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5 September 2028
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2020 - California wildfires: A pyrotechnic device at a gender reveal party ignited the El Dorado Fire (pictured), burning for 71 days and killing one firefighter.Anniversary
2005 - Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashed shortly after take-off in Indonesia due to pilot error, killing 100 out of the 117 people on board along with 49 more on the ground.2005 aviation accident in Indonesia
Anniversary
2005 - Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashed shortly after take-off in Indonesia due to pilot error, killing 100 out of the 117 people on board along with 49 more on the ground.2005 aviation accident in Indonesia
Anniversary
1977 - NASA launched the space probe Voyager 1, currently the farthest spacecraft from Earth, from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.American space and aeronautics agency
Anniversary
1977 - NASA launched the space probe Voyager 1, currently the farthest spacecraft from Earth, from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.American space and aeronautics agency
Historical events
History
2022 - Liz Truss is declared the winner of the UK Conservative Party leadership election, beating Rishi Sunak.Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2022
History
2022 - At least 93 people die and 25 are missing after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Sichuan, China.Earthquake in China
History
2021 - The President of Guinea, Alpha Condé is captured by armed forces during a coup d'état.President of Guinea from 2010 to 2021
History
2012 - An accidental explosion at a Turkish Army ammunition store in Afyon, western Turkey kills 25 soldiers and wounds four others.Fatal accident in Turkey
History
2006 - The Waziristan Accord is signed between the Government of Pakistan and local Taliban militants in North Waziristan, obliging the Taliban to expel foreign jihadists and the government to compensate the tribes for loss of life and property and launch reconstruction projects.Agreement between Pakistani and Taliban
History
2005 - Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes after takeoff from Polonia International Airport in Medan, Indonesia, killing 149.2005 aviation accident in Indonesia
History
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.Category 3 Atlantic hurricane in 1996
History
1991 - The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.History
1990 - Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians.1983–2009 Sri Lankan internal conflict
History
1986 - Pan Am Flight 73 from Mumbai, India with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.1986 airliner hijacking
Notable births
Born
2007 - Matthew Schaefer, Canadian ice hockey playerCanadian ice hockey player (born 2007)
Born
2001 - Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, Australian rugby league playerAustralia & Samoa international rugby league footballer
Born
1999 - Filip Chytil, Czech ice hockey playerCzech ice hockey player (born 1999)
Born
1998 - Caroline Dolehide, American tennis playerAmerican tennis player (born 1998)
Born
1998 - Mac Jones, American football playerAmerican football player (born 1998)
Born
1998 - Davion Mitchell, American basketball playerAmerican basketball player (born 1998)
Born
1997 - Steven Kwan, American baseball playerAmerican baseball player (born 1997)
Notable deaths
Died
2024 - Rebecca Cheptegei, Ugandan athlete (born 1991)Ugandan athlete (1991–2024)
Died
2024 - Herbie Flowers, English musician (born 1938)English musician (1938–2024)
Died
2024 - Radha Charan Gupta, Indian historian of mathematics (born 1935)Indian historian of mathematics (1935–2024)
Died
2024 - Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian pianist and composer (born 1941)Brazilian musician (1941–2024)
Died
2024 - Rich Homie Quan, American rapper (born 1990)American rapper (1989–2024)
Died
2024 - Laurent Tirard, French film director and screenwriter (born 1967)French film director and screenwriter (1967–2024)
Died
2021 - Sarah Harding, English singer, member of Girls Aloud (born 1981)English singer, model, and actress (1981–2021)
Died
2019 - Francisco Toledo, Mexican painter, sculptor, and graphic artist (born 1940)Mexican artist (1940–2019)
Sky
Moon phase
Full Moon
98.5% illuminated
Lunar age: 15.9 days
Sun zodiac
Virgo
13.45 degrees
Constellation: Leo
Moon zodiac
Pisces
29.88 degrees
Constellation: Pisces
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.