Today is Monday, September 5, the 248th day of 2011. There are 117 days left in the year.

1774 ― First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia

1882 ― 10,000 workers march in first Labor Day parade in NYC

1885 ― First gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer (Ft. Wayne, Ind.)

1944 ― Allies liberate Brussels

1953 ― First privately operated atomic reactor-Raleigh, N.C.

1958 ― ``Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in the U.S.

1958 ― First color video recording on magnetic tape presented, Charlotte, N.C.

1960 ― Cassius Clay captures the Olympic light heavyweight gold medal

1990 ― Iraqi Pres Saddam Hussein urges Arabs to rise against the West

1991 ― U.S. trial of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins