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August 5th
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August 5th is the 217th day of the year (218th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.  There are 148 days remaining until
the end of the calendar year.

Births
1862
- Joseph Merrick, "The Elephant Man"
1906 - John Huston, filmmaker, screenwriter, actor (The Maltese Falcon)
1930 - Neil Armstrong, first astronaut on the moon
1946 - Loni Anderson, actress (WKRP in Cincinnati)
1956 - Maureen McCormick, actress (Marcia Brady - The Brady Bunch)
1962 - Patrick Ewing, Hall of Fame basketball player
1975 - Kajol, Indian film actress (Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge)

Deaths
1962
- Marilyn Monroe, actress, singer, model  
1970 - Jimmy Conzelman, Hall of Fame quarterback, coach, owner
1978 - Dutch Clark, Hall of Fame quarterback
1984 - Richard Burton, actor (The Robe, My Cousin Rachel)
1991 - Paul Brown, NFL Hall of Fame owner

Events
1858
- After several unsuccessful attempts, the first transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed thanks in large
part to American merchant Cyrus West Field.
1882 - The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey is established which would soon become the first great monopoly in
American history.
1914 - The intersection of Euclid Avenue & East 105th Street in Cleveland, Ohio was the site of the first installed traffic light.
1966 - The Beatles release Revolver, which spends 7 weeks hold the top spot on the charts.
1981 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins firing over 11,000 air-traffic controllers who were on strike over pay and
working hours in violation of his order for them to return to work.
Calendar
January
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
February
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29
March
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
April
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
May
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
June
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
July
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
August
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
September
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
October
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
November
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
December
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
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