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Events on the 5th of August in history

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05 Aug 2025 Guangwu claims the throne as emperor after a period of political turmoil, restoring the Han Dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin Dynasty.
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05 Aug 0135 Betar last outpost of Bar Kochba falls to Rome
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05 Aug 0642 Battle of Maserfield: Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Northumbria.
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05 Aug 0910 The last major Danish army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward the Elder and Earl Aethelred of Mercia.
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05 Aug 0939 The Battle of Alhandic is fought between Ramiro II of León and Abd-ar-Rahman III at Zamora in the context of the Spanish Reconquista. The battle resulted in a victory for the Emirate of Cordoba.
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05 Aug 1068 Byzantine–Norman wars: Italo-Normans begin a nearly-three-year siege of Bari.
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05 Aug 1071 Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captured / Islam advances through Europe
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05 Aug 1100 Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.
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05 Aug 1264 Anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt Germany
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05 Aug 1278 The Siege of Algeciras ends in the context of the Spanish Reconquista pitting the forces of the Kingdom of Castile against the Emirate of Granada. The battle resulted in a Granadan victory.
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05 Aug 1305 William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London where he is put on trial and executed.
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05 Aug 1388 The Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England, is fought near Otterburn.
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05 Aug 1391 Jews are massacred in Toledo and Barcelona Spain
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05 Aug 1399 Battle at Worskla: Tataren beat Russians and Litouwers
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05 Aug 1543 French and Turkish troops occupy Nice
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05 Aug 1583 Gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America)
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05 Aug 1583 Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
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05 Aug 1587 Spanish troops conquer Lock
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05 Aug 1600 The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland (later to become King James I of England) takes place.
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05 Aug 1620 The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England on its first attempt to reach North America.
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05 Aug 1654 French troops occupy Stenay
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05 Aug 1666 English fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter
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05 Aug 1667 State of Holland obtain Eternal Edict
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05 Aug 1689 One thousand five hundred Iroquois attack the village of Lachine in New France.
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05 Aug 1716 Battle at Peterwardein: Eugenius van Savoye beats Turks
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05 Aug 1716 The Battle of Petrovaradin takes place.
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05 Aug 1735 Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he had published was true.
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05 Aug 1763 Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run: British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.
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05 Aug 1772 1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia and Russia
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05 Aug 1772 The First Partition of Poland begins.
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05 Aug 1775 1st Spanish ship, San Carlos, enters SF Bay
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05 Aug 1781 Battle at Doggers Bank: Dutch fleet vs. English fleet
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05 Aug 1781 The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
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05 Aug 1824 Greek War of Independence: Constantine Kanaris leads a Greek fleet to victory against Ottoman and Egyptian ships in the Battle of Samos.
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05 Aug 1846 Oregon country divided between US and Britain at 49th parallel
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05 Aug 1858 Cyrus W Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable
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05 Aug 1858 Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It will operate for less than a month.
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05 Aug 1860 Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
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05 Aug 1861 Enlistment increases from 3 months to 2 years
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05 Aug 1861 Naval Engagement at Fernandina, FL-USS Vincennes ends rebel blockade
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05 Aug 1861 US Army abolishes flogging
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05 Aug 1861 US levies its 1st Income Tax (3% of incomes over $800)
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05 Aug 1861 American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US $800; rescinded in 1872).
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05 Aug 1861 The United States Army abolishes flogging.
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05 Aug 1862 Battle of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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05 Aug 1862 American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge: Along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats.
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05 Aug 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay Al-Farragut is given rank of vice-admiral
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05 Aug 1864 Spectrum of a comet observed for 1st time, by Giovanni Donati
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05 Aug 1864 American Civil War: The Battle of Mobile Bay begins at Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports.
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05 Aug 1874 Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
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05 Aug 1882 The Standard Oil of New Jersey is established.
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05 Aug 1884 The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
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05 Aug 1888 Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
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05 Aug 1890 British and French accord to divide African colonization
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05 Aug 1891 1st travelers checks issued (American Express)
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05 Aug 1901 Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24 ft 11.75 in (7.6137 m). The record will stand for 20 years.
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05 Aug 1906 Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
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05 Aug 1914 1st traffic light installed (Euclid Ave & E 105th St, Cleveland)
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05 Aug 1914 Cuba, Uruguay, Mexico and Argentina proclaim neutrality in WWI
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05 Aug 1914 Dutch Cort Van de Linden government issues silver bonds as money
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05 Aug 1914 Massive German assault on forts around Luik
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05 Aug 1914 Montenegro declares war against Austria-Hungary in World War I
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05 Aug 1914 US beats Australia, 3-2, to win Davis Cup
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05 Aug 1914 US, Nicaragua sign treaty granting canal rights to US
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05 Aug 1914 Westerschelde leaves due to German invasion in Belgium
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05 Aug 1914 World War I: The German minelayer SS Königin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64 km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMS Amphion.
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05 Aug 1914 World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SS Pfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
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05 Aug 1914 In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
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05 Aug 1915 German troops over run Warsaw
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05 Aug 1915 Warsaw, evacuated by the Russians, is occupied by Germans
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05 Aug 1916 World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
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05 Aug 1917 British troops attack canal of Ypres in Boesinghe Belgium
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05 Aug 1921 1st radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8, Phillies-0 (KDKA, Pittsburgh)
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05 Aug 1921 Treaty of Berlin: US and Germany sign separate peace treaty
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05 Aug 1923 1st American to swim English Channel (Henry Sullivan)
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05 Aug 1924 Comic strip "Little Orphan Annie, " by Harold Gray, debuts
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05 Aug 1925 Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out.
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05 Aug 1926 1st talkie movie "Don Juan" at Warner Theatre, New York
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05 Aug 1926 French and German trade agreement signed
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05 Aug 1926 Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
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05 Aug 1927 Phillies Cy Williams hits for cycle in just 4 at bats
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05 Aug 1931 Detroit Tiger Tommy Bridges perfect game is broken up with 2 outs in 9th
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05 Aug 1936 At Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his 3rd Olympic medal
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05 Aug 1938 33rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Philadelphia (3-2)
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05 Aug 1940 "Acquaintance" blows-up Zandvoortse synagouge
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05 Aug 1940 World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
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05 Aug 1941 World War II: The Battle of Smolensk concludes with Germany capturing about 300,000 Soviet Red Army prisoners.
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05 Aug 1942 British government cancels agreement of Munich
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05 Aug 1942 German troops cross Kuban River
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05 Aug 1943 Soviet forces reconquer Orel and Bjelgorod
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05 Aug 1944 US 79th / 90th division occupy Laval / Mayenne
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05 Aug 1944 US troops occupy Vannes Bretagne
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05 Aug 1944 World War II: Possibly the biggest prison breakout in history occurs as 545 Japanese POWs attempt to escape outside the town of Cowra, New South Wales, Australia.
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05 Aug 1944 World War II: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.
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05 Aug 1944 World War II: The Nazis begin a week-long massacre of anywhere between 40,000 and 100,000 civilians and prisoners of war in Wola, Poland.
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05 Aug 1945 Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima (August 6th in Japan)
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05 Aug 1947 Netherlands ceases political action in Indonesia, due to UN pressure
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05 Aug 1948 Cleveland Indians set club record for most double plays in a game (6)
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05 Aug 1949 6.75 Earthquake hits Quito; about 6000 die
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05 Aug 1949 In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
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05 Aug 1949 The Mann Gulch fire kills 13 firefighters in Montana.
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05 Aug 1950 Ezzard Charles KOs Freddie Beshore to retain HW boxing title
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05 Aug 1950 Florence Chadwick swims English Canal (13:23)
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05 Aug 1951 Armed uprising in Ambonezen Camp Middelburg
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05 Aug 1953 Operation "Big Switch" Korean War prisoner exchanged at Panmunjom
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05 Aug 1954 Patty Berg wins LPGA World Golf Championshio
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05 Aug 1955 After playing 274 straight games at 2nd base, Nellie Fox is given a day off he comes back next 798 consecutive games
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05 Aug 1956 KUAM TV channel 8 in Agana, GU (CBS / ABC / NBC) begins broadcasting
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05 Aug 1956 Louise Suggs wins LPGA All American Golf Open
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05 Aug 1956 WCYB TV channel 5 in Bristol-Kingsport, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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05 Aug 1957 "American Bandstand, " begins network TV (ABC)
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05 Aug 1957 Brooklyn Sports Authority gets an engineering report on 50,000-seat stadium in downtown area for estimated $207 million
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05 Aug 1957 Comic strip "Andy Capp" made its debut
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05 Aug 1957 WJZ-TV in Baltimore Maryland begins radio transmissions
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05 Aug 1957 American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.
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05 Aug 1958 Atomic sub USS Nautilus completes 1st trip under North Pole
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05 Aug 1958 Philip Kapleau, Zen teacher, 1st awakening under Yasutani Roshi
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05 Aug 1958 Herbert Hoover eclipses John Adams as having the longest retirement of any former U.S President until that time. Hoover would live another six years, his record 31 years 7 months 16 days retirement has since been eclipsed by Jimmy Carter.
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05 Aug 1959 42.4 cm rainfall in Decatur Co, Iowa (state record)
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05 Aug 1959 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 55-26 in Toronto
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05 Aug 1960 Burkina (formerly Upper Volta) declares independence from France
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05 Aug 1960 Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.
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05 Aug 1961 Chicago Bears (NFL) beat Mont Alouettes (CFL) 34-16 in Montreal
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05 Aug 1962 1st quasar located by radio
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05 Aug 1962 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open
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05 Aug 1962 Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement and illeagally leaving South Africa
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05 Aug 1962 UN command forbids flights to Katangese airports
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05 Aug 1962 Apartheid in South Africa: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
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05 Aug 1963 Britain, US and the USSR sign nuclear test ban treaty
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05 Aug 1963 Craig Breedlove sets world auto speed record at 407.45 mph
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05 Aug 1963 US, USSR and Great Britain agree to discuss banning nuclear testing
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05 Aug 1963 The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty.
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05 Aug 1964 Actress Anne Bancroft and comedian Mel Brooks wed
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05 Aug 1964 Beatles record "Leave My Kitten Alone"
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05 Aug 1964 Congo rebellion: Christopher Gbenye / Pierre Mulele conquer Stanleyville
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05 Aug 1964 Ford Frick says he will not run for another term as commissioner
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05 Aug 1964 US begins bombing North Vietnam
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05 Aug 1964 Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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05 Aug 1965 Dave Marr wins PGA title
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05 Aug 1965 The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 begins as Pakistani soldiers cross the Line of Control dressed as locals.
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05 Aug 1966 33rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 38, All-Stars 0 (72,000)
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05 Aug 1966 Beatle John Lennon says Beatles are more popular than Jesus
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05 Aug 1966 Beatles release "Revolver" album in US
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05 Aug 1966 Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" and"Eleanor Rigby" in the UK
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05 Aug 1966 Jose Torres beats Eddie Cotton to retain light-HW boxing title
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05 Aug 1966 Martin Luther King Jr stoned during Chicago march
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05 Aug 1967 1st time an AFL team beats an NFL team, Broncos beats Detroit 13-7
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05 Aug 1967 Bobby Gentry releases her only hit "Ode to Billy Joe"
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05 Aug 1967 Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) and Radio London close down
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05 Aug 1968 WMCV (now WZTV) TV channel 17 in Nashville, TN (IND) 1st broadcast
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05 Aug 1969 Mariner 7 flies past Mars
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05 Aug 1969 Pirate Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium
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05 Aug 1969 Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers).
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05 Aug 1970 US Black Panther leader Huey Newton let out of jail
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05 Aug 1971 WNPE TV channel 16 in Watertown, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting
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05 Aug 1971 The first Pacific Islands Forum (then known as the "South Pacific Forum") is held in Wellington, New Zealand, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean.
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05 Aug 1972 Detroit shortstop Ed Brinkman errors ends record streak of 72 games and 331 total chances without a miscue
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05 Aug 1972 Moody Blues release "Nights in White Satin"
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05 Aug 1972 Uganda President Idi Amin throws out all 80,000 Asians
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05 Aug 1973 Arab terrorists open fire at Athens airport, kills 3 injures 55
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05 Aug 1973 Atlanta Braves Phil Niekro no-hits SD Padres, 9-0
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05 Aug 1973 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Pabst Ladies Golf Classic
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05 Aug 1973 USSR launches Mars 6
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05 Aug 1974 Joan Jett forms her rock group Runaways
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05 Aug 1974 President Nixon admits he withheld information about Watergate break-in
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05 Aug 1974 Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress places a $1 billion limit on military aid to South Vietnam.
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05 Aug 1975 Phillies 1st 8 batters get hits for a record, beat Cubs 13-5
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05 Aug 1975 Stevie Wonder signs $13M contract with Motown
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05 Aug 1978 New Orlean Saints beat Phil Eagles 14-7 in Mexico City (NFL expo)
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05 Aug 1979 "But Never Jam Today" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 7 performances
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05 Aug 1979 Government of Mauretania signs peace treaty with Polisario
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05 Aug 1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate European Golf Open
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05 Aug 1979 Phillies Pete Rose collects NL record 2,427th career single
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05 Aug 1979 Varetta Shankle (Miss), crowned 12th Miss Black America
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05 Aug 1979 Willie Mays, Warren Giles, and Hack Wilson inducted in Hall of Fame
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05 Aug 1979 In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake an attempted military uprising.
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05 Aug 1980 Expos Dick Williams wins his 1,000th career game as a manager
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05 Aug 1980 New York Met Doug Flynn ties record of 3 triples in a game
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05 Aug 1981 Federal government began firing striking air traffic controllers
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05 Aug 1981 President Reagan fires 11,500 air traffic controllers who struck 2 days ago
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05 Aug 1981 President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
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05 Aug 1982 Stephabue Hix, of Alabama, 18, crowned Miss National Teen-Ager
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05 Aug 1984 Alice Miller wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic
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05 Aug 1984 Joan Benoit (US) wins 1st Olympic marathon for women (2:24:52)
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05 Aug 1984 Lou Pinella Day at Yankee Stadium
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05 Aug 1985 Baseball players go on strike for 2 days
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05 Aug 1985 Establishment of a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is announced
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05 Aug 1986 Steve Carlton is 2nd to pitch 4,000 strikeout
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05 Aug 1986 US Senate votes for SDI-project (Star Wars)
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05 Aug 1988 Mario Biaggi (Rep-D-NY) convicted of racketeering resigns seat
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05 Aug 1989 General elections are held in Nicaragua with the Sandinista National Liberation Front winning a majority.
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05 Aug 1990 Barb Mucha wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
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05 Aug 1990 Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan inducted into hall of fame
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05 Aug 1992 4 cops in Rodney King beating case indicted on civil rights charge
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05 Aug 1994 Antonov-12 crash down at Boda, East-Siberia, 47 killed
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05 Aug 1994 Rocker Billy Idol admitted to the hospital after drug overdose
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05 Aug 1995 Yugoslav Wars: The city of Knin, Croatia, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day.
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05 Aug 1996 Dallas Cowboys play Kansas City Chiefs in Monterrey Mexico
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05 Aug 1997 Korean Air 747 with 331 aboard crashes in Guam, 29 survive
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05 Aug 1997 Ramzi Yousef, mastermind of world trade center bombing goes on trial
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05 Aug 1997 Soyuz TM-26 crew of Anatoly Solovyov and Pavel Vinogradov, launched
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05 Aug 2010 The Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300 ft (700 m) below the ground.
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05 Aug 2010 Ten members of International Assistance Mission Nuristan Eye Camp team are killed by persons unknown in Kuran wa Munjan District of Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan.
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