August 5th, 1873

Born on August 5th, 1873

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What happened on August 5th?

August 5th, 2015

Environmental Protection Agency personnel accidentally caused a spillage of 3 million gallons (11 ML) of mine waste water and tailings trapped inside the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado, U.S.

August 5th, 2011

NASA launched the Juno probe to Jupiter as part of the New Frontiers program.

August 5th, 1993

Wizards of the Coast released Magic: The Gathering, the first trading card game.

August 5th, 1981

U.S. president Ronald Reagan fired the 11,345 striking members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization en masse.

August 5th, 1962

American actress and model Marilyn Monroe was found dead of a barbiturate overdose in her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles.

August 5th, 1916

First World War: The British Empire's Sinai and Palestine campaign began with a victory at the Battle of Romani.

August 5th, 1888

Bertha Benz made the first long-distance automobile trip, driving 106 km (66 mi) from Mannheim to Pforzheim, Germany, in a Benz Patent-Motorwagen (pictured).

August 5th, 1816

Sir John Barrow, secretary at the Admiralty, rejected a proposal to use Francis Ronalds's electrical telegraph, deeming it "wholly unnecessary".

August 5th, 1772

Russia, Prussia and Habsburg Austria began the First Partition of Poland, whose primary motive was to restore the regional balance of power in Eastern Europe.

August 5th, 1716

Austro-Turkish War: The Ottoman army were defeated in their attempt to capture the Habsburgs-controlled Petrovaradin Fortress despite having double the number of soldiers.

August 5th, 1689

Beaver Wars: Aggravated by increased French incursions into their territory, a large force of Mohawk warriors substantially destroyed the settlement of Lachine in present-day Quebec.

August 5th, 1278

King Alfonso X of Castile was forced to abandon the Siege of Algeciras, the first of many on the city during the Spanish Reconquista.

August 5th, 1100

Henry I (pictured) was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.

August 5th, 2008

The New England Revolution win the 2008 North American SuperLiga final against the Houston Dynamo.

August 5th, 2021

Australia's second most populous state Victoria enters its sixth COVID-19 lockdown, enacting stage four restrictions statewide in reaction to six new COVID-19 cases recorded that morning.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 5th

Born on August 5th, 1873

73

Kurt Arndt

German chemist (1873-1946)

*August 5th, 1873, Frankfurt (Oder) †November 13th, 1946, Berlin

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Who's birthday is on August 5th?

86

Ernst Rodenwaldt

German racial hygienist, university teacher and military physician (1878-1965)

*August 5th, 1878, Berlin †June 4th, 1965, Ruhpolding

39

Helene Fischer

German singer

*August 5th, 1984, Krasnoyarsk

69

Malin Craig

American politician (1875-1945)

*August 5th, 1875, St. Joseph †July 25th, 1945, Washington, D.C.

82

Neil Armstrong

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)

*August 5th, 1930, Wapakoneta †August 25th, 2012, Cincinnati

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

84

Elisabeth Voigt

German lab technician and painter (1893-1977)

*August 5th, 1893, Leipzig †November 8th, 1977, Leipzig

38

Salomon Kalou

Ivorian association football player

*August 5th, 1985, Oumé

56

Erik Selin

Swedish billionaire property developer, and CEO

*August 5th, 1967, Gothenburg

92

Joan Hickson

British actress

*August 5th, 1906, Kingsthorpe †October 17th, 1998, Wivenhoe

81

Michael Ballhaus

German cinematographer

*August 5th, 1935, Berlin †April 12th, 2017, Berlin

76

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

55

Marine Le Pen

French politician (born 1968)

*August 5th, 1968, Neuilly-sur-Seine

42

Guy de Maupassant

French writer (1850-1893)

*August 5th, 1850, Dieppe †July 6th, 1893, Paris

50

Maren Meinert

German association football player and manager

*August 5th, 1973, Duisburg

50

Thomas Kufen

German politician

*August 5th, 1973, Essen

26

Niels Henrik Abel

Norwegian mathematician (1802–1829)

*August 5th, 1802, Nedstrand †April 6th, 1829, Froland Municipality

39

Kaare Dybvad Bek

Danish politician

*August 5th, 1984, Holbæk

65

Hastomo Arbi

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1958, Kota Kudus

60

Mark Strong

British actor

*August 5th, 1963, London

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Born in 1873

69

Betty Nansen

Danish actor and theatre director

*March 19th, 1873, Copenhagen †March 15th, 1943, Frederiksberg

71

Alexis Carrel

French surgeon and biologist

*June 28th, 1873, Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon †November 5th, 1944, Paris

69

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Russian composer, pianist and conductor (1873–1943)

*April 1st, 1873, Starorussky Uyezd †March 28th, 1943, Beverly Hills

39

Alphonse Kirchhoffer

French fencer

*December 19th, 1873, 11th arrondissement of Paris †June 30th, 1913, 5th arrondissement of Paris

66

Robert Leinert

German politician (1873-1940)

*December 16th, 1873, Striesen †February 10th, 1940, Hanover

86

Arturo Labriola

Revolutionary syndicalist politician and journalist

*January 21st, 1873, Naples †June 23rd, 1959, Naples

62

Henri Barbusse

French author (1873-1935)

*May 17th, 1873, Asnières-sur-Seine †August 30th, 1935, Moscow

65

Feodor Chaliapin

Russian opera singer and actor (1873-1938)

*February 1st, 1873, Lisitsyn-Emelin House †April 12th, 1938, Paris

77

Johannes V. Jensen

Danish author (1873-1950)

*January 20th, 1873, Farsø †November 25th, 1950, Copenhagen

88

Otto Loewi

German pharmacologist

*June 3rd, 1873, Frankfurt †December 25th, 1961, New York City

77

Ivanoe Bonomi

Italian prime minister in 1921–22 and 1944–45

*October 18th, 1873, Mantua †April 20th, 1951, Rome

59

Alberto Santos-Dumont

Brazilian aviation pioneer (1873-1932)

*July 20th, 1873, Santos Dumont, Minas Gerais †July 23rd, 1932, Guarujá

67

Kyösti Kallio

Finnish politician and 4th President of Finland (1873-1940)

*April 10th, 1873, Ylivieska †December 19th, 1940, Helsinki Central Railway Station

50

Valery Bryusov

Russian poet, prose writer, dramatist, translator, critic and historian

*December 1st, 1873, Moscow †October 9th, 1924, Moscow

67

Lucien Mérignac

French fencer

*October 5th, 1873, 17th arrondissement of Paris †March 1st, 1941, 10th arrondissement of Paris

83

John Geiger

American rower

*March 28th, 1873, Philadelphia †December 6th, 1956, Philadelphia

94

Constance Titus

American rower

*August 14th, 1873, Pass Christian †August 24th, 1967, Bronxville

81

Colette

French novelist

*January 27th, 1873, Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye †August 3rd, 1954, Paris

89

Otto Harbach

American songwriter

*August 18th, 1873, Salt Lake City †January 24th, 1963, New York City

81

María Goyri

Spanish hispanist

*August 29th, 1873, Bilbao †November 28th, 1954, Madrid

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1873 is a normal year and no leap year.

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