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  On August - 05 martin Luther King Jr stoned during Chicago march   

1966  On August - 05 austin Diamond, cricketer (Australian capt to America 1913), dies   

1968  On August - 05 luther Perkins American guitarist   

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

1971  On this day in history josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74   

1972  On this day in history frederic Tozere, actor (Mr Phillips-Stanley), dies at 71   

1973  On this day in history uSSR launches Mars 6   

1974  On August - 05 joan Jett forms her rock group the Runaways   

1976  Adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1977  Charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 87 on August - 05.   

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  On this day in history judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies of cancer at 66   

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

1988  Mario Biaggi politician convicted of racketeering on August - 05.   

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 August - 05.   

1991  On this day in history 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 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  On August - 05 abdulrahman Mohamed Babu, politician, dies at 72   

1997  On August - 05 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  On this day in history juno, the first solar-powered spacecraft on a mission to Jupiter, is launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.   

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  Svalbard Polar Bear Attack (2011) on August - 05.   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1063  On August - 05 death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

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

1364  On this day in history death of emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)   

1572  Death of Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534) on August - 05.   

1579  Death of Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504) on August - 05.   

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 August - 05.