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August 5 is the 217th day of the year (218th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 148 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. AD 25 – ...
Armed conflicts and attacks. Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present) Attacks on US bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria during the Gaza war. 2024 Al-Asad Airbase missile attack
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August 4 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 6. All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 18 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. [note 1] For August 5, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 23.
Events. 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 published was true.
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Disasters and accidents 2020 Beirut explosions The death toll from the explosions in the Port of Beirut rises to 135 people, with more than 5,000 injured and dozens still missing. (Al Jazeera) In response to the explosions, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon delays the pronouncement of the verdict in the criminal case concerning the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri from August ...
Rwanda formally accuses senior French officials, including former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and late President François Mitterrand, of involvement in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide and calls for them to be put on trial.