1842: Man Hanged at Melbourne for the Killing of an Overseer at Mount Rouse
On 5 September 1842, a man known as Figara Alkapareet was hanged in the Port Phillip District for his alleged part in the killing of an overseer named Codd at Mount Rouse two years earlier. Read more →
1850: James Yates Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the Murder of a Shepherd
James Yates was hanged outside Adelaide Gaol on 5 September 1850 for the murder of a shepherd at Skillagolee Creek. Read more →
1877: Crazy Horse Fatally Bayoneted at Fort Robinson
Crazy Horse, the celebrated Lakota war leader who had helped defeat George Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn just a year earlier, was fatally stabbed with a bayonet at Fort Robinson, Nebraska, on 5 September 1877. Read more →
1975: Gerald Ford Survives Assassination Attempt in Sacramento
On 5 September 1975, President Gerald Ford was leaving a meeting at the Senator Hotel in Sacramento, California, when Lynette ‘Squeaky’ Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson, pointed a loaded .45-calibre pistol at him from close range. Read more →
1994: NSW Politician John Newman Shot Dead Outside His Cabramatta Home
At 9:30 pm on 5 September 1994, Labor MP John Newman was shot twice and killed instantly in the car park of his Woods Avenue home in Cabramatta, in the western suburbs of Sydney. Read more →
