This Day in History: 0000-09-05

5-6 Sep – Catholic forces from Spain, the Bavarian League, and the Holy Roman Empire devastated a combined Swedish and Saxon army at the Battle of Nordlingen (1634).
5 Sep – Japanese American Iva Toguri D’Aquino was arrested in Yokohama by US military authorities under the suspicion of being the radio propagandist Tokyo Rose during World War II. She was later acquitted (1945).
5 Sep – Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, won the gold medal for light heavyweight boxing in the 1960 Olympics in Rome (1960).

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