Notable Historical Events on August 5th
August 5th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
135 |
Betar last outpost of Bar Kochba falls to Rome |
642 |
Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. |
910 |
The last major Viking army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward and Earl Aethelred. |
1071 |
Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captured/Islam advances through Europe |
1100 |
Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey |
1264 |
Anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt Germany |
1305 |
William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution. |
1388 |
Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England. |
1391 |
Castilian sailors fire attack Jewish ghetto of Barcelona, 100's killed |
1399 |
Battle at Worskla: Tataren beat Russians & Litouwers |
1420 |
Duke John VI of Bavaria visits "Christ's bride"/virgin Liduina |
1435 |
Battle at Ponza: king Alfonso V of Aragon captured by Genuezen |
1543 |
French & Turkish troops occupy Nice |
1583 |
Humphrey Gilbert claims Newfoundland for the British crown - first English colony in North America and the beginning of the British Empire |
1587 |
Spanish troops conquer Lock |
1654 |
French troops occupy Stenay |
1666 |
English fleet beats Dutch under Michiel de Ruyter |
1667 |
State of Holland obtain Eternal Edict |
1689 |
1,500 Iroquois attack the village of Lachine, in New France. |
1716 |
Battle of Petrovaradin/Peterwardein: Habsburgs under Eugene of Savoy defeat the Turks in a decisive victory |
1745 |
Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots |
1763 |
Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run - British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run. |
1772 |
1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia & Russia |
1775 |
1st Spanish ship, San Carlos, enters SF Bay |
1781 |
Battle at Dogger Bank: Dutch fleet vs English fleet |
1812 |
War of 1812: Tecumseh's Native American force ambushes Thomas Van Horne's 200 Americans at Brownstone Creek, causing them to flee and retreat. |
1837 |
1st ascent of Mt Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, NY |
1846 |
Oregon territory divided between US & Britain at 49th parallel |
1858 |
Cyrus W Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable |
1860 |
Carl IV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim. |
1861 |
Enlistment increases from 3 months to 2 years |
1861 |
Naval Engagement at Fernandina, FL-USS Vincennes ends rebel blockade |
1861 |
US Army abolishes flogging |
1861 |
US levies its 1st Income Tax (3% of incomes over $800) |
1862 |
Battle of Baton Rouge, LA |
1864 |
US Civil War Battle of Mobile Bay won by the Union led by Rear Admiral Farragut with the cry "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" |
1864 |
Spectrum of a comet observed for 1st time, by Giovanni Donati |
1874 |
Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in England. |
1877 |
Henry Morton Stanley's letter in order to aid reaches Boma at Congo |
1882 |
Martial law is imposed in Japan. |
1882 |
Standard Oil of New Jersey is established. |
1884 |
Cornerstone for Statue of Liberty laid on Bedloe's Island (NYC) |
1890 |
British & French accord to divide African colonization |
1891 |
1st travelers checks issued (American Express) |
1900 |
In Russia, anti-Jewish riots spread from Odessa into other parts of the country |
1901 |
Peter O'Connor of Ireland, sets then long jump record at 24' 11 3/4" |
1905 |
First meeting of the Russian and Japanese peace commissioners takes place in US President Roosevelt's home at Oyster Bay, New York |
1912 |
Japan's first taxicab service begins in Ginza, Tokyo. |
1914 |
1st traffic light installed in USA (Euclid Ave & E 105th St, Cleveland) |
1914 |
Cuba, Uruguay, Mexico & Argentina proclaim neutrality in WW I |
1914 |
Dutch Cort Van de Linden government issues silver bonds as money |
1914 |
Massive German assault on forts around Liège |
1914 |
Montenegro declares war against Austria-Hungary in World War I |
1914 |
US and Nicaragua sign treaty granting canal rights to US |
1914 |
Westerschelde leaves due to German invasion in Belgium |
1915 |
The Latin-American Conference Convenes in Washington, with representatives from leading South American nations joining the US to discuss conditions in Mexico |
1915 |
Warsaw, evacuated by the Russians, is occupied by Germans |
1917 |
British troops attack canal of Ypres in Boesinghe Belgium |
1921 |
1st radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8, Phillies-0 (KDKA, Pitts) |
1921 |
Treaty of Berlin: US & Germany sign separate peace treaty |
1923 |
1st American to swim English Channel (Henry Sullivan) |
1924 |
Comic strip "Little Orphan Annie" by Harold Gray debuts |
1925 |
Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language, which is in danger of dying out. |
1926 |
1st talkie movie "Don Juan" at Warner Theatre, NY |
1926 |
French & German trade agreement signed |
1926 |
Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1½ hrs before escaping |
1927 |
Phillies Cy Williams hits for cycle in just 4 at bats |
1931 |
Det Tiger Tommy Bridges perfect game is broken up with 2 outs in 9th |
1932 |
Clyde Barrow and two associates kill Sheriff C.G. Maxwell and his deputy, Eugene C. Moore, the first time the Barrow gang killed a lawman |
1936 |
At Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his 3rd Olympic medal |
1937 |
Ranger (US) beats Endeavour II (England) in 17th America's Cup |
1938 |
33rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Philadelphia (3-2) |
1940 |
"Acquaintance" blows-up Zandvoortse synagouge |
1940 |
St Louis Brown John Whitehead no-hits Detroit Tigers, 4-0 in 6 innings |
1942 |
British government cancels agreement of Munich |
1942 |
German troops cross Kuban River |
1943 |
Sicily: 3 US A-36's bomb British headquarter |
1943 |
Soviet forces reconquer Orel & Bjelgorod |
1943 |
World War II: at around 11 A.M during the Battle of Troina, Mount Etna erupts sending ash and lava miles into the sky. |
1944 |
US 79th/90th division occupy Laval/Mayenne |
1944 |
US troops occupy Vannes, Brittany |
1945 |
Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima (Aug 6th in Japan) |
1947 |
Netherlands ceases political action in Indonesia, due to UN pressure |
1948 |
Cleveland Indians set club record for most double plays in a game (6) |
1949 |
6.75 Earthquake hits Quito; about 6,000 die |
1950 |
Ezzard Charles KOs Freddie Beshore to retain HW boxing title |
1951 |
Armed uprising in Ambonezen Camp Middelburg |
1953 |
Operation "Big Switch"; Korean War prisoner exchanged at Panmunjom |
1954 |
Boxing Hall of Fame's 1st election selects 24 modern & 15 pioneers |
1954 |
Patty Berg wins LPGA World Golf Championshio |
1955 |
After playing 274 straight games at 2nd base, Nellie Fox is given a day off he comes back next 798 consecutive games |
1956 |
KUAM TV channel 8 in Agana, GU (CBS/ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting |
1956 |
Louise Suggs wins LPGA All American Golf Open |
1956 |
WCYB TV channel 5 in Bristol-Kingsport, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting |
1957 |
"American Bandstand" premiers on network TV (ABC) |
1957 |
Comic strip "Andy Capp" made its debut |
1957 |
WJZ-TV in Baltimore MD begins radio transmissions |
1957 |
Bkln Sports Authority gets an engineering report on 50,000-seat stadium in downtown area for estimated $207 million |
1958 |
Philip Kapleau, Zen teacher, 1st awakening under Yasutani Roshi |
1959 |
42.4 cm rainfall in Decatur Co, Iowa (state record) |
1959 |
Chicago Cardinals (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 55-26 in Toronto |
1960 |
Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) declares independence from France |
1960 |
Detroit trades manager Jimmy Dykes for Cleve's Joe Gordon |
1961 |
118°F (48°C), Ice Harbor Dam, Washington (state record) |
1961 |
Chic Bears (NFL) beat Mont Alouettes (CFL) 34-16 in Montreal |
1962 |
1st quasar located by radio |
1962 |
Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open |
1962 |
Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement & illeagally leaving S Africa |
1962 |
UN command forbids flights to Katangese airports |
1963 |
Britain, USA & USSR sign nuclear test ban treaty |
1963 |
Craig Breedlove sets world auto speed record at 407.45 MPH |
1964 |
Beatles record "Leave My Kitten Alone" |
1964 |
Congo rebellion: Christopher Gbenye/Pierre Mulele conquer Stanleyville |
1964 |
Ford Frick says he will not run for another term as commissioner |
1964 |
US begins bombing North Vietnam |
1965 |
Jeff Coffin, Massachusetts, musician (Bela Fleck & the Flecktones) |
1965 |
Dave Marr wins PGA title |
1966 |
33rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 38, All-Stars 0 (72,000) |
1966 |
Jose Torres beats Eddie Cotton to retain light-HW boxing title |
1966 |
Martin Luther King Jr. stoned during Chicago march |
1966 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1966 |
Beatles release "Revolver" album in US |
1966 |
Beatles release single "Yellow Submarine" with "Eleanor Rigby" in UK |
1967 |
1st time an AFL team beats an NFL team, Broncos beats Detroit 13-7 |
1967 |
Bobby Gentry releases her only hit "Ode to Billy Joe" |
1967 |
Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) & Radio London close down |
1968 |
WMCV (now WZTV) TV channel 17 in Nashville, TN (IND) 1st broadcast |
1969 |
Mariner 7 flies past Mars |
1969 |
Pirate Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium |
1969 |
The UVF plant their first bomb in the Republic of Ireland, damaging the RTÉ Television Centre in Dublin |
1970 |
Robert Morley's "How the Other Half Loves" premieres in London |
1970 |
US Black Panther leader Huey Newton let out of jail |
1971 |
WNPE TV channel 16 in Watertown, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting |
1971 |
The British Parliament debate the security situation in Northern Ireland |
1972 |
Moody Blues release "Nights in White Satin" |
1972 |
Uganda president Idi Amin throws out all 80,000 Asians |
1972 |
Detroit shortstop Ed Brinkman errors ends record streak of 72 games & 331 total chances without a miscue |
1973 |
Arab terrorists open fire at Athens airport, kills 3 injures 55 |
1973 |
Atlanta Braves Phil Niekro no-hits SD Padres, 9-0 |
1973 |
Judy Rankin wins LPGA Pabst Ladies Golf Classic |
1973 |
USSR launches Mars 6 |
1974 |
Joan Jett forms her rock group Runaways |
1974 |
US President Richard Nixon admits he withheld information about Watergate break-in |
1975 |
Phillies 1st 8 batters get hits for a record, beat Cubs 13-5 |
1975 |
Stevie Wonder signs $13M contract with Motown |
1978 |
New Orlean Saints beat Phil Eagles 14-7 in Mexico City (NFL expo) |
1979 |
"But Never Jam Today" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 7 perfs |
1979 |
Government of Mauretania signs peace treaty with Polisario |
1979 |
Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate European Golf Open |
1979 |
Phillies Pete Rose collects NL record 2,427th career single |
1979 |
Varetta Shankle (Miss), crowned 12th Miss Black America |
1979 |
Willie Mays, Warren Giles, & Hack Wilson inducted in Hall of Fame |
1980 |
Expos Dick Williams wins his 1,000th career game as a manager |
1980 |
NY Met Doug Flynn ties record of 3 triples in a game |
1981 |
US President Regan fires 11,500 striking air traffic controllers |
1981 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1982 |
Stephabue Hix, of Alabama, 18, crowned Miss National Teen-Ager |
1982 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1984 |
Alice Miller wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic |
1984 |
Joan Benoit (US) wins 1st Olympic marathon for women (2:24:52) |
1984 |
Lou Pinella Day at Yankee Stadium |
1984 |
Toronto's Cliff Johnson hits record 19th career pinch HR |
1985 |
Baseball players go on strike for 2 days |
1985 |
Establishment of a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is announced |
1985 |
Flexible-wing glider altitude record (214,250') set by Larry Tudor |
1986 |
Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 5km woman's record (14:37.33) |
1986 |
Steve Carlton is 2nd to pitch 4,000 strikeout |
1986 |
US Senate votes for SDI-project ("Star Wars") |
1986 |
It's revealed Andrew Wyeth of Chadds Ford, Pa, had, secretly created 240 drawings & paintings of his neighbor Helga Testorf |
1988 |
Mario Biaggi (Rep-D-NY) convicted of racketeering resigns seat |
1989 |
General elections are held in Nicaragua with the Sandinista Front winning a majority. |
1990 |
Barb Mucha wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic |
1990 |
Jim Palmer & Joe Morgan inducted into hall of fame |
1991 |
Sergei Bubka of USSR sets pole vault world record (6.10m) in Malmö Sweden |
1992 |
4 cops in Rodney King beating case indicted on civil rights charge |
1994 |
Antonov-12 crashes at Boda, Eastern Siberia, 47 killed |
1994 |
Rocker Billy Idol admitted to the hospital after drug overdose |
1995 |
The city of Knin, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated as the day of victory (Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day) in Croatia. |
1996 |
Dallas Cowboys play KC Chiefs in Monterrey Mexico |
1997 |
Korean Air 747 with 331 aboard crashes in Guam, 29 survive |
1997 |
Ramzi Yousef, mastermind of world trade center bombing goes on trial |
1997 |
Soyuz TM-26 crew of Anatoly Solovyov & Pavel Vinogradov, launched |
1998 |
The American spin-off "Whose Line Is It Anyway?", starring Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, and Wayne Brady, debuts on ABC |
2003 |
A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150. |
2011 |
Svalbard Polar Bear Attack (2011) - a rogue Polar Bear attacks and kills a British schoolboy. |
2012 |
Gunman opens fire on Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin killing six people and committing suicide |
2012 |
19 people are killed by Kurdish rebels in Hakk |
2012 |
General Motors signs a record breaking $559 million marketing deal with Manchester United |
2013 |
160 people are killed by flash floods across Afghanistan and Pakistan |
2013 |
The world's first bovine stem cell lab-grown burger is eaten in London |
2013 |
Alex Rodriquez, New York Yankee MLB player, is banned for 211 games for using human growth hormones |
2016 |
Spraying Begins in Miami to Combat the Zika Virus |
2016 |
Turkey Issues a Warrant for Fethullah Gulen, Cleric Accused in Coup |
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