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Historical events & facts — September 5
What happened on September 5?
On September 5, 1972, a commando from the Palestinian group Black September took eleven athletes and coaches of the Israeli Olympic team hostage at the Munich Games. The failed police rescue ended with the deaths of all eleven hostages, one German police officer and five terrorists. The Games continued, amid controversy, the following day.
On September 5, 1977, NASA launched the Voyager 1 probe, which in the following years flew past Jupiter and Saturn and sent back the most detailed images ever seen of both planets. In 2012 it crossed the boundary of the solar system, becoming the human-made object that has travelled furthest in history.
On September 5, 1997, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1979, died in Calcutta. She had dedicated nearly fifty years to caring for the poorest of the poor in India and around the world. She was canonised by Pope Francis in 2016.
Notable birthdays — September 5
Famous people born on September 5
Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson
Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson, also known as Jumbo Wilson, was a senior British Army officer of the 20th century. He saw active service in the Second Boer War and then during the First World War on the Somme and at Passchendaele.
Joaquín Nin-Culmell
Joaquín María Nin-Culmell was a Cuban-Spanish composer, internationally known concert pianist, and emeritus professor of music at the University of California, Berkeley.
Nicanor Parra
Nicanor Segundo Parra Sandoval was a Chilean physicist and poet. He has been considered one of the most influential Spanish-language Chilean poets of the 20th century.
Albert Mangelsdorff
Albert Mangelsdorff was a German jazz trombonist. Working mainly in free jazz, he was an innovator in multiphonics.
Bill Mazeroski
William Stanley Mazeroski, nicknamed "Maz" and "the Glove", was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played his entire career for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1956 to 1972.
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