August 5th, 1988

Born on August 5th, 1988

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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, 1988

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

35

Giles Barnes

Association football player

*August 5th, 1988, Barking

35

Eddie Nolan

Irish association football player

*August 5th, 1988, Waterford

35

Hans Gruhne

German rower

*August 5th, 1988, Berlin

35

Michael Jamieson

British swimmer, Olympic silver medallist

*August 5th, 1988, Glasgow

35

Federica Pellegrini

Italian swimmer (1988)

*August 5th, 1988, Mirano

35

Denise Zimmermann

German figure skater (born 1988)

*August 5th, 1988, Mannheim

35

Fleur Maxwell

Figure skater

*August 5th, 1988, Dudelange

35

Hugues Fournel

Canadian Flat water Kayaker

*August 5th, 1988, Pointe-Claire

35

Bajram Nebihi

German footballer

*August 5th, 1988, Mitrovica

35

Paola Ampudia

Colombian volleyball player

*August 5th, 1988, Cali

35

Jamie McGinn

Canadian ice hockey player

*August 5th, 1988, Centre Wellington

35

Dale Weise

Canadian ice hockey player

*August 5th, 1988, Winnipeg

35

Danilo Carando

Argentine footballer

*August 5th, 1988, Argentina

35

Alexey Rubtsov

Russian rock climber

*August 5th, 1988, Moscow

35

Melissa Bishop

Canadian middle-distance runner

*August 5th, 1988, Eganville

35

Stephan Daschner

German ice hockey defenceman

*August 5th, 1988, Ingolstadt

35

Kendra Spears

American fashion model

*August 5th, 1988, Seattle

35

Camilla Kerslake

British singer

*August 5th, 1988, Dulwich

35

John Babikian

Canadian penny stock promoter

*August 5th, 1988, Montreal

35

Stefanie Joosten

Dutch model

*August 5th, 1988, Roermond

35

Lesley Anne Mitchell

Australian actress

*August 5th, 1988, Sydney

35

Jonathan Carlsson

Swedish ice hockey player

*August 5th, 1988, Uppsala

35

Kaimar Saag

Estonian footballer

*August 5th, 1988, Viljandi

35

Wojciech Reiman

Polish footballer

*August 5th, 1988, Poland

35

Thomas Som

Cameroonian footballer

*August 5th, 1988, Edéa

35

Sophia Aguiar

American dancer

*August 5th, 1988, Miami

35

Ian Heinisch

American mixed martial arts fighter

*August 5th, 1988, Denver

35

Yorai Lahav-Hertzanu

Israeli politician

*August 5th, 1988, Tel Aviv

35

Marcelo Tejeda

Salvadoran footballer

*August 5th, 1988, Santa Ana

35

Mohamed Sakho

Guinean footballer

*August 5th, 1988, Conakry

35

Eshita Mehboob

Pakistani model and actor

*August 5th, 1988, Karachi

35

Andrew Cave-Brown

Scottish footballer (born 1988)

*August 5th, 1988, Gravesend

35

Aleksandr Nevidimy

Russian footballer

*August 5th, 1988, Novorossiysk

35

Laure Barthélémy

French cross-country skier

*August 5th, 1988, Briançon

35

Dr. David Castain

American entrepreneur and philanthropist

*August 5th, 1988, Pomona

35

Iván Centurión

Argentinian footballer

*August 5th, 1988, Isidro Casanova

35

Iryna Suslova

Ukrainian politician

*August 5th, 1988, Zhytomyr

35

Laura Keates

English rugby union player

*August 5th, 1988, Selly Oak

35

Shōta Kurosawa

Japanese baseball player

*August 5th, 1988, Chichibu

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Who's birthday is on August 5th?

39

Helene Fischer

German singer

*August 5th, 1984, Krasnoyarsk

38

Salomon Kalou

Ivorian association football player

*August 5th, 1985, Oumé

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

39

Kaare Dybvad Bek

Danish politician

*August 5th, 1984, Holbæk

33

Jonas Hummels

German footballer

*August 5th, 1990, Wiesbaden

56

Erik Selin

Swedish billionaire property developer, and CEO

*August 5th, 1967, Gothenburg

28

Choi Sol-gyu

South Korean badminton player

*August 5th, 1995, Seoul

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

34

Ryan Bertrand

English association football player

*August 5th, 1989, Southwark

82

Neil Armstrong

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)

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

34

Grégory Sertic

French footballer

*August 5th, 1989, Brétigny-sur-Orge

86

Ernst Rodenwaldt

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

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

76

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

51

Darryl Yung

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1972, Victoria

81

Michael Ballhaus

German cinematographer

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

60

Mark Strong

British actor

*August 5th, 1963, London

65

Hastomo Arbi

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1958, Kota Kudus

37

Christophe Laborie

French cyclist

*August 5th, 1986, Aurillac

Same year
Born in 1988

35

Adele

British singer

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

35

Ma Jin

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1988, Nantong

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

36

Chan Yun Lung

Badminton player

*February 29th, 1988, Hong Kong

35

Gzuz

German rapper

*June 29th, 1988, Hamburg

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

36

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

35

Jérôme Boateng

German association football player

*September 3rd, 1988, West Berlin

35

Pramod Bhagat

Indian para-badminton player

*June 4th, 1988, Attabira

35

Mats Hummels

German association football player

*December 16th, 1988, Bergisch Gladbach

35

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

35

Monika Lewczuk

Polish singer-songwriter and former model

*June 10th, 1988, Łomża

36

Gabi Tóth

Hungarian singer

*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

35

Friðrik Dór

Icelandic singer

*October 7th, 1988, Hafnarfjörður

36

Marcel Schmelzer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Magdeburg

35

Lyna bonasera

Belgian actress

*May 17th, 1988, West Los Angeles

35

Savitree Amitrapai

Badminton player

*November 19th, 1988, Bangkok

35

Steffi Annys

Badminton player

*May 10th, 1988, De Panne

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Born on August 5th, 1988
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Leap year

Yes: 1988 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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August 1988