September 5

September 5 is the 248th (two hundred and forty-eighth) day of the year—the 249th (two hundred and forty-ninth) in leap years—in the Gregorian calendar. There are 117 days left to end the year.

Events

• 1646: the bishop of Puebla, don Juan de Palafox founded the Palafoxiana Library, the first public library in America.
• 1666: In England the Great Fire of London is extinguished.
• 1717: In England, King George I proclaims forgiveness to pirates, smugglers and adventurers who surrender within one year.
• 1774: meets in Philadelphia (United States), the First Continental Congress of British Colonies in America.
• 1781: The French army defeats the British in the battle of Chesapeake Bay, in the framework of the War of Independence of the United States, being defined in the attainment of it.

• 1791: The Declaration of the Rights of Women and Citizens is published a text written by Olympe de Gouges.
• 1818: In the village of Alvarado (Mexico) the formation of the first Town Hall is authorized.
• 1822: In Aleppo (Syria, Asia Minor) there is an earthquake that leaves 22 000 dead.
• 1833: In Chile, the José Miguel Carrera National Institute lives its first occupation by its students in the Motín of 1833, an event that constitutes the first student mobilization of the history made by Chilean students.^{[chuckles]required]}
• 1839: In China the First Opium War begins.
• 1840: At the Teatro de La Scala in Milan the opera is premiered A giorno di regno (One day of reign), by Giuseppe Verdi.
• 1856: near Tipitapa (Nicaragua) in the San Jacinto hacienda, about 100 Nicaraguan members of the Northern Army under the command of Colonel José Dolores Estrada Vado reject, in a skirmish, an attack of 60 American filibusters of the adventurer William Walker, being the prelude to what 9 days later would be the battle of San Jacinto.
• 1866: In Mexico—in the framework of the Second French Invasion—the Republican Mexican forces (in the command of Porfirio Díaz) defeat the French army in the battle of Juchitán.
• 1877: Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli begins to design the first map of the planet Mars.
• 1895: During the Liberal Revolution of Ecuador, the U.S. and Liberal leader Eloy Alfaro entered Quito, consolidating himself as the supreme leader of Ecuador
• 1905: With the Portsmouth Treaty the Russian-Japanese war ends.
• 1908: In Nicaragua, the current National Flag and Shield are created by the government of General José Santos Zelaya.
• 1909: In Spain, Juan Olivert Serra made the first motorized flight in Paterna (Valencia).
• 1920: in Mexico, Álvaro Obregón is elected president.
• 1921: In Buenos Aires, Argentina, the Cervantes Theatre is inaugurated.
• 1923: In Italy Fascist of Mussolini, 500 million lire is allocated for the reconstruction of Mesina and Regio Calabria destroyed in an earthquake of December 1908.
• 1927: in Argentina, Vicente Almandos Almonacid founded Aeroposta Argentina, the first aerocommercial company in the country.
• 1929: Aristide Briand, head of the French Government, proposes in the assembly of the League of Nations the constitution of the United States of Europe.
• 1930: In the province of San Juan, the first private radio station of Argentina is opened, called LV1 Radio Colón.
• 1932: the Mexican Congress accepts the resignation of President Pascual Ortiz Rubio. He replaces General Abelardo L. Rodríguez.
• 1936: In the context of the Spanish civil war, photography is taken Death of a militia in the municipality of Espejo (Córdoba). Attributed to Robert Capa, the photograph shows the militiaman Federico Borrell being allegedly hit by a bullet. It will become an iconic image of the centuryXX..
• 1936: American Beryl Markham flies the Atlantic in the east-west direction alone, being the first woman to achieve it.
• 1938: In Chile, a group of young nacists make a failed coup attempt against the government of Arturo Alessandri Palma and are brutally killed (Matanza del Seguro Obrero).
• 1944: Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg sign the Benelux constitution treaty.
• 1951: Mexico ends the nationalizing oil process with the purchase of the American company Charro.
• 1957: in Cienfuegos (Cuba), 200 sailors and numerous civilians sympathizers with the July 26 Movement are subservient against Fulgencio Batista.
• 1960: in Senegal the poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is elected president.
• 1960: Real Madrid wins the Intercontinental Cup by beating Peñarol for 5 to 1.
• 1961: In Yugoslavia, representatives of 24 nations meet in Belgrade for the first Conference of Non-Aligned Countries.
• 1963: in the city of Santa Clara (Cuba), in the early morning—in the framework of the terrorist attacks organized by the U.S. CIA—two aircraft coming from the United States launch several bombs. One falls over the apartment 7-A of block 1, located on 7th Avenue of November and New Gerona Street, killing the master Fabric Aguilar Noriega (31)—who had just moved to that new apartment building—and seriously hurting three of his children: Sofia (3), Abraham (2) and Francisco (5).
• 1972: in Munich (Germany) the Palestinian command Black September murders 11 Israeli athletes captured in the Olympic Villa, while the Olympic Games in Munich (Masacre de Munich) are being held.
• 1975: In Buenos Aires, Argentina, the band Sui Generis (de Charly García) will host a farewell concert.
• 1977: The United States launches Voyager I space probe.
• 1978: in Camp David, United States, Announce the Sadat and Menajem Beguin sign the peace agreements for the Middle East.
• 1986: in Karachi, Palestinian militants of the Abu Nidal organization hijack Pan Am flight 73. After 16 hours, Pakistani special forces raid the plane, leaving a balance of 22 dead and 120 wounded.
• 1986: In Spain, the Mexican poet and essayist Octavio Paz is distinguished by the Spanish government with the Grand Cross of the Order of Alfonso X el Sabio.
• 1987: In the United States, neurosurgeon Ben Carson performs the first separation of cranium siamese united by the back of the head.
• 1989: The International Athletic Federation cancels the world record of doping speed for Canadian athlete Ben Johnson.
• 1991: In Russia, following the adoption of the first declaration of human rights and freedoms in the Soviet Union and the passing of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Supreme Soviet of the USSR is self-dissoluted.
• 1993: Colombia ranks directly to the world of the United States 1994, by beating Argentina by 5-0 at the monumental stadium of River Plate.
• 2000: Tuvalu joins the UN.
• 2001: Bolivia conducts the population and housing census.
• 2003: BeOS's trial was closed with the payment of $23.2 million to Be Incorporated, after which Microsoft ceased to be charged with undue practices.
• 2012: Andy Roddick retires from professional tennis in front of Juan Martín Del Potro.
• 2012: Costa Rica suffers a earthquake of 7.6 Mw seismic scale of time called Costa Rica Earthquake 2012.
• 2012: established World Day Mieloma Múltiple, by the World Health Organization (WHO) at the request of the Spanish Association of Lymphoma, Mieloma and Leukemia (AEAL), with the objective of informing and raising awareness in society about this type of cancer.
• 2012: animated series Jelly Jamm
• 2018: In Mexico there was a massive peaceful march towards the rectory of UNAM, where 30,000 people from all higher and higher educational institutions participated. White balance was reported. It is considered to be one of the greatest manifestations in Mexico's history in recent times and is one of the largest manifestations that have occurred since the UNAM Student Strike (1999-2000).
• 2018: In the Iguazú Falls, Argentina, the World Tourism Journalism Organization declares World Tourism Journalist Day.
• 2020: In Argentina, the first autoconcert of Hispano-América is performed. This concert is held in San Isidro, in the framework of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• 2021: the closing ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games was held.
• 2021: In Valencia, Spain, after 2 years without being able to celebrate the Fallas of Valencia, due to the pandemic of COVID-19, they again give the shootout to celebrate them on this day exceptionally. All a prowess, thanks to the presidents of Las Fallas, who voted in an assembly for their realization.

Births

• 1187: Louis VIII, French king between 1223 and 1226 (f. 1226).
• 1319: Peter IV, king of Aragon (f. 1387).
• 1567: Date Masamune, Lord of the Japanese War (f. 1636).
• 1568: Tommaso Campanella, Italian philosopher and poet (f. 1639).
• 1592: Jacopo Vignali, a Florentine painter (f. 1664).
• 1599: Francesco Borromini, Italian architect and sculptor of the Baroque period (f. 1667).
• 1621: Juan Andrés Coloma, Spanish aristocrat (f. 1694).
• 1638: Louis XIV, "the Sun King"French monarch between 1643 and 1715 (f. 1715).
• 1664: Vincenzo Ludovico Gotti, Italian cardinal and theologian (f. 1742).
• 1735: Johann Christian Bach, German composer (f. 1782).
• 1774: Caspar David Friedrich, German romantic painter (f. 1840).
• 1788: Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat, French synologist (f. 1832).
• 1791: Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer (f. 1864).
• 1815: Josep Maria Bocabella, librero y filanthropo español (f. 1892).
• 1831: Victorien Sardou, French playwright (f. 1908).
• 1834: Vicente Palmaroli, a Spanish painter (f. 1896).
• 1836: Justiniano Borgoño, Peruvian politician, president in 1894 (f. 1921).
• 1847: Jesse James, American bandit (f. 1883).
• 1860: Juan Bautista Aznar, a Spanish military and politician (f. 1933).
• 1867: Amy Beach, American composer (f. 1944).
• 1874: Napoleon Lajoie, American baseball player (f. 1959).
• 1876: Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (f. 1956).
• 1887: Irene Fenwick, American actress (f. 1936).
• 1888: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, president of India (f. 1975).
• 1891: José Luis Zorrilla de San Martín, a Uruguayan sculptor and painter (f. 1975).
• 1892: Anacleto Guerrero Guajardo, Mexican military and political (f. 1980).
• 1901: Mario Scelba, Italian politician (f. 1991).
• 1902: Darryl F. Zanuck, American Film Producer (f. 1979).
• 1905: Arthur Koestler, an Austro-Hungarian writer of Jewish origin (f. 1983).
• 1907: Lorenzo Hierrezuelo, Cuban musician (f. 1993).
• 1908: Joshua de Castro, writer, nutritionist, Brazilian geographer and activist (f. 1973).
• 1912: Mario Polar Ugarteche, Peruvian lawyer, writer and politician (f. 1988).
• 1912: John Cage, American composer (f. 1992).
• 1912: Frank Thomas, American animator (f. 2004).
• 1914: Nicanor Parra, writer, poet, mathematician and Chilean physicist (f.2018).
• 1915: Jack Buetel, American actor (f. 1989).
• 1915: Aníbal Cabanzón, Spanish footballer (f. 1987).
• 1918: Luis Alcoriza, filmmaker, screenwriter and Mexican actor (f. 1992).
• 1920: Jean Lartéguy, French writer and journalist (f. 2011).
• 1920: Joanne Jordan, American model and actress (f. 2009).
• 1920: Dora Werzberg. French nurse and social worker (f. 2020).
• 1921: Jack Valenti, American actor (f. 2007).
• 1921: Óscar Alfaro, poet, cuentist, professor and journalist from Bolivia (f. 1963).
• 1923: Gustavo Rojo, Mexican actor (f. 2017).
• 1925: Manuel Sacristán, a Spanish Marxist philosopher (f. 1985).
• 1929: Susana Freyre, an Argentine actress.
• 1931: Miguel Pacheco, Spanish cyclist (f. 2018).
• 1932: Eduardo Bergara Leumann, actor, scenographer and Argentine television presenter (f. 2008).
• 1932: Enrique Aparicio, yudoca Catalan.
• 1933: Susana Canales, Spanish actress.
• 1933: Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Chilean Catholic Archbishop.
• 1938: Omar Moreno Palacios, singer and Argentine folk guitarist.
• 1939: Lorenzo de Monteclaro, Mexican singer and actor.
• 1939: George Lazenby, an Australian actor.
• 1939: Clay Regazzoni, a Swiss motor vehicle pilot (f. 2006).
• 1940: Raquel Welch, American actress.
• 1941: Jairo Aníbal Niño, a Colombian writer (f. 2010).

Freddie Mercury

• 1942: Eduardo Mata, Mexican director and composer (f. 1995).
• 1942: Werner Herzog, German filmmaker.
• 1944: Darío Bellezza, Italian poet, writer and theatrical author (f. 1996).
• 1944: Juan López Hita, Spanish footballer (f. 2014).
• 1945: Al Stewart, British musician, singer and composer.
• 1946: Freddie Mercury, singer, pianist and British composer, of the Queen band (f. 1991).
• 1946: Gregorio Parra, Spanish sports journalist.
• 1949: András Tóth, Hungarian footballer.

Michael Keaton

• 1951: Paul Breitner, German footballer.
• 1951: Juan Ramón de la Fuente, Mexican doctor.
• 1951: Michael Keaton, American actor.
• 1951: Patti McGuire, American model.
• 1952: David Glen Eisley, American singer and actor.
• 1955: Ignacio Martínez, Uruguayan writer.
• 1957: Peter Winnen, Dutch cyclist.
• 1957: Arturo Huizar, Mexican singer, musician and composer, vocalist of the band Luzbel (f. 2020)
• 1960: Karita Mattila, Finnish soprano.
• 1961: Marc-André Hamelin, Franco-Canadian pianist.
• 1961: Russell Cross, American basketball player.
• 1963: Daniel Arcucci, Argentine journalist.
• 1964: Ken Norman, American basketball player.
• 1965: César Rincón, Colombian bullfighter.
• 1966: Achero Mañas, director and Spanish actor.
• 1966: Milinko Pantić, Serbian footballer.
• 1967: Arnel Pineda, Filipino singer and musician.
• 1967: Romanthony (Anthony Wayne Moore), American singer, DJ and producer (f. 2013).
• 1967: Matthias Sammer, former footballer and German coach.
• 1968: Brad Wilk, American drummer, Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, among others.
• 1969: Leonardo, Brazilian footballer.
• 1970: Ernesto Pérez Lobo, Spanish Yudoca.
• 1970: Lee Lai Shan, a Dutch sportsman.
• 1971: Ruiz Manuel, Spanish bullfighter.
• 1972: Salaheddine Bassir, Moroccan footballer.
• 1973: Sharis Cid, Mexican actress.
• 1973: Rose McGowan, American actress.
• 1973: Paddy Considine, British actor, director and screenwriter.
• 1975: Jamie Madrox, American rap singer.
• 1975: George Boateng, Ghanaian footballer.
• 1975: Andris Nauduzs, Latvian cyclist.
• 1976: Ernesto de Lucas Hopkins, Mexican politician.
• 1976: Tatyana Gutsu, Ukrainian gymnast.
• 1976: Marlon de Souza Lopes, Brazilian footballer.
• 1977: Joseba Etxeberria, Spanish footballer.
• 1977: Lorenzo Donati, Italian footballer.
• 1978: Laura Bertram, Canadian actress.
• 1978: Zhang Zhong, Chinese chess player.
• 1978: Holly Randall, American photographer.
• 1978: Jamir García, Filipino singer (f. 2020).
• 1978: Chris Hipkins, Prime Minister of New Zealand.
• 1979: Ryu Soo Young, South Korean actor.
• 1979: John Carew, Norwegian futboloist.
• 1980: Franco Costanzo, Argentine soccer player.
• 1980: Alton Thelwell, English footballer.
• 1980: Marianna Madia, Italian politics.
• 1981: Filippo Volandri, Italian tennis player.
• 1981: Rogier Meijer, Dutch footballer.
• 1982: Michael Janyk, Canadian skier.
• 1982: Marián Kello, Slovak footballer.
• 1983: Jimena Araya, Venezuelan actress.
• 1983: Pablo Granoche, Uruguayan footballer.
• 1984: Erik Huseklepp, Norwegian footballer.
• 1984: Chris Anker Sørensen. Danish cyclist (f. 2021).
• 1984: Nicolás Raimondi, Uruguayan footballer.
• 1986: Aleksandr Riazántsev, Russian footballer.
• 1986: José Luis Miraglia, Uruguayan cyclist.
• 1986: Christine Marzano, American actress and model.
• 1986: Kris Bright, New Zealand footballer.
• 1987: Melissa Haro, American model.
• 1987: Amaral da Silva Feitosa, Brazilian footballer.
• 1988: Milton Zárate, Argentine soccer player.
• 1988: Aldo Baéz, Argentine footballer.
• 1988: Stephen Ahorlu, Ghanaian footballer.
• 1989: Elena Delle Donne, American basketball player.
• 1989: Pere Tomàs, Spanish basketball player.
• 1989: Grzegorz Sandomierski, Polish footballer.
• 1989: Javi Martínez Benito, Spanish footballer.
• 1989: Antonio José López Martínez, Spanish footballer.
• 1990: Angy Fernández, Spanish actress and singer.
• 1990: Franco Zuculini, Argentine footballer.
• 1990: Alicia Banit, Australian actress.
• 1990: Iris van Berne, a Dutch model.
• 1991: Skandar Keynes, British actor.
• 1991: Mikkel Kirkeskov, Danish footballer.
• 1992: Nicolás Prieto, Uruguayan footballer.
• 1993: Patrick Bamford, English footballer.
• 1993: Paula Jiménez García, Colombian model.
• 1994: Diamond Crispino, Italian footballer.
• 1994: Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italian swimmer.
• 1994: Vitor Well, Brazilian footballer.
• 1994: Hayley Raso, Australian footballer.
• 1994: Mauro Da Luz, Uruguayan footballer.
• 1995: Caroline Sunshine, American actress and singer.

Sigrid

• 1995: Keito Furushima, Japanese footballer.
• 1995: Lina Hurtig, Swedish footballer.
• 1995: Jacob Holm, Danish basketball player.
• 1996: Sigrid, Norwegian singer.
• 1996: Rui Oliveira, Portuguese cyclist.
• 1996: Ivo Oliveira, Portuguese cyclist.
• 1997: Maartje Verhoef, a Dutch model.
• 1997: Skylar Mays, American basketball player.
• 1997: Maximilian Silvera, Uruguayan footballer.
• 1997: Nordin Jackers, Belgian footballer.
• 1997: Luis Annese, Venezuelan footballer.
• 1999: Luis Cano, Ecuadorian footballer.
• 1999: Sergio Cubero, Spanish footballer.
• 1999: Martina Santandrea, Italian art gymnast.
• 1999: Balázs Adolf, Hungarian penguinist.
• 2002: Andrii Ponomar, Ukrainian cyclist.

Deaths

• 1032: Rodolfo III, king of Burgundy (n. 970).
• 1075: Anna of Kiev, Russian aristocrat, wife of French king Henry I (n. 1032).
• 1569: Pieter Brueghel the Old, painter and flamenco engraver (n. 1525).
• 1734: Nicolás Bernier, French musician and composer (n. 1664).
• 1782: Bartolina Sisa, Aymara indigenous heroin, virrein and commander (n. 1753).
• 1803: Pierre Choderlos de Laclós, French writer and military officer (n. 1741).
• 1823: Bartolome María de las Heras, a Spanish priest (n. 1743).
• 1857: Auguste Comte, French philosopher (n. 1798).
• 1867: Santiago Derqui, president of Argentina (n. 1790).
• 1867: William of Hesse-Kassel, German aristocrat (n. 1787).
• 1876: Manuel Blanco Encalada, Admiral and First Chilean President (n. 1790).
• 1877: Crazy Horse (Tasunka Uitko), head of the oglala acronym (n. 1840).
• 1902: Rudolf Virchow, German physician and politician (n. 1821).
• 1905: Miguel Cané, Argentine writer and politician (n. 1851).
• 1906: Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist (n. 1844).
• 1912: Arthur MacArthur, Jr., American general (n. 1845).
• 1914: Charles Péguy, French Catholic poet and essayist (n. 1873).
• 1917: Walther Schwieger, German admiral (n. 1885).
• 1922: Georgette Agutte, a French painter (n. 1867).
• 1926: Karl Harrer, German journalist (n. 1890).
• 1926: Alejandro Pérez Lugín, Spanish novelist (n. 1870).
• 1931: John Thomson, British footballer (n. 1909).
• 1933: Francisco López Acebal, a Spanish writer and journalist (n. 1866).
• 1936: Federico Borrell, a Spanish anarchist, photographed at the death of Robert Capa (n. 1912).
• 1936: Gustave Kahn, French writer, poet and literary theorist (n. 1859).
• 1943: Aleš Hrdlička, Czechoslovak anthropologist (n. 1869).
• 1948: Richard Tolman, American physicist (n. 1881).
• 1951: Militza de Montenegro, aristocrat Montenegrin (n. 1866).
• 1954: Eugen Schiffer, German politician (n. 1860).
• 1956: Guillermo Chaves Chaves, was a lawyer, congressman, academic and jurisconsult of Colombia. (n. 1896).
• 1965: Carlos Borcosque, Argentine filmmaker of Chilean origin (n. 1894).
• 1967: Vladimir Romanovski, Soviet military (n. 1896).
• 1970: Jochen Rindt, Austrian Formula 1 pilot (n. 1942).
• 1982: Douglas Bader, British pilot (n. 1910).
• 1983: Antonio Mairena, Spanish singer (n. 1909).
• 1992: Fritz Leiber, American novelist (n. 1910).
• 1995: Marina Núñez del Prado, Bolivian sculptor (n. 1908).
• 1995: Zulu Sofola, Nigerian playwright (n. 1935).
• 1997: Teresa of Calcutta, Catholic nun and Macedonian philanthropist, canonized by the Catholic Church (n. 1910).
• 1997: Georg Solti, Hungarian orchestra conductor (n. 1912).
• 1998: Leo Penn, American actor and television director, father of Sean, Chris and Michael Penn (n. 1921).
• 2002: Hugo Caprera, Argentine actor (n. 1925).
• 2002: David Wilkinson, American cosmologist (n. 1935).
• 2005: Roberto Viaux, Chilean military (n. 1917).
• 2007: Julieta Campos, a Cuban-Mexican writer and translator (n. 1932).
• 2008: Bergara Leumann, actor, scenographer and Argentine television presenter (n. 1932).
• 2010: Shōya Tomizawa, Japanese motorcycling pilot (n. 1990).
• 2010: Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, Dutch painter and engraver (n. 1922).
• 2011: Salvatore Licitra, Italian tenor (n. 1968).
• 2011: José Name Terán, politician and Colombian lawyer (n. 1936).
• 2011: Vann Nath, Cambodian painter and prisoner during the Khemer Rouge dictatorship (n. 1946).

Sarah Harding

• 2013: Rubén García, Uruguayan comic actor (n. 1934).
• 2014: Simone Battle, American singer, G.R.L. band (n. 1989).
• 2016: Hugh O'Brian, American actor (n. 1925).
• 2017: Eloísa Álvarez, Spanish politician (n. 1956).
• 2019: Charlie Cole, American photographer and graphic reporter (n. 1955).
• 2019: Francisco Toledo, plastic artist and Mexican activist (n. 1940).
• 2020: Gary Peacock, an American jazz counterpart (n. 1935).
• 2020: Jiří Menzel, Czech film director, born in the former Czechoslovakia (n. 1935).
• 2021: Sarah Harding, singer, writer, actress and British model (n.1981).

Celebrations

• International Day of Charity
• International Day of Indigenous Women
• World Day of Multiple Mieloma
• World Tourism Journalist Day
• World Brotherhood Day
• BrazilBrazil
• Day of the Amazon
• DenmarkDenmark:
  • Day of the Danish Flag
• GuatemalaGuatemala:
  • Architect's Day
• India:
  • Master's Day
• VietnamVietnam:
  • First day of class

Catholic saints list

• Saint Teresa of Calcutta, religious founder of the Missionaries of Charity (1997)
• Santos Aconto, Nono, Herculano and Taurino, martyrs
• San Quinto de Capua, martyr
• Santos Urbano, Teodoro and Menedemo and compañeros, martyrs (370)
• San Bertino de Sithin, abad (698)
• San Alperto de Butrium, abad (1073)
• Beato Juan Bueno de Siponto, abad (s. XII)
• Beato Guillermo Browne, martyr (1605)
• Beato Florencio Dumontet de Cardaillac, priest and martyr (1794)
• Santos Pedro Nguyen Van Tu and José Hoang Luong Canh, martyrs (1838)
• Blessed Mary of the Apostles, first rescuer.