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National Be Late For Something Day September 5 | ||
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International Day Of Charity September 5 | ||
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National Cheese Pizza Day September 5 | ||
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World Samosa Day September 5 | ||
Also on September 5
✡️ Religious Observances
- Jewish: Leil Selichot סליחות holiday
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2012 — An accidental explosion at a Turkish Army ammunition store in Afyon, western Turkey kills 25 soldiers and wounds four others. ↗
- 1996 — Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3... ↗
- 1991 — The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force. ↗
- 1990 — Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians. ↗
- 1986 — Pan Am Flight 73 with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport. ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 1996 — Richairo Živković, Dutch footballer
- 1995 — Szabina Szlavikovics, Hungarian tennis player
- 1994 — Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italian swimmer
- 1991 — Zeki Yavru, Turkish footballer
- 1990 — Antonio Esposito, Italian footballer
🏀 Sports on this Date
- College Football: UTEP Miners @ Oklahoma Sooners — 00:00 Final
- College Football: Long Island University Sharks @ Kansas Jayhawks — 00:00 Final
- College Football: Toledo Rockets @ Michigan State Spartans — 00:00 Final
- MLB: Tampa Bay Rays @ Texas Rangers — 00:05 Final
- MLB: Arizona Diamondbacks @ Houston Astros — 00:10 Final
- MLB: Toronto Blue Jays @ Kansas City Royals — 00:10 Final