Which event does this 1977 photograph show?

A probe launches that is still transmitting from interstellar space (1977). Voyager 1 launched from Cape Canaveral, later returning the first detailed images of Jupiter and Saturn. It crossed into interstellar space in 2012 and remains the most distant human-made object.

Which event does this 1774 photograph show?

Delegates from twelve colonies meet to organise resistance to Britain (1774). Fifty-six delegates gathered at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia to coordinate a response to the Coercive Acts. It was the first time the colonies acted together as a body. (Pictured: the hall as it stands today.)

Which event does this 1698 photograph show?

A tsar returns from Europe and starts forcibly westernising his court (1698). Back from eighteen months touring western Europe, Peter the Great began shaving his nobles' beards himself and taxing those who kept them. It was the opening move in a violent modernisation of Russia.

Which event does this 1882 photograph show?

The first Labor Day parade fills the streets of New York (1882). Around 10,000 workers took unpaid leave to march from City Hall to Union Square, demanding an eight hour day. The holiday spread state by state and became federal in 1894.

Which event does this 1905 photograph show?

Theodore Roosevelt brokers peace between Russia and Japan (1905). The Treaty of Portsmouth ended the Russo-Japanese War. Theodore Roosevelt, who mediated, became the first American awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for it.

What happened on September 5? Voyager 1, the First Continental Congress and 3 more

What happened on September 5

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Space · 1977

A probe launches that is still transmitting from interstellar space

Voyager 1 launched from Cape Canaveral, later returning the first detailed images of Jupiter and Saturn. It crossed into interstellar space in 2012 and remains the most distant human-made object.
History · 1774

Delegates from twelve colonies meet to organise resistance to Britain

Fifty-six delegates gathered at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia to coordinate a response to the Coercive Acts. It was the first time the colonies acted together as a body. (Pictured: the hall as it stands today.)
Politics · 1698

A tsar returns from Europe and starts forcibly westernising his court

Back from eighteen months touring western Europe, Peter the Great began shaving his nobles' beards himself and taxing those who kept them. It was the opening move in a violent modernisation of Russia.
Society · 1882

The first Labor Day parade fills the streets of New York

Around 10,000 workers took unpaid leave to march from City Hall to Union Square, demanding an eight hour day. The holiday spread state by state and became federal in 1894.
Diplomacy · 1905

Theodore Roosevelt brokers peace between Russia and Japan

The Treaty of Portsmouth ended the Russo-Japanese War. Theodore Roosevelt, who mediated, became the first American awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for it.