Today In History

Sat., Sept. 5, 1998

In 1698: Russia’s Peter the Great imposed a tax on beards.

In 1774: The first Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia.

In 1882: The nation’s first Labor Day parade was held in New York.

In 1914: The First Battle of the Marne began during World War I.

In 1972: Arab guerrillas attacked the Israeli delegation at the Munich Olympic games in West Germany. Eleven Israelis, five guerrillas and a police officer were killed.

In 1975: President Ford escaped an attempt on his life by Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, a disciple of Charles Manson, in Sacramento, Calif.

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