12 History Lessons + 7 Births & 7 Deaths for September 5, 2025
Today’s History:
- 1774 – First Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia.
- 1793 – The Reign of Terror begins as the French National Convention endorses “terror” as policy.
- 1836 – Sam Houston is elected the first president of the Republic of Texas.
- 1882 – The first U.S. Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
- 1905 – Russo-Japanese War ends with the Treaty of Portsmouth.
- 1914 – First Battle of the Marne begins, halting the German advance on Paris.
- 1939 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims U.S. neutrality at the outset of World War II.
- 1945 – Iva Toguri (“Tokyo Rose”) is arrested in Yokohama on suspicion of treason.
- 1972 – Black September terrorists seize Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics.
- 1975 – Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme attempts to assassinate President Gerald Ford in Sacramento.
- 1977 – NASA launches Voyager 1 on its grand tour of the outer planets.
- 1986 – Pan Am Flight 73 is hijacked in Karachi, Pakistan.
Today’s Birthdays:
- 1939 – George Lazenby, actor (James Bond in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service) (86)
- 1942 – Werner Herzog, filmmaker (Aguirre, the Wrath of God; Grizzly Man) (83)
- 1951 – Michael Keaton, actor (Batman; Birdman) (74)
- 1969 – Dweezil Zappa, guitarist and composer (56)
- 1973 – Rose McGowan, actress and activist (52)
- 1976 – Carice van Houten, actress (Game of Thrones) (49)
- 1989 – Kat Graham, actress and singer (The Vampire Diaries) (36)
Today’s Deaths:
- 1548 – Catherine Parr, Queen of England (sixth wife of Henry VIII) (36)
- 1877 – Crazy Horse, Oglala Lakota war leader (37)
- 1986 – Neerja Bhanot, Indian flight attendant and hero of Pan Am 73 (22)
- 1997 – Mother Teresa, Catholic nun and Nobel Peace laureate (87)
- 2012 – Joe South, singer-songwriter (“Games People Play”) (72)
- 2019 – Chris March, fashion designer and Project Runway alum (55)
- 2021 – Sarah Harding, singer (Girls Aloud) (39)
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