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Historical Events In August - 05

Thursday, 28 March 2024

1901  On this day in history peter O'Connor of Ireland, sets then long jump record at 24' 11 3/4"  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1901  On August - 05 juan Carlos Paz, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1901  Victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60 on August - 05.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1904  On this day in history kenneth Thimann, botanist  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1905  Norway cuts diplomatic ties with Sweden on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1906  On August - 05 the birth of John Huston, American film director  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1906  On this day in history francis Walder, [Francois Waldburger], Belgian author  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1907  Ernestine "Tiny" Davis, jazz vocalist/trumpeter on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1907  On August - 05 gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer, dies at 66  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1908  On August - 05 harold Holt, PM of Australia (1966-67); supported US in Vietnam  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1909  On this day in history canadian Pacific completes the Kicking Horse grade relocation on the main line between Hector and Field, B.C. by substituting two spiral tunnels and lengthened line on a grade of 2.2% compensated, for the old "Big Hill" straight grade of 4.5%.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1910  On this day in history jacquetta Hawker, English archaeologist/author (A Country)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1910  Wojciech Gawronski, composer, dies at 42 on August - 05.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1911  Robert Taylor, Filley Neb, actor (Death Valley Days) on August - 05.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1912  On this day in history japan's first taxicab service begins in Ginza, Tokyo.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1913  Nelly Aenders, [Petronella Meyer], Dutch actress (Spanish Fly) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1914  First German vessel captured in Australian waters in Port Phillip Bay on August - 05.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1914  On this day in history first traffic light installed in Cleveland Ohio  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1914  US, Nicaragua sign treaty granting canal rights to US on August - 05.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1914  USA declares itself neutral as Germany declares war on the Soviet Union on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1914  On August - 05 1st traffic light installed (Euclid Ave & E 105th St, Cleveland)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1914  Anita Colby, Wash DC, model/actress (Pepsi Cola Playhouse) on August - 05.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1915  On August - 05 german troops over run Warsaw  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1916  On this day in history george Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer, dies at 31  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1917  On August - 05 british troops attack canal of Ypres in Boesinghe Belgium  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1920  On this day in history g V [Sonny] Montgomery, (Rep-D-Mississippi, 1967- )  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1921  On this day in history first radio baseball broadcast  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1921  1st radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8, Phillies-0 (KDKA, Pitts) on August - 05.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1921  On August - 05 nazar Mohammad, cricketer (Mudassar's pop, Pakistan's 1st centurion)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1922  L. Tom Perry, LDS apostle on August - 05.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1923  First American to swim the English Channel (Henry Sullivan) on August - 05.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1923  1st American to swim English Channel (Henry Sullivan) on August - 05.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1923  On August - 05 richard Kleindienst, attorney general (1972)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1924  Comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," first shown on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In August - 05

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1301  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1397  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on August - 05.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1461  Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1540  On this day in history birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1604  John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized was born on August - 05.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on August - 05.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1623  On August - 05 birth of antonio Cesti, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America was born on August - 05.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In August - 05

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0882  Death of King Louis III of France (b. 863) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1063  On August - 05 death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1157  Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1364  On August - 05 death of emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1572  On this day in history death of isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1579  Death of Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1610  Death of Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1644  J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61 on August - 05.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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