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Events on September 5

• 1666 The Great Fire of London, which had been raging since September 2, is brought under control and finally extinguished.
• 1698 After his return from Western Europe, the Russian Tsar Peter the Great bans the wearing of beards, as this is considered outdated. Because the decree does not achieve the desired success in the country, especially among the Old Believers, the Tsar introduces a beard tax some months later.
• 1869 The foundation stone of Neuschwanstein Castle is laid.
• 1882 In New York, the trade union Central Labor Union organizes a political demonstration followed by a picnic attended by several tens of thousands of people. This subsequently gives rise to Labor Day in the United States, comparable to the later Labor Day in other countries.
• 1914 The Battle of the Marne begins in the First World War, during which 550,000 soldiers die.
• 1972 During the Olympic Games in Munich, the Palestinian terrorist group Black September attacks the Israeli team in the Olympic Village, kills two people and takes eleven athletes hostage.
• 1977 Hanns Martin Schleyer is kidnapped by an RAF commando. The “German Autumn” begins.
• 1980 The Gotthard Road Tunnel is opened.
• 1991 The USSR dissolves; the Congress of People's Deputies resolves to form a transitional government consisting of the presidents of the individual republics. In December, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is founded.
• 2001 More than a year late, the performance of the musical piece As slow as possible by John Cage begins in Halberstadt, with a total running time of 639 years.
• 2002 A smoking ban is introduced in 63 public underground, suburban and long-distance railway stations in Germany.
• 2006 Construction work on the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport begins in Schönefeld, Brandenburg.

Born on September 5

• 1872 Carl Friedrich von Siemens, German industrialist and politician, member of the Reichstag
• 1881 Otto Bauer, Austrian politician and leading theorist of Austro-Marxism
• 1912 John Cage, American composer
• 1912 Kristina Söderbaum, Swedish actress
• 1940 Raquel Welch, American actress
• 1942 Werner Herzog, German film director
• 1951 Paul Breitner, German footballer
• 1951 Michael Keaton, American actor
• 1972 Jan Malte Andresen, German radio presenter and journalist
• 2001 Bukayo Saka, English footballer

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „5. September“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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