Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 5
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. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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Alfonso X of Castile -
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Bertha Benz's Patent-Motorwagen
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Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| Independence Day in Burkina Faso (1960); | refimprove section |
| 1388 – Scottish forces defeated the English during a border skirmish near Otterburn, Northumberland. | needs more footnotes |
| 1858 – American businessman and financier Cyrus West Field and his colleagues completed the first transatlantic telegraph cable, crossing the Atlantic Ocean from Valentia Island in Ireland to Heart's Content, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. | refimprove section |
| 1861 – With the passage of the Revenue Act, the United States issued its first income tax: 3% of all incomes over $800 (later rescinded in 1872). | refimprove section |
| 1864 – American Civil War: Rear Admiral David Farragut successfully led the Union fleet through a mine field to victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay. | too much unreferenced material |
| 1925 – The Welsh political party Plaid Cymru was founded with the goals of promoting the Welsh language and the political independence of the Welsh nation. | Plaid Cymru/History: both have unreferenced section |
| 2003 – A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb outside the lobby of the JW Marriott Hotel in Setiabudi, South Jakarta, Indonesia, killing twelve people and injuring 150. | refimprove section |
| 2010 – A cave-in at a mine north of Copiapó, Chile, trapped 33 miners approximately 2,300 ft (700 m) below the ground. | appears on October 13, date of rescue |
| 2010 – War in Afghanistan: Ten foreign aid workers of the International Assistance Mission were killed by persons unknown in Kuran wa Munjan District of Badakhshan Province. | expansion |
Eligible
- 641 or 642 – King Penda of Mercia defeated and killed King Oswald of Northumbria at the Battle of Maserfield, traditionally believed to have been fought in Oswestry, Shropshire, England.
- 910 – The combined forces of Mercia and Wessex led by King Edward the Elder and Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians, defeated the Northumbrian Danes returning from a raid on Mercia.
- 1100 – Henry I was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.
- 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.
- 1506 – Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania achieved one of the greatest Lithuanian victories against the Tatars in the Battle of Kletsk.
- 1583 – Explorer Humphrey Gilbert established the first English colony in North America at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- 1600 – Scottish nobleman John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie, was killed during what was most likely a failed attempt to kidnap King James VI.
- 1796 – War of the First Coalition: The Austrian army attempted to break the Siege of Mantua, but were repelled by the French Army of Italy under Napoleon.
- 1816 – Sir John Barrow, Secretary of the Admiralty, rejected a proposal to use Francis Ronalds's electrical telegraph, deeming it "wholly unnecessary".
- 1916 – First World War: The British Empire's Sinai and Palestine Campaign began with a victory in the Battle of Romani.
- 1962 – Actress and model Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, an event that has become the center of one of the most debated conspiracy theories.
- 1981 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan fired the 11,345 striking members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization en masse.
- 2012 – A white supremacist went on a shooting spree at the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, U.S., killing six people and wounding four others.
- 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.
- Born/died: Edmund of Woodstock (b. 1301) · Richard Ottley (b. 1626) · Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (d. 1799) · Ivar Aasen (b. 1813) · Harry Trott (b. 1866) · Eddie Nolan (b. 1988) · Soichiro Honda (d. 1991)
Notes
- Alice Huyler Ramsey appears on August 7, so Bertha Benz should not appear in the same year.
August 5: Constitution Day in the Cook Islands (1965); Victory Day in Croatia (1995)
- AD 25 – Guangwu (pictured) claimed the throne as emperor of the Han dynasty, after Wang Mang, who had seized the throne himself and proclaimed the Xin dynasty, died when peasant rebels besieged Chang'an.
- 1689 – Beaver Wars: Aggravated by increased French incursions into their territory, a large force of Mohawk warriors substantially destroyed the settlement of Lachine, New France.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1949 – A magnitude 6.4 Ms earthquake struck near Ambato, Ecuador, killing 5,050 people.
Euthymius I of Constantinople (d. 917) · Tom Thomson (b. 1877) · Pete Burns (b. 1959)