September 5 Holidays

✡️ 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. ↗

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🎂 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