About September 5
September 5, 2025 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.
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Virgo is the sun 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.
What Happened On September 5
- 1590 –Alexander Farnese’s army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris.
- 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.
- 1793 –French Revolution the French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
- 1812 –War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Wayne begins when Chief Winamac’s forces attack two soldiers returning from the fort’s outhouses.
- 1836 –Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
- 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.
- 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).
- 1941 –Whole territory of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany.
- 1944 –Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux.
- 1957 –Cuba: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
- 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.
- 1978 –Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace process at Camp David, Maryland.
- 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.
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