Wikislippy:Selected anniversaries/September 5
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- 1839 - The First Opium War begins in China.
- 1882 - The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
- 1939 - World War II: The United States declares its neutrality in the war.
- 1946 - Freddie Mercury is born in Zanzibar. (d. 1991)