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September 5: Day of the Week
September 5, 2024 is the 249th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 117 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is jueves.
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Here’s the September calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Virgo is the zodiac 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.
September 5 Historical Event(s)
1836
Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
1864
Achille François Bazaine becomes Marshall of France.
1882
The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
1927
The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.
1938
Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are assassinated in the Seguro Obrero massacre.
1943
World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Nazdab, near Lae in the Salamaua-Lae campaign.
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.
1960
The poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is elected as the first President of Senegal.
1975
Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
1986
Pan Am Flight 73 with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.
Who were born on September 5?
1827
Goffredo Mameli, Italian poet and writer (d. 1849)
1905
Arthur Koestler, Hungarian writer (d. 1983)
1908
Gloria Holden, British actress (d. 1991)
1914
Gail Kubik, American composer (d. 1984)
1937
William Devane, American actor
1939
John Stewart, American musician (The Kingston Trio) (d. 2008)
1944
Dario Bellezza, Italian poet, author and playwright (d. 1996)
1962
Peter Wingfield, Welsh actor
1966
Achero Mañas, Spanish actor and film director
1975
Jamie Spaniolo, American horrorcore rapper
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Now try another date like anniversaries, birthdays of someone you know or any other date that is special to you. Don’t forget to share the info to your friends, loved ones or social media followers. Who knows, they might appreciate and thank you for it.