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This is a list of selected August 5 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit.
[5] 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) .
1984 – A Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft crashed while attempting to land in Dhaka, killing 49 people in the deadliest aviation accident in Bangladeshi history. 2012 – An American white supremacist carried out a mass shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin , killing six people and wounding four others.
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 4-10: Aug. 4: Actor Tina Cole (“My Three Sons”) is 81. Actor Billy Bob Thornton is 69. Actor Kym Karath (“The Sound of Music”) is 66.
Corazon Aquino. Corazon Aquino was President of the Philippines from 1986-1992 under some extraordinary circumstances.She was a Senator's wife and became a political leader in the People Power ...
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9 August 1945 Charles Levy Nagasaki, Japan Unknown [s 2] [s 3] [s 5] V-J Day in Times Square: 14 August 1945 Alfred Eisenstaedt (pictured: same event taken by Victor Jorgensen) New York City, United States 35 mm The photograph depicts a U.S. Navy sailor embracing and kissing a total stranger on Victory over Japan Day. [48] [s 3] [s 4] [s 6]
August September October November December 1954: Margie Harrison: Margaret Scott (a.k.a. Marilyn Waltz) Dolores Del Monte: Marilyn Waltz: Joanne Arnold: Margie Harrison: Neva Gilbert: Arline Hunter: Jackie Rainbow: Madeline Castle: Diane Hunter: Terry Ryan: 1955: Bettie Page: Jayne Mansfield: magazine was not published Marilyn Waltz: Marguerite ...