Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 5
- 1666 - The Great Fire of London ended after burning for three days.
- 1793 - The French National Convention voted to implement terror measures to repress French Revolutionary activities. The ensuing "Reign of Terror" lasted until the spring of 1794 and killed 35,000-40,000 people.
- 1836 - Sam Houston was elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
- 1877 - Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
- 1977 - At 12:56 (UTC), Voyager 1 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on a mission to leave the solar system
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