August 5 in history
Events on August 5
Notable events that happened on August 5 in past years.
- 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. The date is also known as 36 July.
Wikipedia article: Non-cooperation movement (2024) - 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.
Wikipedia article: International Assistance Mission - 1981
President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
Wikipedia article: Ronald Reagan - 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.
Wikipedia article: Red Guards - 1962
American actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead at her home from a drug overdose.
Wikipedia article: Marilyn Monroe - 1944
World War II: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp (Gęsiówka) in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.
Wikipedia article: Labor camp - 1926
Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
Wikipedia article: Harry Houdini - 1906
Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
Wikipedia article: Persian Constitutional Revolution - 1874
Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
Wikipedia article: Postal savings system - 1858
Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It will operate for less than a month.
Wikipedia article: Cyrus W. Field - 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.
Wikipedia article: First Partition of Poland - 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.
Wikipedia article: Mayflower - 1388
The Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England, is fought near Otterburn.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Otterburn - 974
Abbasid Caliph al-Muti' is forced to abdicate by his Turkic general Sabuktakin and succeeded by his son al-Ta'i'.
- 25
Guangwu claims the throne as Emperor of China, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty.
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