1. On September 5, 1847, Brigham Young, the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, entered Salt Lake Valley for the first time. He and a group of Mormon pioneers had traveled over 1,000 miles from Illinois to settle in the area and establish a new community.

2. September 5, 1920, marked the dedication of Zion National Park in southern Utah. The park is renowned for its stunning red rock formations, deep canyons, and diverse plant and animal life.

3. On September 5, 1957, physicist and Nobel Prize winner John A. Wheeler gave a lecture at the University of Utah on the concept of "wormholes" in space-time. Wheeler's work helped inspire the popular science fiction trope of "wormholes" as a means of interstellar travel.

4. September 5, 2002, was the opening day of the Salt Lake City Paralympic Games, held just months after the 2002 Winter Olympics. The Paralympics showcased athletes with physical disabilities and featured events such as alpine skiing, sled hockey, and wheelchair curling.

5. Utah's first openly LGBTQ mayor, Jackie Biskupski, was elected on September 5, 2015. Biskupski, a former state senator, won a close race against incumbent mayor Ralph Becker and became one of few openly LGBTQ mayors of a major American city.