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 »