Volume 13 , Issue 36

This Day In History (September 5)

On this Day, September 5th, 1972, Palestinian terrorists attacked the Israeli Olympic team at the summer games in Munich; 11 Israeli athletes and coaches, five terrorists and a police officer were killed. READ ARTICLE.

On Sept. 5, 1912, John Milton Cage, the experimental American composer, was born. Following his death on Aug. 12, 1992, his obituary appeared in The Times. READ Obituary.

• 1698 - Russia's Peter the Great imposed a tax on beards.
• 1774 - The first Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia.
• 1793 - The Reign of Terror began during the French Revolution as the National Convention instituted harsh measures to repress counterrevolutionary activities.
• 1836 - Sam Houston was elected president of the Republic of Texas.
• 1882 - The nation's first Labor Day parade was held in New York City.
• 1905 - The Treaty of Portsmouth, ending the Russo-Japanese War, was signed in New Hampshire.
• 1914 - The First Battle of the Marne began during World War I.
• 1939 - The United States proclaimed its neutrality in World War II.
• 1957 - "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac, the defining novel of the Beat Generation, was published.
• 1958 - "Doctor Zhivago" by Russian author Boris Pasternak was published in the United States.
• 1975 - President Gerald R. Ford escaped an attempt on his life in Sacramento, Calif., by Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson.
• 1997 - Nobel Peace Prize winner Mother Teresa died in Calcutta, India, at age 87.

Remembering 9/11 . . .

On September 11, 2001, suicide hijackers crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center in New York, causing the 110-story twin towers to collapse. Another hijacked airliner hit the Pentagon and a fourth crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. READ Article.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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