Historical Events In August - 05

1965  On this day in history cook Islands in South Pacific granted internal self-government by New Zealand   

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  On this day in history austin Diamond, cricketer (Australian capt to America 1913), dies   

1968  On this day in history luther Perkins American guitarist   

1969  On August - 05 mariner 7 flies past Mars   

1971  On August - 05 josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74   

1972  On August - 05 frederic Tozere, actor (Mr Phillips-Stanley), dies at 71   

1973  USSR launches Mars 6 on this day in history.   

1974  On August - 05 joan Jett forms her rock group the Runaways   

1976  On this day in history adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88   

1977  Charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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

1983  On August - 05 judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies of cancer at 66   

1984  Howard Culver, actor (Howie-Gunsmoke), dies at 66 on August - 05.   

1985  Flexible-wing glider altitude record set on August - 05.   

1985  Theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

1988  On August - 05 mario Biaggi politician convicted of racketeering   

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

1990  Herman Gooding, Suriname police-inspector, dies on August - 05.   

1991  Sergei Bubka of USSR sets pole vault record in Malmo Sweden on August - 05.   

1991  On August - 05 paul Brown, NFL founder (Cleveland Browns, Cin Bengals), dies at 82   

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

1994  Amy Sacks, producer (ABC sports, Disney), dies of Lupus at 39 on August - 05.   

1995  On this day in history agha Hasan Abedi, banker, dies at 73   

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

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

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  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 August - 05.   

1397  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on this day in history.   

1461  Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506) was born on August - 05.   

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  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on August - 05.   

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  On August - 05 death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

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

1364  Death of Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313) on this day in history.   

1572  On August - 05 death of isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534)   

1579  On this day in history 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 this day in history j Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61