August 5th, 1951

Born on August 5th, 1951

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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, 1951

72

John Jarratt

Australian actor

*August 5th, 1951, Wongawilli

72

Anta Mbow

Senegalse who founded l'empire des enfants

*August 5th, 1951, Dakar

72

Akira Mizubayashi

Japanese writer and university teacher

*August 5th, 1951, Sakata

72

Samantha Sang

Australian singer

*August 5th, 1951, Melbourne

70

Jemeel Moondoc

American jazz saxophonist

*August 5th, 1951, Chicago †August 29th, 2021

72

Hüdai Ülker

Writer

*August 5th, 1951, Štip

72

Uttam Khobragade

Former IAS , father of Dr.devyani khobragade ,dalit activist, aicc

*August 5th, 1951, Mumbai

72

Mardie Cornejo

American baseball player

*August 5th, 1951, Wellington

72

Jacalyn Cilley

American politician

*August 5th, 1951, Berlin

72

Franz-Peter Hofmeister

German sprinter

*August 5th, 1951, Kerpen

72

Declan O'Loan

Irish nationalist politician (born 1951)

*August 5th, 1951, Carnlough

72

Craig Littlepage

American basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator

*August 5th, 1951, La Mott

72

Laszlo Ubori

Yugoslav sprinter

*August 5th, 1951, Novi Kneževac

72

Dedeh Rosidah

Indonesian preacher

*August 5th, 1951, Ciamis

72

Ágnes Torma

Hungarian volleyball player

*August 5th, 1951, Budapest

72

Itsuo Takanezawa

Japanese pole vaulter (1951-)

*August 5th, 1951, Tochigi Prefecture

72

Chip Fields

American actress

*August 5th, 1951, New York City

72

Fredrik Lundberg

Swedish businessman

*August 5th, 1951, Norrköping

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Who's birthday is on August 5th?

76

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

39

Helene Fischer

German singer

*August 5th, 1984, Krasnoyarsk

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

56

Erik Selin

Swedish billionaire property developer, and CEO

*August 5th, 1967, Gothenburg

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

82

Neil Armstrong

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)

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

38

Salomon Kalou

Ivorian association football player

*August 5th, 1985, Oumé

65

Hastomo Arbi

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1958, Kota Kudus

81

Michael Ballhaus

German cinematographer

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

71

Hun Sen

Prime Minister of Cambodia from 1998 to 2023

*August 5th, 1952, Peam Kaoh Sna Commune

55

Marine Le Pen

French politician (born 1968)

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

50

Maren Meinert

German association football player and manager

*August 5th, 1973, Duisburg

86

Ernst Rodenwaldt

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

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

60

Mark Strong

British actor

*August 5th, 1963, London

77

Erika Slezak

American actress

*August 5th, 1946, Hollywood

50

Thomas Kufen

German politician

*August 5th, 1973, Essen

62

Janet McTeer

British actress

*August 5th, 1961, Newcastle upon Tyne

51

Darryl Yung

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1972, Victoria

62

Mercedes Aráoz

Vice President and Congresswoman of the Republic of Peru (2016-2019)

*August 5th, 1961, Lima

39

Kaare Dybvad Bek

Danish politician

*August 5th, 1984, Holbæk

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Born in 1951

72

John McDonnell

British Labour politician (born 1951)

*September 8th, 1951, Liverpool

72

Jesse Ventura

American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)

*July 15th, 1951, Minneapolis

72

Ellen Foley

American singer and actress

*June 5th, 1951, St. Louis

72

Agathe Fontain

Greenlandic politician

*June 9th, 1951, Sisimiut

63

Robin Williams

American actor and comedian (1951–2014)

*July 21st, 1951, Chicago †August 11th, 2014, Tiburon

65

Gilbert Baker

American artist and gay rights activist

*June 2nd, 1951, Chanute †March 31st, 2017, New York City

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

65

Kaci Kullmann Five

Norwegian politician (1951-2017)

*April 13th, 1951, Oslo †February 19th, 2017, Oslo

72

Imelda Wiguna

Badminton player

*October 12th, 1951, Slawi

72

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

71

Joachim Streich

German association football player and manager

*April 13th, 1951, Wismar †April 16th, 2022, Leipzig

72

Volker Bouffier

German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse

*December 18th, 1951, Giessen

73

Cajus Julius Caesar

German politician

*January 22nd, 1951, Rinteln

70

Hans-Jürgen Dörner

East German football player and long-term coach of national junior football teams (1951–2022)

*January 25th, 1951, Görlitz †January 19th, 2022, Dresden

72

Sven-Åke Nilsson

Road racing cyclist

*September 13th, 1951, Malmö

73

Raphaële Billetdoux

French novelist

*January 1st, 1951, Paris

72

Andrea Tidona

Italian actor

*November 30th, 1951, Modica

72

Geoffrey Rush

Australian actor (born 1951)

*July 6th, 1951, Toowoomba

72

Juan Manuel Santos

Former president of Colombia

*August 10th, 1951, Bogotá

65

Věra Špinarová

Czech singer

*December 22nd, 1951, Pohořelice †March 26th, 2017, Prague

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1951 is a normal year and no leap year.

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