5th August anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1815
  • Australia
  • "Birth of Edward John Eyre, first person to cross Southern Australia from East to West." more
  • 1862
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Joseph Carey Merrick, the Elephant Man"
• event
  • 1858
  • The Atlantic Telegraph Company completed the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable (although it broke down after only 3 weeks).
  • 1884
  • Great Britain
  • The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty was laid on Bedloes Island (now called Liberty Island) in New York Harbour
  • 1888
  • Germany
  • The first long distance car journey completed by Bertha Benz who made a return journey from Mannheim to Pforzheim. more
  • 1963
  • "Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed by Russia, US and Britain"
  • 1969
  • United States
  • The US space probe Mariner 7 made its closest approach to Mars and sent back photographs and scientific data
  • 1100
  • Great Britain
  • Henry I crowned in Westminster Abbey more
  • 1305
  • Great Britain
  • William Wallace is captured by the English
  • 1388
  • Great Britain
  • "Battle of Otterburn, Northumberland (Chevy Chase) "
• Death
  • 1895
  • Germany
  • "Death of Friedrich Engels, joint author of the Communist Manifesto"
  • 1929
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Dame Millicent Fawcett, British feminist, President of the National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies" more
  • 1959
  • United States
  • "Death of Edgar Guest, British-born American poet who wrote popular sentimental, optimistic verses"
  • 1962
  • United States
  • "Death of Marilyn Monroe, American actress" more
  • 1984
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Richard Burton, Welsh actor" more
  • 1998
  • Bulgaria
  • "Death of Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian Communist dictator (1956–89) ."
  • 2000
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Sir Alec Guinness, English actor." more
  • 1063
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Wales" more
  • 1729
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Thomas Newcomen, inventor of the atmospheric steam engine"