About August 5
August 5, 2023 is the 217th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 148 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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Leo is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 189 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On August 5
- 910 –The last major Danish army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward the Elder and Earl Aethelred of Mercia.
- 1735 –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 had published was true.
- 1763 –Pontiac’s War: Battle of Bushy Run – British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac’s Indians at Bushy Run.
- 1781 –The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
- 1860 –Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
- 1861 –American Civil War: in order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US $800; rescinded in 1872).
- 1874 –Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
- 1882 –The Standard Oil of New Jersey is established.
- 1901 –Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24 ft The record will stand for 20 years.
- 1914 –World War I: the German minelayer Königin Luise lays a minefield about 40 mi of the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMS Amphion.
- 1925 –Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out.
- 1940 –World War II: the Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
- 1944 –World War II: The Nazis begin a three-day massacre of anywhere between 40,000 and 100,000 civilians and prisoners of war in Wola, Poland.
- 1957 –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.
- 1965 –The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 begins as Pakistani soldiers cross the Line of Control dressed as locals.
- 1969 –Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers).
- 1979 –In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake an attempted military uprising.
- 1989 –General elections are held in Nicaragua with the Sandinista Front winning a majority.
- 1995 –The city of Knin, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day.
- 2010 –2010 Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300 ft below the ground.
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