Page 7: Historical Events In August - 05

1965  On this day in history cook Islands in South Pacific granted internal self-government by New Zealand   

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 August - 05.   

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  Josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1972  Frederic Tozere, actor (Mr Phillips-Stanley), dies at 71 on August - 05.   

1973  On August - 05 uSSR launches Mars 6   

1974  Joan Jett forms her rock group the Runaways on August - 05.   

1976  On this day in history adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88   

1977  On this day in history charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 87   

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 this day in history.   

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

1987  Zygmunt Mycielsky, composer, dies at 79 on August - 05.   

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  On this day in history herman Gooding, Suriname police-inspector, dies   

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

1991  On August - 05 paul Brown, NFL founder (Cleveland Browns, Cin Bengals), dies at 82   

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 August - 05.   

1995  On August - 05 agha Hasan Abedi, banker, dies at 73   

1996  On August - 05 abdulrahman Mohamed Babu, politician, dies at 72   

1997  Don Steele, LA radio personality (KRTH), dies of cancer at 61 on this day in history.   

2000  On this day in history 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  NASA announces that its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured photographic evidence of possible liquid water on Mars during warm seasons on August - 05.   

2011  On August - 05 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  On this day in history birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)   

1461  On this day in history birth of alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)   

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  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on this day in history.   

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on this day in history.   

1624  On this day in history birth of william, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America   

0882  On August - 05 death of king Louis III of France (b. 863)   

1063  On this day in history death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

1157  On this day in history dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies   

1364  On August - 05 death of emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)   

1572  Death of Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534) on this day in history.   

1579  On this day in history 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 August - 05.   

1644  J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61 on this day in history.