On This Day — September 5
Notable events, births, and deaths from history on this date. Data from Wikimedia.
Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people.
1996
The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.
1991
Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians.
1990
