Page 7: Historical Events In August - 05

1965  Cook Islands in South Pacific granted internal self-government by New Zealand on August - 05.   

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

1966  On August - 05 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  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 this day in history.   

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 August - 05.   

1978  On this day in history queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79   

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

1982  On August - 05 wanda Rotha, actress (Mrs Fitzherbert), dies at 72   

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 August - 05.   

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

1985  On this day in history theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67   

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

1988  On August - 05 mario Biaggi politician convicted of racketeering   

1989  Ralph Meeker, actor (Kiss Me Deadly, Gentle Giant), dies at 68 on August - 05.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1063  On August - 05 death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

1157  Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies on August - 05.   

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 August - 05.   

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