August 5: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

• Elisabeth Depardieu (1941)
• Loni Anderson (1945)

  American actress.

• John Huston (1906)

  American screenwriter, actor, and director of film.

• Tawny Kitaen (1961)

  American actress.

• Mark Strong (1963)

• Genelia D'Souza (1987)

  Indian actress.

• Angry Anderson (1948)
• Maureen McCormick (1956)

  American actress.

• John Saxon (1935)

  American actor.

• Kara Tointon (1983)

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• Marilyn Monroe (1962)

  American actress, singer, model and actress.

• Carmen Miranda (1955)

  Portuguese-American actress, known as "the Brazilian Bombshell", is flamboyant and a magnet for people.

• Queenie Smith (1978)

  Actress/dancer (Funny Side), passes away at the age of 79.

• Charles Carson (1977)

  Actor, "Cry the Beloved Land", dies at 87.

• Jean-Marie Lustiger (2007)

  A French cardinal converted to Roman Catholicism from Judaism at 13 years old.

• Jeff Porcaro (1992)

  American producer and songwriter (Toto and Clover), (d. 1992).

• Robert Muldoon (1992)

  New Zealand politician, who was first elected to Parliament in 1961.

• Theodore Sturgeon (1985)

  At 67, a Sci-Fi Author (Hugo, It, Caviar) dies.

• Susan Butcher (2006)

  American dog sled racing champion, four-time winner at the Iditarod Alaskan Dog Race.

• Ralph Meeker (1989)

  American stage, television, and film actor.

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Western Zodiac

Leo

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• Aug 5th, 2018 Three Czech soldiers are killed by a Taliban suicide bomber in Afghanistan during the War in Afghanistan (2001 to present). The bombing also leaves two U.S. soldiers and two Afghan soldiers with serious injuries.
• Aug 5th, 2017 2017 V-22 Osprey accident: Three Marine Corps members are missing following a MV-22 Osprey collision off the coast of Queensland, Australia. Twenty-three of the 26 people aboard have been rescued. (AP),
• Aug 5th, 2016 2016 Assam Attacks: Gunmen open fire on a Assam market, India. 13 people are killed and 18 are injured.
• Aug 5th, 2015 2015 Pacific Typhoon Season: Typhoon Soudelor, (Hanna), strengthens to become the strongest storm of 2015. It is expected to be comparable to a Category 3 hurricane when it hits Taiwan.
• Aug 5th, 2014 War in Afghanistan: U.S. Major General Harold J. Greene, a German brigadier-general, and several American troops are among 15 injured in an attack by an Afghan soldier gunman at Kabul's Marshall Fahim National Defense University. He was shot and killed by Afghan soldiers. (MSN)(CNN),
• Aug 5th, 2013 War in Afghanistan (2001 to present):: At least four people are killed when a bomb explodes in a Kandahar market.

• Aug 5th, 2012 Civil war in Syria:
• Aug 5th, 2011 2011 Syrian uprising: Turkey confirms that it has taken an Iranian arms shipment to Syria. (Today's Zaman). Tens of thousands protest again across the country amid a government crackdown.
• Aug 5th, 2010 The US Senate approves Elena Kagan for a position on the US Supreme Court. It votes 63-37.
• Aug 5th, 2009 Opening of the 40th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' Meeting in Cairns (Australia)
• Aug 5th, 2008 Rwanda officially accuses French officials, including Dominique de Villepin, former Prime Minister, and Francois Mitterrand, for their involvement in the 1994 Rwanda Genocide.
• Aug 5th, 2007 Mozambique authorities seize thousands boxes of fake toothpaste that they suspect may contain dangerous chemical diethylene glycol.

August 5th marks the 216th day of year the Gregorian calendar;

There are 148 days remaining until the end of the year.

What day of the week is August 5th?

On August 5th, 2023 the day of the week is Saturday.

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