Summary of the Day ✨ 5 September (05/09)
Liz Truss emerged victorious in the UK Conservative Party leadership election, defeating Rishi Sunak to become the nation’s new Prime Minister, while a devastating 6.8 earthquake in Sichuan, China killed at least 93 people with 25 still missing, and Guinea’s President Alpha Condé was captured during a military coup that overthrew his government.
Historical Events 📜
- 2022: Liz Truss is declared the winner of the UK Conservative Party leadership election, beating Rishi Sunak.
- 2022: At least 93 people die and 25 are missing after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Sichuan, China.
- 2021: The President of Guinea, Alpha Condé is captured by armed forces during a coup d’état.
- 2012: An accidental explosion at a Turkish Army ammunition store in Afyon, western Turkey kills 25 soldiers and wounds four others.
- 2005: Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes after takeoff from Polonia International Airport in Medan, Indonesia, killing 149.
- 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.
- 1991: The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.
- 1990: Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians.
- 1986: Pan Am Flight 73 from Mumbai, India with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.
- 1984: STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
- 1984: Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
- 1981: The first women arrive at what becomes Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp in the UK.
- 1980: The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world’s longest highway tunnel at 16.9 kilometres (10.5 mi) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo.
- 1978: Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland.
- 1977: Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 1 spacecraft.
Famous Births 👶
- 2001: Bukayo Saka, English footballer
- 2001: Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, Australian rugby league player
- 1999: Filip Chytil, Czech ice hockey player
- 1998: Caroline Dolehide, American tennis player
- 1998: Mac Jones, American football player
- 1998: Davion Mitchell, American basketball player
- 1997: Steven Kwan, American baseball player
- 1997: Kyōko Saitō, Japanese idol
- 1996: Jarren Duran, American baseball player
- 1996: Sigrid, Norwegian singer
- 1996: Richairo Zivkovic, Dutch footballer
- 1995: Lucas Wallmark, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1994: Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italian swimmer
- 1993: Pablo Reyes, Dominican baseball player
- 1993: T. J. Warren, American basketball player
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2024: Rebecca Cheptegei, Ugandan athlete (born 1991)
- 2024: Herbie Flowers, English musician (born 1938)
- 2024: Radha Charan Gupta, Indian historian of mathematics (born 1935)
- 2024: Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian pianist and composer (born 1941)
- 2024: Rich Homie Quan, American rapper (born 1990)
- 2024: Laurent Tirard, French film director and screenwriter (born 1967)
- 2021: Sarah Harding, English singer, member of Girls Aloud (born 1981)
- 2019: Francisco Toledo, Mexican painter, sculptor, and graphic artist (born 1940)
- 2018: Bhagwatikumar Sharma, Indian Gujarati writer and journalist (born 1934)
- 2018: Beatriz Segall, Brazilian actress (born 1926)
- 2017: Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate (born 1920)
- 2016: Hugh O’Brian, American actor (born 1925)
- 2016: Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer, writer, and political activist (born 1924)
- 2015: Goh Eng Wah, Malaysian-Singaporean businessman, founded Eng Wah Global (born 1923)
- 2015: Aadesh Shrivastava, Indian singer-songwriter (born 1964)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Bertin - Christian feast day:
Charbel (martyr) - Christian feast day:
Genebald - Christian feast day:
Gregorio Aglipay (Episcopal Church) - Christian feast day:
Mother Teresa - Christian feast day:
Ursicinus of Ravenna - Christian feast day:
Zechariah and Elisabeth (Anglican and Eastern Orthodox Church) - Christian feast day:
September 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Earliest date on which Jeûne genevois can fall, while September 11 is the latest; celebrated on Thursday after the first Sunday of September. (Canton of Geneva)
- International Day of Charity
- Teacher’s Day (India)
- The flag-flying day for Denmark’s deployed personnel (Denmark)
- First day of school in Vietnam