What are the important events that happened on August 5? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 5: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 5 is the 218th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 148 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 23, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,722,816,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectadecaoctagon’ day.
Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 177 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,245 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 5 Historical Events
1716 –
The Battle of Petrovaradin takes place.
1860 –
Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
1914 –
World War I: the German minelayer Königin Luise lays a minefield about 40 mi of the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMS Amphion.
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.
1940 –
World War II: the Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
1944 –
World War II: The Nazis begin a three-day massacre of anywhere between 40,000 and 100,000 civilians and prisoners of war in Wola, Poland.
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.
1963 –
The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty.
1979 –
In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake an attempted military uprising.
2010 –
2010 Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300 ft below the ground.
Who were born on August 5?
1802 –
Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician (d. 1829)
1815 –
Edward John Eyre, English explorer (d. 1901)
1934 –
Vern Gosdin, American country music singer (d. 2009)
1941 –
Airto Moreira, Brazilian percussionist
1948 –
Carole Laure, French-Canadian actress
1956 –
Maureen McCormick, American actress
1957 –
David Gill, chief executive of Manchester United
1977 –
Michael Walsh, English footballer
1979 –
David Healy, Northern Irish footballer
1988 –
Shazza McKenzie, American wrestler
Who died on August 5?
1868 –
Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (b. 1788)
1888 –
Anna Bates, known for giving the heaviest birth ever (b. 1846)
1944 –
Maurice Turnbull, English cricketer (b. 1906)
1955 –
Carmen Miranda, Portuguese actress and singer (b. 1909)
1983 –
Judy Canova, American actress (b. 1913)
2000 –
Tullio Crali, Italian artist associated with Futurism (b. 1910)
2001 –
Otema Allimadi, Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1929)
2005 –
Raul Roco, Philippine senator (b. 1941)
2009 –
Budd Schulberg, American screenwriter and novelist (b. 1914)
2011 –
Andrzej Lepper, former Polish Deputy Prime Minister (b. 1954)
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