Today in History
5 September
277 births · 122 deaths · 57 events recorded
Notable Births
All 277 ›
Bukayo Saka
b. 2001
English footballer (born 2001)
Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow
b. 2001
Australia & Samoa international rugby league footballer
Filip Chytil
b. 1999
Czech ice hockey player (born 1999)
Caroline Dolehide
b. 1998
American tennis player (born 1998)
Morris Carnovsky
b. 1897
American actor (1897–1992)
Otto Bauer
b. 1881
Austrian socialist politician (1881–1938)
Jesse James
b. 1847
American outlaw (1847–1882)
Agnes of Bohemia, Duchess of Austria
b. 1269
Duchess of Austria (1269–1296)
Notable Deaths
All 122 ›
Rebecca Cheptegei
d. 2024
Ugandan athlete (1991–2024)
Herbie Flowers
d. 2024
English musician (1938–2024)
Radha Charan Gupta
d. 2024
Indian historian of mathematics (1935–2024)
Sérgio Mendes
d. 2024
Brazilian musician (1941–2024)
Rich Homie Quan
d. 2024
American rapper (1989–2024)
Laurent Tirard
d. 2024
French film director and screenwriter (1967–2024)
Alan Clark
d. 1999
British politician and author (1928–1999)
Alan Kippax
d. 1972
Australian cricketer
On This Day in History
All 57 ›
2022
Liz Truss is declared the winner of the UK Conservative Party leadership election, beating Rishi Sunak.
Liz Truss
2022
At least 93 people die and 25 are missing after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Sichuan, China.
2022 Luding earthquake
2021
The President of Guinea, Alpha Condé is captured by armed forces during a coup d'état.
Alpha Condé
2012
An accidental explosion at a Turkish Army ammunition store in Afyon, western Turkey kills 25 soldiers and wounds four others.
2012 Afyonkarahisar arsenal explosion
2005
Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes after takeoff from Polonia International Airport in Medan, Indonesia, killing 149.
Mandala Airlines Flight 091
1996
Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people.
Hurricane Fran
1991
The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.
Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989
1990
Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians.
Sri Lankan civil war