September 5

People born on this day are Virgo.

On this day in history01

1980
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.
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1981
The first women arrive at what becomes Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in the UK.
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1984
STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
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1984
Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
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1986
Pan Am Flight 73 from Mumbai, India with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.
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1990
Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians.
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1996
Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people.
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2005
Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes after takeoff from Polonia International Airport in Medan, Indonesia, killing 149.
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2012
An accidental explosion at a Turkish Army ammunition store in Afyon, western Turkey kills 25 soldiers and wounds four others.
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2021
The President of Guinea, Alpha Condé is captured by armed forces during a coup d'état.
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2022
Liz Truss is declared the winner of the UK Conservative Party leadership election, beating Rishi Sunak.
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2022
At least 93 people die and 25 are missing after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Sichuan, China.
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