August 5th, 1979

Born on August 5th, 1979

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 16,000 days old!

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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, 1979

44

David Healy

Northern Irish footballer & manager

*August 5th, 1979, Killyleagh

44

Paul Kohler

Australian soccer player

*August 5th, 1979, Sydney

44

Canek Vázquez Góngora

Mexican politician

*August 5th, 1979, Hidalgo

44

Andrii Biletskyi

Ukrainian politician

*August 5th, 1979, Kharkiv

44

Nikolaos Anastasopoulos

Greek footballer

*August 5th, 1979, Greece

44

Sara Shamsavari

Iranian artist

*August 5th, 1979, Tehran

44

Carlos Conceição

Portuguese film director

*August 5th, 1979, Angola

44

Răzvan Țârlea

Romanian footballer

*August 5th, 1979, Oradea

44

Stephanie Rigamat

American soccer player

*August 5th, 1979, California

44

Drew Johnson

American journalist

*August 5th, 1979, Johnson City

44

Aleksei Sergeyevich Sergeyev

Russian footballer

*August 5th, 1979, Chaykovsky

44

Majka

Hungarian rapper

*August 5th, 1979, Ózd

44

Cédric Liabeuf

French footballer

*August 5th, 1979, Châteaurenard

44

José Fidalgo

Actor and model

*August 5th, 1979, Lisbon

Same Day
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

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

38

Salomon Kalou

Ivorian association football player

*August 5th, 1985, Oumé

50

Maren Meinert

German association football player and manager

*August 5th, 1973, Duisburg

56

Erik Selin

Swedish billionaire property developer, and CEO

*August 5th, 1967, Gothenburg

39

Kaare Dybvad Bek

Danish politician

*August 5th, 1984, Holbæk

50

Thomas Kufen

German politician

*August 5th, 1973, Essen

55

Marine Le Pen

French politician (born 1968)

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

51

Darryl Yung

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1972, Victoria

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

28

Choi Sol-gyu

South Korean badminton player

*August 5th, 1995, Seoul

86

Ernst Rodenwaldt

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

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

49

Kajol

Indian film actress

*August 5th, 1974, Mumbai

60

Mark Strong

British actor

*August 5th, 1963, London

81

Michael Ballhaus

German cinematographer

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

65

Hastomo Arbi

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1958, Kota Kudus

33

Jonas Hummels

German footballer

*August 5th, 1990, Wiesbaden

43

Wayne Bridge

English footballer (born 1980)

*August 5th, 1980, Southampton

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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