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
- 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.
- 1689 –1,500 Iroquois attack the village of Lachine in New France.
- 1824 –Greek War of Independence: Constantine Kanaris leads a Greek fleet to victory against Ottoman and Egyptian ships in the Battle of Samos.
- 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States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US $800; rescinded in 1872).
- 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.
- 1882 –The Standard Oil of New Jersey is established.
- 1884 –The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe’s Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
- 1914 –In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1960 –Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.
- 1962 –Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
- 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).
- 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.
- 2003 –A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150.
- 2010 –2010 Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300 ft below the ground.
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