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 August - 05.   

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  On this day in history luther Perkins American guitarist   

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

1971  On this day in history josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74   

1972  Frederic Tozere, actor (Mr Phillips-Stanley), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1973  On August - 05 uSSR launches Mars 6   

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

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

1977  On August - 05 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 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  On this day in history howard Culver, actor (Howie-Gunsmoke), dies at 66   

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

1985  On August - 05 theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67   

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

1988  Mario Biaggi politician convicted of racketeering on August - 05.   

1989  On August - 05 ralph Meeker, actor (Kiss Me Deadly, Gentle Giant), dies at 68   

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

1991  On this day in history sergei Bubka of USSR sets pole vault record in Malmo Sweden   

1991  Paul Brown, NFL founder (Cleveland Browns, Cin Bengals), dies at 82 on August - 05.   

1992  On August - 05 jeff Porcaro, drummer (Toto-Africa), dies of cardiac arrest at 38   

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

2011  Juno, the first solar-powered spacecraft on a mission to Jupiter, is launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on this day in history.   

2011  On this day in history nASA announces that its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured photographic evidence of possible liquid water on Mars during warm seasons.   

2011  On this day in history svalbard Polar Bear Attack (2011)   

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1301  On August - 05 birth of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)   

1397  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on August - 05.   

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

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

1604  On August - 05 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  Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on August - 05.   

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  On August - 05 death of stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)   

1610  Death of Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile on this day in history.   

1644  J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61 on August - 05.