September 5th, 1957

Born on September 5th, 1957

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What happened on September 5th, 1957?

September 5th, 1957

Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Revolution

What else 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.

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

Born on September 5th, 1957

67

Peter Winnen

Road bicycle racer

*September 5th, 1957, Venray

67

Emly Starr

Belgian singer

*September 5th, 1957, Laarne

67

Rudi Gores

German football player and manager

*September 5th, 1957, Gerolstein

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

22

Alika Milova

Estonian singer-songwriter

*September 5th, 2002, Narva

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

73

Michael Keaton

American actor

*September 5th, 1951, Coraopolis

89

Paul Dietzel

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

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

19

Einár

Swedish rapper (2002–2021)

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

78

Arnaldo Momigliano

Italian historian of classical antiquity (1908–1987)

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

40

MC Kresha

Kosovo-Albanian rapper and songwriter

*September 5th, 1984, Mitrovica

77

Mel Collins

British musician

*September 5th, 1947, Banstead

79

John Cage

American avant-garde composer (1912-1992)

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

82

Werner Herzog

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

*September 5th, 1942, Munich

22

Alessandra Mele

Norwegian-Italian singer

*September 5th, 2002, Pietra Ligure

68

Wolfgang Anzengruber

Austrian manager

*September 5th, 1956, Steyr

85

George Lazenby

Australian actor

*September 5th, 1939, Goulburn

73

Paul Breitner

German association football player

*September 5th, 1951, Munich

44

Marianna Madia

Italian politician

*September 5th, 1980, Rome

57

Matthias Sammer

German association football player, coach and executive

*September 5th, 1967, Dresden

92

Carol Lawrence

Actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1932)

*September 5th, 1932, Melrose Park

Same year
Born in 1957

66

Julian Cope

Welsh musician, author, antiquarian, musicologist, poet and cultural commentator

*October 21st, 1957, Deri

66

John Kassir

American actor and comedian

*October 24th, 1957, Baltimore

66

Klaus Augenthaler

German association football player and manager

*September 26th, 1957, Fürstenzell

66

Stephen Morris

British drummer

*October 28th, 1957, Macclesfield

67

François Asselineau

French politician and official

*September 14th, 1957, Paris

54

Osama bin Laden

Saudi terrorist and co-founder of al-Qaeda (1957–2011)

*March 10th, 1957, Riyadh †May 2nd, 2011, Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad

66

Dagfinn Høybråten

Norwegian politician

*December 2nd, 1957, Oslo

67

Kristin Clemet

Norwegian politician

*April 20th, 1957, Harstad Municipality

67

Peter Aude

Danish actor

*January 19th, 1957, Copenhagen

67

Frances McDormand

American actress

*June 23rd, 1957, Gibson City

66

Jürgen Uteß

German association football player

*October 27th, 1957, Greifswald

41

Adrian Borland

English singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer (1957–1999)

*December 6th, 1957, London †April 26th, 1999, Wimbledon

60

Alain Defossé

French writer and translator (1957-2017)

*February 11th, 1957, Nantes †May 14th, 2017, 19th arrondissement of Paris

67

Stephen Fry

British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist

*August 24th, 1957, Hampstead

67

Mari Maurstad

Norwegian actress

*March 17th, 1957, Oslo

67

Henning Krautmacher

German singer and actor

*March 5th, 1957, Leverkusen

67

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

67

Timothy Spall

English actor

*February 27th, 1957, London

67

Matthias Klinghardt

German Protestant theologian (1957-)

*August 24th, 1957, Waldshut-Tiengen

67

Tharman Shanmugaratnam

9th President of the Republic of Singapore

*January 22nd, 1957, Singapore

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No: With 365 days 1957 is a normal year and no leap year.

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