Major Events
- 1839 First Opium War begins between the British Empire and the Qing dynasty of China
- 1958 First color video recording on magnetic tape is presented in Charlotte, North Carolina
- 2017 Hurricane Irma becomes one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin region with winds of 185 mph (280 km/h)
Sep 5 in Sport
- 1972 Eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and later killed by the Palestinian group Black September group at the Munich Olympics
Did You Know?Famous Weddings
- 1725 French King Louis XV (15) marries Polish princess Marie Leszczyńska (22)
- 1945 American singer-songwriter Boudleaux Bryant (25) weds aspiring songwriter Matilda Scaduto (19), whom he called ‘Felice’, five days after meeting, in Newport, Kentucky, until his death in 1987
- 1959 American motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel (20) weds Linda Joan Bork; divorce in 1997
Famous Divorces
- 1980 American lawyer Kathleen St. Johns divorces American best-selling author Michael Crichton (37) after nearly 2 years of marriage
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