August 5th, 2000

Born on August 5th, 2000

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, 2000

23

D. J. Carton

American basketball player

*August 5th, 2000, Pineville

23

Tom Gilbert

Australian rugby league player

*August 5th, 2000, Brisbane

23

Michele Šego

Association football player

*August 5th, 2000, Split

23

Lenny Pintor

French association football player

*August 5th, 2000, Sarcelles

23

Ali Youssef

Tunisian-Swedish association football player

*August 5th, 2000, Sweden

23

Maya Bond

American musician

*August 5th, 2000, Osaka

23

Víctor de Baunbag

Cameroonian footballer

*August 5th, 2000, Madrid

23

Cameron Wadenges

New Caledonian footballer

*August 5th, 2000, New Caledonia

23

Jonas Auer

Austrian footballer

*August 5th, 2000, Austria

23

Metodiy Stefanov

Association football player

*August 5th, 2000, Blagoevgrad

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

39

Helene Fischer

German singer

*August 5th, 1984, Krasnoyarsk

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

28

Choi Sol-gyu

South Korean badminton player

*August 5th, 1995, Seoul

56

Erik Selin

Swedish billionaire property developer, and CEO

*August 5th, 1967, Gothenburg

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

82

Neil Armstrong

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)

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

86

Ernst Rodenwaldt

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

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

50

Thomas Kufen

German politician

*August 5th, 1973, Essen

33

Jonas Hummels

German footballer

*August 5th, 1990, Wiesbaden

76

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

81

Michael Ballhaus

German cinematographer

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

51

Darryl Yung

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1972, Victoria

20

Maïa Mazzara

French figure skater

*August 5th, 2003, Clamart

24

Timo Kielich

Belgian cyclist

*August 5th, 1999, Sint-Truiden

60

Mark Strong

British actor

*August 5th, 1963, London

65

Hastomo Arbi

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1958, Kota Kudus

Same year
Born in 2000

24

Khea

Argentine rapper

*April 13th, 2000, Virreyes

24

Manuel Turizo

Colombian singer

*April 12th, 2000, Montería

23

Nadie por pendejo

Argentine singer-songwriter (born 2000)

*August 25th, 2000, Rosario

24

Benee

New Zealand singer-songwriter

*January 30th, 2000, Grey Lynn

24

Surf Mesa

American record producer and multi-instrumentalist

*April 10th, 2000, Seattle

23

Elena Wassen

German diver

*November 1st, 2000, Eschweiler

23

Isac Elliot

Finnish-Swedish pop singer, songwriter, dancer and actor

*December 26th, 2000, Kauniainen

23

Mxmtoon

American singer-songwriter and YouTuber

*July 9th, 2000, Oakland

23

Cameron Kasky

American activist against gun violence

*November 11th, 2000, Hollywood

23

Mischa Bredewold

Dutch cyclist

*June 20th, 2000, Amersfoort

23

Joshua Bassett

American actor and singer-songwriter

*December 22nd, 2000, Oceanside

23

Mina Jacobsen

Norwegian YouTuber

*November 30th, 2000, Eidsvoll Municipality

24

María Becerra

Argentine singer (born. 2000)

*February 12th, 2000, Quilmes

24

Ice Spice

American rapper

*January 1st, 2000, The Bronx

23

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy

Indian badminton player

*August 13th, 2000, Amalapuram

23

24kGoldn

American rapper and singer

*November 13th, 2000, San Francisco

24

Yeat

American rapper singer-songwriter, and record producer (born. 2000)

*February 26th, 2000, Irvine

23

Halla Bouksani

Badminton player

*July 30th, 2000, Kouba

23

Mata

Polish rapper

*July 14th, 2000, Warsaw

23

Amalie Magelund

Badminton player

*May 13th, 2000, Roskilde

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Leap year

Yes: 2000 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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