Today is Wednesday, September 5, the 247th day of 2007. There are 118 days left in the year.
1774 _ The first Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia
1836 _ Sam Houston elected president of the Republic of Texas
1882 _ 10,000 workers march in the first Labor Day parade in NYC
1900 _ France proclaims a protectorate over Chad
1905 _ The Treaty of Portsmouth ends Russo-Japanese War
1944 _ Allies liberate Brussels
1958 _ ``Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in the U.S.
1958 _ The first color video recording on magnetic tape presented in Charlotte, N.C.
1972 _ 11 Israeli athletes are slain at Munich Olympics
1977 _ Voyager 1 (US) launched toward fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn
1978 _ Sadat, Begin and Carter began peace conference at Camp David, Md.
1980 _ The world's longest auto tunnel opens in St. Gotthard, Swiss Alps
1990 _ Iraqi President Saddam Hussein urges Arabs to rise against the West
1991 _ Actor John Travolta weds Kelly Preston
1991 _ U.S. trial of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins