September 5th (2012) was a Wednesday. It's the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 118 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 5th September, 2012
» A Sivakasi factory explosion e.g firecracker factory explodes near Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, killing 40 and injuring 50 others.
» An 2012 Afyonkarahisar arsenal explosion named accidental explosion at a Turkish Army ammunition store in Afyonkarahisar known as Afyon, western Turkey kills 25 soldiers and wounds four others.
» Ian Dick, Australian cricketer and field hockey player (b. 1926)
» Victoria Fyodorova, Russian-American actress and author (b. 1946)
» John Oaksey, English jockey and journalist (b. 1929)
» Joe South, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
September 5th Holidays in History
» Christian Calendar of saints named feast day:
» Bertin
» Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
» Genebald
» Zechariah (priest) Zechariah and Elizabeth (biblical figure) Elisabeth (Anglican Church Anglican and Eastern Orthodox Church)
» Gregorio Aglipay (Episcopal Church (USA))
» September 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Earliest date on which Jeûne genevois can fall, while September 11 is the latest; celebrated on Thursday after the first Sunday of September. (Canton of Geneva)
» Jupiter Stator, commemorates that Jupiter (mythology) e.g Jupiter helped Romulus to stop the Sabines or Sabine invasion under Titus Tatius. (Roman Empire)