THURSDAY, Sept. 5, 2024

1900-France proclaims a protectorate over Chad

190- National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues formed

1905-Treaty of Portsmouth USA, ends Russo-Japanese War

1914-Battle of Marne (WW I) begins

1918-Due to WW I, 15th World Series begins a month early

1944-Allies liberate Brussels

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

1968-21 killed by hijackers aboard a Pan Am jet in Karachi, Pakistan

1978-Sadat, Begin & Carter began peace conference at Camp David, Md

1980-World's longest auto tunnel, St Gotthard in Swiss Alps, opens

1983-8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-lands at Edwards AFB

1984-12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D) -Discovery 1- lands at Edwards AFB

1986-NASA launches DOD-1

1989-Deborah Norville becomes news anchor of the Today Show

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

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