What happened in history in September 5 years ago?

Answer 1

September 4, 2004 Hurricane Frances hits Florida, causing $40 billion in damage.

September 4, 1997 14th MTV Awards

September 4, 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Louisville Kentucky on WTFX 100.5 FM

September 4, 1996 13th MTV Awards: Alanis Morrisett and Smashing Pumpkins wins

September 4, 1995 Jerry Lewis' 30th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $47,800,000

September 4, 1995 Mary Beth Zimmerman wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic

September 4, 1994 Bulgarian government of Berov falls

September 4, 1994 Cleveland Browns is 1st team in NFL to score a 2-point conversion

September 4, 1994 Kansai International airport officially opens

September 4, 1993 Jim Abbott pitches 4-0, no-hit win over Indians at Yankee Stadium

September 4, 1993 Miklos Horthy appointed Hungarian admiral

September 4, 1993Mats Wilander defeats Mikael Pernfors 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 1-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 in 4 hours 1 min U.S. Open Tennis match concluding at 2:26 AM

September 4, 1992"Scared Silent" is 1st non news program to be seen on 3 networks simultaneously. (CBS, NBC and PBS), about child abuse hosted by Oprah

September 4, 1991 "Most Happy Fella" opens at New York State Theater New York City

September 4, 1991 Rte 35 Theater in Hazlit, last drive-in in NJ, closes

September 4, 1991Panel of 8 baseball experts vote to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris HR record and determine an official no hitter must go at least 9 innings

September 4, 1989 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic

September 4, 1989 Jerry Lewis' 24th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $42,737,219

September 4, 1988 Mike Tyson crashes a silver BMW into a tree near Catskills NY

September 4, 1988 Phoenix Cardinals play 1st regular-season NFL game

September 4, 1986 189.42 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange

September 4, 1986 Claude Brochu becomes CEO of Montreal Expos

September 4, 1985 Igor Paklin of U.S.S.R. set a new high jump world record at 7-11 12

September 4, 1985 New York Mets Gary Carter's 2 home runs ties record of 5 home runs in 2 games

September 4, 1984 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti sentenced to 2 years

September 4, 1983 "Joseph and the Amazing Dreamcoat" closes at Royale New York City after 747 performances

September 4, 1983 83rd U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Jay Sigel

September 4, 1983 Greg LeMond becomes only American to win cycling's Road Championship

September 4, 1983 Scott Michael Pellaton sets barefoot waterski speed rec (119.36 mph)

September 4, 1982 Arson fire engulfs apt-hotel in LA, 25 die

September 4, 1982 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test

September 4, 1981 Longest game at Fenway Park completed in 20, Mariners-8, Red Sox-7

September 4, 1981 Newscaster David Brinkley is released by NBC

September 4, 1981 Seattle Mariners beat Boston Red Sox, 8-7, in 20 inn (started 9/3)

September 4, 1981 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

September 4, 1980 Yes performs its last concert (MSG)

September 4, 1979 India need 438 to win vs. England, game ends at 8-429

September 4, 1979 Iran army conquerors Baneh

September 4, 1978 Jerry Lewis' 13th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $29,074,405

September 4, 1978 New York Yankee pitcher Ron Guidry wins his 20th (on way to 25-3 season)

September 4, 1978 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic

September 4, 1977 "Godspell" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 527 performances

September 4, 1977 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Rail Muscular Dystrophy Golf Classic

September 4, 1976 Palestinians hijack KLM DC-9 to Cyprus

September 4, 1974 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation

September 4, 1973 William E. Colby, becomes 10th director of CIA

September 4, 1972 U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz becomes 1st athlete to win 7 olympic gold medals

September 4, 1972 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test

September 4, 1971 Alaskan 727 crashes into Chilkoot Mountain, kills 109 (Alaska)

September 4, 1970 George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" single

September 4, 1970 Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova gets political asylum

September 4, 1970 Salvador Allende wins presidential election in Chile

September 4, 1968 Nigerian troops conquer Aba Biafra

September 4, 1967 6.5 earthquake of Kolya Dam India, kills 200

September 4, 1967 Jerry Lewis' 2nd Muscular Dystrophy telethon

September 4, 1967 Train crash at Arnhem Neth, kills 5

September 4, 1966 Houston Oilers holds Denver Broncos to no 1st downs winning 45-7

September 4, 1966 Jim Hogan wins Europe marathon (2:20:04.6)

September 4, 1965 Beatles' "Help!," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks

September 4, 1965 KREZ TV channel 6 in Durango, CO (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting

September 4, 1965 Rock group Who's wan is vandalized with $10,000 in equipment stolen

September 4, 1964 Eduardo Frei elected president of Chile

September 4, 1964 Longest bridge in Europe opens (Scottish 4th Road Bridge)

September 4, 1964 NASA launches its 1st Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1)

September 4, 1962 Beatles record "How Do You Do It" at EMI

September 4, 1962 French president De Gaulle visits German FR

September 4, 1961 Carol Burnette-Richard Hayes Show premieres on CBS radio

September 4, 1961 U.S. authorizes Agency for International Development

September 4, 1960 Hurricane Donna, kills 148 in Caribbean and US

September 4, 1957 Ford Motor Co introduces Edsel

September 4, 1957 Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out National Guard to stop 9 black students from entering a Little Rock high school

September 4, 1954 1st passage of McClure Strait, fabled Northwest Passage completed

September 4, 1954 Peter B Cortese of U.S. achieves a one-arm deadlift of 370 lbs; 22 lbs over triple his body weight, at York, Pennsylvania

September 4, 1953 WATR (now WTXX) TV channel 20 in Waterbury, CT (NBC) begins

September 4, 1953 WGEM TV channel 10 in Quincy-Hannibal, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting

September 4, 1953 Yanks become 1st team to win 5 consecutive championship

September 4, 1951 1st transcontinental TV broadcast, by President Truman

September 4, 1951 71st U.S. Mens Tennis: F A Sedgman beats Elias V Seixas, Jr. (64 61 61)

September 4, 1951 NBC extends to become a 61 station coast-to-coast network

September 4, 1951 President Truman addresses opening of Japanese Peace Treaty Conference

September 4, 1950 1st helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines

September 4, 1950 D McI Hodgson of St. Ann Bay, Nova Scotia catches a 997 lb tuna

September 4, 1950 Heavy typhoon strikes Japan, kills about 250

September 4, 1949 Marie Robie sinks 393 yd hole-in-one (1st hole in Furnace Brook)

September 4, 1948 "Angel in the Wings" closes at Coronet Theater New York City after 308 performances

September 4, 1948 Queen Wilhelmina abdicates Dutch throne

September 4, 1945 Ruben Fine wins 4 simultaneous rapid chess games blindfolded

September 4, 1945 U.S. regains possession of Wake Island from Japan

September 4, 1944 2,087 Jews transported for Westerbork to KZ-Lower Theresienstadt

September 4, 1944 64th U.S. Mens Tennis: Frank Parker beats Wm F Talbert (64 36 63 63)

September 4, 1944 British 2nd Armoured pantzer division frees Antwerp

September 4, 1944 Finland breaks diplomatic contact with nazi-Germany

September 4, 1944 U.S. 1st Army frees Namen

September 4, 1943 British 8th army lands at Taranto South Italy

September 4, 1942 Transport nr 28 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany

September 4, 1941 New York Yankees, win earliest AL pennent (full season)

September 4, 1941 U.S. destroyer Greer fires on German submarine U-652

September 4, 1941 Yanks beat Red Sox 6-3 and clinch their 12th and earliest pennant

September 4, 1940 Gerbrandy becomes premier of Dutch government in exile

September 4, 1940 Mussert sends telegram, that Hitler has captured the Dutch

September 4, 1940 Nazi collaborator Mussert puts the fate of Netherlands in Hitler's hands

September 4, 1939 Dutch 2nd Chamber affirms Netherlands in a State of War

September 4, 1939 German submarine U-30 sinks British passenger ship Athenia

September 4, 1939 German troops move into Danzig

September 4, 1939 Netherlands and Belgium declare neutrality

September 4, 1939 Mir, a castle used by the occupying Nazi forces as a Jewish ghetto, is exterminated

September 4, 1939 RAF bombs Wilhelmshafen

September 4, 1938 Vainio Muinonen wins 2nd European marathoner (2:37:28.8)

September 4, 1937 Doris Kopsky, becomes 1st NABA woman cycling champion (4:22.4)

September 4, 1936 Franco troops conquer Irun and Talavera de la Reina Spain

September 4, 1936 Largo Caballero becomes Spanish premier

September 4, 1934 Bradman scores 149* Aust vs. Eng XI, 104 mins, 17 fours 4 sixes

September 4, 1933 1st airplane to exceed 300 mph (483 kph), JR Wendell, Glenview, Il

September 4, 1933 Coup on Cuban president De Cespedes by Fulgencio Batista

September 4, 1932 15th PGA Championship: Olin Dutra at Keller GC St. Paul Minn

September 4, 1930 Cambridge Theater opens in London

September 4, 1927 Charles Lindbergh visits Boise, Idaho, on his cross-country tour

September 4, 1923 A Charlot and N Cowards revue "London Calling," premieres in London

September 4, 1923 New York Yankee Sad Sam Jones no-hits Philadelphia A's, 2-0

September 4, 1922 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2000m (5:26.3)

September 4, 1920 Last day of Julian civil calendar (in parts of Bulgaria)

September 4, 1919 39th U.S. Mens Tennis: William M Johnston beats Wm T Tilden (64 64 63)

September 4, 1919 British intervene in Petrograd

September 4, 1918 Jhr Ch Ruys de Beerenbrouck becomes 1st Dutch Catholic premier

September 4, 1918 U.S. troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months

September 4, 1916 Christy Mathewson and Mordecai Brown final baseball game

September 4, 1914 British, French and Russian government sign Pact of London, against Germany

September 4, 1914 General von Moltke ceases German advance in France

September 4, 1912 1st accident (collision) in Londoner Underground: 22 injured person

September 4, 1911 Garros sets world altitude record of 4,250 m (13,944 ft)

September 4, 1908 Caledonia and Hillhurst Football Clubs play for Central Alberta Rugby Football League championship

September 4, 1906 New York Highlanders win 5th straight doubleheader

September 4, 1904 Dali Lama signs treaty allowing British commerce in Tibet

September 4, 1899 8.3 earthquake shakes Yakutat Bay, Alaska

September 4, 1894 In New York City, 12,000 tailors went on strike protesting sweat shops

September 4, 1894 Soccer team Veendam 1894 forms

September 4, 1893 English author Beatrix Potter 1st tells the story of Peter Rabbit

September 4, 1888 George Eastman patents 1st roll-film camera and registers "Kodak"

September 4, 1886 Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war

September 4, 1885 1st cafeteria opens (New York City)

September 4, 1882 1st district lit by electricity (NY's Pearl Street Station)

September 4, 1870 3rd French republic proclaimed as they overthrow their king

September 4, 1866 1st Hawaiian daily newspaper published

September 4, 1864 Bread riots in Mobile, Alabama

September 4, 1862 Gen Lee invades North with 50,000 Confederate troops

September 4, 1862 North Beach and Mission Railway Company organized in SF

September 4, 1854 English/French assault on Petropavlovsk Kamchatka

September 4, 1842 Work on Koln cathedral recommences after 284-year hiatus

September 4, 1833 1st newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty, 10 years old-NY Sun)

September 4, 1813 1st U.S. relig newspaper (Religious Remembrancer (Christian Observer))

September 4, 1807 Robert Fulton begins operating his steamboat

September 4, 1805 1st edition of Batavian State-Current published

September 4, 1786 Orange troops plunder Hattem/Elburg

September 4, 1781 Los Angeles founded by 44 in Bahia de las Fumas, (Valley of Smokes)

September 4, 1778 City Amsterdam signs trade agreement with U.S. rebels

September 4, 1695 French garrison of castle Names surrenders for Willem III

September 4, 1682 English astronomer Edmund Halley sees his namesake comet

September 4, 1618 "Rodi" avalanche destroys Plurs Switzerland, 1,500 killed

September 4, 1571 Catholic coup in Scotland

September 4, 1479 King Alfonso I of Portugal recognizes Isabella as queen of Castilie

September 4, 1414 Peace of Atrecht: John the fearless and Armagnacs

September 4, 1282 King Pedro III of Aragonorth annexes Sicily

September 4, 1260 Battle at Montaperti-Guelfen vs Ghibellijnen

September 4, 1024 Conrad II the Sailor chosen German king

September 4, 476 Romulus Augustulus, last Roman emperor in west, is deposed

September 4, 422 St. Boniface I ends his reign as Catholic Pope

Answer 2

I'm writing this answer in 2008, so 5 years ago is 2003.

- Canadian Singer and naturalized US citizen Gisele MacKenzie died of colon cancer.

- The New York Times reports a US government cutback on the use of lie detector tests to screen Nuclear Agency employees.

- A crude joke in the comic Doonsbury leads to a loss of about half of newspapers syndicating the lame, whiny political comic. Bloom County forever! (Pardon my own, personal editorial.)

- A magnitude 3.1 earthquake is detected just before 6 am off the coast of Sept-Îles, Quebec. The name means "Seven Islands".

- "Democracy is on the march" in Iraq, as Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld tours military bases according to a DefendAmerica.mil news story. Clearly things in Iraq will be all rainbows and unicorns in no time.

How old is this post? If you asked in 2007, you may have meant Sept 5th, 2002. In which case:

- Cosmologist David Todd Wilkinson, world renowned specialist in cosmic microwave background radiation, dies. His death is ruled "untimely" by Wikipedia, which characteristically has no source or further informaton for this claim. [citation needed]

- The New York Times has an amusing piece about a strange phenominon of "open source" software starting to make headway in government applications entitled "An Alternative To Microsoft Gains Support In High Places"

- The Irish Examiner reports that instances of internet child pornography increase 50% every year. "We are not aware of any cases here, but it is entirely possible."

- Magnitude 5.2 earthquake shakes Masset, BC, population 940. Is it just me, or does Canada keep WAY too close of tabs on their earthquake activity?

Answer 3

One of the most significant things that happened in September was the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon on September 11, 2001.

Answer 4

A number of somewhat noteworthy events have happened on September 9, but the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were not one of them.

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Answer 5

The twin towers were crashed.