About August 5
August 5, 2024 is the 218th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 148 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
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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 177 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On August 5
- 642 –Battle of Maserfield – Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Northumbria.
- 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.
- 1824 –Greek War of Independence: Constantine Kanaris leads a Greek fleet to victory against Ottoman and Egyptian ships in the Battle of Samos.
- 1862 –American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge – along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops drive Union forces back into the city.
- 1864 –American Civil War: the Battle of Mobile Bay begins – at Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports.
- 1874 –Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
- 1884 –The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe’s Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
- 1901 –Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24 ft The record will stand for 20 years.
- 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: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.
- 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.
- 1944 –World War II: possibly the biggest prison breakout in history occurs as 545 Japanese POWs attempt to escape outside the town of Cowra, New South Wales, Australia.
- 1949 –The Mann Gulch fire kills 13 firefighters in Montana.
- 1960 –Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.
- 1963 –The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty.
- 1964 –Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow – American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
- 1969 –Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers).
- 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.
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