August 5

Events

Pre-1600

• AD 25 – Guangwu claims the throne as Emperor of China, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty.
• 70 – Fires resulting from the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem are extinguished.
• 642 – Battle of Maserfield: Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Northumbria.
• 910 – The last major Danish army to raid England for nearly a century is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward the Elder and Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians.
• 939 – The Battle of Alhandic is fought between Ramiro II of León and Abd-ar-Rahman III at Zamora in the context of the Spanish Reconquista. The battle resulted in a victory for the Emirate of Córdoba.
• 1068 – Byzantine–Norman wars: Italo-Normans begin a nearly-three-year siege of Bari.
• 1100 – Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1278 – Spanish Reconquista: the forces of the Kingdom of Castile initiate the ultimately futile Siege of Algeciras against the Emirate of Granada.
• 1305 – First Scottish War of Independence: Sir John Stewart of Menteith, the pro-English Sheriff of Dumbarton, successfully manages to capture Sir William Wallace of Scotland, leading to Wallace's subsequent execution by hanging, evisceration, drawing and quartering, and beheading 18 days later.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1388 – The Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England, is fought near Otterburn.<ref name="Armstrong2013">Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1460 – The Kingdom of Scotland captures Roxburgh, one of the last English strongholds in Scotland, following a siege.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1506 – The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Crimean Khanate in the Battle of Kletsk.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1583 – Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
• 1600 – The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland (later to become King James I of England) takes place at Gowrie House (Perth, Scotland).<ref>Jenny Wormald, "The Gowrie Conspiracy", Miles Kerr-Peterson & Steven J. Reid, James VI and Noble Power (Routledge, 2017), pp. 194–206.</ref>

1601–1900

• 1620 – The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England, carrying would-be settlers, on its first attempt to reach North America; it is forced to dock in Dartmouth when its companion ship, the Speedwell, springs a leak.<ref name="Landis1998">Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1689 – Beaver Wars: Fifteen hundred Iroquois attack Lachine in New France.
• 1716 – Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718): One-fifth of a Turkish army and the Grand Vizier are killed in the Battle of Petrovaradin.
• 1735 – Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he had published was true.
• 1763 – Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run: British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.
• 1772 – First Partition of Poland: The representatives of Austria, Prussia, and Russia sign three bilateral conventions condemning the "anarchy" of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and imputing to the three powers "ancient and legitimate rights" to the territories of the Commonwealth. The conventions allow each of the three great powers to annex a part of the Commonwealth, which they proceed to do over the course of the following two months.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1781 – The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
• 1796 – The Battle of Castiglione in Napoleon's first Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars results in a French victory.
• 1816 – The British Admiralty dismisses Francis Ronalds's new invention of the first working electric telegraph as "wholly unnecessary", preferring to continue using the semaphore.
• 1824 – Greek War of Independence: Konstantinos Kanaris leads a Greek fleet to victory against Ottoman and Egyptian naval forces in the Battle of Samos.
• 1858 – Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It will operate for less than a month.
• 1860 – Charles XV of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
• 1861 – American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872).
• 1861 – The United States Army abolishes flogging.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge: Along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats.
• 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Mobile Bay begins at Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports.
• 1874 – Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
• 1882 – Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, today known as ExxonMobil, is established officially. The company would later grow to become the holder of all Standard Oil companies and the entity at the center of the breakup of Standard Oil.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1884 – The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
• 1888 – Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.

1901–present

• 1901 – Peter O'Connor sets the first World Athletics recognised long jump world record of Template:Convert, a record that would stand for 20 years.
• 1906 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
• 1914 – World War I: The German minelayer Template:SS lays a minefield about Template:Convert off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser Template:HMS.
• 1914 – World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer Template:SS which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
• 1914 – In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
• 1916 – World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
• 1925 – Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out.
• 1926 – Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
• 1939 – The Thirteen Roses: Thirteen female members of the Unified Socialist Youth are executed by Francoist forces in Madrid, Spain.<ref>Egido León, Ángeles. El perdon de Franco. La represión de las mujeres en el Madrid de posguerra..Los libros de la catarata. 2009. Madrid.p.63</ref>
• 1940 – World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
• 1944 – World War II: At least 1,104 Japanese POWs in Australia attempt to escape from a camp at Cowra, New South Wales; 545 temporarily succeed but are later either killed, commit suicide, or are recaptured.
• 1944 – World War II: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp (Gęsiówka) in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.
• 1944 – World War II: The Nazis begin a week-long massacre of between 40,000 and 50,000 civilians and prisoners of war in Wola, Poland.
• 1949 – In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
• 1949 – In Montana, 12 smokejumper firefighters and 1 US Forest Service fire guard are killed in the Mann Gulch Fire.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1957 – American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.
• 1960 – Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.
• 1962 – Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
• 1962 – American actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead at her home from a drug overdose.
• 1963 – Cold War: The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
• 1964 – Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: American aircraft from carriers Template:USS and Template:USS bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
• 1965 – The Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 begins as Pakistani soldiers cross the Line of Control dressed as locals.
• 1966 – A group of red guards at Experimental High in Beijing, including Deng Rong and Liu Pingping, daughters of Deng Xiaoping and Liu Shaoqi respectively, beat the deputy vice principal, Bian Zhongyun, to death with sticks after accusing her of counter-revolutionary revisionism, producing one of the first fatalities of the Cultural Revolution.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1969 – The Lonesome Cowboys police raid occurs in Atlanta, Georgia, leading to the creation of the Georgia Gay Liberation Front.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1971 – The first Pacific Islands Forum (then known as the "South Pacific Forum") is held in Wellington, New Zealand, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean.
• 1973 – Mars 6 is launched from the USSR.
• 1974 – Watergate scandal: President Richard Nixon, under orders of the US Supreme Court, releases the "Smoking Gun" tape, recorded on June 23, 1972, clearly revealing his actions in covering up and interfering investigations into the break-in. His political support vanishes completely.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1979 – In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake the Bala Hissar uprising against the Leninist government.
• 1981 – President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
• 1984 – A Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship crashes on approach to Zia International Airport, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing all 49 people on board.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – Yugoslav Wars: The city of Knin, Croatia, a significant Serb stronghold, is taken by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day.
• 2003 – A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150.
• 2008 – The New England Revolution win the 2008 North American SuperLiga final against the Houston Dynamo.<ref name="Super finish for Revolution">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2010 – The Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately Template:Convert below the ground for 69 days.
• 2010 – Ten members of International Assistance Mission Nuristan Eye Camp team are killed by persons unknown in Kuran wa Munjan District of Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan.
• 2012 – The Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting took place in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six victims; the perpetrator committed suicide after being wounded by police.
• 2015 – The Environmental Protection Agency at Gold King Mine waste water spill releases three million gallons of heavy metal toxin tailings and waste water into the Animas River in Colorado.
• 2019 – The revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir (state) occurred and the state was bifurcated into two union territories (Jammu and Kashmir (union territory) and Ladakh).<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
• 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2024 – Following the non-cooperation movement against the government of Bangladesh, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigns and flees the country, ending her rule of 15 consecutive years and a total of almost two decades. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

• 79 BC – Tullia, Roman daughter of Cicero (d. 45 BC)
• 1262 – Ladislaus IV of Hungary (d. 1290)
• 1301 – Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (d. 1330)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1397 – Guillaume Du Fay, Belgian-Italian composer and theorist (d. 1474)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1461 – Alexander Jagiellon, Polish king (d. 1506)
• 1540 – Joseph Justus Scaliger, French philologist and historian (d. 1609)

1601–1900

• 1607 – Antonio Barberini, Italian cardinal (d. 1671)
• 1623 – Antonio Cesti, Italian organist and composer (d. 1669)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1626 – Richard Ottley, English politician (d. 1670)
• 1662 – James Anderson, Scottish lawyer and historian (d. 1728)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1681 – Vitus Bering, Danish-born Russian explorer (d. 1741)
• 1694 – Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (d. 1744)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1749 – Thomas Lynch Jr., American commander and politician (d. 1779)
• 1797 – Friedrich August Kummer, German cellist and composer (d. 1879)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1802 – Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (d. 1829)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1811 – Ambroise Thomas, French composer (d. 1896)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1813 – Ivar Aasen, Norwegian poet and linguist (d. 1896)
• 1815 – Edward John Eyre, English explorer and politician, Governor of Jamaica (d. 1901)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1827 – Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (d. 1892)
• 1828 – Louise of the Netherlands (d. 1871)
• 1833 – Carola of Vasa (d. 1907)
• 1843 – James Scott Skinner, Scottish violinist and composer (d. 1927)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1844 – Ilya Repin, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1930)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1850 – Guy de Maupassant, French short story writer, novelist, and poet (d. 1893)
• 1860 – Louis Wain, English artist (d. 1939)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1862 – Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities (d. 1890)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1866 – Carl Harries, German chemist and academic (d. 1923)
• 1866 – Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (d. 1917)
• 1868 – Oskar Merikanto, Finnish pianist and composer (d. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1872 – Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician, bacteriologist, and epidemiologist, founded the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (d. 1917)
• 1874 – Wesley Clair Mitchell, American economist and academic (d. 1948)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1874 – Horace Rawlins, English golfer (d. 1935)
• 1876 – Mary Ritter Beard, American historian and activist (d. 1958)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1877 – Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (d. 1917)
• 1880 – Gertrude Rush, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1962)
• 1880 – Ruth Sawyer, American author and educator (d. 1970)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1882 – Anne Acheson, Irish sculptor (d. 1962)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1887 – Reginald Owen, English-American actor and singer (d. 1972)
• 1889 – Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (d. 1973)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1890 – Naum Gabo, Russian-American sculptor (d. 1977)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1890 – Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director (d. 1956)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1897 – Roberta Dodd Crawford, American soprano and educator (d. 1954)
• 1897 – Aksel Larsen, Danish lawyer and politician (d. 1972)
• 1900 – Rudolf Schottlaender, German philosopher, classical philologist and translator (d. 1988)

1901–present

• 1901 – Claude Autant-Lara, French director, screenwriter, and politician (d. 2000)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1904 – Kenneth V. Thimann, English-American botanist and microbiologist (d. 1997)
• 1905 – Wassily Leontief, German-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1906 – Joan Hickson, English actress (d. 1998)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1906 – John Huston, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1987)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1908 – Harold Holt, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967)
• 1908 – Jose Garcia Villa, Filipino short story writer and poet (d. 1997)
• 1910 – Bruno Coquatrix, French songwriter and manager (d. 1979)
• 1910 – Herminio Masantonio, Argentinian footballer (d. 1956)
• 1911 – Robert Taylor, American actor and singer (d. 1969)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1912 – Abbé Pierre, French priest and humanitarian (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1914 – Parley Baer, American actor (d. 2002)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1916 – Peter Viereck, American poet and academic (d. 2006)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1918 – Tom Drake, American actor and singer (d. 1982)
• 1918 – Betty Oliphant, English-Canadian ballerina, co-founded Canada's National Ballet School (d. 2004)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1919 – Rosalind Hicks, British literary guardian and the only child of author, Agatha Christie (d. 2004)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1920 – George Tooker, American painter and academic (d. 2011)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1921 – Terry Becker, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2014)
• 1922 – L. Tom Perry, American businessman and religious leader (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1922 – Frank Stranahan, American golfer (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1923 – Devan Nair, Malaysian-Singaporean union leader and politician, 3rd President of Singapore (d. 2005)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1926 – Betsy Jolas, French composer<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1926 – Jeri Southern, American jazz singer and pianist (d. 1991)
• 1929 – Don Matheson, American soldier, police officer, and actor (d. 2014)
• 1929 – John H. Moore II, American lawyer and judge (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1930 – Damita Jo DeBlanc, American comedian, actress, and singer (d. 1998)
• 1930 – Richie Ginther, American race car driver (d. 1989)
• 1930 – Michal Kováč, Slovak lawyer and politician, 1st President of Slovakia (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1931 – Tom Hafey, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Tera de Marez Oyens, Dutch pianist and composer (d. 1996)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1932 – Vladimir Fedoseyev, Russian conductor
• 1934 – Karl Johan Åström, Swedish engineer and theorist
• 1934 – Wendell Berry, American novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist
• 1934 – Gay Byrne, Irish radio and television host (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1935 – Michael Ballhaus, German director and cinematographer (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1935 – Peter Inge, Baron Inge, English field marshal (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1935 – Roy Benavidez, American soldier, Medal of Honor Winner (d. 1998)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1936 – Nikolai Baturin, Estonian author and playwright (d. 2019)
• 1936 – John Saxon, American actor (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1937 – Herb Brooks, American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2003)
• 1937 – Brian G. Marsden, English-American astronomer and academic (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1939 – Roger Clark, English race car driver (d. 1998)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1939 – Carmen Salinas, Mexican actress and politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (d. 2021)
• 1940 – Bobby Braddock, American country music songwriter, musician, and producer
• 1940 – Roman Gabriel, American football player, coach, and actor (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1940 – Rick Huxley, English bass player (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1941 – Bob Clark, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1941 – Leonid Kizim, Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1941 – Airto Moreira, Brazilian-American drummer and composer<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1942 – Joe Boyd, American record producer, founded Hannibal Records
• 1943 – Nelson Briles, American baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1943 – Sammi Smith, American country music singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
• 1944 – Christopher Gunning, English composer (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1945 – Loni Anderson, American actress
• 1946 – Bruce Coslet, American football player and coach
• 1946 – Shirley Ann Jackson, American physicist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1946 – Rick van der Linden, Dutch keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2006)
• 1946 – Bob McCarthy, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1946 – Erika Slezak, American actress
• 1946 – Xavier Trias, Spanish pediatrician and politician, 118th Mayor of Barcelona
• 1947 – Angry Anderson, Australian singer and actor
• 1947 – Bernie Carbo, American baseball player
• 1947 – France A. Córdova, American astrophysicist and academic
• 1947 – Rick Derringer, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1947 – Greg Leskiw, Canadian guitarist and songwriter
• 1948 – Ray Clemence, English footballer and manager (d. 2020)
• 1948 – Barbara Flynn, English actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1948 – David Hungate, American bass guitarist, producer, and arranger
• 1948 – Shin Takamatsu, Japanese architect and academic
• 1950 – Luiz Gushiken, Brazilian trade union leader and politician (d. 2013)
• 1950 – Mahendra Karma, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
• 1951 – Samantha Sang, Australian pop singer
• 1952 – Tamás Faragó, Hungarian water polo player
• 1952 – John Jarratt, Australian actor and producer
• 1952 – Louis Walsh, Irish talent manager
• 1953 – Rick Mahler, American baseball player and coach (d. 2005)
• 1955 – Eddie Ojeda, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1956 – Christopher Chessun, English Anglican bishop
• 1956 – Jerry Ciccoritti, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1956 – Maureen McCormick, American actress
• 1957 – Larry Corowa, Australian rugby league player
• 1957 – David Gill, English businessman
• 1958 – Ulla Salzgeber, German equestrian<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1959 – Pete Burns, English singer-songwriter (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1959 – Pat Smear, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1960 – David Baldacci, American lawyer and author
• 1961 – Janet McTeer, English actress
• 1961 – Athula Samarasekera, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
• 1961 – Tim Wilson, American comedian, singer-songwriter, and guitarist (d. 2014)
• 1962 – Patrick Ewing, Jamaican-American basketball player and coach
• 1962 – Otis Thorpe, American basketball player
• 1963 – Steve Lee, Swiss singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
• 1963 – Ingmar De Vos, Belgian sports administrator
• 1963 – Mark Strong, English actor
• 1964 – Rory Morrison, English journalist (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1964 – Adam Yauch, American rapper and director (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1965 – Jeff Coffin, American saxophonist and composer
• 1965 – Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese keyboard player and composer
• 1966 – Jennifer Finch, American singer, bass player, and photographer
• 1966 – Jonathan Silverman, American actor and producer
• 1967 – Matthew Caws, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1968 – Terri Clark, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1968 – Kendo Kashin, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1968 – Marine Le Pen, French lawyer and politician
• 1968 – Oleh Luzhnyi, Ukrainian footballer and manager
• 1968 – Colin McRae, Scottish race car driver (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1968 – John Olerud, American baseball player
• 1969 – Jackie Doyle-Price, English politician
• 1969 – Vasbert Drakes, Barbadian cricketer
• 1969 – Venkatesh Prasad, Indian cricketer and coach
• 1969 – Rob Scott, Australian rower
• 1970 – James Gunn, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 – Valdis Dombrovskis, Latvian academic and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Latvia
• 1972 – Ikuto Hidaka, Japanese wrestler
• 1972 – Aaqib Javed, Pakistani cricketer and coach
• 1972 – Darren Shahlavi, English-American actor and martial artist (d. 2015)
• 1972 – Jon Sleightholme, English rugby player
• 1972 – Theodore Whitmore, Jamaican footballer and manager
• 1972 – Christian Olde Wolbers, Belgian-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1973 – Paul Carige, Australian rugby league player
• 1973 – Justin Marshall, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
• 1974 – Alvin Ceccoli, Australian footballer
• 1974 – Kajol, Indian film actress<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1974 – Olle Kullinger, Swedish footballer
• 1974 – Antoine Sibierski, French footballer
• 1975 – Dan Hipgrave, English guitarist and journalist
• 1975 – Josep Jufré, Spanish cyclist
• 1975 – Eicca Toppinen, Finnish cellist and composer
• 1976 – Jeff Friesen, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 – Marians Pahars, Latvian footballer and manager
• 1976 – Eugen Trică, Romanian footballer and manager
• 1977 – Eric Hinske, American baseball player and coach
• 1977 – Mark Mulder, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1977 – Michael Walsh, English footballer
• 1978 – Cosmin Bărcăuan, Romanian footballer and manager
• 1978 – Kim Gevaert, Belgian sprinter
• 1978 – Harel Levy, Israeli tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1979 – David Healy, Irish footballer
• 1980 – Wayne Bridge, English footballer
• 1980 – Salvador Cabañas, Paraguayan footballer
• 1980 – Jason Culina, Australian footballer
• 1980 – Jesse Williams, American actor, director, producer, and political activist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1981 – David Clarke, English ice hockey player
• 1981 – Carl Crawford, American baseball player
• 1981 – Maik Franz, German footballer
• 1981 – Erik Guay, Canadian skier
• 1981 – Travie McCoy, American rapper, singer, and songwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1981 – Anna Rawson, Australian golfer
• 1981 – Rachel Scott, American murder victim, inspired the Rachel's Challenge (d. 1999)
• 1982 – Jamie Houston, English-German rugby player
• 1982 – Lolo Jones, American hurdler
• 1982 – Michele Pazienza, Italian footballer
• 1982 – Jeff Robson, Australian rugby league player
• 1982 – Pete Sell, American mixed martial artist
• 1984 – Steve Matai, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1985 – Laurent Ciman, Belgian footballer
• 1985 – Salomon Kalou, Ivorian footballer
• 1985 – Gil Vermouth, Israeli footballer
• 1985 – Erkan Zengin, Swedish footballer
• 1986 – Paula Creamer, American golfer
• 1986 – Kathrin Zettel, Austrian skier
• 1988 – Michael Jamieson, Scottish-English swimmer
• 1988 – Federica Pellegrini, Italian swimmer
• 1989 – Ryan Bertrand, English footballer
• 1989 – Mathieu Manset, French footballer
• 1991 – Esteban Gutiérrez, Mexican race car driver
• 1991 – Konrad Hurrell, Tongan rugby league player
• 1991 – Daniëlle van de Donk, Dutch footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1991 – Andreas Weimann, Austrian footballer
• 1994 – Natalia García, Spanish rhythmic gymnast<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Danish footballer
• 1996 – Takakeishō Mitsunobu, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1996 – Cho Seung-youn, South Korean singer-songwriter and rapper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – Jack Cogger, Australian rugby league player
• 1997 – Olivia Holt, American actress and singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="medianet">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – Wang Yibo, Chinese dancer, singer and actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – Yungblud, English musician and actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1998 – Adam Doueihi, Australian-Lebanese rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1999 – Kim Si-hyeon, South Korean singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2000 – Tom Gilbert, Australian rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2001 – Anthony Edwards, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2003 – Toni Shaw, British Paralympic swimmer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2004 – Gavi, Spanish footballer<ref>GAVI PABLO MARTÍN PAEZ GAVIRIA fcbarcelona.com สืบค้นเมื่อ 2 พ.ย. 2021</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 553 – Xiao Ji, prince of the Liang dynasty (b. 508)
• 642 – Eowa, king of Mercia
• 642 – Oswald, king of Northumbria<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 824 – Heizei, Japanese emperor (b. 773)
• 877 – Ubayd Allah ibn Yahya ibn Khaqan, Abbasid vizier
• 882 – Louis III, Frankish king (b. 863)
• 890 – Ranulf II, duke of Aquitaine (b. 850)
• 910 – Eowils and Halfdan, joint kings of Northumbria
• 910 – Ingwær, king of Northumbria
• 917 – Euthymius I of Constantinople (b. 834)
• 940 – Li Decheng, Chinese general (b. 863)
• 1063 – Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd
• 1364 – Kōgon, Japanese emperor (b. 1313)
• 1415 – Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (b. 1375)
• 1415 – Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham (b. 1370)
• 1447 – John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (b. 1395)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1579 – Stanislaus Hosius, Polish cardinal (b. 1504)
• 1600 – John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie, Scottish conspirator (b. 1577)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>

1601–1900

• 1610 – Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and politician, Royal Governor of Chile (b. 1552)
• 1633 – George Abbot, English archbishop and academic (b. 1562)
• 1678 – Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican tenor and composer (b. 1619)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1729 – Thomas Newcomen, English engineer, invented the eponymous Newcomen atmospheric engine (b. 1664)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1743 – John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English courtier and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (b. 1696)
• 1778 – Charles Clémencet, French historian and author (b. 1703)
• 1778 – Thomas Linley the younger, English composer (b. 1756)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1792 – Frederick North, Lord North, English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1732)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1799 – Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician (b. 1726)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1868 – Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1788)
• 1877 – Robert Williams (known as Trebor Mai), Welsh poet (b. 1830)
• 1880 – Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician and dermatologist (b. 1816)
• 1881 – Spotted Tail, American tribal chief (b. 1823)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1895 – Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1901–present

• 1901 – Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom and German Empress (b. 1840)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1904 – George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834)<ref>Template:Cite AuDB</ref>
• 1911 – Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1916 – George Butterworth, British composer (b. 1885)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1921 – Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1929 – Millicent Fawcett, English trade union leader and activist (b. 1847)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1933 – Charles Harold Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1856)
• 1935 – David Townsend, American art director and set designer (b. 1891)
• 1939 – Béla Jankovich, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (b. 1865)
• 1944 – Maurice Turnbull, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (b. 1906)
• 1946 – Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)
• 1948 – Montagu Toller, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1871)
• 1952 – Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (b. 1917)
• 1955 – Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress and singer (b. 1909)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1957 – Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1959 – Edgar Guest, English-American journalist and poet (b. 1881)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1960 – Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1963 – Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1964 – Moa Martinson, Swedish author (b. 1890)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1964 – Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1886)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1968 – Luther Perkins, American guitarist (b. 1928)
• 1978 – Jesse Haines, American baseball player and coach (b. 1893)
• 1980 – Harold L. Runnels, American soldier and politician (b. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1983 – Judy Canova, American actress and comedian (b. 1913)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1983 – Joan Robinson, English economist and author (b. 1903)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1984 – Richard Burton, Welsh actor (b. 1925)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1985 – Arnold Horween, American football player and coach (b. 1898)
• 1987 – Georg Gaßmann, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1910)
• 1991 – Paul Brown, American football player and coach (b. 1908)
• 1991 – Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, founded Honda (b. 1906)
• 1992 – Robert Muldoon, New Zealand politician, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1921)
• 1994 – Menachem Avidom, Israeli composer (b. 1908)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1994 – Alain de Changy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1922)
• 1998 – Otto Kretschmer, German commander (b. 1912)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1998 – Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian commander and politician, 36th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1911)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2000 – Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian-Brazilian journalist and activist (b. 1920)
• 2000 – Tullio Crali, Montenegrin-Italian pilot and painter (b. 1910)
• 2000 – Lala Amarnath, Indian cricketer (b. 1911)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2000 – Alec Guinness, English actor (b. 1914)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2001 – Otema Allimadi, Ugandan politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1929)
• 2001 – Christopher Skase, Australian-Spanish businessman (b. 1948)
• 2002 – Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (b. 1982)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• 2002 – Chick Hearn, American sportscaster (b. 1916)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2002 – Franco Lucentini, Italian journalist and author (b. 1920)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2002 – Darrell Porter, American baseball player (b. 1952)
• 2002 – Matt Robinson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
• 2005 – Polina Astakhova, Russian gymnast and coach (b. 1936)
• 2005 – Jim O'Hora, American football player and coach (b. 1915)
• 2005 – Raul Roco, Filipino lawyer and politician, 31st Filipino Secretary of Education (b. 1941)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2005 – Eddie Jenkins, Welsh footballer (b. 1909)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2007 – Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal (b. 1926)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2007 – Florian Pittiș, Romanian actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1943)
• 2008 – Neil Bartlett, English-American chemist and academic (b. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 2008 – Reg Lindsay, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1929)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• 2009 – Budd Schulberg, American author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1914)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2011 – Andrzej Lepper, Polish farmer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1954)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2011 – Aziz Shavershian, Australian bodybuilder (b. 1989)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2012 – Erwin Axer, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1917)
• 2012 – Michel Daerden, Belgian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2012 – Fred Matua, American football player (b. 1984)
• 2012 – Martin E. Segal, Russian-American businessman, co-founded Film Society of Lincoln Center (b. 1916)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2012 – Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1919)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2012 – Roland Charles Wagner, French author and translator (b. 1960)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• 2013 – Ruth Asawa, American sculptor and educator (b. 1926)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 2013 – Shawn Burr, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1966)
• 2013 – Willie Dunn, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2013 – Roy Rubin, American basketball player and coach (b. 1925)
• 2013 – May Song Vang, American activist (b. 1951)
• 2013 – Rob Wyda, American commander and judge (b. 1959)
• 2014 – Harold J. Greene, American general (b. 1962)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2014 – Vladimir Orlov, Russian author (b. 1936)
• 2014 – Chapman Pincher, Indian-English historian, journalist, and author (b. 1914)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2014 – Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, American physician and academic, 11th Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1927)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2015 – Arthur Walter James, English journalist and politician (b. 1912)
• 2015 – Tony Millington, Welsh footballer (b. 1943)
• 2018 – Alan Rabinowitz, American zoologist (b. 1953)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2019 – Toni Morrison, American author, Pulitzer Prize winner, and Nobel laureate (b. 1931).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2020 – Hawa Abdi, Somali human rights activist and physician (b. 1947)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2022 – Judith Durham, Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1943)<ref name="watoday">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2022 – Cherie Gil, Filipino actress (b. 1963)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2022 – Ali Haydar, Syrian army officer (b. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2022 – Issey Miyake, Japanese fashion designer (b. 1938)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2022 – Dillon Quirke, Irish hurler (b. 1998)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Abel of Reims
  • Addai
  • Afra
  • Cassian of Autun
  • Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major (Catholic Church)
  • Emygdius
  • Memnius
  • Oswald of Northumbria
  • August 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Independence Day (Burkina Faso)
• Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day of Croatian defenders (Croatia)

External links

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