September 5th, 1951

Born on September 5th, 1951

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1951

73

Michael Keaton

American actor

*September 5th, 1951, Coraopolis

73

Paul Breitner

German association football player

*September 5th, 1951, Munich

73

Ronny Abraham

French judge and academic

*September 5th, 1951, Alexandria

73

Juan Ramón de la Fuente

Former Mexican Secretary of Health and Rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico

*September 5th, 1951, Mexico City

68

Jamie Oldaker

American drummer

*September 5th, 1951, Tulsa †July 16th, 2020, Tulsa

73

Dan Labraaten

Swedish ice hockey player

*September 5th, 1951, Arvika

73

Margarete Aburumieh

Austrian teacher and politician

*September 5th, 1951, Hollabrunn

73

Patti McGuire

American Playboy model

*September 5th, 1951, Missouri

73

David Robert Nelson

American physicist

*September 5th, 1951, Stuttgart

54

David Peckinpah

American television director and producer (1951-2006)

*September 5th, 1951, Fresno †April 23rd, 2006, Vancouver

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Who's birthday is on September 5th?

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

45

Freddie Mercury

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

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

71

Thomas Hunsteger-Petermann

German politician

*September 5th, 1953, Heessen

92

Gustavo Rojo

Uruguayan-Mexican actor (1923-2017)

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

87

Lise Henningsen

Danish actress (1931-2019)

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

77

Mel Collins

British musician

*September 5th, 1947, Banstead

78

Arnaldo Momigliano

Italian historian of classical antiquity (1908–1987)

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

67

Peter Winnen

Road bicycle racer

*September 5th, 1957, Venray

89

Paul Dietzel

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

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

82

Werner Herzog

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

*September 5th, 1942, Munich

79

John Cage

American avant-garde composer (1912-1992)

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

40

MC Kresha

Kosovo-Albanian rapper and songwriter

*September 5th, 1984, Mitrovica

85

George Lazenby

Australian actor

*September 5th, 1939, Goulburn

74

Cathy Guisewite

American cartoonist

*September 5th, 1950, Dayton

76

Daniela Ziegler

German actress and singer

*September 5th, 1948, Offenbach am Main

92

Carol Lawrence

Actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1932)

*September 5th, 1932, Melrose Park

74

Rosie Cooper

British politician (born 1950)

*September 5th, 1950, Liverpool

22

Alessandra Mele

Norwegian-Italian singer

*September 5th, 2002, Pietra Ligure

82

Raquel Welch

American actress (1940–2023)

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

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73

Jesse Ventura

American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)

*July 15th, 1951, Minneapolis

73

John McDonnell

British Labour politician (born 1951)

*September 8th, 1951, Liverpool

73

Ellen Foley

American singer and actress

*June 5th, 1951, St. Louis

73

Agathe Fontain

Greenlandic politician

*June 9th, 1951, Sisimiut

63

Robin Williams

American actor and comedian (1951–2014)

*July 21st, 1951, Chicago †August 11th, 2014, Tiburon

65

Gilbert Baker

American artist and gay rights activist

*June 2nd, 1951, Chanute †March 31st, 2017, New York City

65

Kaci Kullmann Five

Norwegian politician (1951-2017)

*April 13th, 1951, Oslo †February 19th, 2017, Oslo

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

72

Imelda Wiguna

Badminton player

*October 12th, 1951, Slawi

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

71

Joachim Streich

German association football player and manager

*April 13th, 1951, Wismar †April 16th, 2022, Leipzig

72

Volker Bouffier

German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse

*December 18th, 1951, Giessen

70

Hans-Jürgen Dörner

East German football player and long-term coach of national junior football teams (1951–2022)

*January 25th, 1951, Görlitz †January 19th, 2022, Dresden

73

Cajus Julius Caesar

German politician

*January 22nd, 1951, Rinteln

73

Sven-Åke Nilsson

Road racing cyclist

*September 13th, 1951, Malmö

73

Raphaële Billetdoux

French novelist

*January 1st, 1951, Paris

72

Andrea Tidona

Italian actor

*November 30th, 1951, Modica

73

Geoffrey Rush

Australian actor (born 1951)

*July 6th, 1951, Toowoomba

65

Věra Špinarová

Czech singer

*December 22nd, 1951, Pohořelice †March 26th, 2017, Prague

73

Juan Manuel Santos

Former president of Colombia

*August 10th, 1951, Bogotá

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1951 is a normal year and no leap year.

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