Page 7: Historical Events In August - 05

1965  Cook Islands in South Pacific granted internal self-government by New Zealand on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history linda McGill becomes first Australian woman to swim the English Channel.   

1966  Martin Luther King Jr stoned during Chicago march on August - 05.   

1966  Austin Diamond, cricketer (Australian capt to America 1913), dies on this day in history.   

1968  On August - 05 luther Perkins American guitarist   

1969  Mariner 7 flies past Mars on August - 05.   

1971  Josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74 on August - 05.   

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

1973  USSR launches Mars 6 on August - 05.   

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  Charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1985  Flexible-wing glider altitude record set on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1991  On August - 05 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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history sir Alec Guinness, revered as one of Britain's most versatile actors, dies at 86.   

2011  On August - 05 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  On this day in history svalbard Polar Bear Attack (2011)   

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1301  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) was born on August - 05.   

1397  On August - 05 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  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born on this day in history.   

1604  John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1607  On this day in history birth of philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer   

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  Death of King Louis III of France (b. 863) on this day in history.   

1063  Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on August - 05.   

1157  Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies on August - 05.   

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

1572  On this day in history death of isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534)   

1579  Death of Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504) on this day in history.   

1610  On August - 05 death of alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile   

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