August 5th Events |
Read about how to open files in Open File Database. |
| August 5th, 2003 (August 05 2003) | Event | A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150. | |
| August 5th, 1995 (August 05 1995) | Event | 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. | |
| August 5th, 1989 (August 05 1989) | Event | General elections are held in Nicaragua, Sandinista Front wins the majority. | |
| August 5th, 1981 (August 05 1981) | Event | Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work. | Ronald Reagan Quotes |
| August 5th, 1979 (August 05 1979) | Event | In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake an attempted military uprising. | |
| August 5th, 1974 (August 05 1974) | Event | Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress places a $1 billion dollar limit on military aid to South Vietnam. | |
| August 5th, 1969 (August 05 1969) | Event | Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers). | |
| August 5th, 1964 (August 05 1964) | Event | Vietnam War: Operation Pierce ArrowAmerican aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes attacked U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. | |
| August 5th, 1963 (August 05 1963) | Event | United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty. | |
| August 5th, 1962 (August 05 1962) | Event | Nelson Mandela is jailedied in He would not be released until 1990. | Nelson Mandela Quotes |
| August 5th, 1960 (August 05 1960) | Event | Burkina Faso, then known as "Upper Volta", becomes independent from France. | |
| August 5th, 1957 (August 05 1957) | Event | American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network. | |
| August 5th, 1949 (August 05 1949) | Event | In Ecuador an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6000. | |
| August 5th, 1944 (August 05 1944) | Event | World War II: Possibly the biggest prison breakout in history occurs as 545 Japanese POWs attempt to escape outside the town of Cowra, NSW, Australia. | |
| August 5th, 1944 (August 05 1944) | Event | Holocaust: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners. | |
| August 5th, 1943 (August 05 1943) | Event | World War II: During the Battle of Troina, at around 11 A.M, Mount Etna erupted sending much ash and lava miles into the sky. | |
| August 5th, 1940 (August 05 1940) | Event | World War II : Latvia is annexed by the Soviet Union. | |
| August 5th, 1925 (August 05 1925) | Event | Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language, which is in danger of dying out. | |
| August 5th, 1914 (August 05 1914) | Event | In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed. | |
| August 5th, 1912 (August 05 1912) | Event | Japan s first taxicab service begins in Ginza, Tokyo. | |
| August 5th, 1901 (August 05 1901) | Event | Peter O Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11?ins. The record will stand for 20 years. | |
| August 5th, 1888 (August 05 1888) | Event | Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim in the first long distance automobile trip. | |
| August 5th, 1884 (August 05 1884) | Event | The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe s Island in New York Harbor. | |
| August 5th, 1882 (August 05 1882) | Event | Standard Oil of New Jersey is established. | |
| August 5th, 1882 (August 05 1882) | Event | Martial law is enacted in Japan. | Martial Quotes |
| August 5th, 1874 (August 05 1874) | Event | Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in England. | |
| August 5th, 1870 (August 05 1870) | Event | Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory. | |
| August 5th, 1864 (August 05 1864) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of Mobile Bay beginsAt Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports. | |
| August 5th, 1862 (August 05 1862) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of Baton RougeAlong the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops drive Union forces back into the city. | |
| August 5th, 1861 (August 05 1861) | Event | American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government issues the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US $800; rescinded in 1872). | |
| August 5th, 1861 (August 05 1861) | Event | The United States Army abolished flogging. | |
| August 5th, 1860 (August 05 1860) | Event | Carl IV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim. | |
| August 5th, 1858 (August 05 1858) | Event | Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It operated for less than a month. | |
| August 5th, 1812 (August 05 1812) | Event | War of 1812: Tecumseh s Indian force ambushes Thomas Van Horne s 200 Americans at Brownstone Creek, causing them to flee and retreat. | Tecumseh Quotes |
| August 5th, 1772 (August 05 1772) | Event | The First Partition of Poland begins. | |
| August 5th, 1763 (August 05 1763) | Event | Pontiac s War: Battle of Bushy RunBritish forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac s Indians at Bushy Run. | |
| August 5th, 1735 (August 05 1735) | Event | Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he published was true. | |
| August 5th, 1716 (August 05 1716) | Event | Battle of Petrovaradin | |
| August 5th, 1689 (August 05 1689) | Event | 1,500 Iroquois attack village of Lachine, in New France. | |
| August 5th, 1620 (August 05 1620) | Event | The Mayflower departs Southampton, England. | |
| August 5th, 1583 (August 05 1583) | Event | Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes first English colony in North America, at what is now St John s, Newfoundland. | |
| August 5th, 1388 (August 05 1388) | Event | Battle of Otterburn, border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England. | |
| August 5th, 1305 (August 05 1305) | Event | William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution. | |
| August 5th, 1100 (August 05 1100) | Event | Henry I crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey. | Henry Abbey Quotes |
| August 5th, 0910 (August 05 0910) | Event | 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. | |
| August 5th, 0642 (August 05 0642) | Event | Battle of MaserfeldPenda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. | |
