September 5th, 1947

Born on September 5th, 1947

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What happened on September 5th?

September 5th, 1926

Forty-eight people died in a fire in a makeshift cinema in Dromcolliher, Ireland.

September 5th, 1977

NASA launched the space probe Voyager 1, currently the farthest spacecraft from Earth, from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

September 5th, 1975

Squeaky Fromme (pictured), a devotee of Charles Manson, attempted to assassinate U.S. president Gerald Ford in Sacramento, California.

September 5th, 1964

Hurricane Cleo dissipated after causing 156 deaths, mainly in Haiti, and causing roughly US$187 million in damages across the Caribbean and southeastern United States.

September 5th, 1943

World War II: American and Australian airborne forces landed at Nadzab as part of the New Guinea campaign against Japan.

September 5th, 1915

The Casablanca Fair (poster pictured) opened in the French protectorate in Morocco.

September 5th, 1905

Under the mediation of U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt, the Russo-Japanese War officially ended with the signing of a treaty at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine.

September 5th, 1887

A fire that killed 186 people broke out at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, England.

September 5th, 1882

A group of London schoolboys led by Bobby Buckle founded Hotspur Football Club to continue to play sports during the winter months.

September 5th, 1836

Sam Houston (pictured) became the first popularly elected president of the Republic of Texas.

September 5th, 1816

Facing rising discontent in France, Louis XVIII was forced to dissolve the Chambre introuvable, the legislature dominated by Ultra-royalists.

September 5th, 1781

American Revolutionary War: French naval forces handed Britain a major strategic defeat at the Battle of the Chesapeake (depicted).

September 5th, 1774

In response to the British Parliament's enactment of the so-called Intolerable Acts, representatives from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies convened the First Continental Congress at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia.

September 5th, 2022

At least 93 people die and 25 are missing after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Sichuan, China.

September 5th, 2021

The President of Guinea, Alpha Condé is captured by armed forces during a coup d'état.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 5th

Born on September 5th, 1947

77

Mel Collins

British musician

*September 5th, 1947, Banstead

77

Barbara Thalheim

German composer

*September 5th, 1947, Leipzig

77

Rosevelt Colvin

American football player

*September 5th, 1947, Indianapolis

77

Chantal Thomass

French fashion designer

*September 5th, 1947, Malakoff

77

Herbert Mai

German trade unionist

*September 5th, 1947, Dalheim-Rödgen

71

Bruce Yardley

Australian cricketer (1947-2019)

*September 5th, 1947, Midland †March 27th, 2019, Kununurra

60

Buddy Miles

American rock and funk drummer

*September 5th, 1947, Omaha †February 26th, 2008, Austin

77

Édouard Carmignac

French banker

*September 5th, 1947, Paris

69

Charles "Bobo" Shaw

American musician

*September 5th, 1947, Pope County †January 16th, 2017, St. Louis

70

Danny Florencio

Filipino basketball player (1947-2018)

*September 5th, 1947, Quiapo †February 24th, 2018, Pittsburg

Same Day
Who's birthday is on September 5th?

45

Freddie Mercury

British singer, songwriter, record producer and graphic designer (1946–1991)

*September 5th, 1946, Zanzibar City †November 24th, 1991, Garden Lodge, Kensington

22

Alika Milova

Estonian singer-songwriter

*September 5th, 2002, Narva

19

Einár

Swedish rapper (2002–2021)

*September 5th, 2002, Stockholm †October 21st, 2021, Hammarby Sjöstad

87

Lise Henningsen

Danish actress (1931-2019)

*September 5th, 1931, Copenhagen †January 28th, 2019, Copenhagen

92

Gustavo Rojo

Uruguayan-Mexican actor (1923-2017)

*September 5th, 1924, Atlantic Ocean †April 22nd, 2017, Mexico City

73

Michael Keaton

American actor

*September 5th, 1951, Coraopolis

76

Daniela Ziegler

German actress and singer

*September 5th, 1948, Offenbach am Main

82

Werner Herzog

German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and opera director

*September 5th, 1942, Munich

71

Thomas Hunsteger-Petermann

German politician

*September 5th, 1953, Heessen

78

Arnaldo Momigliano

Italian historian of classical antiquity (1908–1987)

*September 5th, 1908, Caraglio †September 1st, 1987, London

89

Paul Dietzel

American football and coach, college athletics administrator (1924–2013)

*September 5th, 1924, Fremont †September 24th, 2013, Baton Rouge

85

George Lazenby

Australian actor

*September 5th, 1939, Goulburn

79

John Cage

American avant-garde composer (1912-1992)

*September 5th, 1912, Los Angeles †August 12th, 1992, New York City

79

Gérard d'Aboville

French politician and ocean rower

*September 5th, 1945, Paris

82

Raquel Welch

American actress (1940–2023)

*September 5th, 1940, Chicago †February 15th, 2023, Los Angeles

67

Peter Winnen

Road bicycle racer

*September 5th, 1957, Venray

76

Benita Ferrero-Waldner

Austrian diplomat and politician

*September 5th, 1948, Salzburg

40

MC Kresha

Kosovo-Albanian rapper and songwriter

*September 5th, 1984, Mitrovica

73

Paul Breitner

German association football player

*September 5th, 1951, Munich

92

Carol Lawrence

Actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1932)

*September 5th, 1932, Melrose Park

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76

Rodney Williams

Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (born 1947)

*November 2nd, 1947, Swetes

76

Hillary Clinton

American politician, diplomat, and presidential candidate (born 1947)

*October 26th, 1947, Edgewater Hospital

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

69

Gregg Allman

American musician

*December 8th, 1947, Saint Thomas Hospital †May 27th, 2017, Richmond Hill

77

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1947, Dresden

76

Stephen King

American writer (born 1947)

*September 21st, 1947, Portland

77

Wiranto

Indonesian politician

*April 4th, 1947, Yogyakarta

77

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)

*July 30th, 1947, Thal

77

Kjell Magne Bondevik

33rd Prime Minister of Norway

*September 3rd, 1947, Molde Municipality

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

*January 8th, 1947, Brixton †January 10th, 2016, Manhattan

77

Dieter Riedel

German association football player and manager

*September 16th, 1947, Gröditz

77

Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

*March 12th, 1947, Harper University Hospital

77

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

76

Dilma Rousseff

36th President of Brazil, 3rd President of the BRICS Bank

*December 14th, 1947, Belo Horizonte

77

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

77

Elton John

British singer, songwriter and musician

*March 25th, 1947, Pinner

77

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

French virologist and Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of HIV

*July 30th, 1947, Paris

68

Johan Cruyff

Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

*April 25th, 1947, Betondorp †March 24th, 2016, Barcelona

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

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No: With 365 days 1947 is a normal year and no leap year.

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