What happened on September 5 ?

1165 - Emperor Nijo of Japan (b. 1143)

1201 - Constance, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1161)

1235 - Henry I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1165)

1629 - Domenico Allegri, Italian composer

1786 - Jonas Hanway, English merchant, traveler, and philanthropist (b. 1712)

1803 - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author (b. 1741)

1803 - François Devienne, French composer (b. 1759)

1808 - John Home, Scottish writer (b. 1722)

1836 - Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright (b. 1790)

1838 - Charles Percier, French architect (b. 1764)

1857 - Auguste Comte, French sociologist (b. 1798)

1877 - Crazy Horse, Sioux chief (b. 1849)

1898 - Sarah Edmonds, Canadian nurse, soldier, and spy (b. 1841)

1901 - Ignacij Klemen?i?, Slovenian physicist (b. 1853)

1902 - Rudolf Virchow, German pathologist and politician (b. 1821)

1906 - Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist (b. 1844)

1912 - Arthur MacArthur, Jr., U.S. Army general (b. 1845)

1917 - Marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist (b. 1872)

1920 - Robert Harron, American actor (b. 1893)

1930 - Robert Means Thompson, American naval officer (b. 1849)

1948 - Richard C. Tolman, American mathematical physicist (b. 1881)

1965 - Thomas Johnston, Scottish-born politician (b. 1882)

1966 - Dezs? Lauber, Hungarian athlete (b. 1879)

1970 - Jochen Rindt, Austrian race car driver (b. 1942)

1975 - Georg Ots, Estonian singer (b. 1920)

1988 - Gert Fröbe, German actor (b. 1913)

1990 - Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1896)

1992 - Fritz Leiber, American author (b. 1910)

1997 - Georg Solti, Hungarian conductor (b. 1912)

1997 - Mother Teresa, Albanian missionary and humanitarian, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1910)

1998 - Leo Penn, American film director (b. 1921)

1999 - Allen Funt, American radio and television personality (b. 1914)

2001 - Vladimir Zerjavic, Croatian UN statistician (b. 1912)

2003 - Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian singer (b. 1927)

Roman festivals - Jupiter Stator to commemorate that Jupiter helped Romulus to stop the Sabine invasion under Titus Tatius.

RC Saints - Saint Lorenzo Giustiniani ; the feast day of Teresa of Calcutta, currently pending sainthood.

India - The birthdate of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan is celebrated as Teacher's Day in India.

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