator (d. 2008)
- 1934 - Kevin McNamara, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (d. 2017)
- 1935 - Werner Erhard, American author and philanthropist, founded Werner Erhard and Associates and The Hunger Project
- 1935 - Helen Gifford, Australian composer and educator
- 1935 - Lucille Soong, Chinese-American actress
- 1936 - Robert Burns, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
- 1936 - John Danforth, American politician and diplomat, 24th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
- 1936 - Jonathan Kozol, American sociologist, author, and educator
- 1936 - Bill Mazeroski, American baseball player and coach
- 1936 - Knuts Skujenieks, Latvian poet, journalist, and translator (d. 2022)
- 1937 - Antonio Valentín Angelillo, Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 2018)
- 1937 - Dick Clement, English director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1938 - John Ferguson, Sr., Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2007)
- 1938 - Doreen Massey, Baroness Massey of Darwen, English politician (d. 2024)
- 1939 - Claudette Colvin, American nurse and activist[16]
- 1939 - William Devane, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1939 - George Lazenby, Australian actor
- 1939 - John Stewart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
- 1939 - George Tremlett, English journalist, author, and politician (d. 2021)
- 1940 - Valerie Howarth, Baroness Howarth of Breckland, English politician
- 1940 - Raquel Welch, American actress and singer (d. 2023)[17]
- 1941 - Dave Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2022)[18]
- 1942 - Werner Herzog, German actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1942 - Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor and composer (d. 1995)
- 1943 - Dulce Saguisag, Filipino social worker and politician, 10th Filipino Secretary of Social Welfare and Development (d. 2007)
- 1944 - Dario Bellezza, Italian poet, author, and playwright (d. 1996)
- 1945 - Al Stewart, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1946 - Kyongae Chang, South Korean astrophysicist and academic
- 1946 - Dennis Dugan, American actor and director
- 1946 - Dean Ford, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2018)
- 1946 - Freddie Mercury, British singer and songwriter (d. 1991)[19]
- 1946 - Loudon Wainwright III, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1947 - Mel Collins, Manx saxophonist and flute player
- 1947 - Chip Davis, American pianist, songwriter, and producer
- 1947 - Buddy Miles, American singer-songwriter and drummer (d. 2008)
- 1947 - Bruce Yardley, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2019)
- 1948 - Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Foreign Minister of Austria
- 1949 - Clem Clempson, English guitarist and songwriter
- 1950 - Rosie Cooper, English businesswoman and politician
- 1950 - Cathy Guisewite, American cartoonist, created Cathy
- 1951 - Paul Breitner, German footballer
- 1951 - Michael Keaton, American actor and producer
- 1951 - Jamie Oldaker, American drummer and percussionist (d. 2020)
- 1952 - David Glen Eisley, American rock singer-songwriter and actor
- 1953 - Victor Davis Hanson, American historian and journalist
- 1953 - Murray Mexted, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
- 1953 - Eiki Nestor, Estonian engineer and politician, Estonian Minister of Social Affairs
- 1953 - Paul Piché, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1954 - Richard Austin, Jamaican footballer and cricketer (d. 2015)
- 1954 - Frederick Kempe, American journalist and author
- 1956 - Low Thia Khiang, Singaporean businessman and politician
- 1956 - Roine Stolt, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1956 - Debbie Turner, American actress
- 1957 - Rudi Gores, German footballer and manager
- 1957 - Peter Winnen, Dutch cyclist
- 1958 - Lars Danielsson, Swedish bassist, composer, and producer
- 1959 - Frank Schirrmacher, German journalist and publisher (d. 2014)
- 1960 - Willie Gault, American football player, athlete, and actor[20]
- 1960 - Don Kulick, Swedish anthropologist and academic
- 1961 - Marc-André Hamelin, Canadian pianist and composer
- 1962 - Tracy Edwards, English sailor and coach
- 1962 - John McGrath, Welsh businessman
- 1963 - Juan Alderete, American bass player and songwriter
- 1963 - Kristian Alfonso, American actress and model
- 1963 - Jeff Brantley, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1963 - Terry Ellis, American R&B singer–songwriter and actress
- 1963 - Taki Inoue, Japanese race car driver and manager
- 1964 - Frank Farina, Australian footballer and manager
- 1964 - Sergei Loznitsa, Belarusian-Ukrainian director and screenwriter
- 1964 - Ken Norman, American basketball player
- 1964 - Thomas Mikal Ford, American actor (d. 2016)
- 1965 - David Brabham, Australian race car driver
- 1965 - Hoshitango Imachi, Japanese wrestler
- 1965 - Nick Talbot, English geneticist and academic
- 1966 - Achero Mañas, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1966 - Milinko Pantić, Serbian footballer and manager
- 1967 - Matthias Sammer, German footballer and manager
- 1967 - Jane Sixsmith, English field hockey player
- 1968 - Serhiy Kovalets, Ukrainian footballer and manager
- 1968 - Dennis Scott, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1968 - Robin van der Laan, Dutch footballer and coach
- 1968 - Brad Wilk, American singer-songwriter and drummer
- 1969 - Leonardo Araújo, Brazilian footballer and manager
- 1969 - Mariko Kouda, Japanese voice actress, singer, and radio host
- 1969 - Mark Ramprakash, English cricketer and coach
- 1969 - Dweezil Zappa, American actor and musician
- 1970 - Liam Lynch, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, puppeteer, and director
- 1970 - Mohammad Rafique, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1970 - Gilbert Remulla, Filipino journalist and politician
- 1970 - Johnny Vegas, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1971 - Adam Hollioake, Australian cricketer and mixed martial artist
- 1972 - Shane Sewell, Canadian-American wrestler and referee
- 1972 - Guy Whittall, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1973 - Paddy Considine, English actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1973 - Rose McGowan, American actress
- 1974 - Lauren Jeska, British fell runner convicted of the attempted murder of Ralph Knibbs[21]
- 1974 - Rawl Lewis, Grenadian cricketer
- 1974 - Ken-Marti Vaher, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior
- 1975 - Rod Barajas, American baseball player and manager
- 1975 - George Boateng, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1975 - Randy Choate, American baseball player
- 1975 - Matt Geyer, Australian rugby league player and coach
- 1976 - Tatiana Gutsu, Ukrainian gymnast
- 1976 - Carice van Houten, Dutch actress and singer
- 1977 - Rosevelt Colvin, American football player and sportscaster
- 1977 - Joseba Etxeberria, Spanish footballer
- 1977 - Minoru Fujita, Japanese wrestler
- 1977 - Nazr Mohammed, American basketball player
- 1978 - Laura Bertram, Canadian actress
- 1978 - Chris Hipkins, New Zealand politician, 41st Prime Minister of New Zealand[22]
- 1978 - Chris Jack, New Zealand rugby player
- 1978 - Sylvester Joseph, Antiguan cricketer
- 1978 - Zhang Zhong, Chinese chess player
- 1979 - John Carew, Norwegian footballer
- 1979 - Stacey Dales, Canadian basketball player and sportscaster
- 1979 - Julien Lizeroux, French skier
- 1979 - Salvatore Mastronunzio, Italian footballer
- 1979 - George O'Callaghan, Irish footballer
- 1980 - Franco Costanzo, Argentinian footballer
- 1980 - Kevin Simm, British singer
- 1981 - Daniel Moreno, Spanish cyclist
- 1981 - Kai Rüütel, Estonian opera singer
- 1981 - Filippo Volandri, Italian tennis player
- 1982 - Alexandre Geijo, Spanish-Swiss footballer
- 1983 - Eugen Bopp, Ukrainian-German footballer
- 1983 - Pablo Granoche, Uruguayan footballer
- 1983 - Lincoln Riley, American football coach
- 1983 - Antony Sweeney, English footballer
- 1983 - Chris Young, American baseball player[23]
- 1984 - Alison Bell, Scottish field hockey player[24]
- 1984 - Chris Anker Sørensen, Danish cyclist (d. 2021)
- 1985 - Justin Dentmon, American basketball player[25]
- 1985 - Ryan Guy, American soccer player
- 1986 - Colt McCoy, American football player
- 1986 - Pragyan Ojha, Indian cricketer
- 1988 - Denni Avdić, Swedish footballer
- 1988 - Felipe Caicedo, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1988 - Emmy Raver-Lampman, American actress and singer
- 1989 - Elena Delle Donne, American basketball player
- 1989 - Kat Graham, American actress and singer
- 1989 - Craig Smith, American ice hockey player[26]
- 1989 - José Ángel Valdés, Spanish footballer
- 1989 - Ben Youngs, English rugby player
- 1990 - Antonio Esposito, Italian footballer
- 1990 - Francesca Segarelli, Dominican tennis player
- 1990 - Lance Stephenson, American basketball player
- 1990 - Yuna Kim, South Korean figure skater
- 1990 - Franco Zuculini, Argentinian footballer
- 1991 - Skandar Keynes, English actor and political adviser
- 1991 - Zeki Yavru, Turkish footballer
- 1993 - Pablo Reyes, Dominican baseball player[27]
- 1993 - T. J. Warren, American basketball player[28]
- 1994 - Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italian swimmer
- 1995 - Szabina Szlavikovics, Hungarian tennis player
- 1995 - Lucas Wallmark, Swedish ice hockey player[29]
- 1996 - Richairo Zivkovic, Dutch footballer
- 1996 - Sigrid, Norwegian singer
- 1997 - Kyōko Saitō, Japanese idol[30]
- 1998 - Caroline Dolehide, American tennis player[31]
- 1998 - Mac Jones, American football player[32]
- 1998 - Davion Mitchell, American basketball player[33]
- 1999 - Filip Chytil, Czech ice hockey player[34]
- 2001 - Bukayo Saka, English footballer[35]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 590 - Authari, Lombard king (b. 540)
- 714 - Shang, emperor of the Tang Dynasty
- 1165 - Nijō, emperor of Japan (b. 1143)
- 1235 - Henry I, duke of Brabant (b. 1165)
- 1311 - Amadeus Aba, Hungarian oligarch
- 1336 - Charles d'Évreux, count of Étampes (b. 1305)
- 1526 - Alonso de Salazar, Spanish explorer
- 1548 - Catherine Parr, Sixth and last Queen of Henry VIII of England (b. c. 1512)
- 1562 - Katharina Zell, German Protestant reformer (b. 1497)
- 1569 - Edmund Bonner, Bishop of London (b. c. 1500)
1601–1900
- 1607 - Pomponne de Bellièvre, French politician, Chancellor of France (b. 1529)
- 1629 - Domenico Allegri, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1585)
- 1734 - Nicolas Bernier, French composer (b. 1664)
- 1786 - Jonas Hanway, English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1712)
- 1803 - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author (b. 1741)
- 1803 - François Devienne, French flute player and composer (b. 1759)
- 1836 - Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian actor and playwright (b. 1790)
- 1838 - Charles Percier, French architect and interior decorator (b. 1764)
- 1857 - Auguste Comte, French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1798)
- 1876 - Manuel Blanco Encalada, Chilean admiral and politician, 1st President of Chile (b. 1790)
- 1877 - Crazy Horse, American tribal leader (b. 1849)
- 1894 - George Stoneman, Jr., United States Army cavalry officer (b. 1822)
- 1898 - Sarah Emma Edmonds, Canadian-American nurse, soldier, and spy (b. 1841)
1901–present
- 1901 - Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist and academic (b. 1853)
- 1902 - Rudolf Virchow, German anthropologist, pathologist, and biologist (b. 1821)
- 1906 - Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist and philosopher (b. 1844)
- 1909 - Louis Bouveault, French chemist (b. 1864)
- 1912 - Arthur MacArthur, Jr., American LTG (Army), Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1845)
- 1917 - Marian Smoluchowski, Austrian-Polish physicist and mountaineer (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 soldier, businessman, and philanthropist (b. 1849)
- 1931 - John Thomson, Scottish footballer (b. 1909)
- 1932 - Francisco Acebal, Spanish journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1866)
- 1932 - Paul Bern, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
- 1934 - Sidney Myer, Russian-Australian businessman, founded Myer Stores (b. 1878)
- 1936 - Gustave Kahn, French poet and critic (b. 1859)
- 1942 - François de Labouchère, French soldier and pilot (b. 1917)
- 1945 - Clem Hill, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1877)
- 1948 - Richard C. Tolman, American physicist and chemist (b. 1881)
- 1953 - Richard Walther Darré, Argentinian-German agronomist and politician (b. 1895)
- 1954 - Eugen Schiffer, German lawyer and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (b. 1860)
- 1955 - Haydn Bunton, Sr., Australian footballer and coach (b. 1911)
- 1961 - Lewis Akeley, American academic (b. 1861)[36]
- 1965 - Thomas Johnston, Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (b. 1882)
- 1966 - Dezső Lauber, Hungarian golfer, tennis player, and architect (b. 1879)
- 1970 - Jochen Rindt, German-Austrian race car driver (b. 1942)
- 1972 - Alan Kippax, Australian cricketer and businessman (b. 1897)
- 1973 - Jack Fournier, American baseball player and coach (b. 1889)
- 1975 - Alice Catherine Evans, American microbiologist (b. 1881)[37]
- 1977 - Marcel Thiry, Belgian poet and activist (b. 1897)
- 1979 - Alberto di Jorio, Italian cardinal (b. 1884)
- 1980 - Don Banks, Australian composer and educator (b. 1923)
- 1982 - Douglas Bader, English captain and pilot (b. 1910)
- 1984 - Adam Malik, Indonesian politician and diplomat, 3rd Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1917)
- 1984 - Jane Roberts, American psychic and author (b. 1929)
- 1985 - Johannes Hint, Estonian engineer (b. 1914)
- 1986 - Neerja Bhanot, Indian model and youngest recipient of country's highest peacetime military award Ashok Chakra (b. 1963)
- 1988 - Gert Fröbe, German actor and singer (b. 1913)
- 1989 - Philip Baxter, Welsh-Australian chemical engineer (b. 1905)[38]
- 1990 - Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon, English academic and diplomat (b. 1907)
- 1990 - Jerry Iger, American cartoonist and publisher, co-founded Eisner & Iger (b. 1903)
- 1990 - Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian politician (b. 1896)
- 1991 - Sharad Joshi, Indian author and poet (b. 1931)
- 1992 - Fritz Leiber, American author and poet (b. 1910)
- 1993 - Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (b. 1914)
- 1994 - Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician and scholar (b. 1921)
- 1994 - John Newman, Australian politician (b. 1946)
- 1995 - Benyamin Sueb, Indonesian comedian, actor, and singer (b. 1939)
- 1995 - Salil Chowdhury, Indian music composer, who mainly composed for Bengali, Hindi, Malayalam film and other films. (b. 1922)
- 1996 - Basil Salvadore D'Souza, Indian bishop (b. 1926)
- 1997 - Leon Edel, American author and critic (b. 1907)
- 1997 - Eddie Little Sky, American actor (b. 1926)[39]
- 1997 - Georg Solti, Hungarian conductor and director (b. 1912)
- 1997 - Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian nun, missionary, and saint, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
- 1998 - Ferdinand Biondi, Canadian radio host (b. 1909)
- 1998 - Willem Drees, Jr., Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Transport (b. 1922)
- 1998 - Verner Panton, Danish interior designer (b. 1926)
- 1998 - Leo Penn, American actor and director (b. 1921)
- 1999 - Alan Clark, English historian and politician, Minister for Defence Procurement (b. 1928)
- 1999 - Allen Funt, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
- 1999 - Bryce Mackasey, Canadian businessman and politician, Postmaster General of Canada (b. 1921)
- 2000 - Roy Fredericks, Guyanese cricketer and politician (b. 1942)
- 2001 - Justin Wilson, American chef and author (b. 1914)
- 2001 - Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist and academic (b. 1912)
- 2002 - David Todd Wilkinson, American cosmologist and astronomer (b. 1935)
- 2003 - Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-American singer and actress (b. 1927)
- 2005 - Roberto Viaux, Chilean general (b. 1917)
- 2007 - Jennifer Dunn, American engineer and politician (b. 1941)
- 2007 - Paul Gillmor, American lawyer and politician (b. 1939)
- 2007 - Thomas Hansen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1976)
- 2007 - D. James Kennedy, American pastor and author (b. 1930)
- 2007 - Nikos Nikolaidis, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1939)
- 2009 - Gani Fawehinmi, Nigerian lawyer and activist (b. 1938)
- 2010 - Hedley Beare, Australian author and academic (b. 1932)
- 2010 - Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, Belgian-Dutch poet and painter (b. 1922)
- 2012 - Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu, Turkish-Bosnian footballer (b. 1986)
- 2012 - Ian Dick, Australian cricketer and field hockey player (b. 1926)
- 2012 - Victoria Fyodorova, Russian-American actress and author (b. 1946)
- 2012 - John Oaksey, English jockey and journalist (b. 1929)
- 2013 - Edwin Bideau, American lawyer and politician (b. 1950)
- 2013 - Geoffrey Goodman, English pilot, journalist, and author (b. 1922)
- 2013 - Isamu Jordan, American journalist and academic (b. 1975)
- 2014 - Bruce Morton, American journalist (b. 1930)
- 2014 - Mara Neusel, German mathematician, author, and academic (b. 1964)
- 2015 - Goh Eng Wah, Malaysian-Singaporean businessman, founded Eng Wah Global (b. 1923)
- 2015 - Aadesh Shrivastava, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1964)
- 2015 - Chester Stranczek, American baseball player and businessman (b. 1929)
- 2016 - Hugh O'Brian, American actor (b. 1925)
- 2016 - Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer, writer, and political activist (b. 1924)
- 2017 - Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate (b. 1920)[40]
- 2018 - Bhagwatikumar Sharma, Indian Gujarati writer and journalist (b. 1934)
- 2018 - Beatriz Segall, Brazilian actress (b. 1926)
- 2019 - Francisco Toledo, Mexican painter, sculptor, and graphic artist (b. 1940)
- 2021 - Sarah Harding, English singer, member of Girls Aloud (b. 1981)[41]
Holidays and observances
External links
Notes and References
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- Web site: Ranter. Harro. ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-1049C-55-81 Super Constellation PH-LKY Shannon Airport (SNN). 2021-09-04. aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network.
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- News: Who is Liz Truss? From teenage Lib Dem to Tory PM. BBC News . 15 September 2021 . 5 September 2022.
- News: Death Toll From Western China Earthquake Rises to 93 . 16 October 2022 . Associated Press . Voice of America . 12 September 2022.
- Web site: BBC – History – Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638–1715) . www.bbc.co.uk . 9 June 2022.
- News: The history of the Italian automobile – Part 49 . . 2 March 2017 . 2020-05-27 .
- Web site: Bob Newhart, Comedy Icon, Dies at 94. Variety. July 18, 2024. July 18, 2024. Dagan. Carmel.
- Book: Burgess . Colin . Hall . Rex . The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact . 2009 . Springer . Berlin . 9780387848235 . 59 . 2008935694.
- Web site: Rose . Mike . Today's famous birthdays list for September 5, 2022 includes celebrities Michael Keaton, Kat Graham . . . 3 September 2023 . 5 September 2022.
- Web site: Famous birthdays for Sept. 5: Werner Herzog, Rose McGowan . . 3 September 2023 . 5 September 2022.
- News: Raquel Welch, 1960s film star and sex symbol, dies at 82 . The Washington Post.
- Web site: Stubbs . Dave . Dave Dryden, former NHL goalie, mask pioneer, dies at 81. October 7, 2022 . www.nhl.com . en.
- Web site: Freddie Mercury Biography, Parents, Songs, & Facts Britannica . www.britannica.com . 9 January 2022 . en.
- Web site: Willie Gault . . 3 September 2023.
- Web site: Lauren JESKA | Profile. www.worldathletics.org.
- Web site: Hon Chris Hipkins . New Zealand Government . 22 November 2021 . 22 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211122233815/https://www.beehive.govt.nz/minister/biography/chris-hipkins . live.
- Web site: Chris Young . . 3 September 2023.
- Web site: Glasgow 2014 - Alison Bell Profile . results.glasgow2014.com . 1 April 2020.
- Web site: Justin Dentmon Stats. Basketball-Reference.com.
- Web site: Craig Smith . . 3 September 2023.
- Web site: Pablo Reyes #19 . 10 April 2024 . Major League Baseball.
- Web site: T.J. Warren | Brooklyn Nets | NBA.com . .
- Web site: Lucas Wallmark . . 3 September 2023.
- Web site: 齊藤 京子 . 日向坂46公式サイト . 11 December 2020 . ja.
- Web site: Caroline Dolehide Player Stats & More – WTA Official . 2022-10-18 . Women's Tennis Association . en.
- Web site: Mac Jones . . 3 September 2023.
- Web site: Davion Mitchell | Sacramento Kings . .
- Web site: Filip Chytil . . 3 September 2023.
- Web site: Bukayo Saka . 2022-07-04 . England Football . en.
- News: Funeral Set for Dr. Akeley . June 16, 2024 . . . September 7, 1961 . Vermillion . 2 . Newspapers.com.
- Book: Saari, Peggy. Prominent Women of the 20th Century Volume 2. New York. Gale Research. 1996. 332. 978-0-78760-646-6.
- Gissing . Philip . Baxter, Sir John Philip (1905–1989) . baxter-sir-john-philip-12185 . 9 August 2020.
- Book: Berumen . Frank Javier Garcia . American Indian Image Makers of Hollywood . 2020 . McFarland . 9781476636474 . 192–193.
- Web site: Nobelprijswinnaar Nicolaas Bloembergen (97) overleden. Universiteit Leiden. September 6, 2017 . May 3, 2018. live. http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20170908071727/https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2017/09/nobelprijswinnaar-nicolaas-bloembergen-97-overleden. September 8, 2017.
- News: Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding dies aged 39. BBC News. 5 September 2021. 5 September 2021.
- Web site: International Days . www.un.org . 2 January 2021 . en . 6 January 2015.
- Web site: Ministry of Defence . Ministry of Defence (Denmark) . The flag-flying day for Denmark's deployed personnel . fmn.dk . 5 September 2018 . 15 August 2018.
