On This Day

September 5th

1781 Battle of Virginia Capes, where the French Fleet defeats the British rescue fleet, trapping          Cornwallis at Yorktown. 1885 1st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer. 1977 Voyager II launched.          Labor Day, a legal holiday (First Monday of September)

Birthdays

1902 Darryl F. Zanuck, Hollywood producer & motion picture executive