Historical Events In August - 05
Thursday, 26 May 2022
1965 Cook Islands in South Pacific granted internal self-government by New Zealand on August - 05.
1965 On August - 05 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 this day in history austin Diamond, cricketer (Australian capt to America 1913), dies
1968 Luther Perkins American guitarist on August - 05.
1969 Mariner 7 flies past Mars on August - 05.
1971 On August - 05 josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74
1972 Frederic Tozere, actor (Mr Phillips-Stanley), dies at 71 on August - 05.
1973 USSR launches Mars 6 on August - 05.
1974 Joan Jett forms her rock group the Runaways on this day in history.
1976 Adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88 on August - 05.
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 Pres Regan fires 11,500 air traffic controllers on strike on this day in history.
1982 Wanda Rotha, actress (Mrs Fitzherbert), dies at 72 on August - 05.
1983 Judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies of cancer at 66 on August - 05.
1984 Howard Culver, actor (Howie-Gunsmoke), dies at 66 on August - 05.
1985 Flexible-wing glider altitude record set on August - 05.
1985 On August - 05 theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67
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 August - 05 ralph Meeker, actor (Kiss Me Deadly, Gentle Giant), dies at 68
1990 Herman Gooding, Suriname police-inspector, dies on this day in history.
1991 Sergei Bubka of USSR sets pole vault record in Malmo Sweden on August - 05.
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 this day in history.
1994 Amy Sacks, producer (ABC sports, Disney), dies of Lupus at 39 on August - 05.
1995 On this day in history agha Hasan Abedi, banker, dies at 73
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 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 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 Svalbard Polar Bear Attack (2011) on this day in history.
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