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August 5, 1997 Korean Air 747 with 331 aboard crashes in Guam, 29 survive August 5, 1997 Ramzi Yousef, mastermind of world trade center bombing goes on trial August 5, 1997 Soyuz TM-26 crew of Anatoly Solovyov and Pavel Vinogradov, launched August 5, 1996 Dallas Cowboys play Kansas City Chiefs in Monterrey Mexico August 5, 1994 Antonov-12 crash down at Boda, East-Siberia, 47 killed August 5, 1994 Rocker Billy Idol admitted to the hospital after drug overdose August 5, 1992 4 cops in Rodney King beating case indicted on civil rights charge August 5, 1991 Sergeo Bubka of U.S.S.R. sets pole vault record (20'") in Malmo Sweden August 5, 1990 Barb Mucha wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic August 5, 1990 Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan inducted into hall of fame August 5, 1988 Mario Biaggi (Rep-D-NY) convicted of racketeering resigns seat August 5, 1986 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 5k woman's record (14:37.33) August 5, 1986 Steve Carlton is 2nd to pitch 4,000 strikeout August 5, 1986 U.S. Senate votes for SDI-project, Star Wars August 5, 1986 It's revealed Andrew Wyeth had, secretly created 240 drawings and paintings of his neighbor Helga Testorf, in Chadds Ford, Pa August 5, 1985 Baseball players go on strike for 2 days August 5, 1985 Establishment of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is announced August 5, 1985 Flexible-wing glider altitude record (214,250') set by Larry Tudor August 5, 1984 Alice Miller wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic August 5, 1984 Joan Benoit (U.S.) wins 1st Olympic marathon for women (2:24:52) August 5, 1984 Lou Pinella Day at Yankee Stadium August 5, 1984 Toronto's Cliff Johnson hits record 19th career pinch HR August 5, 1982 Stephabue Hix, of Alabama, 18, crowned Miss National Teen-Ager August 5, 1982 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site August 5, 1981 President Regan fires 11,500 striking air traffic controllers August 5, 1981 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site August 5, 1980 Expos Dick Williams wins his 1,000th career game as a manager August 5, 1980 New York Met Doug Flynn ties record of 3 triples in a game August 5, 1979 "But Never Jam Today" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 7 performances August 5, 1979 Government of Mauretania signs peace treaty with Polisario August 5, 1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate European Golf Open August 5, 1979 Phillies Pete Rose collects NL record 2,427th career single August 5, 1979 Varetta Shankle (Miss), crowned 12th Miss Black America August 5, 1979 Willie Mays, Warren Giles, and Hack Wilson inducted in Hall of Fame August 5, 1978 New Orlean Saints beat Phil Eagles 14-7 in Mexico City (NFL expo) August 5, 1975 Phillies 1st 8 batters get hits for a record, beat Cubs 13-5 August 5, 1975 Stevie Wonder signs $13M contract with Motown August 5, 1974 Joan Jett forms her rock group Runaways August 5, 1974 President Nixon admits he withheld information about Watergate break-in August 5, 1973 Arab terrorists open fire at Athens airport, kills 3 injures 55 August 5, 1973 Atlanta Braves Phil Niekro no-hits San Diego Padres, 9-0 August 5, 1973 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Pabst Ladies Golf Classic August 5, 1973 U.S.S.R. launches Mars 6 August 5, 1972 Moody Blues release "Nights in White Satin" August 5, 1972 Uganda president Idi Amin throws out all 80,000 Asians August 5, 1972 Detroit shortstop Ed Brinkman errors ends record streak of 72 games and 331 total chances without a miscue August 5, 1971 WNPE TV channel 16 in Watertown, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting August 5, 1970 Robert Morley's "How the Other Half Loves," premieres in London August 5, 1970 U.S. Black Panther leader Huey Newton let out of jail August 5, 1969 Mariner 7 flies past Mars August 5, 1969 Pirate Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium August 5, 1968 WMCV (now WZTV) TV channel 17 in Nashville, Tennessee (IND) 1st broadcast August 5, 1967 1st time an AFL team beats an NFL team, Broncos beats Detroit 13-7 August 5, 1967 Bobby Gentry releases her only hit "Ode to Billy Joe" August 5, 1966 33rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 38, All-Stars 0 (72,000) August 5, 1966 Beatle John Lennon says Beatles are more popular than Jesus August 5, 1966 Beatles' "Revolver" album is released August 5, 1966 Jose Torres beats Eddie Cotton to retain light-HW boxing title August 5, 1966 Martin Luther King, Jr. stoned during Chicago march August 5, 1966 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. August 5, 1966 Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" and "Eleanor Rigby" in UK August 5, 1965 Dave Marr wins PGA title August 5, 1964 Actress Anne Bancroft and comedian Mel Brooks wed August 5, 1964 Beatles record "Leave My Kitten Alone" August 5, 1964 Congo rebellion: Christopher Gbenye/Pierre Mulele conquer Stanleyville August 5, 1964 Ford Frick says he will not run for another term as commissioner August 5, 1964 U.S. begins bombing North Vietnam August 5, 1963 Britain, U.S. and U.S.S.R. sign nuclear test ban treaty August 5, 1963 Craig Breedlove sets world auto speed record at 407.45 MPH August 5, 1963 U.S., U.S.S.R. and Great Britain agree to discuss banning nuclear testing August 5, 1962 1st quasar located by radio August 5, 1962 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open August 5, 1962 Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement and illeagally leaving South Africa August 5, 1962 U.N. command forbids flights to Katangese airports August 5, 1961 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Ice Harbor Dam, Washington (state record) August 5, 1961 Chicago Bears (NFL) beat Mont Alouettes (CFL) 34-16 in Montreal August 5, 1960 Burkina (formerly Upper Volta) declares independence from France August 5, 1960 Detroit trades mgr Jimmy Dykes for Cleve's mgr Joe Gordon August 5, 1959 42.4 cm rainfall in Decatur Co, Iowa (state record) August 5, 1959 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 55-26 in Toronto August 5, 1958 Atomic sub USS Nautilus completes 1st trip under North Pole August 5, 1958 Philip Kapleau, Zen teacher, 1st awakening under Yasutani Roshi August 5, 1957 "American Bandstand," begins network TV (ABC) August 5, 1957 Comic strip "Andy Capp" made its debut August 5, 1957 WJZ-TV in Baltimore MD begins radio transmissions August 5, 1957 Bkln Sports Authority gets an engineering report on 50,000-seat stadium in downtown area for estimated $207 million August 5, 1956 KUAM TV channel 8 in Agana, GU (CBS/ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting August 5, 1956 Louise Suggs wins LPGA All American Golf Open August 5, 1956 WCYB TV channel 5 in Bristol-Kingsport, Virginia (NBC) begins broadcasting August 5, 1955 After playing 274 straight games at 2nd base, Nellie Fox is given a day off he comes back next 798 consecutive games August 5, 1954 Boxing Hall of Fame's 1st election selects 24 modern and 15 pioneers August 5, 1954 Patty Berg wins LPGA World Golf Championshio August 5, 1953 Operation "Big Switch" Korean War prisoner exchanged at Panmunjom August 5, 1951 Armed uprising in Ambonezen Camp Middelburg August 5, 1950 Ezzard Charles KOs Freddie Beshore to retain HW boxing title August 5, 1950 Florence Chadwick swims English Canal (13:23) August 5, 1949 6.75 Earthquake hits Quito; about 6000 die August 5, 1948 Cleveland Indians set club record for most double plays in a game (6) August 5, 1947 Netherlands ceases political action in Indonesia, due to United Nations pressure August 5, 1945 Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima (Aug 6th in Japan) August 5, 1944 US 79th/90th division occupy Laval/Mayenne August 5, 1944 US troops occupy Vannes Bretagne August 5, 1943 Sicily: 3 U.S. A-36's bomb British headquarter August 5, 1943 Soviet forces reconquer Orel and Bjelgorod August 5, 1942 British government cancels agreement of Munich August 5, 1942 German troops cross Kuban River August 5, 1940 "Acquaintance" blows-up Zandvoortse synagouge August 5, 1940 St. Louis Brown John Whitehead no-hits Detroit Tigers, 4-0 in 6 innings August 5, 1938 33rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Philadelphia (3-2) August 5, 1937 Ranger (U.S.) beats Endeavour II (England) in 17th America's Cup August 5, 1936 At Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his 3rd Olympic medal August 5, 1931 Det Tiger Tommy Bridges perfect game is broken up with 2 outs in 9th August 5, 1927 Phillies Cy Williams hits for cycle in just 4 at bats August 5, 1926 1st talkie movie "Don Juan" at Warner Theatre, New York August 5, 1926 French and German trade agreement signed August 5, 1926 Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1 hrs August 5, 1924 Comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," by Harold Gray, debuts August 5, 1923 1st American to swim English Channel, Henry Sullivan August 5, 1921 1st radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8, Phillies-0 (KDKA, Pitts) August 5, 1921 Treaty of Berlin: U.S. and Germany sign separate peace treaty August 5, 1917 British troops attack canal of Ypres in Boesinghe Belgium August 5, 1915 German troops over run Warsaw August 5, 1915 Warsaw, evacuated by the Russians, is occupied by Germans August 5, 1914 1st traffic light installed, Euclid Ave and E 105th St, Cleveland August 5, 1914 Cuba, Uruguay, Mexico and Argentina proclaim neutrality in WW I August 5, 1914 Dutch Cort Van de Linden government issues silver bonds as money August 5, 1914 Massive German assault on forts around Luik August 5, 1914 Montenegro declares war against Austria-Hungary in World War I August 5, 1914 U.S. beats Australia, 3-2, to win Davis Cup August 5, 1914 U.S., Nicaragua sign treaty granting canal rights to U.S. August 5, 1914 Westerschelde leaves due to German invasion in Belgium August 5, 1901 Peter O'Connor of Ireland, sets then long jump record at 24' 11 3/4" August 5, 1891 1st travelers checks issued, American Express August 5, 1890 British and French accord to divide African colonization August 5, 1884 Cornerstone for Statue of Liberty laid on Bedloe's Island (New York City) August 5, 1877 Henry Morton Stanley's letter in order to aid reaches Boma at Congo August 5, 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay Al-Farragut is given rank of vice-admiral August 5, 1864 Spectrum of a comet observed for 1st time, by Giovanni Donati August 5, 1862 Battle of Baton Rouge, LA August 5, 1861 Enlistment increases from 3 months to 2 years August 5, 1861 Naval Engagement at Fernandina, FL-USS Vincennes ends rebel blockade August 5, 1861 U.S. Army abolishes flogging August 5, 1861 U.S. levies its 1st Income Tax (3% of incomes over $800) August 5, 1858 Cyrus W. Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable August 5, 1846 Oregon country divided between U.S. and Britain at 49th parallel August 5, 1837 1st ascent of Mt Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, New York August 5, 1781 Battle at Doggers Bank: Dutch fleet vs English fleet August 5, 1775 1st Spanish ship, San Carlos, enters San Francisco Bay August 5, 1772 1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia and Russia August 5, 1745 Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots August 5, 1716 Battle at Peterwardein: Eugenius van Savoye beats Turks August 5, 1667 State of Holland obtain Eternal Edict August 5, 1666 English fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter August 5, 1654 French troops occupy Stenay August 5, 1587 Spanish troops conquer Lock August 5, 1583 Gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America) August 5, 1543 French and Turkish troops occupy Nice August 5, 1435 Battle at Ponza: king Alfonso V of Aragon captured by Genuezen August 5, 1420 Duke John VI of Bavaria visits "Christ's bride"/virgin Liduina August 5, 1399 Battle at Worskla: Tataren beat Russians and Litouwers August 5, 1391 Castilian sailors fire attack Jewish ghetto of Barcelona, 100's killed August 5, 1391 Jews are massacred in Toledo and Barcelona Spain August 5, 1264 Anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt Germany August 5, 1071 Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captured/Islam advances through Europe August 5, 135 Betar last outpost of Bar Kochba falls to Rome |