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August 5 is the 217th day of the year(218th inleap years) in theGregorian calendar.There are 148 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

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Up to 1900

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25–Gwangwu claims the throne asEmperor during political turmoil, restoringChina'sHan Dynasty after the collapse of the short–livedXin Dynasty.
642–Battle of Maserfeld –Penda of Mercia defeats and killsOswald of Bernicia.
910– The last majorDanish army to raidEngland is defeated at theBattle of Tettenhall by the allied forces ofMercia andWessex.
1100–Henry I is crowned King ofEngland inWestminster Abbey.
1278– TheSiege ofAlgeciras ends in the context of theSpanish Reconquista, pitting the forces of theKingdom of Castile against theEmirate ofGranada. It ends in a victory for theEmirate ofGranada.
1305–William Wallace, who ledScottish resistance toEngland, was captured by the English nearGlasgow and transported toLondon for trial and execution.
1388– TheBattle of Otterburn, a border conflict betweenScotland andEngland, takes place.
1583– SirHumphrey Gilbert establishes first English colony inNorth America, at what is nowSt. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
1620– TheMayflower sets sail fromSouthampton on its first attempt to reachNorth America.
1689– 1,500Iroquois attack village ofLachine, inNew France.
1763–Pontiac's War –Battle of Bushy Run – British forces led byHenry Bouquet defeatChief Pontiac's Native Americans atBushy Run.
1772–First Partition of Poland begins.
1775– Spanish seafarer Juan de Ayala cross the Golden Gate inSan Francisco Bay, landing on the island of Isla de los Angeles.
1781– TheBattle of Dogger Bank takes place between British and Dutch forces.
1812–War of 1812:Tecumseh'sNative American force ambushesThomas Van Horne's 200 Americans at Brownstone Creek, causing them to flee and retreat.
1824–Greek War of Independence:Constantine Canaris leads aGreek fleet to victory againstOttoman andEgyptian ships in theBattle of Samos.
1858–Cyrus West Field and others complete the firsttransatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It operated for less than a month.
1860–Carl IV ofSweden-Norway is crowned king ofNorway, inTrondheim.
1861– TheUnited States Army gets rid offlogging.
1861–American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, theUnited States government issues the firstincome tax as part of theRevenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in1872).
1862–American Civil War:Battle of Baton Rouge – Along theMississippi River nearBaton Rouge, Louisiana,Confederate troops driveUnion forces back into the city.
1864–American Civil War:Battle of Mobile Bay begins – AtMobile Bay nearMobile, Alabama, AdmiralDavid Farragut leads aUnion flotilla throughConfederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports.
1874–Japan begins itspostal savings system, modeled after a similar system in theUnited Kingdom.
1882–Standard Oil of New Jersey is established.
1884– The cornerstone for theStatue of Liberty is laid onBedloe's Island inNew York Harbor.
1888–Bertha Benz makes the first long–distance car journey fromMannheim toPforzheim inGermany.

1901– 2000

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1901–Peter O'Connor sets along jump world record of 7.61meters. The record stands for almost 20 years, whenEdward Gourdin jumps 7.69 meters onJuly 23,1921.
1906–Persian Constitutional Reform:Shah Mozaffar ad–Din Shah Qajar agrees to end feudalism, and for thegovernment to become a constitutional monarchy.
1914– InCleveland, Ohio, the first electrictraffic light is installed.
1915–World War I: German troops occupyWarsaw,Poland.
1925– ThePlaid Cymru political party is founded inWales. One of its founding aims was to protect and promote theWelsh language, which was close to dying out at the time.
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 the1936 Summer Olympics inBerlin.
1940–World War II: TheSoviet Union formally annexesLatvia.
1941–World War II:Battle of Smolensk –Germany captures 300,000Soviet prisoners.
1944–Holocaust:Polish insurgents liberate aGerman labor camp inWarsaw, freeing 348Jewish prisoners.
1944– At least 545Japanese soldiers escape from aprisoner of war camp inCowra, New South Wales.
1949– InEcuador anearthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6000.
1949– The Mann Gulchfire kills 13 firefighters inMontana.
1957– Thetelevision programAmerican Bandstand first appears on theABC network.
1960–Burkina Faso, then known as "Upper Volta", becameindependent fromFrance
1962–Movie actress and sex icon,Marilyn Monroe is found dead in herLos Angeles, California home after apparently overdosing onsleeping pills.
1962–Nelson Mandela is jailed inSouth Africa.
1963–United States,United Kingdom, andSoviet Union sign anuclear test ban treaty.
1964–Vietnam War:Operation Pierce Arrow –American aircraft from carriersUSSTiconderoga andUSSConstellation bombNorth Vietnam in retaliation for strikes attacked US destroyers in theGulf of Tonkin.
1965– TheIndo–Pakistani War of1965 starts when Pakistanisoldiers cross theLine of Control dressed as locals.
1969–Mariner program:Mariner 7 makes its closest fly–by ofMars (3,524 kilometers).
1969–Vietnam War: TheU.S. Congress places a one billion dollar limit on 1974 military aid toSouth Vietnam.
1971– The firstPacific Islands Forum is held inWellington,New Zealand, to encourage countries inOceania to work together.
1972– InUganda, people holding British passports are given two months to leave the country.
1973– An Arab gunman opens fire in a passenger lounge atAthens International Airport, killing 3 people.
1981–Ronald Reagan fires 11,359striking 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.
1989– TheSandinistas win a majority inNicaragua's generalelection.
1995– The city of Knin, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured byCroatian forces duringOperation Storm.

From 2001

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2003– A car bomb explodes outside the Marriott Hotel inJakarta,Indonesia, killing 12 people, and injuring around 150.
2009–Mahmoud Ahmadinejad starts his second term asPresident of Iran.
2009– TheSpanish Wikipedia reaches the milestone of 500,000 articles.
2010– The Copiapo mining accident occurs inChile, trapping 33 miners underground. They are discovered to be alive two weeks later, and are successfully rescued inOctober, in a rescue that is followed around the world.
2011–Yingluck Shinawatra becomesPrime Minister of Thailand.
2011– TheJuno space probe is launched to theplanet Jupiter.
2013– The firstlaboratory–grownhamburger is served and eaten inLondon.
2013– Twoboys are strangled to death by a rockpython that escaped from apet shop inNew Brunswick, EasternCanada.
2015– A migrantboat capsizes offSicily, with 200 people being rescued, and many feared drowned.
2015– A piece of wreckage found on theIndian Ocean island ofRéunion onJuly 29 is identified as belonging toMalaysia Airlines Flight 370, which went missing onMarch 8,2014.
2016– The opening ceremony of the2016 Summer Olympics inRio de Janeiro takes place. It is the first time that theOlympic Games are held inSouth America.
2017– TheUnited Nations Security Council, with all members' support, approves sanctions (punishments) againstNorth Korea over its nuclear testing.
2018–5 August 2018 Lombok earthquake: Anearthquake strikes theIndonesian island ofLombok, killing over 560 people.
2019– The government ofIndia removesIndian-administered Kashmir's special status with immediate effect.

Births

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Up to 1900

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1301–Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d.1330)
1397–Guillaume Dufay, Flemish composer (d.1474)
1461–Alexander Jagiellon,King ofPoland (d.1506)
1540–Joseph Justus Scaliger, Dutchphilologist (d.1609)
1623–Pietro Antonio Cesti, Italiancomposer (d.1669)
1737–Antonio Franconi, Italian impresario (d.1836)
1737–Johann Friedrich Struensee, Germanphysician and minister inDenmark (d.1772)
1742–Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz, Czechcomposer andharpist (d.1790)
1749–Thomas Lynch, Jr., signer of theDeclaration of Independence (d.1779)
1758–Emperor Go-Momozono ofJapan (d.1779)
1795–Byron Diman,Governor ofRhode Island (d.1865)
1797–Friedrich August Kummer, Germancomposer (d.1879)
1802–Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegianmathematician (d.1829)
1811–Ambroise Thomas, French composer (d.1896)
1813–Ivar Aasen, Norwegianpoet andlinguist (d.1896)
1815–Edward John Eyre, English explorer and colonial official (d.1901)
1827–Deodoro da Fonseca, firstPresident of Brazil (d.1892)
1828–Louise of the Netherlands, Queen ofSweden andNorway (d.1871)
1833–Carola Vasa, consort ofAlbert of Saxony (d.1907)
1843–James Scott Skinner, Scottishviolinist andcomposer (d.1927)
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)
1866–Harry Trott, Australiancricketer (d.1917)
1868–Oskar Merikanto, Finnishcomposer (d.1924)
1869–J. C. W. Beckham, American politician,Governor ofKentucky (d.1940)
1872–Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilianphysician (d.1917)
1872–Thomas Wyllie, Scottishfootballer (d.1943)
1875–Malin Craig, American general (d.1945)
1877–Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (d.1917)
1880–Hermann Lüdemann, German politician (d.1959)
1889–Conrad Aiken, Americanwriter andpoet (d.1973)
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, Germanphilosopher, translator and classicist (d.1988)

1901– 1950

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1905–Artem Mikoyan, Soviet–Armenianaircraft designer (d.1970)
1905–Wassily Leontief, Russian–Americaneconomist (d.1999)
1906–John Huston, American director (d.1987)
1906–Joan Hickson, British actress (d.1998)
1907–Syd Ward, New Zealandcricketer (d.2010)
1908–Harold Holt,Prime Minister of Australia (d.1967)
1908–Miriam Rothschild, British conservationist (d.2005)
1910–Herminio Masantonio, Argentinefootballer (d.1956)
1915–Hans Schnitger, Dutchfield hockey player (d.2013)
1918–Kondapalli Koteswaramma, Indian Communist revolutionary and writer (d.2018)
1919–David Morgenthaler, American businessman (d.2016)
1922–L. Tom Perry, American religious leader (d.2015)
1923–Devan Nair, formerPresident ofSingapore (d.2005)
1925–Albert Eschenmoser, Swiss organic chemist
1926–Per Wahlöö, Swedish writer (d.1975)
1926–Betsy Jolas, Frenchcomposer
1926–Clifford Husbands, formerGovernor-General ofBarbados (d.2017)
1928–Carla Lane, Englishtelevision writer (d.2016)
1929–Al Alvarez, English poet and writer (d.2019)
1929–Don Matheson, American actor (d.2014)
1929–Nathalia Timberg, Brazilian actress
1930–Neil Armstrong, Americanpilot andastronaut, first person to walk on theMoon (d.2012)
1930–Richie Ginther, American racing driver (d.1989)
1930–Michal Kovac,Slovakian politician and formerPresident (d.2016)
1931–Billy Bingham, Northern Irishfootballer
1931–Gita Dey, Indian actress (d.2011)
1932–Vladimir Fedoseyev, Russianconductor
1934–Giovanni Anselmo, Italian artist
1934–Cammie King, American actress (d.2010)
1934–Zakes Mokae, South African actor (d.2009)
1935–Michael Ballhaus, Germancinematographer (d.2017)
1935–Wanda Ventham, British actress
1937–Brian G. Marsden, Britishastronomer (d.2010)
1937–Herb Brooks, Americanice hockey player and coach (d.2003)
1937–Manuel Pinta da Costa,President of São Tomé and Príncipe
1939– PrincessIrene of the Netherlands
1940–Ally Shewan, Scottishfootballer
1941–Leonid Kizim, Sovietcosmonaut (d.2010)
1941–Bob Clark, Americanmovie producer anddirector (d.2007)
1941–Airto Moreira, Brazilianjazz drummer andpercussionist
1943–Leo Kinnunen, Finnish racing driver (d.2017)
1943–Andy Roxburgh, Scottish footballer and manager
1943–Sammi Smith, American singer and songwriter (d.2005)
1944–Stellan Bojerud, Swedish politician (d.2015)
1944–Polycarp Pengo,Archbishop ofDar es Salaam,Tanzania
1944–Hans-Peter Uhl, German politician
1946–Loni Anderson, American actress
1946–Shirley Ann Jackson, Americanphysicist
1946–Xavier Trias, 118thMayor ofBarcelona
1946–Reinhard Tritscher, German skier (d.2019)
1947–Angry Anderson, Australian actor and singer
1948–Ray Clemence, English footballer
1948– David Hungate, American bassist (Toto)
1948–Carole Laure, Canadian actress and singer
1950–Rosi Mittermaier, Germanskier

1951– 1975

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1952–Louis Walsh, Irish music manager
1955–John Whitaker, Britishequestrian showjumper
1955–Eddie Ojeda, Americanguitarist
1956–Christopher Chessun, Englishbishop
1956–Jerry Ciccoritti, Canadianactor,director,producer andscreenwriter
1956–Maureen McCormack, American actress, writer and recording artist
1959–Pete Burns, English singer (d.2016)
1959–Pat Smear, American musician
1960–David Baldacci, Americanwriter
1960–Gérard Onesta, French politician
1961–Janet McTeer, English actress
1961–Greg Kite, Americanbasketball player
1962–Patrick Ewing, Americanbasketball player
1963–Doris Schröder-Köpf, German writer and politician
1963–Mark Strong, English actor
1963–Brian Sandoval, American politician, 30thGovernor ofNevada
1964–Adam Yauch, American singer and musician (Beastie Boys) (d.2012)
1964–Dougie Arnott, Scottishfootballer
1965–Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese composer
1965–Jean-Marc Morandini, Frenchtelevision host
1966–Jonathan Silverman, American actor
1966–Senarath Attanayake, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d.2017)
1967–Kazunori Yamauchi, JapaneseVice president ofSony Computer Entertainment
1968–Terri Clark, Canadiancountry music singer
1968–Katrina Adams, Americantennis player
1968–Kendo Kashin, Japaneseprofessional wrestler
1968–Marine Le Pen, French politician
1968–Oleh Luzhny, Ukrainianfootballer
1968–Colin McRae, Scottish rally driver (d.2007)
1968–Stephanie Flanders, Englishjournalist, formerBBC Economics editor
1968–John Olerud, Americanbaseball player
1969–Jackie Doyle-Price, English politician
1969–Venkatesh Prasad, Indiancricketer
1970–James Gunn, Americandirector,screenwriter,producer andactor
1970–Leonid Stadnyk, Ukrainian claimant to world's tallest man title (d.2014)
1971–Valdis Dombrovskis, formerPrime Minister ofLatvia
1971–Jared Hasselhoff, Americanmusician (Bloodhound Gang)
1974–Antoine Sibierski, Frenchfootballer
1974–Julio César Enciso,Paraguayan footballer
1975–Kajol, Indian actress
1975–Eicca Toppinen, Finnishcellist (Apocalyptica)

From 1976

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1976–Jewel De'Nyle, American pornographic actress
1977–Soraya Jiménez, Mexican weightlifter (d.2013)
1977–Santiago Pérez, Spanish cyclist
1977–Hunico, Mexican–Americanprofessional wrestler
1978–Kim Gevaert, Belgian athlete
1979–David Healy, Northern Irish footballer
1980–Wayne Bridge, English footballer
1980–Jason Culina, Australian footballer
1980–Salvador Cabañas,Paraguayan footballer
1980–Morten Solem, Norwegian ski jumper
1980–Sophie Winkleman, English actress
1981–Carl Crawford, Americanbaseball player
1981–Erik Guay, Canadianskier
1981–Cory Williams, American actor
1981–Jesse Williams, American actor
1982–LoLo Jones, American athlete
1982–Michele Pazienza, Italianfootballer
1982–Ryu Seung-min, South Koreantable tennis player
1983–Dawn Richard, American singer
1983–Kara Tointon, English actress
1984–Helene Fischer, Russian–born German singer and television presenter
1985–Salomon Kalou, footballer fromIvory Coast
1985–Laurent Ciman, Belgian footballer
1987–Lexi Belle, American pornographic actress
1987–Genelia D'Souza, Indian actress
1988–Federica Pellegrini, Italianswimmer
1988–Michael Jamieson, Scottish swimmer
1989–Ryan Bertrand, English footballer
1991–Esteban Gutiérrez, MexicanFormula One racing driver
1991–Andreas Weimann, Austrianfootballer
1992–Tray Walker, American football player (d.2016)
1993–Sverrir Ingi Ingason, Icelandicfootballer
1995–Kylian Hazard, Belgianfootballer
1997–Olivia Holt, American actress
1997–Adam Irigoyen, American actor
1998–Kanon Suzuki, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)

Deaths

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Up to 1950

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642–Oswald of Northumbria (b.604)
882– KingLouis III of France (b.863)
1063–Gruffydd ap Llywelyn,King ofGwynedd (b.1007)
1364–Emperor Kogon ofJapan (b.1313)
1579–Stanislaus Hosius, Polishcardinal (b.1504)
1633–George Abbot,Archbishop of Canterbury (b.1562)
1729–Thomas Newcomen, Englishengineer (b.1664)
1792–Frederick North, Lord North,Prime Minister of Great Britain (b.1732).
1862–Felix de Muelenaere,Prime Minister ofBelgium (b.1793)
1868–Jacques Boucher de Crevecoeur de Perthes, French archaeologist (b.1788)
1877–Gustav, Prince of Vasa, Swedish royal (b.1799)
1880–Ferdinand von Hebra, Austrianphysician (b.1816)
1888–Philip Sheridan, Americangeneral (b.1831)
1895–Friedrich Engels, German thinker who wrote aboutCommunism withKarl Marx (b.1820).
1901–Victoria, Princess Royal, British princess and Empress of Germany (b.1840).
1911–Bob Caruthers, Americanbaseball player (b.1864)
1921–Dimitrios Rallis, Greek politician (b.1844)
1929–Millicent Fawcett, British suffragette (b.1847)
1933–Charles Harold Davis, American painter (b.1856)
1940–Frederick Cook, Americanphysician andexplorer, claimed to be first at theNorth Pole (b.1865).
1943–Liane Berkowitz, German resistance activist (b.1923)
1944–Maurice Turnbull, Welshcricketer andrugby player (b.1906)
1946–Wilhelm Marx,Chancellor of Germany (b.1863)

1951– 2000

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1955–Carmen Miranda, Portuguese–Brazilian actress and singer (b.1909)
1957–Heinrich Wieland, German biochemist (b.1877)
1959–Edgar Guest, English–Americanpoet (b.1881)
1960–Arthur Meighen,Prime Minister of Canada (b.1874)
1961–Sidney Holland,Prime Minister of New Zealand (b.1893)
1962–Marilyn Monroe, American actress (b.1926)
1963–Salvador Bacarisse, Spanishcomposer (b.1898)
1964–Art Ross, Canadianice hockey player (b.1886)
1968–Luther Perkins, Americanguitarist (b.1928)
1978–Jesse Haines, Americanbaseball player (b.1893)
1983–Judy Canova, American actress (b.1913)
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–Artur Erikson, Swedish singer and preacher (b.1918)
2000–Alec Guinness, British actor (b.1914)

From 2001

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2001–Duong Van Minh,South Vietnamese politician and general (b.1916)
2001–Otema Allimadi,Prime Minister ofUganda (b.1929)
2002–Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (b.1982)
2006–Susan Butcher, American dogsledder (b.1954)
2007–Jean-Marie Lustiger, Frenchcardinal (b.1926)
2009–Budd Schulberg, American screenwriter (b.1914)
2010–Godfrey Binaisa, formerPresident ofUganda (b.1920)
2011–Andrzej Lepper, Polish politician (b.1954)
2011–Francesco Quinn, American actor (b.1963)
2012–Chavela Vargas,Costa Rican–bornMexican singer-songwriter andactress (b.1919)
2013–George Duke, Americankeyboardist (b.1946)
2014–Marilyn Burns, American actress (b.1949)
2014–Scott Ciencin, Americannovelist (b.1962)
2014–Harold J. Greene, American general (b.1959)
2014–Chapman Pincher, Englishjournalist (b.1914)
2014–Yoshiki Sasai, Japanesebiologist (b.1962)
2014–Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, 11thSurgeon General of the United States (b.1927)
2014–Vladimir Orlov, Russian writer (b.1936)
2014–Dmitri Anosov, Russianmathematician (b.1936)
2014–Elfriede Brüning, German writer (b.1910)
2015–George Cole, English actor (b.1925)
2015–Ellen Vogel, Dutch actress (b.1922)
2016–Alphons Egli, Swiss Federal Councillor (b.1924)
2017–Irina Berezhna, Ukrainian politician (b.1980)
2017–Bruno Canfora, Italian composer, conductor andjazz musician (b.1929)
2017–Dionigi Tettamanzi, Italiancardinal (b.1934)
2017–Mark White, American politician, 43rdGovernor ofTexas (b.1940)
2017–Ernst Zündel, German publisher andHolocaust denier (b.1939)
2017–Hélène Martini, French night club owner (b.1924)
2017–George Bundy Smith, American lawyer, civil rights activist and judge (b.1937)
2018–Barry Chuckle, English entertainer (b.1944)
2018–Robert Dugard, English speedway rider (b.1942)
2018–Ellen Joyce Loo, Canadian–Hong Kong singer–songwriter (b.1986)
2018–Alan Rabinowitz, American zoologist (b.1953)
2018–Charlotte Rae, American actress (b.1926)
2018–Piotr Szulkin, Polish film director (b.1950)
2019–Josef Kadraba, Czechfootballer (b.1933)
2019–Bjorg Lambrecht, Belgian cyclist (b.1997)
2019–Asif Mohseni, Afghan religious leader (b.1935)
2019–Toni Morrison, American writer (b.1931)

Observances

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Independence Day (Burkina Faso)
Victory Day (Croatia)
InternationalBeer Day

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