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This Day in History

On September 5
1774 The first session of the U.S. Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia. The delegates drafted a declaration of rights and grievances, organized the Continental Association and elected Peyton Randolph as the first president of the Continental Congress.
1881 The American Red Cross provided relief for disaster for the first time. The disaster was the Great Fire of 1881 in Michigan.
1882 The first U.S. Labor Day parade was held in New York City.
1914 Babe Ruth hit his first homerun as a professional player in the International League.
1939 The U.S. proclaimed its neutrality in World War II.
1957 Jack Kerouac's On the Road was first published.
1960 Cassius Clay of Louisville, KY, won the gold medal in light heavyweight boxing at the Olympic Games in Rome, Italy. Clay later changed his name to Muhammad Ali.
1983 "Sports Illustrated" became the first national weekly magazine to use four-color process illustrations on every page.
1990 Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein, urged for a Holy War against the West and former allies.
1997 Mother Teresa died in Calcutta, India, at the age of 87.
2001 Peru's attorney general filed homicide charges against ex-President Alberto Fujimori. Fujimori was linked to two massacres by paramilitary death squads. At the time of the charges Fujimori was in exile in Japan.
2001 Fox News Channel terminated Paula Zahn for breach of contract.
2002 In Kabul, Afghanistan, a car bomb killed at least 15 people.
2002 In Kandahar, Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai was unhurt in an assassination attempt. Kandahar governor Gul Agha Sherzai was wounded in the attack. Karzai's American body guards returned fire and killed three people.
2003 In London, magician David Blaine entered a clear plastic box and then suspended by a crane over the banks of the Thames River. He remained there until October 19 surviving only on water.

This Day In Music!
2000 Customs officials at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport seize a shipment of Kenny Chesney's single, "I Lost It." The CD promotion singles are assembled with a package that includes "English water." On the cover, Chesney, dressed in a black suit and black hat, appears to be partially immersed in a pool of water.
1998 Sheena Easton files for divorce from her husband of 11 months, documentary director Timothy Delarm, citing irreconcilable differences.
1997 Chrissie Hynde, founder and front woman of the Pretenders is married to Colombian sculptor Lucho Brieva, in a civil ceremony at Marylebond Registry Office in London.
1979 Chuck Berry is sentenced to four months in jail for income tax evasion.
1979 Boston Pops conductor Arthur Fiedler dies at the age of 84. He began his association with the Boston Pops Orchestra about 1915 as a viola player. He was conductor from 1930 until his death.
1975 Premiere of ``Gladys Knight & the Pips'' summer series on NBC-TV.
1967 Bobbie Gentry records ``Ode to Billie Joe'' at a Hollywood studio.
1954 Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys is born in Northumberland, England. The group's first big single is ``West End Girls,'' a No. 1 song in 1986.
1947 Balladeer Arlo Guthrie is born in Coney Island, N.Y., the son of folk singer Woody Guthrie. His most famous song is the 18-minute Thanksgiving tale ``Alice's Restaurant.
1913 Opera Singer Ljuba Welitsch is born.

Positive Quote

Ask not for victory, ask for courage. For if you can endure you bring honor to us all, even more you bring honor to yourself.

daily motivator September 5, 2007
Dive in
Nothing seems so out of reach as that which you have not yet begun. The moment you get started, the task becomes infinitely more achievable.

Take the first step and take it quickly. Dive in and get to work. There will be problems, but they won't be nearly as insurmountable as they appear to be before you've even made the first attempt.

Action is what seals your commitment to achieving anything. The sooner you get started after deciding to do something, the more likely you'll get it done. Even if the initial step is small, it is vitally important because it sets the direction for your momentum.

Act quickly, and then keep going. There's always something you can do. Once you've started, and as you go along, you won't just think you can do it -- you'll know that you already are.

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