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Monthly Holidays that include September 5

Famous Birthdays Today

<div role="listitem" class="single-holiday w-dyn-item"><div class="position-relative---z-index-1"><div class="card card-image-top team-member-link-card"><a href="https://www.famouspeople.io/people/bob-newhart" class="card-link-image---image-wrapper border-radius-32px w-inline-block" target="_blank"><div class="holiday-card-image w-embed"><img src="https://imagedelivery.net/lCsODh8EJUNDijZLbbcSWQ/136b849e-17e0-4684-2174-d1dc5c94a000/mediumsquare" loading="lazy" alt="Bob Newhart" class="holiday-card-image"></div></a><div class="flex-date"><div class="badge-primary small team-member-job-title-badge">TV Actor</div></div><div class="pd-left-and-right-20px pd-left-and-right-12px-mbp"><a href="https://www.famouspeople.io/people/bob-newhart" class="holiday-card-title-block w-inline-block" target="_blank"><h3 class="card-link-title---hover-secondary-1 display-4 mg-bottom-2px">Bob Newhart</h3></a></div></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="single-holiday w-dyn-item"><div class="position-relative---z-index-1"><div class="card card-image-top team-member-link-card"><a href="https://www.famouspeople.io/people/its-kayla" class="card-link-image---image-wrapper border-radius-32px w-inline-block" target="_blank"><div class="holiday-card-image w-embed"><img src="https://imagedelivery.net/lCsODh8EJUNDijZLbbcSWQ/b95dd86f-c0cb-43b7-533f-18b4637f9f00/mediumsquare" loading="lazy" alt="Its Kayla" class="holiday-card-image"></div></a><div class="flex-date"><div class="badge-primary small team-member-job-title-badge">YouTube Star</div></div><div class="pd-left-and-right-20px pd-left-and-right-12px-mbp"><a href="https://www.famouspeople.io/people/its-kayla" class="holiday-card-title-block w-inline-block" target="_blank"><h3 class="card-link-title---hover-secondary-1 display-4 mg-bottom-2px">Its Kayla</h3></a></div></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="single-holiday w-dyn-item"><div class="position-relative---z-index-1"><div class="card card-image-top team-member-link-card"><a href="https://www.famouspeople.io/people/kat-graham" class="card-link-image---image-wrapper border-radius-32px w-inline-block" target="_blank"><div class="holiday-card-image w-embed"><img src="https://imagedelivery.net/lCsODh8EJUNDijZLbbcSWQ/e3173fc0-2419-4fa4-f041-0a98ce9c3700/mediumsquare" loading="lazy" alt="Kat Graham" class="holiday-card-image"></div></a><div class="flex-date"><div class="badge-primary small team-member-job-title-badge">TV Actress</div></div><div class="pd-left-and-right-20px pd-left-and-right-12px-mbp"><a href="https://www.famouspeople.io/people/kat-graham" class="holiday-card-title-block w-inline-block" target="_blank"><h3 class="card-link-title---hover-secondary-1 display-4 mg-bottom-2px">Kat Graham</h3></a></div></div></div></div>

This Day in History

<div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>917</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Establishment of the Southern Han State</div><div class='timeline-text'>Liu Yan proclaimed himself emperor, establishing the Southern Han state in southern China.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>1590</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Lifting of the Siege of Paris</div><div class='timeline-text'>Henry IV of France was compelled to lift the siege of Paris by the army of Alexander Farnese.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>1666</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>End of the Great Fire of London</div><div class='timeline-text'>Ten thousand building including Old St Paul's Cathedral were ruined. Luckily only six people are known to have died.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>1774</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>First Continental Congress Assembly</div><div class='timeline-text'>The First Continental Congress assembled for the first time in Philadelphia.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>1836</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>First President of Republic of Texas</div><div class='timeline-text'>Sam Houston was elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>1882</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>First U.S Labor Day Parade</div><div class='timeline-text'>The first United States Labor Day parade was held in New York City.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>1945</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Beginning of the Cold War</div><div class='timeline-text'>Igor Gouzenko, a Soviet Union embassy clerk, defects to Canada, exposing Soviet espionage in North America which signalled the beginning of the Cold War.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>1960</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Muhammad Ali Wins Gold Medal</div><div class='timeline-text'>Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay won gold medal in light heavyweight boxing competition at Olympic Games in Rome.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>1977</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Launch of Voyager 1</div><div class='timeline-text'>NASA launches the Voyager 1 spacecraft.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>1984</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Australia Abolishes Capital Punishment</div><div class='timeline-text'>Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>2022</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Liz Truss Wins Leadership Election</div><div class='timeline-text'>Liz Truss is declared the winner of the UK Conservative Party leadership election, beating Rishi Sunak.</div></div></div>

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