Page 7: Historical Events In August - 05

1965  On August - 05 cook Islands in South Pacific granted internal self-government by New Zealand   

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

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

1966  On this day in history austin Diamond, cricketer (Australian capt to America 1913), dies   

1968  Luther Perkins American guitarist on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history joan Jett forms her rock group the Runaways   

1976  On August - 05 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  Queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1981  On August - 05 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 August - 05.   

1984  Howard Culver, actor (Howie-Gunsmoke), dies at 66 on August - 05.   

1985  On August - 05 flexible-wing glider altitude record set   

1985  Theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67 on August - 05.   

1987  On this day in history zygmunt Mycielsky, composer, dies at 79   

1988  On this day in history mario Biaggi politician convicted of racketeering   

1989  Ralph Meeker, actor (Kiss Me Deadly, Gentle Giant), dies at 68 on August - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1992  On this day in history 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 this day in history agha Hasan Abedi, banker, dies at 73   

1996  Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu, politician, dies at 72 on August - 05.   

1997  Don Steele, LA radio personality (KRTH), dies of cancer at 61 on August - 05.   

2000  Sir Alec Guinness, revered as one of Britain's most versatile actors, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

2011  Juno, the first solar-powered spacecraft on a mission to Jupiter, is launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August - 05.   

2011  On August - 05 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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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 this day in history.   

1540  On this day in history 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 August - 05.   

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on August - 05.   

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America was born on this day in history.   

0882  Death of King Louis III of France (b. 863) on August - 05.   

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

1157  On August - 05 dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies   

1364  Death of Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313) on August - 05.   

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

1579  On this day in history death of stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)   

1610  On this day in history 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.