A bit of September 5th history…
1698 - Russian Tsar Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards
1774 - The 1st Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia; they adopt a trade embargo against Great Britain as well as make Philadelphia the 1st capital of the US
1793 - French Revolution: The “Reign of Terror” begins
1939 - FDR declares US neutrality at the start of WWII in Europe
1946 - Amon Goth becomes the 1st conviction of homicide at a War Crimes court - he was head of Krakow-Plaszow concentration camp
1966 - Jerry Lewis’ 1st Muscular Dystrophy Labor Day telethon raises $1 million
1972 - 11 Israeli athletes are taken hostage and later killed by Palestinian Black September group at the Munich Olympics
1976 - Jim Henson’s “The Muppet Show” premiers on tv
2019 - Erramatti Mangamma becomes the world’s oldest woman to give birth - she was 74 years old
Today In History: September 05