What happend on 5th September

04.09
06.09
1986

Pan Am Flight 73 with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.

1984

Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.

1984

STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.

1983

The half-hour Robert MacNeil Report changes its name to the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, becoming the first hour-long network news show.

1983

Tom Brokaw becomes lead anchor for NBC Nightly News

1980

The St. Gotthard Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32 km) stretching from Goschenen to Airolo.

1978

Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace process at Camp David, Maryland.

1977

Hanns-Martin Schleyer, President of the Employers Association, is kidnapped in Cologne, West Germany. Kidnappers kill three escorting police officers and his chauffeur. They demand release of Red Army Faction prisoners

1977

Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay.

1975

In Sacramento, California, a follower of incarcerated cult leader Charles Manson named Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is thwarted by a Secret Service agent.