August 5th, 1976

Born on August 5th, 1976

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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, 1976

47

Kwon Sang-woo

South Korean actor

*August 5th, 1976, Daejeon

47

Eugen Trică

Romanian footballer

*August 5th, 1976, Craiova

47

Jeff Friesen

Canadian ice hockey player

*August 5th, 1976, Meadow Lake

47

Marians Pahars

Latvian footballer

*August 5th, 1976, Chornobai

47

Damir Skomina

Slovenian football referee

*August 5th, 1976, Koper

47

Kevin John Edusei

German conductor

*August 5th, 1976, Bielefeld

47

João André

Portuguese musician

*August 5th, 1976, Porto

47

Junji Arias

Filipino musician

*August 5th, 1976, Makati

47

Danica Jurčová

Slovak actress

*August 5th, 1976, Bratislava

47

Bobby Kielty

American baseball player

*August 5th, 1976, Fontana

47

Lukáš Sáblík

Czech ice hockey goaltender

*August 5th, 1976, Jihlava

47

Jewel

American pornographic actress

*August 5th, 1976, Wetmore

47

Marlene Favela

Mexican model and actress

*August 5th, 1976, Santiago Papasquiaro

47

Jeff Simmons

American racing driver

*August 5th, 1976, Hartford

47

Olympia Scott

American basketball player-coach

*August 5th, 1976, Los Angeles

47

Aleksandre Khetaguri

Georgian politician

*August 5th, 1976, Tbilisi

47

Jenniffer González

Puerto Rican politician

*August 5th, 1976, San Juan

45

Vitali Dzerbianiou

Belarusian weightlifter

*August 5th, 1976, Mogilev †May 2nd, 2022

47

M.A. Larson

American screenwriter

*August 5th, 1976, Rochester

47

Melvin Barrera

Salvadoran footballer

*August 5th, 1976, El Salvador

47

Matthew Scott Krentz

American actor and director

*August 5th, 1976, St. Louis

47

Ismayil Mammadov

Azerbaijani footballer

*August 5th, 1976, Soviet Union

47

Gianluca Temelin

Italian footballer

*August 5th, 1976, Pescara

47

Dustin Lyman

American football player

*August 5th, 1976, Boulder

47

Damian Keyes

British musician

*August 5th, 1976, Swansea

47

Asen Nikolov

Bulgarian footballer

*August 5th, 1976, Plovdiv

47

Kenan Kerimov

Azerbaijani footballer

*August 5th, 1976, Yevlakh

47

Leonardo García Alarcón

Argentine conductor

*August 5th, 1976, La Plata

47

Rasheed Hazzard

American basketball coach

*August 5th, 1976, Los Angeles

47

Miriam Nakamoto

Female Muay Thai fighter and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter

*August 5th, 1976, United States of America

47

Lazaros Iakovou

Cypriot footballer

*August 5th, 1976, Larnaca

47

Terry Cooke

English footballer (born 1976)

*August 5th, 1976, Marston Green

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Who's birthday is on August 5th?

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

39

Helene Fischer

German singer

*August 5th, 1984, Krasnoyarsk

50

Maren Meinert

German association football player and manager

*August 5th, 1973, Duisburg

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

38

Salomon Kalou

Ivorian association football player

*August 5th, 1985, Oumé

50

Thomas Kufen

German politician

*August 5th, 1973, Essen

56

Erik Selin

Swedish billionaire property developer, and CEO

*August 5th, 1967, Gothenburg

55

Marine Le Pen

French politician (born 1968)

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

51

Darryl Yung

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1972, Victoria

39

Kaare Dybvad Bek

Danish politician

*August 5th, 1984, Holbæk

49

Kajol

Indian film actress

*August 5th, 1974, Mumbai

82

Neil Armstrong

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)

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

76

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

60

Mark Strong

British actor

*August 5th, 1963, London

86

Ernst Rodenwaldt

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

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

28

Choi Sol-gyu

South Korean badminton player

*August 5th, 1995, Seoul

65

Hastomo Arbi

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1958, Kota Kudus

81

Michael Ballhaus

German cinematographer

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

46

Jarry

French actor

*August 5th, 1977, Angers

60

Doris Schröder-Köpf

German politician and journalist

*August 5th, 1963, Neuburg an der Donau

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Born in 1976

47

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

47

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

47

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

47

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

47

Halim Haryanto

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1976, Bandung City

47

Ellen Angelina

Indonesian badminton player

*June 30th, 1976, Salatiga City

48

Chantal Botts

Badminton player

*March 30th, 1976, Witbank

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

47

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

47

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

47

Francesco Totti

Italian association football player

*September 27th, 1976, Rome

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

47

Wang Chen

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 21st, 1976, Shanghai

47

Hidetaka Yamada

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1976, Kobe

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Leap year

Yes: 1976 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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