Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is the first elected President of Senegal. Date: September 5, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 5 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)

End of the Congress of Carrara, one of the major 20th century anarchist congresses. Date: September 5, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 5 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today)

Mỹ Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lieutenant William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai. Date: September 5, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 5 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today)

Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins: The United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province. Date: September 5, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 5 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today)

Munich massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two die in the attack and nine are murdered the following day. Date: September 5, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 5 📅 Events on this day in 1972…

Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford. Date: September 5, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 5 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today)

Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 1 spacecraft. Date: September 5, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 5 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today)

Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland. Date: September 5, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 5 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 16.9 kilometres (10.5 mi) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo. Date: September 5, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 5 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today)

The first women arrive at what becomes Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in the UK. Date: September 5, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 5 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)