August 5
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August 5 is the 217th day of the year (218th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 148 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Births [change]
- 1301 - Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)
- 1397 – Guillaume Dufay, Flemish composer (d. 1474)
- 1461 - Alexander Jagiellon, King of Poland (d. 1506)
- 1540 - Joseph Justus Scaliger, Dutch philologist (d. 1609)
- 1623 - Pietro Antonio Cesti, Italian composer (d. 1669)
- 1737 - Antonio Franconi, Italian impresario (d. 1836)
- 1742 - Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz, Czech composer and harpist (d. 1790)
- 1749 - Thomas Lynch, Jr., signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1779)
- 1758 - Emperor Go-Momozono of Japan (d. 1779)
- 1797 - Friedrich August Kummer, German composer (d. 1879)
- 1802 – Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician (d. 1829)
- 1811 - Ambroise Thomas, French composer (d. 1896)
- 1813 – Ivar Aasen, Norwegian poet and linguist (d. 1896)
- 1815 – Edward John Eyre, English explorer and colonial official (d. 1901)
- 1827 – Deodoro da Fonseca, first President of Brazil (d. 1892)
- 1828 – Louise of the Netherlands, Queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1871)
- 1833 - Carola Vasa, consort of Albert of Saxony (d. 1907)
- 1844 – Ilya Repin, Ukrainian painter (d. 1930)
- 1850 – Guy de Maupassant, French writer (d. 1893)
- 1862 – Joseph Merrick, British man, who through his deformities, was often referred to as the Elephant Man (d. 1890)
- 1868 - Oskar Merikanto, Finnish composer (d. 1924)
- 1872 - Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (d. 1917)
- 1875 – Malin Craig, American general (d. 1945)
- 1890 – Naum Gabo, American sculptor and architect (d. 1977)
- 1890 – Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor (d. 1956)
- 1897 - Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (d. 1972)
- 1900 - Rudolf Schottlaender, German philosopher, translator and classicist (d. 1988)
- 1905 – Wassily Leontief, Russian-American economist (d. 1999)
- 1906 – John Huston, American director (d. 1987)
- 1906 – Joan Hickson, British actress (d. 1998)
- 1908 – Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967)
- 1908 – Miriam Rothschild, British conservationist (d. 2005)
- 1910 - Herminio Masantonio, Argentine footballer (d. 1956)
- 1915 - Hans Schnitger, Dutch field hockey player (d. 2013)
- 1923 – Devan Nair, former President of Singapore
- 1926 - Betsy Jolas, French composer
- 1930 – Neil Armstrong, American astronaut, first person to walk on the Moon (d. 2012)
- 1930 - Michal Kovac, Slovakian politician
- 1932 - Vladimir Fedoseyev, Russian conductor
- 1934 – Zakes Mokae, South African actor (d. 2009)
- 1935 - Michael Ballhaus, German cinematographer
- 1937 - Brian G. Marsden, British astronomer (d. 2010)
- 1939 – Princess Irene of the Netherlands
- 1941 – Leonid Kizim, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2010)
- 1941 - Bob Clark, American film producer and director (d. 2007)
- 1944 - Polycarp Pengo, Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
- 1944 - Hans-Peter Uhl, German politician
- 1948 – Ray Clemence, English footballer
- 1950 – Rosi Mittermaier, German skier
- 1952 - Louis Walsh, Irish music manager
- 1955 – John Whitaker, British equestrian showjumper
- 1959 - Pete Burns, English singer
- 1959 – Pat Smear, American musician
- 1960 - David Baldacci, American author
- 1962 – Patrick Ewing, American basketball player
- 1964 - Adam Yauch, American singer and musician (Beastie Boys) (d. 2012)
- 1968 – Terri Clark, Canadian country music singer
- 1968 - Kendo Kashin, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1968 - Marine Le Pen, French politician
- 1968 – Oleh Luzhnyi, Ukrainian footballer
- 1968 – Colin McRae, Scottish rally driver (d. 2007)
- 1971 – Valdis Dombrovskis, Latvian Prime Minister
- 1971 - Jared Hasselhoff, American musician (Bloodhound Gang)
- 1974 - Antoine Sibierski, French footballer
- 1975 – Kajol, Indian actress
- 1975 - Eicca Toppinen, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica)
- 1978 – Kim Gevaert, Belgian athlete
- 1979 – David Healy, Northern Irish footballer
- 1980 – Wayne Bridge, English footballer
- 1980 – Jason Culina, Australian footballer
- 1980 - Salvador Cabanas, Paraguayan footballer
- 1981 – Carl Crawford, American baseball player
- 1981 – Erik Guay, Canadian skier
- 1982 – LoLo Jones, American athlete
- 1985 – Salomon Kalou, footballer from Ivory Coast
- 1985 - Laurent Ciman, Belgian footballer
- 1988 – Federica Pellegrini, Italian swimmer
- 1988 - Michael Jamieson, Scottish swimmer
- 1998 - Kanon Suzuki, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
Deaths [change]
- 882 - King Louis III of France (b. 863)
- 1063 - Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd (b. 1007)
- 1364 - Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)
- 1792 – Frederick North, Lord North, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1732).
- 1880 - Ferdinand von Hebra, Austrian physician (b. 1816)
- 1895 – Friedrich Engels, German thinker who wrote about Communism with Karl Marx (b. 1820).
- 1901 – Victoria, Princess Royal, British princess and Empress of Germany (b. 1840).
- 1921 - Dimitrios Rallis, Greek politician (b. 1844)
- 1929 – Millicent Fawcett, British suffragette (b. 1847)
- 1940 - Frederick Cook, American physician and explorer, claimed to be first at the North Pole (b. 1865).
- 1946 – Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)
- 1955 – Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress and singer (b. 1909)
- 1957 – Heinrich Wieland, German biochemist (b. 1877)
- 1960 – Arthur Meighen, Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
- 1962 – Marilyn Monroe, American actress (b. 1926)
- 1968 - Luther Perkins, American guitarist (b. 1928)
- 1978 - Jesse Haines, American baseball player (b. 1893)
- 1984 – Richard Burton, Welsh actor (b. 1925)
- 1991 – Soichiro Honda, Japanese businessman (b. 1906)
- 1992 – Robert Muldoon, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1921)
- 1992 – Jeff Porcaro, American musician (b. 1954)
- 1998 – Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian dictator (b. 1911)
- 1998 - Otto Kretschmer, German U-boat commander (b. 1912)
- 2000 – Alec Guinness, British actor (b. 1914)
- 2001 - Otema Allimadi, Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1929)
- 2006 – Susan Butcher, American dogsledder (b. 1954)
- 2007 - Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal (b. 1926)
- 2009 – Budd Schulberg, American screenwriter (b. 1914)
- 2010 – Godfrey Binaisa, former President of Uganda (b. 1920)
- 2011 - Andrzej Lepper, Polish politician (b. 1954)
- 2012 - Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-born Mexican singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1919)
Events [change]
- 642 – Battle of Maserfeld - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia
- 1100 – Henry I crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey
- 1305 – William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, was captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution.
- 1583 – Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes first English colony in North America, at what is now St John's, Newfoundland.
- 1689 – 1,500 Iroquois attack village of Lachine, in New France.
- 1763 – Pontiac's War - Battle of Bushy Run - British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Native Americans at Bushy Run.
- 1772 – First Partition of Poland begins.
- 1775 - Spanish seafarer Juan de Ayala cross the Golden Gate in San Francisco Bay, landing on the island of Isla de los Angeles.
- 1812 – War of 1812: Tecumseh's Native American force ambushes Thomas Van Horne's 200 Americans at Brownstone Creek, causing them to flee and retreat.
- 1858 – Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It operated for less than a month.
- 1860 – Carl IV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
- 1861 – American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government issues the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US $800; rescinded in 1872).
- 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge - Along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops drive Union forces back into the city.
- 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Mobile Bay begins - At Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports.
- 1882 – Standard Oil of New Jersey is established.
- 1884 – The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor.
- 1888 – Bertha Benz makes the first long-distance car journey from Mannheim to Pforzheim in Germany.
- 1906 - Persian Constitutional Reform: Shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar agrees to end feudalism, and for the government to become a constitutional monarchy.
- 1914 – In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
- 1925 - The Plaid Cymru political party is founded in Wales.
- 1926 - Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes in a sealed tank, before escaping.
- 1936 - Jesse Owens wins gold in the 200-metre run at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
- 1944 – Holocaust: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.
- 1944 – At least 545 Japanese soldiers escape from a prisoner of war camp in Cowra, New South Wales.
- 1949 – In Ecuador an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6000.
- 1960 – Burkina Faso, then known as "Upper Volta", became independent from France
- 1962 – movie actress and sex icon, Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her Los Angeles, California home after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills.
- 1963 – United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty.
- 1964 – Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow - American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes attacked US destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
- 1969 – Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers).
- 1969 – Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress places a $1 billion dollar limit on 1974 military aid to South Vietnam.
- 1973 - An Arab gunman opens fire in a passenger lounge at Athens International Airport, killing 3 people.
- 1981 – Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
- 1983 - IRA members are jailed for a total of 4,000 years.
- 1995 – The city of Knin, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm.
- 2003 – A car bomb explodes outside the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, killing 12 people, and injuring around 150.
- 2009 - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad starts his second term as President of Iran.
- 2010 - The Copiapo mining accident occurs in Chile, trapping 33 miners underground. They are discovered to be alive two weeks later, and are successfully rescued in October.
- 2011 - Yingluck Shinawatra becomes Prime Minister of Thailand.
Observances [change]
- Independence Day (Burkina Faso)
- Victory Day (Croatia)
- International Beer Day
