Historical Events In September - 05
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
1993 Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (Spy Who Loved Me), dies at 78 on this day in history.
1994 Billy Usselton, saxophonist, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1995 France sets off an underground nuclear device in the South Pacific, ending a three-year moratorium on such tests on September - 05.
1995 Francis Showering, brewer, dies at 83 on September - 05.
1996 Leonard Katzman, TV producer, dies at 69 on this day in history.
1997 On September - 05 digital Theater Sound (DTS) announces its intentions to enter the DVD market
1997 Humanitarian Mother Teresa dies of a heart attack in Calcutta, India, at age 87 on this day in history.
1997 On this day in history georg Solti, conductor, dead, dies at 84
1999 Candid Camera star Allen Funt dies in Pebble Beach, CA, at age 84 on this day in history.
2005 On this day in history john G. Roberts nominated by President George W. Bush, for Chief Justice of the United States.
2005 Mandala Airlines Flight 091 737 crashes in Indonesia killing at least 117. (See airplane accidents in 205) on this day in history.
2011 On September - 05 india and Bangladesh sign a pact to end their 40-year border demarcation dispute.
2012 54 people are killed and 50 injured after a firecracker factory explodes in Nadu on this day in history.
2014 World Health Organisation estimate that 21,000 people have now died from Ebola virus out of 4,000 infected on September - 05.
2017 Hurricane Irma becomes the post powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history with winds of 185mph on this day in history.
2017 Barry Callebaut announce a 4th type of chocolate, "Ruby", made from the Ruby cocoa bean on this day in history.
2017 Togo's government shuts down the internet for a week to quell government opposition on September - 05.
2018 On September - 05 anonymous senior White house official opinion piece "I am part of the resistance inside the Trump administration" published by the New York Times
2018 On September - 05 uK Prime Minister Theresa May confirms in parliament two Russian military intelligence officers undertook novichok nerve agent attack, prompts international condemnation
2021 On September - 05 2021 Guinean coup d'état: Guinea's President Alpha Condé is detained by an elite military unit led by a former French legionnaire, Lt. Col. Mamady Doumbouya, claiming to have seized power.[190]