August 5th, 1984

Born on August 5th, 1984

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1984

39

Helene Fischer

German singer

*August 5th, 1984, Krasnoyarsk

39

Kaare Dybvad Bek

Danish politician

*August 5th, 1984, Holbæk

39

Steve Matai

New Zealand rugby league footballer

*August 5th, 1984, Auckland

39

Scott Muirhead

Scottish footballer (born 1984)

*August 5th, 1984, Paisley

39

Rashaun Broadus

Basketball player

*August 5th, 1984, Mililani

39

Tyler Sirois

American politician from Florida

*August 5th, 1984, Cape Canaveral

39

Nikola Rosić

Volleyball player

*August 5th, 1984, Belgrade

39

Sean Kazmar

American baseball player

*August 5th, 1984, Valdosta

39

Takamasa Anai

Japanese Judoka

*August 5th, 1984, Ōita

39

Florens Schmidt

German actor

*August 5th, 1984, Berlin

39

Jordan Lotiès

French footballer

*August 5th, 1984, Clermont-Ferrand

39

Ryan McDonald

Canadian actor

*August 5th, 1984, New Westminster

39

Makhtar Thioune

Senegalese footballer

*August 5th, 1984, Richard Toll

39

Marcio Leite

Brazilian footballer

*August 5th, 1984, Aracaju

39

Juan José Longhini

Argentine footballer

*August 5th, 1984, Olavarría

39

Cory Devela

American martial artist

*August 5th, 1984, Bonney Lake

39

Hervé Guy

Ivorian footballer

*August 5th, 1984, Adzopé

39

Wouter Gudde

Dutch footballer

*August 5th, 1984, Schiedam

39

Brad Schell

Canadian ice hockey player

*August 5th, 1984, Scott

39

Ruwan Herath

Cricketer

*August 5th, 1984, Kurunegala

39

Eurípedes Amoreirinha

Portuguese footballer

*August 5th, 1984, Vila Franca de Xira

39

Vusumuzi Mazibuko

South African cricketer

*August 5th, 1984, Johannesburg

39

Peter Costa

Indian association football player

*August 5th, 1984, Goa

39

Cédric Tsimba

Swiss association football player

*August 5th, 1984, Kinshasa

39

Roberto Cortese

Italian footballer

*August 5th, 1984, Sciacca

39

Sergei Sharin

Russian footballer

*August 5th, 1984, Mytishchi

39

Rola Yamout

Lebanese model

*August 5th, 1984, Beirut

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Who's birthday is on August 5th?

38

Salomon Kalou

Ivorian association football player

*August 5th, 1985, Oumé

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

56

Erik Selin

Swedish billionaire property developer, and CEO

*August 5th, 1967, Gothenburg

50

Maren Meinert

German association football player and manager

*August 5th, 1973, Duisburg

55

Marine Le Pen

French politician (born 1968)

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

50

Thomas Kufen

German politician

*August 5th, 1973, Essen

28

Choi Sol-gyu

South Korean badminton player

*August 5th, 1995, Seoul

82

Neil Armstrong

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)

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

33

Jonas Hummels

German footballer

*August 5th, 1990, Wiesbaden

51

Darryl Yung

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1972, Victoria

76

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

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

81

Michael Ballhaus

German cinematographer

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

35

Giles Barnes

Association football player

*August 5th, 1988, Barking

65

Hastomo Arbi

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1958, Kota Kudus

37

Christophe Laborie

French cyclist

*August 5th, 1986, Aurillac

49

Kajol

Indian film actress

*August 5th, 1974, Mumbai

35

Eddie Nolan

Irish association football player

*August 5th, 1988, Waterford

Same year
Born in 1984

39

Basshunter

Swedish singer, record producer and DJ

*December 22nd, 1984, Halmstad

40

Marc Zwiebler

German badminton player

*March 13th, 1984, Bonn

40

Juliette Armanet

French singer

*March 4th, 1984, Lille

39

Robert Huth

German association football player

*August 18th, 1984, East Berlin

39

Molly Nilsson

Swedish record producer, keyboardist and singer-songwriter

*December 14th, 1984, Stockholm

39

Sony Dwi Kuncoro

Indonesian badminton player

*July 7th, 1984, Surabaya

40

Salakjit Ponsana

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1984, Bangkok

39

Avril Lavigne

Canadian singer and songwriter (born 1984)

*September 27th, 1984, Belleville

40

Chanan Colman

Danish-American-Israeli former basketball player

*March 10th, 1984, Gladsaxe Municipality

39

Scarlett Johansson

American actress (born 1984)

*November 22nd, 1984, Manhattan

40

Valeria Sorokina

Russian badminton player

*March 29th, 1984, Reshetikha, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

39

French Montana

American rapper

*November 9th, 1984, Casablanca

40

Patrícia Kimberly

Brazilian pornographic actress

*January 6th, 1984, São Paulo

40

Duanganong Aroonkesorn

Thai badminton player

*February 6th, 1984, Bangkok

39

Valeriy Atrashchenkov

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1984, Kharkiv

39

Andrej Ashmarin

Badminton player

*November 9th, 1984, Moscow

39

Mark Zuckerberg

American internet entrepreneur

*May 14th, 1984, White Plains

39

Jinjin Harder

German singer

*August 30th, 1984, Wuhan

39

Ave Pajo

Estonian badminton and football player

*July 9th, 1984, Estonia

40

Silvi Antarini

Indonesian badminton player

*January 26th, 1984, Jakarta

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Leap year

Yes: 1984 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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