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  On this day in history martin Luther King Jr stoned during Chicago march   

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

1968  Luther Perkins American guitarist on this day in history.   

1969  Mariner 7 flies past Mars on this day in history.   

1971  On August - 05 josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74   

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

1973  USSR launches Mars 6 on this day in history.   

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  Queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79 on August - 05.   

1981  On August - 05 pres Regan fires 11,500 air traffic controllers on strike   

1982  Wanda Rotha, actress (Mrs Fitzherbert), dies at 72 on August - 05.   

1983  Judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies of cancer at 66 on this day in history.   

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

1985  On this day in history flexible-wing glider altitude record set   

1985  On this day in history theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67   

1987  On August - 05 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 this day in history.   

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  Paul Brown, NFL founder (Cleveland Browns, Cin Bengals), dies at 82 on August - 05.   

1992  On this day in history jeff Porcaro, drummer (Toto-Africa), dies of cardiac arrest at 38   

1994  On August - 05 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 August - 05.   

1997  On this day in history don Steele, LA radio personality (KRTH), dies of cancer at 61   

2000  On August - 05 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 August - 05.   

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  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 05.   

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

1623  On August - 05 birth of antonio Cesti, composer   

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  On August - 05 death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

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

1364  Death of Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313) on this day in history.   

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

1579  On August - 05 death of stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)   

1610  On August - 05 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