Today in history On Sept. 5, 1774, the first Continental Congress assembled at Carpenters Hall, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1781, French forces beat the British at the Battle of Virginia Capes. In 1836, Sam Houston was elected president of the Republic of Texas. In 1881, the Thumb Fire, in the thumb area of Michigan, caused $53,236,434 in damage. In 1882, the first Labor Day parade in the U.S. was held in New York City. In 1885, the first gasoline pump was delivered to a gas retailer in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. In 1914, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson ordered the U.S. Navy to make its wireless stations accessible for any trans-Atlantic communications - even to German diplomats sending coded messages - which resulted in the interception of the Zimmerman telegram, helping to bring the U.S. into World War I. In 1914, the Battle of Marne resulted in French and British forces preventing the German army from entering Paris. In 1915, the Zimmerwald Conference of socialist anti-war activists began in Switzerland. In 1939, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared Americas neutrality at the beginning of World War II. In 1942, British and U.S. air forces bombed LeHavre and Bremen. In 1944, on Mad Tuesday, 65,000 Dutch Nazi collaborators fled to Germany; and Allied forces liberated Brussels. In 1958, color video recording was successful on magnetic tape for the first time. In 1972, terrorists murdered 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics. In 1975, Lynette Squeaky Fromme attempted to assassinate U.S. President Gerald R. Ford in Sacramento, Calif. In 1977, NASAs Voyager 1 - that was meant to explore the solar system - was launched after a brief delay. In 1984, capital punishment was abolished in Western Australia; and NASAs space shuttle Discovery returned from its voyage and landed safely. In 1986, at the third annual MTV Music Awards, the biggest winner was the Norwegian group A-ha, and in Karachi, Pakistans army stormed a hijacked U.S. Air Force B-747, and 19 people were killed. In 1990, Iraqs President Saddam Hussein urged other Arab countries to rise up against the West. In 1991, the trial of ousted Panamanian dictator Gen. Manuel Noriega began in the U.S. In 2007, three terrorists suspected of being members of al-Qaida were arrested in Germany after planning attacks on Frankfurt International Airport and on U.S. military installations in Germany. And in 2012, 25 people were killed in an explosion at an army ammunition depot in Afyon, Turkey. The parting shots Comedy legend and TV show hostess Joan Rivers has died at the age of 81. Its a girl! Actress Alyssa Milano has had her baby. NBC News has reported that actress Betty White has died at home in Los Angeles, Calif. She was 92.
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