Historical Events for 5th September 2025

1836 – Sam Houston elected President of the Republic of Texas
1944 – Five resistance fighters executed in Terneuzen, Netherlands
1946 – Amon Göth, former head of Kraków-P?aszów concentration camp, is found guilty of imprisonment, torture, and extermination of individuals and groups of people in the first conviction of homicide at a war crimes court
1966 – Jerry Lewis’s first Muscular Dystrophy Labor Day telethon raises $1 million
1972 – Chemical spill with fog sickens hundreds in Meuse Valley, Belgium
1987 – John McEnroe is fined $17,500 for tirades at the US Open Tennis
1990 – #12 seed Pete Sampras ends #3 Ivan Lendl’s bid for 9th straight US Open final with classic 6-4, 7-6, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2 quarter final win; goes on to win 1st career Grand Slam title
2023 – Birmingham City Council, the largest local authority in Europe, effectively declares itself bankrupt after stopping all nonessential spending

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