This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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Births:  
 
08/05/1540 Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating 
08/05/1604 John Eliot, 'Apostle to Indians,' Bible translator 
08/05/1607 Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer 
08/05/1623 Antonio Cesti, composer 
08/05/1624 William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America 
08/05/1694 Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer 
08/05/1711 Johan Lulofs, physicist/philosopher/astronomer 
08/05/1749 Thomas Lynch, signer (Declaration of Independence) 
08/05/1797 Friedrich August Kummer, composer 
08/05/1802 Niels H Able, Norse mathematician (Abelse comparisons) 
08/05/1811 C L Ambroise Thomas, French composer (El Cid, Fran‡oise the Rimini) 
08/05/1813 Carnot Posey, Confederate brig-general 
08/05/1813 Ivar A Aasen, Norse linguistic/poet 
08/05/1815 Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor (Jamaica) 
08/05/1822 Johann Georg Herzog, composer 
08/05/1823 Joseph E Labb‚, French lawyer 
08/05/1828 Giovanni Rossi, composer 
08/05/1828 WFAA Louisa/Lovisa, queen of Sweden/Norway/princess of Netherlands 
08/05/1829 Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl, composer 
08/05/1829 Milo Smith Hascall, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1904 
08/05/1830 James A Healy, 1st black bishop in America 
08/05/1843 James Scott Skinner, composer 
08/05/1850 Anton Simon, composer 
08/05/1850 Guy de Maupassant, France, author (Boule de Suif) 
08/05/1856 Achad Ha'am, [AsjŠr Ginsberg], Hebrew philosopher/writer 
08/05/1860 Joseph Carey Merrick, 'Elephant Man' 
08/05/1864 Resurreccion Maria de Azkue, composer 
08/05/1866 Alfred Holy, composer 
08/05/1868 Oskar Merikanto, composer 
08/05/1876 Mary R Beard, Indianapolis, historian (Woman as a Force in History) 
08/05/1882 Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I) 
08/05/1886 Oscar Espla, composer 
08/05/1887 Reginald Owen, English/US actor (Dr Watson-Sherlock Holmes) 
08/05/1889 Conrad P Aiken, US, poet/writer (Ushant/Conversation) 
08/05/1890 Erich Kleiber, Vienna Austria, conductor (NBC Symphony 1945-46) 
08/05/1890 Hans Gal, composer 
08/05/1890 Naum Gabo, Russian/US sculptor 
08/05/1890 Naum Gabo, [Pevsner], Russian/US sculptor (Stillife Flower) 
08/05/1899 Conrad Aiken, US, poet/short story writer/critic (Selected Poems) 
08/05/1900 Bodi Rapp, [Johanna PAC Goetmakers], mezzo-soprano/song theorist 
08/05/1901 Juan Carlos Paz, composer 
08/05/1906 John Huston, Nevada Mo, director/writer (African Queen, Chinatown) 
08/05/1906 Wassely Leontief, Russ/US economist (Nobel 1973) 
08/05/1908 Harold Holt, PM of Australia (1966-67); supported US in Vietnam 
08/05/1910 Nan Gindele, US javelin thrower (World Record 1932-38) 
08/05/1911 Robert Taylor, Filley Neb, actor (Death Valley Days) 
08/05/1912 Abb‚ Pierre, [Henri Pierre GrouŠs], French priest who helps poor 
08/05/1913 Nelly Aenders, [Petronella Meyer], actress (Spanish Fly) 
08/05/1914 Anita Colby, Wash DC, model/actress (Pepsi Cola Playhouse) 
08/05/1914 David Brian, NYC, actor (Accussed of Murder, Dawn at Sorocco) 
08/05/1914 Stjepan Sulek, Croatian violinist/composer (Coriolan) 
08/05/1920 G V [Sonny] Montgomery, (Rep-D-Mississippi, 1967-  ) 
08/05/1920 Selma Diamond, London Ontario, comedienne (Selma-Night Court) 
08/05/1923 Richard Kleindienst, attorney general (1972) 
08/05/1925 Cor Witschge, actor (Pipo the Clown) 
08/05/1926 Betsy Jolas, composer 
08/05/1927 Gunnar Bucht, composer 
08/05/1930 Neil Armstrong, Ohio, X-15 pilot, 1st Moonwalker (Gemini 8, Apollo 1

08/05/1932 Tera de Marez Oyens, composer 
08/05/1933 Joan Weldon, SF, actress (So This is Love, Them) 
08/05/1934 Vern Gosdin, Woodland Al, country singer (Set 'em Up Joe) 
08/05/1935 John Saxon, Bkln, actor (Bees, Nightmare on Elm St, Electric Horsema

08/05/1936 John Dancy, Jackson Tx, newscaster (Prime Time Sunday) 
08/05/1938 Hayes Wendell Jones, Sturksville Mich, 110m hurdler (Oly-gold-1964) 
08/05/1938 Ja'net Dubois, Phila, actress (Willona-Good Times) 
08/05/1939 Irene, Princess of Netherlands 
08/05/194- Jo Collins, Ore, Playboy playmate (Dec, 1964) 
08/05/1941 Leonid D Kizim, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-3, T-10, T-15) 
08/05/1942 Rick Huxley, guitarist (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over) 
08/05/1943 Rodney Pattisson, England, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968) 
08/05/1943 Sammi Smith, singer 
08/05/1944 Loni Anderson, St Paul Minn, actress (Jennifer-WKRP in Cincinnati) 
08/05/1945 Jacob Reitsma, economist/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA) 
08/05/1946 Erika Slezak, Hollywood, Calif, actress (Viki-One Life to Live) 
08/05/1946 Rick van der Linden, rocker (Ekseption) 
08/05/1947 Rick Derringer, rocker (I am the Real American (Hulk Hogan's theme) 
08/05/1950 Holly Palance, LA Calif, actress (Thorn Birds, Ripley's Believe It) 
08/05/1950 Rose Mittermaier, German FR, slalom/downhill (Olympic-gold-1976) 
08/05/1953 Samantha Sang, singer (Emotion) 
08/05/1954 Eddie 'Fingers' Ojeda, Bx, (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It) 
08/05/1956 Ferdi Bolland, Dutch singer/guitarist (Bolland & Bolland) 
08/05/1956 Maureen McCormick, actress (Marcia-Brady Bunch) 
08/05/1957 Andrei Yevgeniyevich Zaitsev, cosmonaut 
08/05/1957 Pavel Vinogradov, Russia, cosmonaut 
08/05/1959 Pete Burns, rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round) 
08/05/1960 Heidi S”renson, playmate (Jul, 1981) 
08/05/1960 Mike Nocito, rocker (Johnny Hates Jazz-Turn Back the Clock) 
08/05/1961 Tawny Kitaen, (Coverdale), actress (Bachelor Party, Witchboard) 
08/05/1962 Patrick Ewing, Jamaica, basketball center (NY Knicks/Olympic-gold-92

08/05/1966 Jonathan Silverman, LA Calif, actor (Brighton Beach Memoirs) 
08/05/1975 Ami Foster, actress (Margaux-Punky Brewster) 
08/05/2184 Christine Lauren Chapel, Davenport Heights, Vermont (Star Trek) 
08/05/2186 Kevin Thomas Riley, Tasvennir, Tarsus IV (Star Trek) 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
08/05/1157 Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies 
08/05/1644 J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61 
08/05/1778 Thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22 
08/05/1830 Karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68 
08/05/1834 Gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 71 
08/05/1852 Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53 
08/05/1856 Rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61 
08/05/1862 Thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47 
08/05/1863 Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, dies at 53 
08/05/1889 Willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80 
08/05/1891 Henry Charles Litolff, composer, dies at 72 
08/05/1895 Friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies 
08/05/1900 James Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80 
08/05/1901 Victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60 
08/05/1910 Wojciech Gawronski, composer, dies at 42 
08/05/1916 George Butterworth, composer, dies at 31 
08/05/1916 Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, composer, dies at 46 
08/05/1932 Isra‰l Querido, writer (Jordan), dies 
08/05/1940 Frederick A Cook, US, explorer (North Pole), dies at 75 
08/05/1947 Joannes D M Cornelissen, historian (Johann de White), dies 
08/05/1950 Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemistry, dies at 73 
08/05/1955 Carmen Miranda, singer/actress (Down Argentine Way), dies at 42 
08/05/1957 Heinrich O Wieland, German chemist (Nobel 1927), dies at 80 
08/05/1958 Joseph Holbrooke, composer, dies at 80 
08/05/1959 Edgar Guest, US poet/newspaperman, dies at 77 
08/05/1961 Sidney Holland, PM of New Zealand (1949-57), dies at 67 
08/05/1962 Marilyn Monroe, found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug overdose 
08/05/1971 Josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74 
08/05/1972 Frederic Tozere, actor (Mr Phillips-Stanley), dies at 71 
08/05/1976 Adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88 
08/05/1978 Queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79 
08/05/1983 Judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies at 66 of cancer 
08/05/1984 Howard Culver, actor (Howie-Gunsmoke), dies at 66 
08/05/1984 Richard Burton, actor (Cleopatra), dies at 58 of cerebral hemorrhage

08/05/1985 Theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67 
08/05/1987 Zygmunt Mycielsky, composer, dies at 79 
08/05/1990 Herman Gooding, Suriname police-inspector, dies 
08/05/1991 Paul Brown, NFL founder (Cleveland Browns, Cin Bengals), dies at 82 
08/05/1991 Soichiro Hondo, CEO & founder (Honda), dies of liver cancer at 84 
08/05/1992 Jeff Porcaro, drummer (Toto-Africa), dies at 38 of cardiac arrest 
08/05/1992 Robert Muldoon, premier NZ (1975-84)/President IMF, dies 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
08/05/ 135 Betar last outpost of Bar Kochba falls to Rome 
08/05/1264 Anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt Germany 
08/05/1391 Jews are massacred in Toledo & Barcelona Spain 
08/05/1399 Battle at Worskla: Tataren beat Russians & Litouwers 
08/05/1420 Duke John VI of Bavaria visits 'Christ's bride'/virgin Liduina 
08/05/1435 Battle at Ponza: king Alfonso V of Arag¢n captured by Genuezen 
08/05/1583 Gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America) 
08/05/1587 Spanish troops conquer Lock 
08/05/1654 French troops occupy Stenay 
08/05/1666 English fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter 
08/05/1667 State of Holland obtain Eternal Edict 
08/05/1772 1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia & Russia 
08/05/1775 1st Spanish ship, San Carlos, enters SF Bay 
08/05/1781 Battle at Doggers Bank: Dutch fleet vs English fleet 
08/05/1837 1st ascent of Mt Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, NY 
08/05/1846 Oregon country divided between US & Britain at 49th parallel 
08/05/1858 Cyrus W Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable 
08/05/1861 Enlistment increases from 3 months to 2 years 
08/05/1861 Naval Engagement at Fernandina, FL-USS Vincennes ends rebel blockade

08/05/1861 US Army abolishes flogging 
08/05/1861 US levies its 1st Income Tax (3% of incomes over $800) 
08/05/1862 Battle of Baton Rouge, LA 
08/05/1864 Battle of Mobile Bay Al-Farragut is given rank of vice-admiral 
08/05/1864 Spectrum of a comet observed for 1st time, by Giovanni Donati 
08/05/1884 Cornerstone for Statue of Liberty laid on Bedloe's Island (NYC) 
08/05/1891 1st travelers checks issued (American Express) 
08/05/1901 Peter O'Connor of Ireland, sets then long jump record at 24' 11 3/4'

08/05/1914 1st traffic light installed (Euclid Ave. & E. 105th St, Cleveland) 
08/05/1914 Dutch Cort Van de Linden govt issues silver bonds as money 
08/05/1914 Massive German assault on forts around Luik 
08/05/1914 US beats Australia, 3-2, to win Davis Cup 
08/05/1914 US, Nicaragua sign treaty granting canal rights to US 
08/05/1914 Westerschelde leaves due to German invasion in Belgium 
08/05/1915 German troops over run Warsaw 
08/05/1917 British troops attack canal of Ypres in Boesinghe Belgium 
08/05/1921 1st radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8, Phillies-0 (KDKA, Pitts) 
08/05/1921 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #955 Alstede 
08/05/1921 Treaty of Berlin: US & Germany sign separate peace treaty 
08/05/1923 1st American to swim English Channel (Henry Sullivan) 
08/05/1924 Comic strip 'Little Orphan Annie,' by Harold Gray, debuts 
08/05/1926 1st talkie movie 'Don Juan' at Warner Theatre, NY 
08/05/1926 French & German trade agreement signed 
08/05/1926 Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1« hrs 
08/05/1927 Phillies Cy Williams hits for cycle in just 4 at bats 
08/05/1931 Det Tiger Tommy Bridges perfect game is broken up with 2 outs in 9th

08/05/1936 At Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his 3rd Olympic medal 
08/05/1937 Ranger (US) beats Endeavour II (England) in 17th America's Cup 
08/05/1940 'Acquaintance' blows-up Zandvoortse synagouge 
08/05/1940 St Louis Brown John Whitehead no-hits Detroit Tigers, 4-0 in 6 innin

08/05/1942 German troops cross Kuban River 
08/05/1943 Soviet forces reconquer Orel & Bjelgorod 
08/05/1944 US 79th/90th division occupy Laval/Mayenne 
08/05/1944 US troops occupy Vannes Bretagne 
08/05/1945 Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima (Aug 6th in Japan) 
08/05/1947 Netherlands ceases political action in Indonesia, due to UN pressure

08/05/1948 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins US Golf Open 
08/05/1949 Earthquake hits Quito; about 6000 die 
08/05/1950 Ezzard Charles KOs Freddie Beshore to retain HW boxing title 
08/05/1951 Armed uprising in Ambonezen Camp Middelburg 
08/05/1953 Operation 'Big Switch' Korean War prisoner exchanged at Panmunjom 
08/05/1954 Boxing Hall of Fame's 1st election selects 24 modern & 15 pioneers 
08/05/1956 KUAM TV channel 8 in Agana, GU (CBS/ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 
08/05/1956 WCYB TV channel 5 in Bristol-Kingsport, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting

08/05/1957 'American Bandstand,' begins network TV (ABC) 
08/05/1957 WJZ-TV in Baltimore MD begins radio transmissions 
08/05/1958 Atomic sub USS Nautilus completes 1st trip under North Pole 
08/05/1958 Philip Kapleau, Zen teacher, 1st awakening under Yasutani Roshi 
08/05/1959 42.4 cm rainfall in Decatur Co, Iowa (state record) 
08/05/1959 Chic Cardinals (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 55-26 in Toronto 
08/05/1960 Burkina (formerly Upper Volta) declares independence from France 
08/05/1960 Detroit trades mgr Jimmy Dykes for Cleve's mgr Joe Gordon 
08/05/1961 118øF (48øC), Ice Harbor Dam, Washington (state record) 
08/05/1961 Chic Bears (NFL) beat Mont Alouettes (CFL) 34-16 in Montreal 
08/05/1962 1st quasar located by radio 
08/05/1962 Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement & illeagally leaving S Afr 
08/05/1962 UN command forbids flights to Katangese airports 
08/05/1963 Britain, US & USSR sign nuclear test ban treaty 
08/05/1963 Craig Breedlove sets world auto speed record at 407.45 MPH 
08/05/1963 US, USSR & Great Britain agree to discuss banning nuclear testing 
08/05/1964 Actress Anne Bancroft & comedian Mel Brooks wed 
08/05/1964 Beatles record 'Leave My Kitten Alone' 
08/05/1964 Congo rebellion: Christopher Gbenye/Pierre Mulele conquer Stanleyvil

08/05/1964 US begins bombing North Vietnam 
08/05/1965 Dave Marr wins PGA title 
08/05/1966 Jose Torres beats Eddie Cotton to retain light-HW boxing title 
08/05/1966 Martin Luther King Jr stoned during Chicago march 
08/05/1966 Beatles release 'Revolver' album in US 
08/05/1966 Beatles release 'Yellow Submarine' & 'Eleanor Rigby' in UK 
08/05/1967 1st time an AFL team beats an NFL team, Broncos beats Detroit 13-7 
08/05/1967 Bobby Gentry releases her only hit 'Ode to Billy Joe' 
08/05/1967 Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) & Radio London close down 
08/05/1968 WMCV (now WZTV) TV channel 17 in Nashville, TN (IND) 1st broadcast 
08/05/1968 WZTV TV channel 17 in Nashville, TN (IND) begins broadcasting 
08/05/1969 Mariner 7 flies past Mars 
08/05/1969 Pirate Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium 
08/05/1970 US Black Panther leader Huey Newton let out of jail 
08/05/1971 WNPE TV channel 16 in Watertown, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting 
08/05/1972 Moody Blues release 'Nights in White Satin' 
08/05/1972 Uganda president Idi Amin throws out all 80,000 Asians 
08/05/1973 Atlanta Braves Phil Niekro no-hits SD Padres, 9-0 
08/05/1973 USSR launches Mars 6 
08/05/1974 Joan Jett forms her rock group Runaways 
08/05/1975 Phillies 1st 8 batters get hits for a major league record, win 13-5 
08/05/1978 H L Giclas discovers asteroid #2118 Flagstaff 
08/05/1978 New Orlean Saints beat Phil Eagles 14-7 in Mexico City (NFL expo) 
08/05/1979 Government of Mauretania signs peace treaty with Polisario 
08/05/1980 NY Met Doug Flynn ties record of 3 triples in a game 
08/05/1981 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3402 Wisdom 
08/05/1981 Federal govt began firing striking air traffic controllers 
08/05/1981 Pres Regan fires 11,500 air traffic controllers who struck 2 days ag

08/05/1984 Joan Benoit (US) wins 1st Olympic marathon for women (2h24m52s) 
08/05/1984 Lou Pinella day at Yankee Stadium 
08/05/1984 Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson sets record with 19 pinch hit HRs 
08/05/1985 Baseball players go on strike for 2 days 
08/05/1985 Chic White Sox Tom Seaver wins #300 over Yanks at Yankee Stadium 
08/05/1985 Flexible-wing glider altitude record (214,250') set by Larry Tudor 
08/05/1986 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 5k woman's record (14:37.33) 
08/05/1986 US Senate votes for SDI-project (Star Wars) 
08/05/1988 Mario Biaggi (Rep-D-NY) convicted of racketeering resigns seat 
08/05/1991 Sergei Bubka of USSR sets pole vault record (20'¬') in Malm” Sweden 
  
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