THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

1781-Battle of Virginia Capes, French defeat British, traps Cornwallis

1836-Sam Houston elected president of the Republic of Texas

1900-France proclaims a protectorate over Chad

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

1914-Battle of Marne (WW I) begins

1922-Yankees final game at the Polo Grounds, after seven years

1944-Allies liberate Brussels

1953-First privately operated atomic reactor-Raleigh NC

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

1958-First color video recording on magnetic tape presented, Charlotte NC

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

1972-11 Israeli athletes are slain at Munich Olympics

1975-Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme attempts to assassinate Ford in Sacramento

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

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