^B{^#!16!5 September^N! Feast day of Saints Urban and Theodore and their Companions, St Laurence Giustiniani, St Bertinus, and St Genebald of Laon.
^B{1774^B} The first Continental Congress in America opened at Philadelphia. ^B{1800^B} French troops surrendered Malta to the British, following Nelson's naval blockade. ^B{1914^B} The first Battle of the Marne, during World War I, began. ^B{1922^B} US aviator James Doolittle made the first US coast-to-coast flight in 21 hrs, 19 min. ^B{1963^B} Christine Keeler, one of the women involved in the Profumo scandal, was arrested and charged with perjury. ^B{1972^B} At the Olympic Games in Munich, terrorists of the Black September group seized Israeli athletes as hostages; nine of the Israelis, four of the terrorists, and one German policeman were killed. ^B{1980^B} The world's longest road tunnel, the St Gotthard, was opened running 16km/10mi from Goschenen to Airolo, Switzerland. ^B{1988^B} ^I{No Sex Please - We're British^I}, the longest running comedy, closed (after 6,671 performances over 16 years).
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Louis VIII, King of France, ^B{1187^B}; Louis XIV, the 'Sun King' of France, ^B{1638^B}; Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer, ^B{1791^B}; Victorien Sardou, French dramatist, ^B{1831^B}; Arthur Koestler, Hungarian author, ^B{1905^B}; Raquel Welch, US actress, ^B{1940^B}; Freddy Mercury, British pop singer, ^B{1946^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Pieter Breughel the Elder, Flemish painter, ^B{1569^B}; Auguste Comte, French philosopher, ^B{1857^B}; Charles PΘguy, French poet, ^B{1914^B}; Josh White, US blues singer, ^B{1969^B}; Douglas Bader, British fighter pilot, ^B{1962^B}.
