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September 5

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Munich massacre

54 years ago

Born this day

1638

Louis XIV of France

Would be 388

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Louis XIV of France

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Famous births8

1638 · 388 yrs

Louis XIV of France

Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), known as the "Sun King", was King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715. He is the longest-reigning monarch in history, reigning for 72 years and 110 days.

RoyaltyWould be 388

Photo: Hyacinthe Rigaud · Public domain

1774 · 252 yrs

Caspar David Friedrich

Caspar David Friedrich (German:; 5 September 1774 – 7 May 1840) was a German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation, whose often symbolic, and anti-classical work, conveys a subjective, emotional response to the natural world.

ArtWould be 252

Photo: Caspar David Friedrich · Public domain

1857 · 169 yrs

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (Russian: Константи́н Эдуа́рдович Циолко́вский Russian pronunciation:; 17 September 1857 – 19 September 1935) was a Russian rocket scientist who pioneered astronautics. Along with Hermann Oberth and Robert H.

ScienceWould be 169

Photo: Unknown author · Public domain

1888 · 138 yrs

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (5 September 1888 – 17 April 1975) was an Indian academic, philosopher and statesman who served as the Vice President of India from 1952 to 1962 and President of India from 1962 to 1967. He was the ambassador of India to the Soviet Union from 1949 to 1952.

PoliticsWould be 138

Photo: Government of India · Public domain

1912 · 114 yrs

John Cage

John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer, visual artist and music theorist.

MusicWould be 114

Photo: Rob Bogaerts for Anefo · CC0

1942 · 84 yrs

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog (German:; né Stipetić; born 5 September 1942) is a German filmmaker, actor, opera director, author, and documentarian.

FilmAge 84

Photo: Nicolas Genin · CC BY-SA 3.0

1946 · 80 yrs

Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer and songwriter who achieved global fame as the lead vocalist and pianist of the rock band Queen.

MusicWould be 80

Photo: Unknown author · Public domain

1951 · 75 yrs

Michael Keaton

Michael John Douglas (born September 5, 1951), known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American actor. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award.

FilmAge 75

Photo: Harald Krichel · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous deaths6

1701 · 325 yrs

James II of England

James II and VII (14 October 1633 O.S. – 16 September 1701) was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from February 1685 until he was deposed in the 1688 Glorious Revolution.

RoyaltyWould be 392

Photo: Godfrey Kneller · Public domain

1857 · 169 yrs

Auguste Comte

Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Comte (French:; 19 January 1798 – 5 September 1857) was a French philosopher and writer who formulated the doctrine of positivism. He is often regarded as the first philosopher of science in the modern sense of the term.

PhilosophyWould be 228

Photo: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0

1902 · 124 yrs

Rudolf Virchow

Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow ( VEER-koh, FEER-khoh; German:; 13 October 1821 – 5 September 1902) was a German physician, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, writer, editor, and politician.

ActivismWould be 204

Photo: Julius Cornelius Schaarwächter · CC BY 4.0

1906 · 120 yrs

Ludwig Boltzmann

Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann ( BAWLTS-mahn or BOHLTS-muhn; German:; 20 February 1844 – 5 September 1906) was an Austrian mathematician and theoretical physicist. His greatest achievements were the development of statistical mechanics and the statistical explanation of the second law of thermodynamics.

ScienceWould be 182

Photo: Unknown author · Public domain

1997 · 29 yrs

Mother Teresa

Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (Albanian:; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa or Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and a Catholic saint.

ReligionWould be 116

Photo: Túrelio · CC BY-SA 2.0 de

2017 · 9 yrs

Nicolaas Bloembergen

Nicolaas Bloembergen (March 11, 1920 – September 5, 2017) was a Dutch–American physicist recognized for his work in developing driving principles behind nonlinear optics for laser spectroscopy.

ScienceWould be 106

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Events1

1972 · 54 yrs

Munich massacre

The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, carried out by eight members of the Palestinian militant organisation Black September.

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