August 5th
Holidays and Festivals
Independence Day from France (Burkina Faso)
Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day of Croatian defenders (Croatia)
Flag Day (Japan) * CLICK HERE
Barsi Bhagat Puran Singh (Sikhism)
Work Like a Dog Day
Feast of Abel of Reims (died 750)
Feast of Addai
Feast of Saint Afra and companions, virgins, martyrs (France) (Augsburg)
Feast of Saint Cassian of Autun, bishop
Feast of Saint Dominic, confessor [medieval date, in Paris; nowadays August 4]
Feast of Saint Emygdius, martyr, bishop of Ascoli Piceno
Feast of Saint Memmius, bishop
Feast of Mary "ad nives", Dedication of Santa Maria Maggiore bin Rome
Feast of Saint Ormisdas, pope, confessor [Bamberg]
Feast of Saint Oswald of Northumbria, king, martyr [common; England] (died 642)
Feast of Saint Sixtus II, pope [Paris]
*Cowes Week Cowes, England - August - (5of8)
*Big Chill Eastnor Park, Herefordshire, UK August 5 - 8 (1of4) (2010)
Fête de la Amande Translation: Almond Day (French Republican) The 18th day of the Month of Thermidor in the French Republican Calendar
Toast of The Day
"To the lamp of love...
may it burn brightest in the darkest hours and never flicker in the winds of trial."
- Unknown
Drink of The Day
A-Bomb
1/3 shot kahlua
1/3 shot Bailey's Irish Cream
1/3 shot vodka
1/3 shot tia maria
Stir over ice & strain into pony or chilled cocktail glass
- In Rememberence of the bombing of Hiroshima (8/6)
Wine of The Day
H/H Estates (2008) "GW Smith"
Style - Malbec
Horse Heaven Hills
$40
Beer of The Day
Russian River Supplication (California, USA)
Style - Fruity
Attributes - infused with the juice of whole cherries
Flavor - Complex, woody, tart, refreshing sweet body
Joke of The Day
Q: What is the difference between a light bulb and a pregnant girl?
A: You can unscrew the light bulb!
Quote of The Day
"I prefer to think that God is not dead, just drunk."
- John Marcellus Huston (August 5th 1906 – August 28th 1987), an American director.
August Observances
Admit You're Happy Month
American Adventures Month
American Artists Appreciation Month
American History Essay Contest (8/1 - 12/15)
American Indian Heritage Month (Also November)
Beach Month
Black Business Month
Cataract Awareness Month
Celery, Fennel and Cactus Month
Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
Children’s Vision and Learning Month
Family Fun Month
Get Ready for Kindergarten Month
Golf Month
Happiness Happens Month
Learn Japanese Month
Motor Sports Awareness Month
National Catfish Month
National Eye Exam Month
National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month
National Goat Cheese Month
National Golf Month
National Immunization Awareness Month
National Inventors Month
National Minority Donor Awareness Month
National Panini Month
National Parks Month
National Picnic Month
National Runaway Prevention Month
National Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
National Truancy Prevention Month
National Water Quality Month
National Win With Civility Month
National Women's Month
Neurosurgery Outreach Month
Orange and Papaya Month
Peach Month
Psoriasis Awareness Month
Romance Awareness Month
Water Quality Month
What Will Be Your Legacy Month
Observances this Week
National Simplify your Life Week First Week in AugustInternational Clown Week First Week in August
Carnaval del Pueblo (Burgess Park, London), The first week of August
World Breastfeeding Week First Week in August
National Farmers' Market Week First Full Week in August
Old Fiddler's Week First Full Week in August
Assistance Dog Week First Full Week in August
Knights of Columbus Family Week First Full Week in August
National Resurrect Romance Week First Full Week in August
Exercise With Your Child Week First Full Week in August
National Fraud Awareness Week (FCC) First Full Week in August
Single Working Women's Week Full Week including August 4th
Exhibitor Appreciation Week First Work Week in August
Rock for Life Week First Work Week in August
Psychic Week First Work Week in August
Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week First Work Week in August
National Bargain Hunting Week First Full Week of August Monday to Sunday
Sturgis Rally First Full Week of August Monday to Second Tuesday
Intimate Apparel Week (Feb. 4-8, May 6-10, Aug. 5-9, Nov. 4-8)
Historical Events on August 5th
135 Betar last outpost of Bar Kochba falls to Rome
642 Battle of Maserfield Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia.
910 The last major Viking army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward and Earl Aethelred.
1071 Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captured/Islam advances through Europe
1100 Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.
1264 Anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt Germany
1305 William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London where he is put on trial and executed.
1388 Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England.
1391 Castilian sailors fire attack Jewish ghetto of Barcelona, 100's killed
1399 Battle at Worskla: Tataren beat Russians & Litouwers
1420 Duke John VI of Bavaria visits "Christ's bride"/virgin Liduina
1435 Battle at Ponza: king Alfonso V of Aragon captured by Genuezen
1543 French & Turkish troops occupy Nice
1583 Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes first English colony in North America, at what is now St John's, Newfoundland.
1587 Spanish troops conquer Lock
1620 The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England on its first attempt to reach North America.
1654 French troops occupy Stenay
1666 English fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter
1667 State of Holland obtain Eternal Edict
1689 1,500 Iroquois attack the village of Lachine, in New France.
1716 Battle at Peterwardein, Eugenius van Savoye beats Turks
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.
1745 Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots
1763 Battle of Bushy Run of Pontiac's War, British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.
1772 The First Partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia & Russia begins.
1775 1st Spanish ship, San Carlos, enters SF Bay
1781 Battle at Doggers Bank: Dutch fleet vs English fleet
1812 Tecumseh's Native American force ambushes Thomas Van Horne's 200 Americans at Brownstone Creek, causing them to flee and retreat, in the War of 1812.
1837 1st ascent of Mt Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, NY
1846 Oregon country divided between US & Britain at 49th parallel
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 In order to help pay for the American Civil 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).
1861 Enlistment increases from 3 months to 2 years
1861 Naval Engagement at Fernandina, FL-USS Vincennes ends rebel blockade
1861 The United States Army abolishes flogging.
1862 Battle of Baton Rouge of the American Civil War, along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops drive Union forces back into the city.
1864 The Battle of Mobile Bay of the American Civil War 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. Farragut is given rank of vice-admiral
1864 Spectrum of a comet observed for 1st time, by Giovanni Donati
1870 The Battle of Spicheren of the Franco-Prussian War is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
1874 Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
1877 Henry Morton Stanley's letter in order to aid reaches Boma at Congo
1882 Martial law is imposed in Japan.
1882 The 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 drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated by Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
1890 British & French accord to divide African colonization
1891 1st travelers checks issued (American Express)
1901 Peter O'Connor of Ireland, sets then long jump record at 24' 11 3/4". First IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11¾ins. The record will stand for 20 years.
1912 Japan's first taxicab service begins in Ginza, Tokyo.
1914 Cuba, Uruguay, Mexico & Argentina proclaim neutrality in WW I
1914 Dutch Cort Van de Linden government issues silver bonds as money
1914 In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed (Euclid Ave & E 105th St).
1914 Massive German assault on forts around Luik
1914 Montenegro declares war against Austria-Hungary in World War I
1914 US, Nicaragua sign treaty granting canal rights to US
1914 US beats Australia, 3-2, to win Davis Cup
1914 Westerschelde leaves due to German invasion in Belgium
1914 The German minelayer Königin Luise lay a minefield about 40 miles of the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMS Amphion, World War I.
1915 Warsaw, evacuated by the Russians, is occupied by Germans
1917 British troops attack canal of Ypres in Boesinghe Belgium
1921 1st radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8, Phillies-0 (KDKA, Pitts)
1921 Treaty of Berlin, US & Germany sign separate peace treaty
1923 1st American to swim English Channel (Henry Sullivan)
1924 Comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," by Harold Gray, debuts
1925 Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that was at the time in danger of dying out.
1926 1st talkie movie "Don Juan" at Warner Theatre, NY
1926 French & German trade agreement signed
1926 Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1½ hrs before escaping
1927 Phillies Cy Williams hits for cycle in just 4 at bats
1931 Det Tiger Tommy Bridges perfect game is broken up with 2 outs in 9th
1936 At Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his 3rd Olympic medal
1937 Ranger (US) beats Endeavour II (England) in 17th America's Cup
1938 33rd Davis Cup, USA beats Australia in Philadelphia (3-2)
1940 "Acquaintance" blows-up Zandvoortse synagouge
1940 St Louis Brown John Whitehead no-hits Detroit Tigers, 4-0 in 6 innings
1940 The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia of World War II.
1942 British government cancels agreement of Munich
1942 German troops cross Kuban River
1943 In Sicily, 3 US A-36's bomb British headquarter
1943 Soviet forces reconquer Orel & Bjelgorod
1943 At around 11 A.M during the Battle of Troina of World War II, Mount Etna erupts sending ash and lava miles into the sky.
1944 Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.
1944 US 79th, 90th division occupy Laval, Mayenne
1944 US troops occupy Vannes Bretagne
1944 Possibly the biggest prison breakout in history occurs as 545 Japanese POWs attempt to escape outside the town of Cowra, NSW, Australia during World War II.
1945 Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima (Aug 6th in Japan)
1947 Netherlands ceases political action in Indonesia, due to UN pressure
1948 Cleveland Indians set club record for most double plays in a game (6)
1949 In Ecuador a 6.75 Earthquake hits Quito, destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6000.
1950 Ezzard Charles KOs Freddie Beshore to retain HW boxing title
1951 Armed uprising in Ambonezen Camp Middelburg
1953 Operation "Big Switch" Korean War prisoner exchanged at Panmunjom
1954 Boxing Hall of Fame's 1st election selects 24 modern & 15 pioneers
1954 Patty Berg wins LPGA World Golf Championshio
1955 After playing 274 straight games at 2nd base, Nellie Fox is given a day off he comes back next 798 consecutive games
1956 KUAM TV channel 8 in Agana, GU (CBS/ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 Louise Suggs wins LPGA All American Golf Open
1956 WCYB TV channel 5 in Bristol-Kingsport, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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.
1957 Bkln Sports Authority gets an engineering report on 50,000-seat stadium in downtown area for estimated $207 million
1957 Comic strip "Andy Capp" made its debut
1957 WJZ-TV in Baltimore MD begins radio transmissions
1958 Atomic sub USS Nautilus completes 1st trip under North Pole
1958 Philip Kapleau, Zen teacher, 1st awakening under Yasutani Roshi
1959 42.4 cm rainfall in Decatur Co, Iowa (state record)
1959 Chic Cardinals (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 55-26 in Toronto
1960 Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) declares independence from France
1960 Detroit trades mgr Jimmy Dykes for Cleve's mgr Joe Gordon
1961 118°F (48°C), Ice Harbor Dam, Washington (state record)
1961 Chic Bears (NFL) beat Mont Alouettes (CFL) 34-16 in Montreal
1962 1st quasar located by radio
1962 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open
1962 Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement & illeagally leaving South Africa. He would not be released until 1990.
1962 UN command forbids flights to Katangese airports
1963 Craig Breedlove sets world auto speed record at 407.45 MPH
1963 The United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty.
1964 Actress Anne Bancroft & comedian Mel Brooks wed
1964 Beatles record "Leave My Kitten Alone"
1964 Congo rebellion, Christopher Gbenye and Pierre Mulele conquer Stanleyville
1964 Ford Frick says he will not run for another term as commissioner
1964 US begins bombing North Vietnam
1964 Operation Pierce Arrow, American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes attacked U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
1965 Dave Marr wins PGA title
1966 33rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game, Green Bay 38, All-Stars 0 (72,000)
1966 Beatle John Lennon says Beatles are more popular than Jesus
1966 Beatles release "Revolver" album in US
1966 Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" & "Eleanor Rigby" in UK
1966 Jose Torres beats Eddie Cotton to retain light-HW boxing title
1966 Martin Luther King Jr stoned during Chicago march
1966 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1967 1st time an AFL team beats an NFL team, Broncos beats Detroit 13-7
1967 Bobby Gentry releases her only hit "Ode to Billy Joe"
1967 Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) & Radio London close down
1968 WMCV (now WZTV) TV channel 17 in Nashville, TN (IND) 1st broadcast
1969 Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers).
1969 Pirate Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium
1970 Robert Morley's "How the Other Half Loves," premieres in London
1970 US Black Panther leader Huey Newton let out of jail
1971 WNPE TV channel 16 in Watertown, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1972 Detroit shortstop Ed Brinkman errors ends record streak of 72 games & 331 total chances without a miscue
1972 Moody Blues release "Nights in White Satin"
1972 Uganda president Idi Amin throws out all 80,000 Asians
1973 Arab terrorists open fire at Athens airport, kills 3 injures 55
1973 Atlanta Braves Phil Niekro no-hits SD Padres, 9-0
1973 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Pabst Ladies Golf Classic
1973 USSR launches Mars 6
1974 Joan Jett forms her rock group Runaways
1974 President Nixon admits he withheld information about Watergate break-in
1974 The U.S. Congress places a $1 billion dollar limit on military aid to South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
1975 Phillies 1st 8 batters get hits for a record, beat Cubs 13-5
1975 Stevie Wonder signs $13M contract with Motown
1978 New Orlean Saints beat Philadelphia Eagles 14-7 in Mexico City (NFL expo)
1979 "But Never Jam Today" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 7 perfs
1979 Government of Mauretania signs peace treaty with Polisario
1979 In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake an attempted military uprising.
1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate European Golf Open
1979 Phillies Pete Rose collects NL record 2,427th career single
1979 Varetta Shankle (Miss), crowned 12th Miss Black America
1979 Willie Mays, Warren Giles, & Hack Wilson inducted in Hall of Fame
1980 Expos Dick Williams wins his 1,000th career game as a manager
1980 NY Met Doug Flynn ties record of 3 triples in a game
1981 Federal government began firing striking air traffic controllers
1981 U.S. President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
1981 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 Stephabue Hix, of Alabama, 18, crowned Miss National Teen-Ager
1982 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984 Alice Miller wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic
1984 Joan Benoit (US) wins 1st Olympic marathon for women (2:24:52)
1984 Lou Pinella Day at Yankee Stadium
1984 Toronto's Cliff Johnson hits record 19th career pinch HR
1985 Baseball players go on strike for 2 days
1985 Establishment of a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is announced
1985 Flexible-wing glider altitude record (214,250') set by Larry Tudor
1986 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 5k woman's record (14:37.33)
1986 It's revealed Andrew Wyeth had, secretly created 240 drawings & paintings of his neighbor Helga Testorf, in Chadds Ford, Pa
1986 Steve Carlton is 2nd to pitch 4,000 strikeout
1986 US Senate votes for SDI-project (Star Wars)
1988 Mario Biaggi (Rep-D-NY) convicted of racketeering resigns seat
1989 General elections are held in Nicaragua with the Sandinista Front winning a majority.
1990 Barb Mucha wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
1990 Jim Palmer & Joe Morgan inducted into hall of fame
1991 Sergei Bubka of USSR sets pole vault world record (6.10m) in Malmö Sweden
1992 4 cops in Rodney King beating case indicted on civil rights charge
1994 Antonov-12 crash down at Boda, East-Siberia, 47 killed
1994 Rocker Billy Idol admitted to the hospital after drug overdose
1995 The city of Knin, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated as the day of victory (Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day) in Croatia.
1996 Dallas Cowboys play KC Chiefs in Monterrey Mexico
1997 Korean Air 747 with 331 aboard crashes in Guam, 29 survive
1997 Ramzi Yousef, mastermind of world trade center bombing goes on trial
1997 Soyuz TM-26 crew of Anatoly Solovyov & Pavel Vinogradov, launched
2003 A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150.
2011 Svalbard Polar Bear Attack (2011) a rogue Polar Bear attacks and kills a British schoolboy.
2012 19 people are killed by Kurdish rebels in Hakk
2012 General Motors signs a record breaking $559 million marketing deal with Manchester United
2012 Gunman opens fire on Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin killing six people and committing suicide
2013 160 people are killed by flash floods across Afghanistan and Pakistan
2013 The world's first bovine stem cell lab-grown burger is eaten in London
2013 Alex Rodriquez, New York Yankee MLB player, is banned for 211 games for using human growth hormones
2015 Torrential rains and flooding leave at least 178 people dead in India, in the wake of Cyclone Komen
2015 Fishing boat carrying around 600 migrants sinks of the coast of Libya, 373 rescued
2016 31st Summer Olympics offically opens in Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Born on August 5th
1301 Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)
1397 Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)
1461 Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)
1540 Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating
1604 John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator
1607 Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer
1623 Antonio Cesti, Italian composer (d. 1669)
1624 William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America
1641 John Hathorne, American magistrate (d. 1717)
1662 James Anderson, Scottish historian (d. 1728)
1694 Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, Italian composer (d. 1744)
1711 Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer
1749 Thomas Lynch, signer (Declaration of Independence)
1797 Friedrich August Kummer, composer
1802 Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician (Abel's Comparisons) (d. 1829)
1811 Ambroise Thomas, French opera composer (d. 1896)
1813 Carnot Posey, Confederate brig-general
1813 Ivar A Aasen, Norwegian poet and language reformer (d. 1896)
1815 Edward John Eyre, English explorer, governor (Jamaica) (d. 1901)
1822 Johann Georg Herzog, composer
1827 Deodoro da Fonseca, first President of Brazil (d. 1892)
1828 Giovanni Rossi, composer
1828 Louise of the Netherlands, queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1871)
1828 WFAA Louisa (Lovisa), queen of Sweden/Norway/princess of Netherlands
1829 Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl, composer
1829 Milo Smith Hascall, Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (d. 1904)
1830 James A Healy, 1st black bishop in America
1833 Carola of Vasa, Queen consort of Saxony (d. 1907)
1843 James Scott Skinner, composer
1850 Anton Simon, composer
1850 Guy de Maupassant, French author (Boule de Suif) (d. 1893)
1862 Joseph Merrick, the "Elephant Man" (d. 1890)
1864 Resurreccion Maria de Azkue, composer
1866 Alfred Holy, composer
1866 Carl Harries, German chemist (d. 1923)
1866 Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (d. 1917)
1868 Oskar Merikanto, composer
1872 Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (d. 1917)
1876 Mary R Beard, Indianapolis, historian (Woman as a Force in History)
1877 Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (d. 1917)
1880 Gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright (Black Girls Burden)
1882 Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I)
1886 Oscar Espla, composer
1887 Reginald Owen, English actor (Dr Watson-Sherlock Holmes) (d. 1972)
1888 Victor Francen, Belgian-born actor (J'Acusse, San Antonio) (d. 1977)
1889 Conrad Aiken, American writer (Ushant/Conversation) (d. 1973)
1890 Erich Kleiber, Austrian-born conductor (NBC Symphony 1945-46) (d. 1956)
1890 Hans Gal, composer
1890 Naum Gabo (Pevsner), Russian sculptor (Stillife Flower) (d. 1977)
1891 Donald Kerr, Eagle Grove IA, actor (Carnival Lady, Devil Bat)
1897 Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (d. 1972)
1900 Bodi Rapp (Johanna PAC Goetmakers), Dutch mezzo-soprano, teacher
1901 Claude Autant-Lara, French film director (d. 2000)
1901 Juan Carlos Paz, composer
1904 Kenneth Thimann, botanist
1906 Francis Walder (Francois Waldburger), Belgian author
1906 Joan Hickson, English actress (d. 1998)
1906 John Huston, American director and writer (African Queen, Chinatown) (d. 1987)
1906 Wassily Leontief, Russian economist (Nobel laureate 1973) (d. 1999)
1907 Ernestine "Tiny" Davis, jazz vocalist/trumpeter
1908 Harold Holt, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (1966-67) (d. 1967)
1910 Bruno Coquatrix, French songwriter and music impresario (d. 1979)
1910 Jacquetta Hawkes, English archaeologist/author (A Country), (d. 1996)
1910 Nan Gindele, US javelin thrower (World Record 1932-38)
1910 (Johan) Erik Lindegren, Swedish poet/librettist (Aniara)
1911 Robert Taylor, American actor (Death Valley Days) (d. 1969)
1912 Abbé Pierre, French Catholic priest (d. 2007)
1913 Nelly Aenders (Petronella Meyer), Dutch actress (Spanish Fly)
1914 Anita Colby, Wash DC, model/actress (Pepsi Cola Playhouse)
1914 David Brian, American actor (Accussed of Murder, Dawn at Sorocco) (d. 1993)
1914 Stjepan Sulek, Croatian violinist/composer (Coriolan)
1918 Betty Oliphant, Canadian ballerina (d. 2004)
1918 Tom Drake, American actor (d. 1982)
1920 G V (Sonny) Montgomery, (Rep-D-Mississippi, 1967)
1920 Selma Diamond, London Ontario, comedienne (Selma-Night Court)
1921 Nazar Mohammad, cricketer (Mudassar's pop, Pakistan's 1st centurion)
1922 L. Tom Perry, LDS apostle
1923 Devan Nair, President of Singapore
1923 Richard Kleindienst, attorney general (1972)
1925 Cor Witschge, Dutch actor (Pipo the Clown)
1926 Betsy Jolas, composer
1927 Gunnar Bucht, composer
1930 Michal Kovác, President of Slovakia
1930 Neil Armstrong, American astronaut, X-15 pilot, 1st Moonwalker (Gemini 8, Apollo 11) (d. 2012)
1932 Sister Vince Otto, mental health activist
1932 Tera de Marez Oyens, composer
1933 Joan Weldon, SF, actress (So This is Love, Them)
1934 Karl Johan Åström, Control engineer and theorist
1934 Vern Gosdin, Woodland Al, country singer (Set 'em Up Joe)
1934 Wendell Berry, American poet, writer and farmer
1935 John McCartan, St Paul Minn, ice hockey player (Oly-gold-60)
1935 John Saxon, American actor (Bees, Nightmare on Elm St, Electric Horseman)
1935 Zakes Mokae, Johannesburg South Africa, actor (Comedians)
1936 John Dancy, Jackson Tx, newscaster (Prime Time Sunday)
1937 Herb Brooks, American ice hockey coach (d. 2003)
1938 Hayes Wendell Jones, Sturksville Mich, 110m hurdler (Oly-gold-1964)
1938 Ja'net Dubois, Phila, actress (Willona-Good Times, Beverly Hill 90210)
1939 Irene, Princess of Netherlands
1941 Bob Clark, American film director (d. 2007)
1941 Leonid Denissovich Kizim, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-3, T-10, T-15)
1942 Rick Huxley, guitarist (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over)
1943 Nelson Briles, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1943 Sammi Smith, American country singer and songwriter (d. 2005)
1945 Jacob Reitsma, economist/Dutch MP (CDA)
1945 Jo Collins, Oregon, Playboy playmate (Dec, 1964)
1946 Bruce Coslet, American football player and coach
1946 Erika Slezak, American actress (Viki-One Life to Live)
1946 Loni Anderson, American actress (Jennifer-WKRP in Cincinnati)
1946 Rick van der Linden, Dutch keyboardist (Ekseption)
1946 Ron Silliman, American poet
1947 Angry Anderson, Australian entertainer (Rose Tattoo)
1947 Bernie Carbo, American baseball player
1947 Greg Leskiw, rocker
1947 Rick Derringer, American musician (I am the Real American - Hulk Hogan's theme)
1948 Carole Laure, French Canadian actress
1948 Ray Clemence, English footballer
1948 Tony DiCicco, Wethersfield Ct, US women's soccer coach (Olympics-96)
1950 Holly Palance, LA California, actress (Thorn Birds, Ripley's Believe It)
1950 Rosi Mittermaier, German FR, slalom/downhill (Olympic-gold-1976)
1951 John Jarratt, Australian actor
1952 Louis Walsh, Irish Music Manager and X Factor Judge
1953 Rick Mahler, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1953 Samantha Sang, Australian singer (Emotion)
1954 Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda, Bx NY, (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It)
1956 Ferdi Bolland, Dutch singer/guitarist (Bolland & Bolland)
1956 Fred Ottman, American wrestler
1956 Jerry Ciccoritti, Canadian film director
1956 Maureen McCormick, American actress (Marcia-Brady Bunch)
1957 Andrei Yevgeniyevich Zaitsev, cosmonaut
1957 Clayton Rohner, American actor
1957 Faith Prince, American actress
1957 Pavel V Vinogradov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-26)
1959 Pat Smear, American guitarist
1959 Pete Burns, English singer (Dead or Alive)
1960 Calvin Hayes, rocker
1960 Mike Nocito, rocker (Johnny Hates Jazz-Turn Back the Clock)
1960 Seth Swirsky, American songwriter
1961 Athula Samarasekera, Sri Lankan cricketer
1961 Mark O'Connor, American violinist
1961 Tawny Kitaen, American actress (Bachelor Party, Witchboard)
1962 Otis Thorpe, American basketball player, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies, Detroit Pistons)
1962 Patrick Ewing, American basketball player, NBA center (NY Knicks/Olympic-gold-92)
1962 Richard de Groen, New Zealand cricketer
1962 William Roberts, NFL guard (NY Jets, NE Patriots)
1963 James Wilder, Cleveland OH, actor (Scorchers, Zombie High, Murder 1)
1964 Adam Yauch (MCA), American musician (Beastie Boys) (d. 2012)
1965 M V Sridhar, cricketer (score 366 for Hyderabad v Andhra Pradesh 1994)
1965 Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese composer
1965 Scott William Winters, American actor
1966 Jonathan Silverman, American actor (Brighton Beach Memoirs, Single Guy)
1967 Mike Fox, NFL defensive end (Carolina Panthers)
1968 Andreas Lupzig, Straubing GER, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
1968 Colin McRae, Scottish rally driver (d. 2007)
1968 Funkmaster Flex, American hip hop DJ
1968 John Olerud, American baseball player, infielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
1968 Oleg Luzhny, Ukrainian footballer
1968 Terri Clark, Canadian country singer
1968 Tokimitsu Ishizawa, Japanese professional wrestler
1969 Halle Cioffi, Cleveland OH, tennis star
1969 James Fuller, NFL/WLAF safety (N O Saints, Frankfurt Galaxy, Scotland)
1969 Paola Volpato, Chilean actress
1969 Robert Scott, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1969 Vasbert Conniel Drakes, Barbadian cricketer
1969 Venkatesh Prasad, Indian cricketer
1970 Andy Antoine, CFL receiver (Montreal Alouettes)
1970 Everett McIver, NFL guard (NY Jets, Miami Dolphins)
1970 James Gunn, American filmmaker
1970 Travis Moore, CFL receiver (Calgary Stampeders)
1971 Evil Jared Hasselhoff, American musician (The Bloodhound Gang)
1971 Perry Carter, cornerback (Oakland Raiders)
1971 Valeri Karpov, Chelyabinsk Russia, NHL left wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1972 Aaqib Javed, Pakistani cricketer
1972 Arthur Reid, Nashville Tenn, pairs skater (& Jennifer Darst)
1972 Christian Olde Wolbers, Belgian musician (Fear Factory)
1972 Darryl Yung, Victoria BC, badminton player (Olympics-96)
1972 Ikuto Hidaka, Japanese professional wrestler
1972 John Wasdin, Ft Belvoir WA, pitcher (Oakland A's)
1972 Theodore Whitmore, Jamaican footballer
1973 Brendan Todd, Australian mistral yachter (Olympics-96)
1973 Ed Burman, WLAF linebacker (London Monarchs)
1973 Sanwar Hossain, Bangladeshi cricketer
1973 Sean Sherk, American mixed martial artist
1974 Alvin Ceccoli, Australian soccer player
1974 Antoine Sibierski, French footballer
1974 Frankie Hejduk, La Mesa California, soccer defender (Olympics-gold-96)
1974 Jamie Lynn Bolding, Lakeland Florida, Miss America-Florida (1997)
1974 Jason Shelley, WLAF wide receiver (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1975 Ami Foster, American actress (Margaux-Punky Brewster)
1975 Antony Cotton, English actor
1975 Eicca Toppinen, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica)
1975 Erin Gingrich, Yuma Arizona, Miss America-Arizona (1997)
1975 Haim Goldenberg, Israeli-Canadian mentalist (GoldMind)
1975 Iddo Goldberg, Israeli actor
1975 Kajol Mukherjee, Indian actress
1976 Germain Wattamaleo, soccer player (Sparta)
1976 Jeff Friesen, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 Kwon Sang-woo, South Korean actor
1976 Marian Pahars, Latvian footballer
1977 Eric Hinske, American baseball player
1977 Mark Mulder, American baseball player
1977 Michael Walsh, English footballer
1978 Kim Gevaert, Belgian sprinter
1978 Kristin Link, Fairfax Va, diver (Olympics-96)
1978 Lorrie Fair, Los Altos CA, soccer defender (Olympics-96)
1978 Nektaria Karantzi, Greek singer
1979 David Healy, Northern Irish footballer
1980 Ali Umar, Maldivian footballer
1980 Jason Culina, Australian soccer player
1980 Kaylani Lei, Singaporean-American pornographic actress
1980 Sophie Winkleman, English actress
1980 Vatsal Seth, Indian actor
1980 Wayne Bridge, English footballer
1981 Alester Maregwede, Zimbabwean cricketer
1981 Carl Crawford, American baseball player
1981 Cory Williams, American internet celebrity
1981 Erik Guay, Canadian alpine skier
1981 Ko Shibasaki, Japanese singer
1981 Rachel Scott, American murder victim (d. 1999)
1982 LoLo Jones, American track and field athlete
1982 Pete Sell, American mixed martial artist
1982 Ryu Seung Min, Korean table tennis player
1982 Tobias Regner, German singer
1983 Dawn Richard, American singer (Danity Kane)
1985 Laurent Ciman, Belgian footballer
1985 Megan Joy Corkrey, American singer
1985 Salomon Kalou, Ivorian footballer
1986 Paula Creamer, American golfer
1987 Genelia D'Souza, Indian actress
1987 Lexi Belle, American pornographic actress
1987 Xenia Tchoumitcheva, Swiss model
1988 Federica Pellegrini, Italian swimmer
1989 Thear Chum, Cambodian actor
1993 Corey J. Smith, English actor
1993 Suzuka Ohgo, Japanese actress
1995 Devo Keenan American cellist
2000 Maya Bond, American singer and musician
2184 Christine Lauren Chapel, Davenport Heights, Vermont (Star Trek)
2186 Kevin Thomas Riley, Tasvennir, Tarsus IV (Star Trek)
Died on August 5th
882 King Louis III of France (b. 863)
1063 Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd (b. 1007)
1157 Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies
1364 Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)
1572 Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534)
1579 Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)
1610 Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile (b. 1552)
1633 Archbishop George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1562)
1644 J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling)
1678 Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican musician and composer (b. 1619)
1743 John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (b. 1696)
1778 Charles Clémencet, French historian (b. 1703)
1778 Thomas Linley, composer
1792 Frederick North, 7th Lord Baron North, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1770-82) (b. 1732)
1799 Richard Howe, British admiral (b. 1726)
1830 Karl Friedrich Horn, composer
1834 Gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch min of Foreign affairs
1852 Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet
1856 Rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer
1862 Thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle
1863 Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer
1864 Griffin A Stedman, Union-brig-gen (Fort Stedman), dies in battle
1868 Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (b. 1788)
1877 Gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden (b. 1799)
1880 Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician (b. 1816)
1889 Willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner
1891 Henry Charles Litolff, French pianist/componist
1895 Friedrich Engels, German philosopher, textile manufacturer (b. 1820)
1900 James Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop
1901 Victoria, Princess Royal of Great Britain, German Empress, Queen of Prussia (b. 1840)
1907 Gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer
1910 Wojciech Gawronski, composer
1911 Bob Caruthers, American baseball player (b. 1864)
1916 George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer
1916 Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, composer
1923 Vatroslav Jagic, Croatian slavist (b. 1835)
1925 Jennie Lee, American actress (b. 1848)
1927 Tom Groube, cricketer (Test for Australia 1880)
1929 Millicent Fawcett, British suffragist (b. 1847)
1931 Ullrich Haupt, actor (Morocco, Du Barry-Woman of Passion)
1932 Israel Querido, writer (Jordan)
1934 Neville Quinn, cricketer (12 Tests for South Africa)
1940 Frederick A Cook, US, explorer (North Pole)
1943 Adam Kuckhoff, writer
1944 Maurice Turnbull, England cricketer, Rugby player (Wales) (b. 1906)
1946 Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)
1947 Joannes D M Cornelissen, historian (Johann de White)
1950 Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemistry
1952 Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist (b. 1917)
1955 Carmen Miranda, Portuguese actress and singer (Down Argentine Way) (b. 1909)
1957 Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist (Nobel Prize Laureate 1927) (b. 1877)
1958 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist and composer (3 Blind Mice)
1959 Edgar Guest, English poet, newspaperman (b. 1881)
1960 Arthur Meighen, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
1961 Eva JC Beck, actress (Elckerlyc, Resurrection)
1961 Sidney Holland, PM of New Zealand (1949-57)
1962 Marilyn Monroe, American actress, OD (b. 1926)
1963 Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898)
1964 Art Ross, Canadian hockey player and executive (b. 1886)
1964 Moa Martinson, writer
1966 Austin Diamond, cricketer (Australian capt to America 1913)
1968 Luther Perkins American guitarist (b. 1928)
1971 Josef Stanislav, composer
1972 Frederic Tozere, actor (Mr Phillips-Stanley)
1972 Harry Hylton-Foster, Speaker of the British House of Commons (b. 1905)
1976 Adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads)
1977 Charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved Country)
1978 Jesse Haines, American baseball player (b. 1893)
1978 Queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side)
1980 Harold Runnels, American politician (b. 1924)
1982 Wanda Rotha, actress (Mrs Fitzherbert)
1983 Judy Canova, American actress (Chatterbox) (b. 1913)
1984 Howard Culver, actor (Howie-Gunsmoke)
1984 R Hagelstange, writer
1984 Richard Burton, Welsh actor (Cleopatra) (b. 1925)
1985 Theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar)
1987 Zygmunt Mycielsky, composer
1989 Ralph Meeker, actor (Kiss Me Deadly, Gentle Giant)
1990 Herman Gooding, Suriname police-inspector
1991 Paul Brown, American football coach, NFL founder (Cleveland Browns, Cin Bengals) (b. 1908)
1991 Soichiro Honda, Japanese automotive executive (Honda) (b. 1906)
1992 Jeff Porcaro, American drummer (Toto) (b. 1954)
1992 Robert Muldoon, premier NZ (1975-84)/President IMF
1994 Alain de Changy, Belgian racing driver (b. 1922)
1994 Amy Sacks, producer (ABC sports, Disney)
1994 Audrey Langford, sInging teacher
1994 Clive Robertson Caldwell, British fighter pilot
1994 Terry Hibbitt, soccer star
1995 Agha Hasan Abedi, banker
1995 Anthony Barber Doncaster, bookseller
1996 Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu, politician
1996 Bruce Howard Lidington, actor (Sword of Valiant, Mosses)
1996 Frank Ulrich Marcus, playwright/critic
1997 Don Steele, LA radio personality (KRTH)
1998 Otto Kretschmer, German U-boat commander (b. 1912)
1998 Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian dictator (b. 1911)
2000 Otto Buchsbaum, writer and ecological activist (b. 1920)
2000 Sir Alec Guinness, British actor (b. 1914)
2000 Tullio Crali, Italian artist associated with Futurism (b. 1910)
2001 Otema Allimadi, Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1929)
2002 Chick Hearn, American basketball announcer (b. 1916)
2002 Franco Lucentini, Italian writer (b. 1920)
2002 Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (b. 1982)
2002 Matt Robinson, American actor (b. 1937)
2005 Jim O'Hora, American football coach (b. 1915)
2005 Polina Astakhova, Russian gymnast (b. 1936)
2005 Raul Roco, Philippine senator (b. 1941)
2006 Susan Butcher, American sled dog champion (b. 1954)
2007 Florian Pittis, Romanian artist (b. 1943)
2007 Jean-Marie Lustiger, Cardinal of France (b. 1926)
2008 Reg Lindsay, Australian country and western singer/songwriter (b. 1929)
2009 Budd Schulberg, American screenwriter and novelist (b. 1914)
2011 Andrzej Lepper, former Polish Deputy Prime Minister (b. 1954)
2013 George Duke, American Grammy-Award winning musician
2013 Shawn Burr, Canadian ice hockey player
2015 George Cole, English actor (Minder)
