August 5th, 1996

Born on August 5th, 1996

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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, 1996

20

Étienne Fabre

French cyclist

*August 5th, 1996, Rodez †December 10th, 2016, École

27

Francesca Deagostini

Italian artistic gymnast

*August 5th, 1996, Aosta

27

Cho Seung-youn

South Korean singer

*August 5th, 1996, Gyeonggi

27

Malik Reed

American football player

*August 5th, 1996, Dothan

27

Saeid Rajabi

Taekwondo practitioner

*August 5th, 1996, Mianeh

27

Chris Lema

American soccer player

*August 5th, 1996, Ridgefield

27

Anders Bjork

American ice hockey player

*August 5th, 1996, Mequon

27

Daichi Kamada

Japanese footballer

*August 5th, 1996, Ehime Prefecture

27

Wang Ziming

Association football player

*August 5th, 1996, Qingdao

27

Jaylen Bacon

American athletics competitor

*August 5th, 1996, Eastover

27

Takakeishō Takanobu

Sumo Wrestler

*August 5th, 1996, Ashiya

27

Rafał Makowski

Polish association football player

*August 5th, 1996, Warsaw

27

Nanna Koppel

Danish actress

*August 5th, 1996, Valby

27

Emily Ogle

American association football player

*August 5th, 1996, Strongsville

27

Kethna Louis

Haitian association football player

*August 5th, 1996, Desdunes

27

Njegoš Janjušević

Serbian association football player

*August 5th, 1996, Prijepolje

27

Hannah Russell

Paralympic swimmer

*August 5th, 1996, Chertsey

27

Kim Jacob

Chilean field hockey player

*August 5th, 1996, Chile

27

Ashika Ranganath

Indian actress (born 1996)

*August 5th, 1996, Tumkur

27

Andreas Volk

German association football player

*August 5th, 1996, Gengenbach

27

Tatjana Djurković

Montenegrin association football player

*August 5th, 1996, Montenegro

27

Krystian Sanocki

Polish association football player

*August 5th, 1996, Czarnków

27

Azize Erdoğan

Turkish association football player

*August 5th, 1996, Aydın

27

İlmir Nurisof

Russian association football player

*August 5th, 1996, Naberezhnye Chelny

27

Murakami Mai

Japanese artistic gymnast (1996-)

*August 5th, 1996, Sagamihara

27

Salma Hany Ibrahim Ahmed

Squash player

*August 5th, 1996, Alexandria

27

Mia Milnes

Australian actress

*August 5th, 1996, Australia

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 5th?

39

Helene Fischer

German singer

*August 5th, 1984, Krasnoyarsk

28

Choi Sol-gyu

South Korean badminton player

*August 5th, 1995, Seoul

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

38

Salomon Kalou

Ivorian association football player

*August 5th, 1985, Oumé

56

Erik Selin

Swedish billionaire property developer, and CEO

*August 5th, 1967, Gothenburg

28

Louis Thauron

French ice dancer

*August 5th, 1995, Paris

39

Kaare Dybvad Bek

Danish politician

*August 5th, 1984, Holbæk

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

33

Jonas Hummels

German footballer

*August 5th, 1990, Wiesbaden

82

Neil Armstrong

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)

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

50

Thomas Kufen

German politician

*August 5th, 1973, Essen

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

26

Olivia Holt

American actress and singer

*August 5th, 1997, Germantown

60

Mark Strong

British actor

*August 5th, 1963, London

65

Hastomo Arbi

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1958, Kota Kudus

Same year
Born in 1996

28

Dove Cameron

American actress and singer

*January 15th, 1996, Bainbridge Island

27

Lauren Jauregui

American singer

*June 27th, 1996, Miami

27

Luke Hemmings

Australian singer and guitarist

*July 16th, 1996, Freemans Reach

27

Kungs

French DJ, record producer and musician

*December 17th, 1996, Aix-en-Provence

27

Jenifer Brening

German singer

*December 15th, 1996, Zehlendorf

27

Lili Reinhart

American actress

*September 13th, 1996, Cleveland

27

Ruben Jille

Dutch badminton player

*July 11th, 1996, Nieuwegein

27

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo

Indonesian badminton player

*August 2nd, 1996, Banyuwangi

28

Summer Walker

American R&B singer

*April 11th, 1996, Atlanta

28

Dawid Kwiatkowski

Polish singer-songwriter

*January 1st, 1996, Gorzów Wielkopolski

27

Nico Dannowski

Badminton player

*December 1st, 1996, Ebersbach-Neugersdorf

27

Duki

Argentine rapper

*June 24th, 1996, Almagro

28

Mabel

English singer and songwriter

*February 19th, 1996, Alhaurín el Grande

27

Aden Foyer

Norwegian record producer and DJ

*September 8th, 1996, Asker

28

Wakana Nagahara

Japanese badminton player

*January 9th, 1996, Hokkaido

27

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

Indonesian badminton player

*October 20th, 1996, Cimahi City

28

Muhammad Rian Ardianto

Badminton player

*February 13th, 1996, Bantul

28

Huang Kaixiang

Badminton player

*January 15th, 1996, Nanping

28

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

28

Zheng Yu

Chinese badminton player

*February 7th, 1996, Shandong

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Born on August 5th, 1996
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Leap year

Yes: 1996 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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