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  On this day in history martin Luther King Jr stoned during Chicago march   

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

1968  Luther Perkins American guitarist on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history mariner 7 flies past Mars   

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

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

1973  On this day in history uSSR launches Mars 6   

1974  Joan Jett forms her rock group the Runaways on this day in history.   

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

1977  On this day in history charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 87   

1978  On August - 05 queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79   

1981  On August - 05 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 this day in history.   

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

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 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  Sergei Bubka of USSR sets pole vault record in Malmo Sweden on this day in history.   

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 August - 05.   

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 this day in history abdulrahman Mohamed Babu, politician, dies at 72   

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

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

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

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

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

1604  On this day in history birth of john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized   

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 August - 05.   

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

1063  On this day in history death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

1157  On August - 05 dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies   

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  On this day in history 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