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SEPTEMBER 5, 1882
A group of London schoolboys led by Bobby Buckle founded Hotspur Football Club to continue to play sports during the winter months.
Robert Buckle was an English footballer who, as a schoolboy, founded the Hotspur Football Club in 1882, which later became Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.
SEPTEMBER 5, 1964
Hurricane Cleo dissipated after causing 156 deaths, mainly in Haiti, and causing roughly US$187 million in damages across the Caribbean and southeastern United States.
Hurricane Cleo was the strongest tropical cyclone of the 1964 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the third named storm, first hurricane, and Read More
SEPTEMBER 5, 1975
Squeaky Fromme (pictured), a devotee of Charles Manson, attempted to assassinate U.S. president Gerald Ford in Sacramento, California.
Lynette Alice "Squeaky" Fromme is an American woman who was a member of the Manson Family, a cult led by Charles Manson. Read More
SEPTEMBER 5, 1887
A fire that killed 186 people broke out at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, England.
On 5 September 1887, a fire broke out in the backstage area of the Theatre Royal in Exeter, England, during the production Read More
SEPTEMBER 5, 1781
American Revolutionary War: French naval forces handed Britain a major strategic defeat at the Battle of the Chesapeake (depicted).
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the Read More
SEPTEMBER 5, 1915
The Zimmerwald Conference, the first of three international socialist conferences forming the Zimmerwald movement, opened in Switzerland.
The Zimmerwald Conference, held in Zimmerwald, Switzerland, from September 5 to 8, 1915, was the first of three international conferences convened by Read More
SEPTEMBER 5, 1836
Sam Houston (pictured) became the first popularly elected president of the Republic of Texas.
Samuel Houston was an American general and statesman who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution. He served as the first Read More
SEPTEMBER 5, 1367
Swa Saw Ke was crowned the ruler of the Kingdom of Ava in Upper Myanmar.
Mingyi Swa Saw Ke was king of Ava from 1367 to 1400. He reestablished central authority in Upper Myanmar (Burma) for the Read More
SEPTEMBER 5, 1774
In response to the British Parliament's enactment of the so-called Intolerable Acts, representatives from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies convened the First Continental Congress at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia.
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and Read More
SEPTEMBER 5, 1905
Under the mediation of U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt, the Russo-Japanese War officially ended with the signing of a treaty at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr., also known as Teddy or T. R., was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. Read More
SEPTEMBER 5, 1926
Forty-eight people died in a fire in a makeshift cinema in Dromcolliher, Ireland.
Dromcollogher, officially Dromcolliher, is a village located at the crossroads of the R522 and R515 regional roads in the west of County Read More
SEPTEMBER 5, 1816
Facing rising discontent in France, Louis XVIII was forced to dissolve the Chambre introuvable, the legislature dominated by Ultra-royalists.
Louis XVIII, known as the Desired, was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Read More
SEPTEMBER 5, 1915
The Casablanca Fair (poster pictured) opened in the French protectorate in Morocco.
The Casablanca Fair of 1915 was a commercial exposition held by the French authorities at Casablanca in the protectorate of Morocco from Read More
SEPTEMBER 5, 917
Liu Yan declared himself emperor, establishing the state of Southern Han at his capital of Panyu (present-day Guangzhou) in southern China.
Liu Yan, né Liu Yan (劉巖), also named Liu Zhi (劉陟) and briefly as Liu Gong (劉龔), also known by his temple Read More
SEPTEMBER 5, 1977
NASA launched the space probe Voyager 1, currently the farthest spacecraft from Earth, from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the United States's civil space Read More
SEPTEMBER 5, 1943
World War II: American and Australian airborne forces landed at Nadzab as part of the New Guinea campaign against Japan.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all Read More

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