Page 7: Historical Events In August - 05

1965  Cook Islands in South Pacific granted internal self-government by New Zealand on this day in history.   

1965  Linda McGill becomes first Australian woman to swim the English Channel on August - 05.   

1966  Martin Luther King Jr stoned during Chicago march on this day in history.   

1966  Austin Diamond, cricketer (Australian capt to America 1913), dies on this day in history.   

1968  On August - 05 luther Perkins American guitarist   

1969  Mariner 7 flies past Mars on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74   

1972  On this day in history frederic Tozere, actor (Mr Phillips-Stanley), dies at 71   

1973  On August - 05 uSSR launches Mars 6   

1974  On this day in history joan Jett forms her rock group the Runaways   

1976  Adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88 on August - 05.   

1977  Charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 87 on August - 05.   

1978  Queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79 on August - 05.   

1981  Pres Regan fires 11,500 air traffic controllers on strike on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history wanda Rotha, actress (Mrs Fitzherbert), dies at 72   

1983  Judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies of cancer at 66 on August - 05.   

1984  Howard Culver, actor (Howie-Gunsmoke), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1985  On August - 05 flexible-wing glider altitude record set   

1985  On August - 05 theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67   

1987  On August - 05 zygmunt Mycielsky, composer, dies at 79   

1988  On this day in history mario Biaggi politician convicted of racketeering   

1989  On this day in history ralph Meeker, actor (Kiss Me Deadly, Gentle Giant), dies at 68   

1990  On this day in history herman Gooding, Suriname police-inspector, dies   

1991  On August - 05 sergei Bubka of USSR sets pole vault record in Malmo Sweden   

1991  Paul Brown, NFL founder (Cleveland Browns, Cin Bengals), dies at 82 on August - 05.   

1992  Jeff Porcaro, drummer (Toto-Africa), dies of cardiac arrest at 38 on this day in history.   

1994  On August - 05 amy Sacks, producer (ABC sports, Disney), dies of Lupus at 39   

1995  On August - 05 agha Hasan Abedi, banker, dies at 73   

1996  Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu, politician, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1997  Don Steele, LA radio personality (KRTH), dies of cancer at 61 on August - 05.   

2000  Sir Alec Guinness, revered as one of Britain's most versatile actors, dies at 86 on August - 05.   

2011  Juno, the first solar-powered spacecraft on a mission to Jupiter, is launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on this day in history.   

2011  NASA announces that its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured photographic evidence of possible liquid water on Mars during warm seasons on this day in history.   

2011  On August - 05 svalbard Polar Bear Attack (2011)   

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1301  On this day in history birth of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)   

1397  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on August - 05.   

1461  Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506) was born on this day in history.   

1540  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born on August - 05.   

1604  John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1607  On August - 05 birth of philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer   

1623  On this day in history birth of antonio Cesti, composer   

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America was born on this day in history.   

0882  Death of King Louis III of France (b. 863) on August - 05.   

1063  Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on August - 05.   

1157  Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1364  On this day in history death of emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)   

1572  Death of Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534) on this day in history.   

1579  Death of Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504) on this day in history.   

1610  Death of Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile on August - 05.   

1644  On August - 05 j Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61