Historical Events In August - 05

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

1965  On this day in history linda McGill becomes first Australian woman to swim the English Channel.   

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

1966  On August - 05 austin Diamond, cricketer (Australian capt to America 1913), dies   

1968  Luther Perkins American guitarist on this day in history.   

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

1971  Josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

1973  USSR launches Mars 6 on this day in history.   

1974  Joan Jett forms her rock group the Runaways on August - 05.   

1976  Adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

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 August - 05 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  Judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies of cancer at 66 on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  Herman Gooding, Suriname police-inspector, dies on this day in history.   

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

1991  On this day in history paul Brown, NFL founder (Cleveland Browns, Cin Bengals), dies at 82   

1992  On this day in history jeff Porcaro, drummer (Toto-Africa), dies of cardiac arrest at 38   

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

1995  Agha Hasan Abedi, banker, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

1997  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

2011  On this day in history 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  On August - 05 birth of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)   

1397  On August - 05 birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)   

1461  On August - 05 birth of alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)   

1540  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born on this day in history.   

1604  On August - 05 birth of john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized   

1607  On this day in history birth of philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer   

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

1624  On this day in history birth of william, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America   

0882  Death of King Louis III of France (b. 863) on this day in history.   

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  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  J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61 on this day in history.