5TH
AUGUST
FEAST DAY OF
"ST AFRA; ST NONNA; & SAINTS
ADDAI & MARI." |
| 5TH |
1824 |
CONVICT "ALEXANDER PEARCE," WHO ESCAPED TWICE FROM
MACQUARIE HARBOUR & SURVIVED BY EATING HIS COMPANIONS, IS HANGED IN HOBART. |
| 5TH |
1858 |
THE FIRST TRANSATLANTIC CABLE WAS
OPENED WHEN "QUEEN VICTORIA" EXCHANGED GREETINGS WITH U.S. PRESIDENT, "BUCHANAN." |
| 5TH |
1879 |
NIGHT FOOTBALL IS HELD AT THE MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND UNDER
GAS LIGHT. |
| 5TH |
1891 |
THE FIRST AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVELLERS
CHEQUES WERE CASHED. |
| 5TH |
1914 |
THE WORLDS FIRST ELECTRIC TRAFFIC LIGHTS WERE INSTALLED IN
CLEVELAND, OHIO. |
| 5TH |
1924 |
THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT ABOLISHES
POLYGAMY. |
| 5TH |
1926 |
"HOUDINI" STAYS UNDERWATER IN A COFFIN FOR MORE
THAN AN HOUR. |
| 5TH |
1937 |
THE U.S YACHT ‘RANGER’ DEFEATS
ENGLAND’S ‘ENDEAVOUR II’ IN THE 17TH AMERICA’S CUP. |
| 5TH |
1944 |
FOUR AUSTRALIAN GUARDS WERE KILLED & THREE WOUNDED, ALONG
WITH 234 JAPANESE KILLED & 10 WOUNDED WHEN 378 ESCAPED OF THE 1100 JAPANESE PRISONERS
WHO ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE FROM COWRA PRISONER-OF-WAR CAMP. THE WERE ALL RE-CAPTURED WITHIN
9 DAYS. |
| 5TH |
1962 |
ANC LEADER, "NELSON MANDELA"
IS ARRESTED & GIVEN A LIFE SENTENCE FOR ATTEMPTING TO OVERTHROW THE SOUTH AFRICAN
GOVERNMENT. |
| 5TH |
1962 |
ACTRESS "MARILYN MONROE" DIES OF A DRUG OVERDOSE AT
HER LOS ANGELES HOME. |
| 5TH |
1963 |
THE TEST BAN AGREEMENT CONTRACTING TO
ONLY TEST NUCLEAR WEAPONS UNDERGROUND WAS SIGNED BY, USA, USSR, & THE UK. |
| 5TH |
1963 |
U.S. SPEED STAR, "CRAIG BREEDLOVE" SETS A LAND
SPEED RECORD AT 407.45 mph. |
| 5TH |
1964 |
ACTRESS, "ANNE BANCROFT"
& COMEDIAN, "MEL BROOKS" MARRY. |
| 5TH |
1967 |
U.S. SINGER, "BOBBIE GENTRY" RELEASES HER ONLY HIT,
"ODE TO BILLY JOE." |
| 5TH |
1974 |
"JOAN JETT" FORMS THE ROCK
GROUP, THE "RUNAWAYS." |
| 5TH |
1986 |
SYDNEY RECORDS RAINFALL OF 327mm IN 24 HOURS; 6 PEOPLE ARE
KILLED. |
| 5TH |
1991 |
QUEENSLAND POLICE COMMISSIONER
‘SIR TERENCE LEWIS,’ IS SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IMPRISONMENT ON 15 CHARGES OF
CORRUPTION. |
| 5TH |
1992 |
‘TOTO’ DRUMMER, "JEFF PORCARO" 38, DIED
OF A CARDIAC ARREST CAUSED BY A TOXIC REACTION CAUSED WHEN HE WAS SPRAYING INSECTICIDE IN
HIS BACKYARD. |
| 5TH |
1998 |
48 YEAR OLD "GINNY," THE
INDIAN ELEPHANT SPOOKED BY A TRAIN ESCAPES INTO THE BUSH FROM "PERRY BROTHERS
CIRCUS," IN DUNOLLY, CENTRAL VICTORIA. SHE RETURNED THE FOLLOWING MORNING. |
| 5TH |
1999 |
388 BREAST-FEEDING BABIES SUCKLED IN UNISON AT A CINEMA AT
MARION, ADELAIDE. |
| 5TH |
1999 |
U.S. ACTOR, "ROBERT DOWNEY
jr" WAS SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS GAOL FOR VIOLATING PROBATION FROM A 1996 DRUG
CONVICTION. |
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