Historical Highlights of September 5

Credit: Duta

History is an important part of our life as humans. Without keeping the records of the past, we are likely going to forget ourselves and thus, we will get lost in the present. This is solely because of the dialectical relationship between the past and the present. These two are intertwined that we are bond to hold them in unison. We can't forget one but remember the other.

Remembering the past in quite necessary for the present and even tomorrow or future. Without the past and the present, the future is likely not gonna come.

The past is a present that has gone, the present is a past that we are living in, while the future is a coming past

These three brothers might have different terminology but have one source and one mark or identity. We all lived in them at any time we want.

The past was once my today and even my future. But now, I call it a past.

Some Historical Happenings that Took Place On September 5

In 917 – Liu Yan declared himself emperor, establishing the Southern Han state in southern China, at his capital of Panyu (present-day Guangzhou).

In 1774, the first Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia.

In 1807 – Gunboat War: The Royal Navy concluded their bombardment of Copenhagen and captured the Dano-Norwegian navy, leading to the term "Copenhagenization".

In 1882, the nation’s first Labor Day was celebrated with a parade in New York.

In 1905 – Under the mediation of U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt, the Russo-Japanese War officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Portsmouth at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard near Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed legislation making aircraft hijackings a federal crime.

In 1921 – The Popular American comedian Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle (pictured) attended a party during which a woman was fatally injured; although he was eventually acquitted of manslaughter, the trial's scandal derailed his career.

In 1943 – World War II: American and Australian airborne forces landed at Nadzab as part of the New Guinea campaign against Japan.

In 1997, breaking the royal reticence over the death of Princess Diana, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II delivered a televised address in which she called her former daughter-in-law “a remarkable person.” Mother Teresa died in Calcutta, India, at age 87; conductor Sir Georg Solti (johrj SHOL’-tee) died in France at age 84.

Source: Duta and wtop.com

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