September 5

Today in History
• 1646 - First public library in the Americas established at Tridentine colleges in Puebla, Mexico
• 1666 - Great Fire of London ends, leaving 13,200 houses destroyed and 8 dead
• 1698 - Russian Tsar Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards
• 1774 - With the meeting of the Continental Congress, Philadelphia made 1st capital of the U.S
• 1793 - French Revolution: the "Reign of Terror" begins
• 1836 - Sam Houston elected President of the Republic of Texas
• 1844 - Iron ore discovered in Minnesota's Mesabi Mountains
• 1882 - 10,000 workers march in 1st Labor Day parade in NYC


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Another Look Unlimited Day
• International Day of Charity
• National Be Late for Something Day
• National Cheese Pizza Day
• National Shrink Day
• Saint Teresa Canonisation Day in Albania
• Telephone Tuesday
• World Samosa Day

Birthdays
• 1187 - Louis VIII [Coeur-de-Lion], King of France (1223-26)
• 1319 - Peter IV, King of Aragon (1336-87)
• 1638 - Louis XIV, King of France (1643-1715), known as "The Sun King"
• 1649 - Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, French mistress to British King Charles II
• 1809 - Manuel Montt Torres, President of Chile (851-61)
• 1836 - Justiniano Borgoño, President of Peru (1894)
• 1846 - John W Cromwell, American lawyer and civil right activist (American Negro Academy)
• 1936 - John C. Danforth, American politician (Sen-R-Missouri, 1976-95)