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| Birthday August 05, 1540 Joseph Scaliger, proposed Julian dating |
| Birthday August 05, 1604 John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians " Bible translator |
| Birthday August 05, 1749 Thomas Lynch, signed Dec of Ind |
| Birthday August 05, 1850 Guy de Maupassant, French author |
| Birthday August 05, 1876 Mary R. Beard, historian |
| Birthday August 05, 1899 Conrad Aiken, American poet, short story writer, critic |
| Birthday August 05, 1906 John Huston, film director & writer |
| Birthday August 05, 1923 Richard Kleindienst, former attorney general |
| Birthday August 05, 1930 Neil Armstrong, X-15 pilot, 1st moonwalker (Gemini 8, Apollo 11) |
| Birthday August 05, 1933 Joan Weldon, Gogo's singer |
| Birthday August 05, 1941 Leonid D. Kizim, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz T-3, T-10, T-15) |
| Birthday August 05, 1953 Samantha Sang, Singer |
| History August 05, 1583 Gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America) |
| History August 05, 1772 1st partition of Poland between Austria Prussia & Russia |
| History August 05, 1775 1st Spanish ship San Carlos enters SF Bay |
| History August 05, 1779 DeLancey and Hull battle for the Bronx |
| History August 05, 1846 Oregon country divided between US & Britain at 49th parallel |
| History August 05, 1850 Guy de Maupassant's birthday |
| History August 05, 1858 1st transatlantic telegraph cable completed by Cyrus W. Field |
| History August 05, 1858 First transatlantic telegraph cable completed |
| History August 05, 1861 US levies it's 1st Income Tax (3% of incomes over $800) |
| History August 05, 1861 Lincoln imposes first federal income tax |
| History August 05, 1864 Union scores a victory at the Battle of Mobile Bay |
| History August 05, 1864 spectrum of a comet observed for 1st time by Giovanni Donati |
| History August 05, 1884 Cornerstone for Statue of Liberty laid |
| History August 05, 1914 German assault on Liege begins first battle of World War I |
| History August 05, 1914 US Nicaragua sign treaty granting canal rights to US |
| History August 05, 1914 First electric traffic signal installed |
| History August 05, 1921 1st radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8 Phillies-0 (KDKA) |
| History August 05, 1944 Hundreds of Jews are freed from forced labor in Warsaw |
| History August 05, 1945 Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima |
| History August 05, 1948 Earthquake causes deadly landslides in Ecuador |
| History August 05, 1953 Texas Ranger Ira Aten dies |
| History August 05, 1957 American Bandstand goes on network TV |
| History August 05, 1957 American Bandstand goes national |
| History August 05, 1961 48ø C (118ø F) at Ice Harbor Dam Washington |
| History August 05, 1962 Marilyn Monroe is found dead |
| History August 05, 1962 Marilyn Monroe dies at 36 |
| History August 05, 1963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed |
| History August 05, 1963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed |
| History August 05, 1964 US begins bombing N Vietnam |
| History August 05, 1964 Navy flies retaliatory strikes against North Vietnam |
| History August 05, 1966 Beatles release "Revolver" album |
| History August 05, 1969 Mariner 7 flies past Mars |
| History August 05, 1973 USSR launches Mars 6 |
| History August 05, 1974 Congress cuts military aid to South Vietnam |
| History August 05, 1976 NBA merges with ABA |
| History August 05, 1981 Reagan fires 11,359 air-traffic controllers |
| History August 05, 1983 Risky Business debuts, launches Cruise to stardom |
| History August 05, 1984 Lou Pinella day at Yankee Stadium |
| History August 05, 1998 Mother charged with smothering her eight children |