What happened this day in history August 5

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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