SEPTEMBER 5 IN HISTORY

1858 - Birth of poet, prose writer Alexandru Vlahuta, honorary post-mortem member of the Romanian Academy (d. November 19, 1919)
1921 - Birth of historian, literary theoretician and critic Adrian Marino (d. March 17, 2005).
1929 - Birth of translator Catinca Ralea (d. January 19, 1981)
1931 - Birth of actor Constantin Codrescu (d. 13/14 November 2022)
1938 - Death of General Gheorghe Mardarescu, participant to the Oituz battle in the summer of 1917 and to the Hungary Campaign (1919-1920) as commander of Transylvanian troops (b. August 4, 1866)
1940 - General Ion Antonescu (1882-1946) becomes head of state
1960 - Birth of actor Claudiu Istodor
1973 - Death of baritone Petre Stefanescu-Goanga (b. March 3, 1902)
2021 - Death of Ivan Patzaichin, multiple European, world and Olympic kayak-canoe champion, former coach of the Olympic kayak-canoe team (b. November 26, 1949)
2021 - Death of actor Ion Caramitru, director of the Bucharest National Theatre and president of the Theatre Union of Romania (UNITER) (b. March 9, 1942), agerpres reports.