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2019

Erramatti Mangamma became the world’s oldest living mother by giving birth to twins at the age of 74 in Hyderabad, India.

2017

Hurricane Irma becomes the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic, with winds of 185 mph (280 km/h).

1976

The television show “The Muppet Show” premieres. Mia Farrow is the surprise guest.

1972

Black September, a Palestinian terrorist group, takes 11 Israeli hostages during the Munich Olympics in Germany.

1971

The TVA network launches its first television stations in Montreal, Quebec City, and Chicoutimi.

1968

Gene Mauch (right) becomes the first general manager of the Montreal Expos.

1966

Jerry Lewis hosts his first telethon for muscular dystrophy on Labor Day. He raises one million dollars.

1960

Cassius Clay [Muhammad Ali] defeats three-time Polish European champion Zbigniew Pietrzykowski by unanimous decision and wins the Olympic light-heavyweight title at the Rome Games.

1958

Hanna-Barbera’s “The Huckleberry Hound Show” (Huckleberry Hound), featuring Yogi Bear, airs for the first time on television.

1957

Jack Kerouac publishes the novel “On the Road.”

1901

The first professional baseball league, the National Association of Professional Baseball, is founded in Chicago.

1666

The Great Fire of London comes to an end, destroying 13,200 homes and claiming eight lives.

It happened on… September 5

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