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Today in History: September 5
1664
After days of negotiation, the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam surrenders to the British, who will rename it New York.

1666
The Fire of London is extinguished after two days.

1877
The great Sioux warrior Crazy Horse is fatally bayoneted at age 36 by a soldier at Fort Robinson, Nebraska.

1878
Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp, Bill Tilghman and Clay Allison, four of the West's most famous gunmen, meet in Dodge City, Kansas.

1958
Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested in an Alabama protest for loitering and fined $14 for refusing to obey police.

1969
Charges are brought against US lieutenant William Calley in the March 1968 My Lai Massacre during Vietnam War.

1972
""Black September," a Palestinian terrorist group take 11 Israeli athletes hostage at the Olympic Games in Munich; by midnight all hostages and all but 3 terrorists are dead.

1975
President Gerald Ford evades an assassination attempt in Sacramento, California.

1977
Voyager 1 space probe launched.

1980
World's longest tunnel opens; Switzerland's St. Gotthard Tunnel stretches 10.14 miles (16.224 km) from Goschenen to Airolo.

1996
Hurricane Fran comes ashore near Cape Fear, No. Car. It will kill 27 people and cause more than $3 billion in damage.

2020
More than 50 arrested as Portland, Oregon, marks 100 days of protests against racism and police brutality

2023
Former Proud Boys chairman, Enrique Tarrio sentenced to 22 years in prison - the longest so far - for seditious conspiracy in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol
( pardoned by U.S. president Donald Trump following his return to office on January 20, 2025.)

Today in History: Born on September 5
1842
Jesse James, legendary outlaw of the American West.

1897
A.C. Nielsen, founder of the Nielsen Ratings.

1929
Bob Newhart, deadpan standup comedian and TV actor (The Bob Newhart Show).

1940
Raquel Welch, actress (One Million Years B.C., Myra Breckinridge).


JOTD
A London lawyer runs a stop sign..

And gets pulled over by an Irish cop. This hotshot sure knows he's better educated and definitely smarter than some random Irish cop. He decides to prove to himself how smart he is while having some fun at the cop.

Irish cop:"License and registration, please."

"What for?", lawyer asks.

Irish cop says:"Ye didnae come to a complete stop at the stop sign."

Lawyer:"But I slowed down and there was nobody on road - none was coming."

Irish cop:"Ye didnae come to a complete stop at the stop sign! License and registration, please!"

Lawyer:"Okay, but what's the difference? Where's the problem?"

Cop:"The difference is, ye havte come to a complete stop at the stop sign, that's the law! You didnae and that's the problem! License and registration, please!"

The lawyer says:"So, listen, if you can show me the difference between slowing down and full stop, you win, I give you license, registration and take the ticket. If you can't, you can't write me anything and I just go my way."

Irish cop looks at him and says:"Okay sir, that's fine, please just step out of the car now."

Lawyer steps out of the car with a smirk on his face ready to get in car and leave, but cop quickly pulls out his baton and beats the living shite out of the guy, takes a breath and say:"Daeye want me to slow down or perhaps a full stop would be better?"