Daily Calendar for Saturday, September 5, 2026
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Saturday, September 5, 2026
Born
- Louis VIII of France –
- Tommaso Campanella (philosopher) –
- Johann Christian Bach (composer) –
- Jesse James (outlaw) –
- Napoleon "Nap" Lajoie (baseball player) –
- Bob Newhart (actor) –
- Raquel Welch (actress) –
- Freddie Mercury (singer) –
- Michael Keaton (actor) –
- Dweezil Zappa (musician) –
- Skandar Keynes (actor) –
Died
- Saint (Mother Teresa of Calcutta missionary) –
- Leo Penn (director) –
Events
- Great Fire of London ended –
- Russia’s Peter the Great imposed a tax on beards –
- First Continental Congress opened, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania –
- First standardized naval uniforms adopted for U.S. –
- The Central Labor Union in New York organized the first Labor Day parade –
- A treaty of peace signed in Portsmouth, NH, ending the Russo-Japanese war –
- USS Mount Vernon torpedoed by German submarine off France –
- Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago published in the U.S. –
- Cassius Clay won an Olympic gold medal for boxing –
- Lynette Fromme attempted to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford –
- After 30 years, ABC canceled TV show American Bandstand –
- Lake water DNA analysis showed no evidence of the Loch Ness Monster (but perhaps a giant eel) –
Weather
- 112 degrees F, Centreville, Alabama –
- The temperature in Portland, Oregon, reached 102 degrees F –