Unforgettable Moments: September 5th in History

1646 First public library in the Americas established when Bishop Palafox y Mendoza donates his personal library of 5,000 volumes to Tridentine colleges in Puebla, Mexico

1666 Great Fire of London ends, leaving 13,200 houses destroyed and 8 dead

1717 Britain's King George I issues Proclamation "For Suppressing Pirates in the West Indies", granting pirates who surrender a pardon (re-issued 1718)

1774 The 1st Continental Congress, a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that later became the United States, convenes at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia

1774 Twelve of the thirteen American colonies adopt a trade embargo against Great Britain at the first Continental Congress at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1774 With the meeting of the Continental Congress, Philadelphia becomes the 1st capital of the United States

1781 American Revolutionary War: French fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeat British forces under Admiral Graves at the Battle of the Chesapeake [Battle of the Virginia Capes] and trap Cornwallis

1793 French Revolution: the "Reign of Terror" begins

1836 Sam Houston elected President of the Republic of Texas

1882, the first Labor Day holiday celebrated in New York City. On June 28, 1894, Congress enacted a law to make Labor Day a national holiday, to be observed the first Monday in September.

1889 German Christine Hardt patents the first modern brassiere

1905 Treaty of Portsmouth is signed concluding the Russo-Japanese War; US President Theodore Roosevelt receives the Nobel Peace Prize for his role as mediator

1914 US President Woodrow Wilson orders US Navy to make its wireless stations accessible for any transatlantic communications - even to German diplomats sending coded messages; leads to interception of the Zimmermann telegram, helping bring the US into the war

1939 FDR declares US neutrality at start of WW II in Europe

1953 1st privately operated atomic reactor-Raleigh, NC

1958 1st color video recording on magnetic tape presented, Charlotte, North Carolina

1966 Jerry Lewis' 1st Muscular Dystrophy Labor Day telethon raises $1 million

1975 First assassination attempt on US President Gerald Ford by Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme in Sacramento, California

1976 Jim Henson's "The Muppet Show" premieres on television with Mia Farrow as the guest star

1977 NASA launches Voyager 1 on a mission to initially just fly-by Jupiter and Saturn, later Uranus and Neptune also (2012 becomes the first human-made object to leave the solar system)

2017 Hurricane Irma becomes the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin region with winds of 185mph

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