Russ Mitchell recaps the major historical events that occurred on September 5 in this video clip from This Day In History. The nation's first Labor Day Parade was held in New York City on September 5, and the novel On the Road was published. Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme pointed a gun at president Gerald Ford, and was later sentenced to life in prison. Samuel Houston was elected the first president on the Republic of Texas, before it became a Confederate state.
In 1890, medium Helen Peters helped give the Ouija board its name. But after the board accused a relative of theft and tore her family apart, she spent the rest of her life warning others that its answers might not be truthful.