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1836 - Sam Houston elected President of the Republic of Texas 1944 - Five resistance fighters executed in Terneuzen, Netherlands 1946 - Amon Göth, former head of Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp, is found guilty of imprisonment, torture, and extermination of individuals and groups of people in the first conviction of homicide at a war crimes court 1966 - Jerry Lewis's first Muscular Dystrophy Labor Day telethon raises $1 million 1972 - Chemical spill with fog sickens hundreds in Meuse Valley, Belgium 1987 - John McEnroe is fined $17,500 for tirades at the US Open Tennis 1990 - #12 seed Pete Sampras ends #3 Ivan Lendl's bid for 9th straight US Open final with classic 6-4, 7-6, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2 quarter final win; goes on to win 1st career Grand Slam title 2023 - Birmingham City Council, the largest local authority in Europe, effectively declares itself bankrupt after stopping all nonessential spending More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1942 - American sailor Charles J. French (22) swims for over six hours in waters near Guadalcanal while towing a life raft with fifteen survivors from his US Navy ship, which is sunk by Japanese gunfire 1973 - Limited-run revival of Sigmund Romberg, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Frank Mandel's musical "The Desert Song" opens at Uris Theater, NYC, for 15 performances 1982 - US Men's Amateur Golf Championship, The Country Club: Jay Sigel wins 8 and 7 over David Tolley 1994 - Jingyi Le swims a world record in the 100 m women's freestyle in 54.01 seconds 2018 - UK Prime Minister Theresa May confirms in Parliament that two Russian military intelligence officers undertake a Novichok nerve agent attack, prompting international condemnation More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1876 - Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal, born in Landsberg am Lech, Germany (d. 1956) 1946 - Freddie Mercury [Farrokh Bulsara], British singer-songwriter (Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody"), born in Stone Town, Sultanate of Zanzibar (d. 1991) 1946 - Dennis Dugan, American actor and director (Can't Buy Me Love, Howling), born in Wheaton, Illinois 1951 - Paul Breitner, German footballer, born in Kolbermoor, Germany 1971 - Carlester Crumpler, American NFL tight end (Seattle Seahawks), born in Greenville, North Carolina More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1890 - Ludwig Deppe, German composer, dies at 61 1931 - John Thomson, football player who died in an accidental collision during a match (b. 1909) 1939 - Cornelis J "Cor" van Ast, Dutch actor and director (Ghost Hotel, Two Boys), dies at 67 1965 - Thomas Johnston, Scottish-born politician (b. 1882) 2016 - Duane Graveline, American doctor and astronaut, dies at 85 More Famous Deaths »

President Donald Trump held a dinner with the CEO’s of big tech companies at the White House.