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August 5 is the 217th day of the year (218th in leap years) ... Danish-born Russian explorer (d. 1741) 1694 – Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (d. 1744) [27]
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August 9: International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples; National Women's Day in South Africa First Smokey Bear poster 1821 – The statue of A'a from Rurutu was presented to members of the London Missionary Society on the south Pacific island of Ra'iatea .
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 4-10. The Associated Press. July 29, 2024 at 8:55 AM. ... Aug. 5: Actor Loni Anderson is 79. Actor Erica Slezak (“One Life To Live”) is 78. Singer Rick ...
Adam Yauch (August 5, 1964 –May 4, 2012), (a.k.a. MCA) American rapper of Beastie Boys fame, would have turned 60 this year.; Pete Burns (August 5, 1959 –October 23, 2016), Frontman for new wave music act, Dead or Alive, would have turned 65 this year.
1518 - Birth of Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561) 1555 - Death of Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494) 1828 - Death of Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist (b. 1743) 1876 - Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph
August 5. International Beer Day. National Oyster Day. National Water Balloon Day. August 6. Farmworker Appreciation Day. Fiesta de San Salvador. National Disc Golf Day. National Mustard Day.
August 5, 2024 at 6:32 AM. Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 11-17: Aug. 11: Songwriter Kenny Gamble of Gamble and Huff is 81. Bassist Jim Kale of the Guess Who is 81. Country singer John ...