About August 5
August 5, 2025 is the 217th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 148 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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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 196 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On August 5
- 1583 –Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St John’s, Newfoundland.
- 1600 –The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland (later to become King James I of England) takes place.
- 1620 –The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England on its first attempt to reach North America.
- 1716 –The Battle of Petrovaradin takes place.
- 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.
- 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States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US $800; rescinded in 1872).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.
- 1888 –Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
- 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.
- 1944 –World War II: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1974 –Vietnam War: the U.S. Congress places a $1 billion dollar limit on military aid to South Vietnam.
- 1981 –Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
- 1989 –General elections are held in Nicaragua with the Sandinista Front winning a majority.
- 2010 –2010 Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300 ft below the ground.
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