Today in History - History - August 5th

1962Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement & illeagally leaving S Africa

1950Ezzard Charles KOs Freddie Beshore to retain HW boxing title

19924 cops in Rodney King beating case indicted on civil rights charge

1305William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution.

1435Battle at Ponza: king Alfonso V of Aragon captured by Genuezen

1979Willie Mays, Warren Giles, & Hack Wilson inducted in Hall of Fame

1975Stevie Wonder signs $13M contract with Motown

1926Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1½ hrs before escaping

1812War of 1812: Tecumseh's Native American force ambushes Thomas Van Horne's 200 Americans at Brownstone Creek, causing them to flee and retreat.

1979Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate European Golf Open

1930Neil Armstrong, Wapakoneta Ohio, X-15 pilot, 1st Moonwalker (Gemini 8, Apollo 11), (d. 2012)

1956Maureen McCormick, Encino California, actress (Marcia-Brady Bunch)

1704William Allen, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Mayor of Philadelphia

1937Herb Brooks, Saint Paul Minnesota, American ice hockey coach (Olympic Gold Medal 1980)

1962Patrick Ewing, Kingston Jamaica, NBA center (NY Knicks/Olympic-gold-92)

1964MCA [Adam Yauch], Brooklyn New York, rock vocalist (Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight), (d. 2012)

1964Film director Mel Brooks (38) weds actress Anne Bancroft (32) at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau

1764Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II (17) weds queen Maria Luisa of Spain (18) in Innsbruck, Austria

1885Author Arthur Conan Doyle (26) weds Louisa Hawkins

1971Five-time Grammy Award singer Donna Summer (22) weds actor Helmuth Sommer

1991Paul Brown, NFL founder (Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals), dies at 82

1962Marilyn Monroe, found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug overdose at 36

2000Sir Alec Guinness, British actor (b. 1914)

1960Arthur Meighen, 9th Prime Minister of Canada, dies at 86