Page 7: Historical Events In August - 05

1965  On August - 05 cook Islands in South Pacific granted internal self-government by New Zealand   

1965  On August - 05 linda McGill becomes first Australian woman to swim the English Channel.   

1966  Martin Luther King Jr stoned during Chicago march on August - 05.   

1966  Austin Diamond, cricketer (Australian capt to America 1913), dies on August - 05.   

1968  Luther Perkins American guitarist on August - 05.   

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

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

1972  Frederic Tozere, actor (Mr Phillips-Stanley), dies at 71 on August - 05.   

1973  USSR launches Mars 6 on this day in history.   

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

1976  On August - 05 adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88   

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 this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history pres Regan fires 11,500 air traffic controllers on strike   

1982  Wanda Rotha, actress (Mrs Fitzherbert), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies of cancer at 66   

1984  On August - 05 howard Culver, actor (Howie-Gunsmoke), dies at 66   

1985  On this day in history flexible-wing glider altitude record set   

1985  Theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67 on August - 05.   

1987  Zygmunt Mycielsky, composer, dies at 79 on August - 05.   

1988  Mario Biaggi politician convicted of racketeering on August - 05.   

1989  Ralph Meeker, actor (Kiss Me Deadly, Gentle Giant), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

1991  On this day in history 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  On this day in history jeff Porcaro, drummer (Toto-Africa), dies of cardiac arrest at 38   

1994  Amy Sacks, producer (ABC sports, Disney), dies of Lupus at 39 on this day in history.   

1995  Agha Hasan Abedi, banker, dies at 73 on August - 05.   

1996  On August - 05 abdulrahman Mohamed Babu, politician, dies at 72   

1997  On August - 05 don Steele, LA radio personality (KRTH), dies of cancer at 61   

2000  On this day in history sir Alec Guinness, revered as one of Britain's most versatile actors, dies at 86.   

2011  Juno, the first solar-powered spacecraft on a mission to Jupiter, is launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August - 05.   

2011  On August - 05 nASA announces that its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured photographic evidence of possible liquid water on Mars during warm seasons.   

2011  Svalbard Polar Bear Attack (2011) on this day in history.   

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1301  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) was born on this day in history.   

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

1461  On this day in history birth of alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)   

1540  On August - 05 birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating   

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

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on this day in history.   

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on August - 05.   

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America was born on August - 05.   

0882  On August - 05 death of king Louis III of France (b. 863)   

1063  Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on this day in history.   

1157  On this day in history dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies   

1364  Death of Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313) on August - 05.   

1572  On this day in history death of isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534)   

1579  On August - 05 death of stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)   

1610  On August - 05 death of alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile   

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