Page 7: Historical Events In August - 05

1965  Cook Islands in South Pacific granted internal self-government by New Zealand on August - 05.   

1965  Linda McGill becomes first Australian woman to swim the English Channel on August - 05.   

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

1966  Austin Diamond, cricketer (Australian capt to America 1913), dies on August - 05.   

1968  On August - 05 luther Perkins American guitarist   

1969  On this day in history mariner 7 flies past Mars   

1971  Josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1972  On August - 05 frederic Tozere, actor (Mr Phillips-Stanley), dies at 71   

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  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 August - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history howard Culver, actor (Howie-Gunsmoke), dies at 66   

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

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

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  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 this day in history jeff Porcaro, drummer (Toto-Africa), dies of cardiac arrest at 38   

1994  On this day in history amy Sacks, producer (ABC sports, Disney), dies of Lupus at 39   

1995  On this day in history agha Hasan Abedi, banker, dies at 73   

1996  Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu, politician, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1997  On August - 05 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 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

1610  On this day in history death of alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile   

1644  On this day in history j Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61