TODAY IN HISTORY – 5th Sept, 2026 – ORBITS NEWS
By Valentine Uchechukwu Ndukwu.
According to Jill Valentine, the convener of When Women Pray, she once said that History is “a story written by the finger of God”.
She further averred that human events are not random because God guides time, nations, and people like an author writing a book. Then, the incredible way she said that every past event fits into a grand divine plan.
Men and Brethren, kindly scroll down to read ready Epistles from Today in History as it concerns historical events on this day.
On this day in 1791, Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.
Still on this day in 1887, a fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter kills 186, making it the UK’s deadliest ever building fire.
Again, on this day in 1932, the French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
Today in history reveals that on this day in 1960, Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor became the first elected President of Senegal.
It was on this day in 1960 that Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.
Regrettably on this day in 1972, Munich massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called “Black September” attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two die in the attack and nine are murdered the following day.
Amazingly, Orbits News has shown through research that on this day in 1980, the Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world’s longest highway tunnel at 16.9 kilometres (10.5 mi) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo.
In 1981 on this day, the first women arrive at what becomes Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp in the UK.
Sadly on the 5th of September, in the year of our Lord, 1997, Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu better known as Mother Teresa or Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and a Catholic saint, went to be with the Lord.
Today is International Day of Charity.
Finally, before we wrap things up on Today in History, please remember you’re the point man ~ keep pointing in the right direction.
