On This Day: September 5th

Liz Truss is declared the winner of the UK Conservative Party leadership election, beating Rishi Sunak.

At least 93 people die and 25 are missing after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Sichuan, China.

The President of Guinea, Alpha Condé is captured by armed forces during a coup d'état.

An accidental explosion at a Turkish Army ammunition store in Afyon, western Turkey kills 25 soldiers and wounds four others.

The Waziristan Accord is signed between the Government of Pakistan and local Taliban militants in North Waziristan, obliging the Taliban to expel foreign jihadists and the government to compensate the tribes for loss of life and property and launch reconstruction projects.

Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes after takeoff from Polonia International Airport in Medan, Indonesia, killing 149.

Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people.

The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.

Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians.

Pan Am Flight 73 from Mumbai, India with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.