eso ha pasado un 05 Septiembre

1877 : Crazy Horse killed


On September 5, 1877, the Sioux chief Crazy Horse was killed by soldiers at Fort Robinson, Nebraska, where he was sent after he surrendered to General George Crook, at the Indian Agency of Nebraska. Crazy Horse was a member of the Sioux chiefs who had defeated Colonel Custer at Little Big Horn in 1876.

1914 : Beginning of the Battle of the Marne


On September 5, 1914, the 6th French Army, under the leadership of General Maunoury, launched a counter-offensive to stop the advance of the German army, arrived close to Paris. 4 days later, the second German army was forced to retreat, followed 2 days later by the rest of the German army. This was the first Allied victory in World War I. In six days of fighting in which took part 2 million men, 100,000 soldiers lost their lives.

1972 : Massacre at Munich Olympics


On September 5, 1972, Black September Palestinian terrorists took nine Israeli athletes into hostage after killing two others, in the Olympic Village in Munich. They demanded the release of Arab prisoners held in Israel. The intervention of the German police resulted in the deaths of the nine hostages, five terrorists and one policeman. The Olympic Games were suspended for 24h in honor of the slain athletes.

1986 : Hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73


On September 5, 1986, Pan Am flight 73 from Bombay to New York via Frankfurt was hijacked by members of the Abu Nidal group at the Karachi airport, Pakistan. As a result of gunfire from the hijackers, the Pakistan Army's Special Service Group intervened. 20 passengers were killed and 150 were wounded.

Cita del día : 05 Septiembre

Freddie Mercury
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Cumpleaños : 05 Septiembre

Louis XIV, Rey de Francia (1638)
Robert Fergusson, Poeta escocés (1750)
Giacomo Meyerbeer, Compositor alemán (1791)
Aleksey Tolstoï, Dramaturgo ruso (1817)
Victorien Sardou, Dramaturgo francés (1831)
Jesse James, Fuera de la ley estadounidense (1847)
Amy Beach, Pianista et compositora estadounidense (1867)
Joseph Szigeti, Violinista húngaro (1892)
Darryl F. Zanuck, Productor americano (1902)
Arthur Koestler, Eescritor húngaro (1905)
John Cage, Compositor estadounidense (1912)
Luis Alcoriza, Director, guionista y actor mexicano (1918)
William Devane, Actor americano (1937)
George Lazenby, Actor australiano (1939)
Raquel Welch, Actriz americana (1940)
Denise Fabre, Presentadora de televisión francesa (1942)
Werner Herzog, Director de cine alemán (1942)
Freddie Mercury, Músico inglés (Queen) (1946)
Michael Keaton, Actor americano (1951)
Marc-André Hamelin, Pianista canadiense (1961)
Brad Wilk, Músico americano (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave) (1968)
Rose McGowan, Actriz americana (1973)
Nuri Şahin, Futbolista turco (1988)
Franco Zuculini, Futbolista argentino (1990)
Gage Golightly, Actriz americana (1993)

Nos han dejado un 05 Septiembre

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Escritor y general francés (1803)
John Home, Poeta escocés (1808)
Auguste Comte, Sociólogo francés (1857)
Manuel Blanco Encalada, Primera Presidenta de Chile (1876)
Crazy Horse, Jefe de los Lakota (Sioux) (1877)
Gert Fröbe, Actor alemán (1988)
Mère Teresa, Misionera india, Premio Nobel de la Paz (1997)
Shoya Tomizawa, Piloto japonés de motocicletas (2010)
Vue mer : crédit photo Aseed