SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2009

Today is Saturday, September 5, the 248th day of 2009. 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

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

1972 _ 11 Israeli athletes are slain at Munich Olympics

1977 _ Voyager 1 (US) launched toward fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn

1990 _ Iraqi President Saddam Hussein urges Arabs to rise against the West