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What happend on 5. August in History
In our data base we found 358 events happened on 5. August:
• 642: Battle of Maserfield – Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Northumbria. [category: Events]
• 882: Louis III of France (b. 863) [category: Deaths]
• 910: The last major Danish army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward the Elder and Earl Aethelred of Mercia. [category: Events]
• 1063: Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, Welsh ruler, King of Gwynedd (b. 1007) [category: Deaths]
• 1068: Byzantine–Norman wars: Italo-Normans begin a nearly-three-year siege of Bari. [category: Events]
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• 1100: Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey. [category: Events]
• 1301: Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) [category: Births]
• 1305: William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London where he is put on trial and executed. [category: Events]
• 1364: Emperor Kōgon of Japan (b. 1313) [category: Deaths]
• 1388: The Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England, is fought near Otterburn. [category: Events]
• 1397: Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) [category: Births]
• 1461: Alexander Jagiellon, Polish king (d. 1506) [category: Births]
• 1540: Joseph Justus Scaliger, French philologist and historian (d. 1609) [category: Births]
• 1565: Paola Massarenghi, Italian composer (d. 1565) [category: Births]
• 1579: Stanislaus Hosius, Polish cardinal (b. 1504) [category: Deaths]
• 1583: Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. [category: Events]
• 1600: The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland (later to become King James I of England) takes place. [category: Events]
• 1610: Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier, Royal Governor of Chile (b. 1552) [category: Deaths]
• 1620: The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England on its first attempt to reach North America. [category: Events]
• 1623: Antonio Cesti, Italian composer (d. 1669) [category: Births]
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• 1633: George Abbot, English Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1562) [category: Deaths]
• 1641: John Hathorne, American merchant and magistrate (d. 1717) [category: Births]
• 1662: James Anderson, Scottish historian (d. 1728) [category: Births]
• 1678: Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican tenor and composer (b. 1619) [category: Deaths]
• 1689: 1,500 Iroquois attack the village of Lachine in New France. [category: Events]
• 1694: Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (d. 1744) [category: Births]
• 1716: The Battle of Petrovaradin takes place. [category: Events]
• 1729: Thomas Newcomen, English engineer, invented the Newcomen steam engine (b. 1664) [category: Deaths]
• 1735: Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he had published was true. [category: Events]
• 1742: Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz, Czech composer and harpist (d. 1790) [category: Births]
• 1743: John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (b. 1696) [category: Deaths]
• 1749: Thomas Lynch, Jr., American politician, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1779) [category: Births]
• 1763: Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run – British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run. [category: Events]
• 1772: The First Partition of Poland begins. [category: Events]
• 1778: Charles Clémencet, French historian (b. 1703) [category: Deaths]
• 1781: The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place. [category: Events]
• 1792: Frederick North, Lord North, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1732) [category: Deaths]
• 1797: Friedrich August Kummer, German composer (d. 1879) [category: Births]
• 1799: Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English navy admiral (b. 1726) [category: Deaths]
• 1802: Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician (d. 1829) [category: Births]
• 1811: Ambroise Thomas, French composer (d. 1896) [category: Births]
• 1813: Ivar Aasen, Norwegian poet and linguist (d. 1896) [category: Births]
• 1815: Edward John Eyre, English explorer (d. 1901) [category: Births]
• 1824: Greek War of Independence: Constantine Kanaris leads a Greek fleet to victory against Ottoman and Egyptian ships in the Battle of Samos. [category: Events]
• 1827: Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian politician, 1st President of Brazil (d. 1892) [category: Births]
• 1828: Louise of the Netherlands (d. 1871) [category: Births]
• 1833: Carola of Vasa (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1843: James Scott Skinner, Scottish composer (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1844: Ilya Repin, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1850: Guy de Maupassant, French writer (d. 1893) [category: Births]
• 1858: Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It will operate for less than a month. [category: Events]
• 1860: Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim. [category: Events]
• 1861: American Civil War: in order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US $800; rescinded in 1872). [category: Events]
• 1861: The United States Army abolishes flogging. [category: Events]
• 1862: Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities (d. 1890) [category: Births]
• 1862: American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge – along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats. [category: Events]
• 1864: American Civil War: the 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. [category: Events]
• 1866: Carl Harries, German chemist (d. 1923) [category: Births]
• 1866: Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1868: Oskar Merikanto, Finnish composer (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1868: Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (b. 1788) [category: Deaths]
• 1870: Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory. [category: Events]
• 1872: Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1874: Wesley Clair Mitchell, American economist (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1874: Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1876: Mary Ritter Beard, American historian (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1877: Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1877: Gustav, Prince of Vasa (b. 1799) [category: Deaths]
• 1879: Wladimir Aïtoff, French rugby player (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1880: Gertrude Rush, American lawyer (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1880: Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician (b. 1816) [category: Deaths]
• 1882: The Standard Oil of New Jersey is established. [category: Events]
• 1884: The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor. [category: Events]
• 1887: Reginald Owen, English actor (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1888: Victor Francen, Belgian-French actor (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1888: Anna Bates, Canadian giant (b. 1846) [category: Deaths]
• 1888: Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008. [category: Events]
• 1889: Conrad Aiken, American writer (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1890: Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1890: Naum Gabo, Russian sculptor (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1895: Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820) [category: Deaths]
• 1897: Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1901: Claude Autant-Lara, French director (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1901: Victoria, Princess Royal, English daughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1901: Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24 ft 11.75 in (7.6137 m) The record will stand for 20 years. [category: Events]
• 1904: Kenneth V. Thimann, English-American botanist and microbiologist (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1906: Joan Hickson, English actress (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1906: John Huston, American director (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1906: Wassily Leontief, Russian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1906: Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy. [category: Events]
• 1908: Harold Holt, Australian politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1910: Bruno Coquatrix, French songwriter and manager (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1911: Robert Taylor, American actor (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1911: Bob Caruthers, American baseball player (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1912: Abbé Pierre, French priest (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1914: David Brian, American actor (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1914: Parley Baer, American actor (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1914: Stjepan Šulek, Croatian composer and conductor (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1914: In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed. [category: Events]
• 1914: World War I: the German minelayer Königin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64 km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMS Amphion. [category: Events]
• 1916: World War I: Battle of Romani – Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula. [category: Events]
• 1918: Betty Oliphant, Canadian ballerina (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1918: Tom Drake, American actor (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1920: Selma Diamond, Canadian-American actress (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1921: Dimitrios Rallis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: L. Tom Perry, American religious figure, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles [category: Births]
• 1923: Devan Nair, Singaporean politician, 3rd President of Singapore (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1923: Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian linguist (b. 1835) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Jennie Lee, American actress (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out. [category: Events]
• 1926: Betsy Jolas, French composer [category: Births]
• 1926: Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping. [category: Events]
• 1927: Gunnar Bucht, Swedish composer and musicologist [category: Births]
• 1929: Ottó Boros, Hungarian water polo player (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1929: Millicent Fawcett, English activist (b. 1847) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Michal Kováč, Slovakian politician [category: Births]
• 1930: Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut, first person to walk on the moon (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1932: Tera de Marez Oyens, Dutch composer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1932: Vladimir Fedoseyev, Russian conductor [category: Births]
• 1934: Gay Byrne, Irish television host [category: Births]
• 1934: Karl Johan Åström, Swedish engineer and theorist [category: Births]
• 1934: Vern Gosdin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1934: Wendell Berry, American poet, writer, and farmer [category: Births]
• 1935: John Saxon, American actor [category: Births]
• 1935: Michael Ballhaus, German cinematographer [category: Births]
• 1935: David Townsend, American art director (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1937: Brian G. Marsden, English astronomer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1937: Herb Brooks, American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1939: Princess Irene of the Netherlands [category: Births]
• 1939: Roger Clark, British World Rally driver, and four-times British Rally Champion (1965, 1972, 1973 & 1975) (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1939: Béla Jankovich, Hungarian politician (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Roman Gabriel, American football player [category: Births]
• 1940: World War II: the Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia. [category: Events]
• 1941: Airto Moreira, Brazilian drummer and composer [category: Births]
• 1941: Bob Clark, American director (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1941: Leonid Kizim, Soviet astronaut (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1941: World War II: The Battle of Smolensk concludes with Germany capturing about 300,000 Soviet Red Army prisoners. [category: Events]
• 1943: Nelson Briles, American baseball player (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1943: Sammi Smith, American singer-songwriter (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1944: Maurice Turnbull, English cricketer (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: World War II: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners. [category: Events]
• 1944: World War II: The Nazis begin a week-long massacre of anywhere between 40,000 and 100,000 civilians and prisoners of war in Wola, Poland. [category: Events]
• 1944: World War II: possibly the biggest prison breakout in history occurs as 545 Japanese POWs attempt to escape outside the town of Cowra, New South Wales, Australia. [category: Events]
• 1945: Csaba Giczy, Hungarian canoer [category: Births]
• 1945: Loni Anderson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1946: Bruce Coslet, American football player and coach [category: Births]
• 1946: Erika Slezak, American actress [category: Births]
• 1946: Rick van der Linden, Dutch keyboard player and composer (Ekseption and Trace) (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1946: Ron Silliman, American poet [category: Births]
• 1946: Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Angry Anderson, Australian singer-songwriter and actor (Rose Tattoo, The Party Boys, and Buster Brown) [category: Births]
• 1947: Bernie Carbo, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1947: Greg Leskiw, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (The Guess Who) [category: Births]
• 1947: Rick Derringer, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The McCoys) [category: Births]
• 1948: Carole Laure, Canadian actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1948: Ray Clemence, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1948: Montagu Toller, English cricket player (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000. [category: Events]
• 1949: The Mann Gulch fire kills 13 firefighters in Montana. [category: Events]
• 1950: Goldie Rogers, Canadian wrestler (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1951: John Jarratt, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1952: Louis Walsh, Irish talent manager [category: Births]
• 1952: Tamás Faragó, Hungarian water polo player [category: Births]
• 1952: Sameera Moussa, Egyptian scientist (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Rick Mahler, American baseball player (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1953: Samantha Sang, Australian singer [category: Births]
• 1955: Eddie Ojeda, American guitarist and songwriter (Twisted Sister) [category: Births]
• 1955: Carmen Miranda, Portuguese actress and singer (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Jerry Ciccoritti, Canadian director [category: Births]
• 1956: Maureen McCormick, American actress [category: Births]
• 1957: Clayton Rohner, American actor [category: Births]
• 1957: David Gill, English accountant and businessman [category: Births]
• 1957: Faith Prince, American actress [category: Births]
• 1957: Greg Feith, American Senior Air Safety Investigator [category: Births]
• 1957: Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network. [category: Events]
• 1959: Pat Smear, American guitarist (Germs, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, and Adolescents) [category: Births]
• 1959: Pete Burns, English singer-songwriter, and author (Dead or Alive) [category: Births]
• 1959: Edgar Guest, English poet (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Seth Swirsky, American singer-songwriter and director [category: Births]
• 1960: Arthur Meighen, Canadian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France. [category: Events]
• 1961: Athula Samarasekera, Sri Lankan cricketer [category: Births]
• 1961: Janet McTeer, English actress [category: Births]
• 1961: Mark O'Connor, American violinist and composer [category: Births]
• 1961: Tawny Kitaen, American actress [category: Births]
• 1962: Otis Thorpe, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1962: Patrick Ewing, Jamaican-American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1962: Richard de Groen, New Zealand cricketer [category: Births]
• 1962: Marilyn Monroe, American actress (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990. [category: Events]
• 1963: Steve Lee, Swiss singer-songwriter Gotthard (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1963: Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty. [category: Events]
• 1964: Adam Yauch, American rapper, songwriter, and director (Beastie Boys) (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1964: Art Ross, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow – American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. [category: Events]
• 1965: Jeff Coffin, American saxophonist and composer (Béla Fleck and the Flecktones) [category: Births]
• 1965: Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese composer [category: Births]
• 1965: Scott William Winters, American actor [category: Births]
• 1965: The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 begins as Pakistani soldiers cross the Line of Control dressed as locals. [category: Events]
• 1966: Jennifer Finch, American singer, bass player, and photographer (L7) [category: Births]
• 1966: Jonathan Silverman, American actor [category: Births]
• 1967: Matthew Caws, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Nada Surf) [category: Births]
• 1967: Thomas Lang, Austrian drummer and producer (stOrk and Vienna Art Orchestra) [category: Births]
• 1967: György Bródy, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Colin McRae, Scottish race car driver (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1968: Funkmaster Flex, American rapper, producer, and radio host [category: Births]
• 1968: John Olerud, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Kendo Kashin, Japanese wrestler [category: Births]
• 1968: Marine Le Pen, French politician [category: Births]
• 1968: Oleh Luzhnyi, Ukrainian footballer [category: Births]
• 1968: Terri Clark, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1968: Luther Perkins American guitarist (The Tennessee Three) (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Paola Volpato, Chilean actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Robert Scott, Australian rower [category: Births]
• 1969: Vasbert Drakes, Barbadian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1969: Venkatesh Prasad, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1969: Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers). [category: Events]
• 1970: James Gunn, American director, screenwriter, producer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Jared Hasselhoff, American bass player and songwriter (Bloodhound Gang) [category: Births]
• 1971: The first Pacific Islands Forum (then known as the "South Pacific Forum") is held in Wellington, New Zealand, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean. [category: Events]
• 1972: Aaqib Javed, Pakistani cricketer [category: Births]
• 1972: Christian Olde Wolbers, Belgian musician, songwriter, and producer (Fear Factory, Arkaea, Kush, and Beowülf) [category: Births]
• 1972: Ikuto Hidaka, Japanese wrestler [category: Births]
• 1972: Theodore Whitmore, Jamaican footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Sanwar Hossain, Bangladeshi cricketer [category: Births]
• 1973: Sean Sherk, American mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1974: Alvin Ceccoli, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Antoine Sibierski, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Olle Kullinger, Swedish footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Vietnam War: the U.S. Congress places a $1 billion dollar limit on military aid to South Vietnam. [category: Events]
• 1975: Ami Foster, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Antony Cotton, English actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Dan Hipgrave, English guitarist and journalist (Toploader) [category: Births]
• 1975: Eicca Toppinen, Finnish cellist, songwriter, and composer (Apocalyptica) [category: Births]
• 1975: Haim Goldenberg, Israeli-Canadian mentalist [category: Births]
• 1975: Iddo Goldberg, Israeli-English actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Kajol, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Jeff Friesen, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1976: Kwon Sang-woo, South Korean actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Marian Pahars, Latvian footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Eric Hinske, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Mark Mulder, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Michael Walsh, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Kim Gevaert, Belgian sprinter [category: Births]
• 1978: Nektaria Karantzi, Greek singer [category: Births]
• 1978: Rita Faltoyano, Hungarian porn actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Jesse Haines, American baseball player (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: David Healy, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake an attempted military uprising. [category: Events]
• 1980: Ali Umar, Maldivian footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Jason Culina, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Kaylani Lei, Singaporean porn actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Salvador Cabañas, Paraguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Sophie Winkleman, English actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Vatsal Sheth, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Wayne Bridge, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Harold L. Runnels, American politician (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Alester Maregwede, Zimbabwean cricketer [category: Births]
• 1981: Carl Crawford, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Cory Williams, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1981: David Clarke, English ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1981: Erik Guay, Canadian skier [category: Births]
• 1981: Kou Shibasaki, Japanese singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Maik Franz, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Rachel Scott, American student, victim of the Columbine High School massacre and inspiration for the Rachel's Challenge (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1981: Zion, Puerto Rican singer (Zion & Lennox) [category: Births]
• 1981: Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work. [category: Events]
• 1982: Jamie Houston, English-German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1982: Lolo Jones, American hurdler [category: Births]
• 1982: Michele Pazienza, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Pete Sell, American mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1982: Ryu Seung-Min, South Korean table tennis player [category: Births]
• 1982: Tobias Regner, German singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1983: Dawn Richard, American singer-songwriter and dancer (Danity Kane and Diddy – Dirty Money) [category: Births]
• 1983: Korey Hall, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Joan Robinson, English economist (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Judy Canova, American actress (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Richard Burton, Welsh actor (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Laurent Ciman, Belgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Megan Joy, American singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Salomon Kalou, Ivorian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Brendan Ryan Barrett, American actor [category: Births]
• 1986: Cassie Davis, Australian singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1986: Paula Creamer, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1987: Genelia D'Souza, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Lexi Belle, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Xenia Tchoumitcheva, Swiss model and actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Georg Gaßmann, German politician (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Federica Pellegrini, Italian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1988: Kendra Spears, American model [category: Births]
• 1988: Michael Jamieson, Scottish/British swimmer [category: Births]
• 1989: Mathieu Manset, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: General elections are held in Nicaragua with the Sandinista National Liberation Front winning a majority. [category: Events]
• 1991: Paul Brown, American football coach (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, founded Honda (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Jeff Porcaro, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Toto and Clover) (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Patrick McBrearty, Irish Gaelic footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: Suzuka Ohgo, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1994: Alain de Changy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Menachem Avidom, Israeli composer (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: The city of Knin, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day. [category: Events]
• 1997: Adam Irigoyen, American actor and dancer [category: Births]
• 1997: Olivia Holt, American actress [category: Births]
• 1998: Kanon Suzuki, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) [category: Births]
• 1998: Otto Kretschmer, German commander (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian dictator (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Maya Bond, Japanese-American singer-songwriter and drummer [category: Births]
• 2000: Alec Guinness, English actor (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian-Brazilian writer and activist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Tullio Crali, Italian artist (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Christopher Skase, Australian businessman (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Otema Allimadi, Ugandan politician, Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Chick Hearn, American sportscaster (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Franco Lucentini, Italian writer (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (b. 1982) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Matt Robinson, American actor (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150. [category: Events]
• 2005: Jim O'Hora, American football coach (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Polina Astakhova, Russian gymnast (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Raul Roco, Filipino politician (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Susan Butcher, American sled dog racer (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Florian Pittiș, Romanian actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Neil Bartlett, English chemist (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Reg Lindsay, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Budd Schulberg, American screenwriter and novelist (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: 2010 Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300 ft (700 m) below the ground. [category: Events]
• 2010: Ten members of International Assistance Mission Nuristan Eye Camp team are killed by persons unknown in Kuran wa Munjan District of Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan. [category: Events]
• 2011: Andrzej Lepper, Polish politician Deputy Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Aziz Shavershian, Australian bodybuilder and model (b. 1989) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican singer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Erwin Axer, Polish director and writer (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Fred Matua, American football player (b. 1984) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Kirk Urso, American soccer player (b. 1990) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Martin E. Segal, Russian-American businessman, co-founded Film Society of Lincoln Center (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Michel Daerden, Belgian politician (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Péter Zwack, Hungarian businessman and diplomat (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Roland Charles Wagner, French author (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sister Boom Boom, American drag queen performer and activist (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Stephen Hill, American singer-songwriter (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: The Oak Creek shooting took place at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six people; the perpetrator was shot dead by police. [category: Events]
• _: Abel of Reims [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Addai [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Afra [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: August 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Barsi Bhagat Puran Singh (Sikhism) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Cassian of Autun [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Dedication of Saint Mary Major (Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Emygdius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Burkina Faso from France in 1960. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Beer Day [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Memnius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Oswald of Northumbria [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The beginning of Bogotá's Carnival (Bogotá) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day of Croatian defenders (Croatia) [category: Holidays and observances]