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5th September 2009, 09:05 AM
This Day In History - 5 September
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 16 people are known to have died.
1698 In an effort to move his people away from archaic customs, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards.
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.
1793 French Revolution the French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
1798 Conscription is made mandatory in France by the Jourdan law.
1800 Malta is conquered by 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 The First Opium War begins in 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.
1864 Achille Franηois Bazaine becomes Marshall of France.
1877 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 220 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.
1939 World War II: The United States declares its neutrality in the war.
1942 World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, first Japanese defeat in the Pacific War.
1943 World War II: The 503d 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 Lιopold Sιdar Senghor is elected as the first President of Senegal.
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 Thua Thien 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 Goschenen 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.
1990 Eastern University massacre, massacre of 158 Tamil civilians by Sri Lankan army at the Eastern University in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.
2000 The Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry makes its maiden voyage.
2005 Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes into a heavily-populated residential of Sumatra, Indonesia, killing 104 people on board and at least 39 persons on ground.
2007 Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.
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 16 people are known to have died.
1698 In an effort to move his people away from archaic customs, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards.
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.
1793 French Revolution the French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
1798 Conscription is made mandatory in France by the Jourdan law.
1800 Malta is conquered by 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 The First Opium War begins in 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.
1864 Achille Franηois Bazaine becomes Marshall of France.
1877 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 220 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.
1939 World War II: The United States declares its neutrality in the war.
1942 World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, first Japanese defeat in the Pacific War.
1943 World War II: The 503d 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 Lιopold Sιdar Senghor is elected as the first President of Senegal.
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 Thua Thien 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 Goschenen 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.
1990 Eastern University massacre, massacre of 158 Tamil civilians by Sri Lankan army at the Eastern University in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.
2000 The Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry makes its maiden voyage.
2005 Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes into a heavily-populated residential of Sumatra, Indonesia, killing 104 people on board and at least 39 persons on ground.
2007 Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.