WillDekkard
08-05-2010, 05:39 AM
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This Date in History - August 5th
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* 642 Battle of Maserfield Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia.
* 910 The last major Viking army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward and Earl Aethelred.
* 1100 Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.
* 1305 William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London where he is put on trial and executed.
* 1388 Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England.
* 1583 Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes first English colony in North America, at what is now St John's, Newfoundland.
* 1600 The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland, later to become King James I of England.
* 1620 The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England on its first attempt to reach North America.
* 1689 1,500 Iroquois attack the village of Lachine, in New France.
* 1716 The Battle of Petrovaradin takes place.
* 1735 Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he had published was true.
* 1763 Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.
* 1772 The First Partition of Poland begins.
* 1858 Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It operated for less than a month.
* 1860 Carl IV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
* 1861 American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US $800; rescinded in 1872).
* 1861 The United States Army abolishes flogging.
* 1862 American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops drive Union forces back into the city.
* 1864 American Civil War: the Battle of Mobile Bay begins at Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports.
* 1870 Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
* 1874 Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
* 1882 The Standard Oil of New Jersey is established.
* 1884 The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor.
* 1888 Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated by Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
* 1901 Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11Ύins. The record will stand for 20 years.
* 1914 World War I: The German minelayer Kφnigin Luise lay a minefield about 40 miles of the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMS Amphion.
* 1914 In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
* 1925 Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that was at the time in danger of dying out.
* 1940 World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
* 1944 World War II: possibly the biggest prison breakout in history occurs as 545 Japanese POWs attempt to escape outside the town of Cowra, NSW, Australia.
* 1944 Holocaust: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.
* 1949 In Ecuador an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6000.
* 1957 American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.
* 1960 Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.
* 1962 Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
* 1963 The United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty.
* 1964 Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes attacked U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
* 1969 Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers).
* 1974 Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress places a $1 billion dollar limit on military aid to South Vietnam.
* 1979 In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake an attempted military uprising.
* 1981 Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
* 1989 General elections are held in Nicaragua with the Sandinista Front winning a majority.
* 1995 The city of Knin, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated as the Victory Day (Croatia).
* 2003 A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150.
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This Date in History - August 5th
c/p from Wikipedia
* 642 Battle of Maserfield Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia.
* 910 The last major Viking army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward and Earl Aethelred.
* 1100 Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.
* 1305 William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London where he is put on trial and executed.
* 1388 Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England.
* 1583 Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes first English colony in North America, at what is now St John's, Newfoundland.
* 1600 The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland, later to become King James I of England.
* 1620 The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England on its first attempt to reach North America.
* 1689 1,500 Iroquois attack the village of Lachine, in New France.
* 1716 The Battle of Petrovaradin takes place.
* 1735 Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he had published was true.
* 1763 Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.
* 1772 The First Partition of Poland begins.
* 1858 Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It operated for less than a month.
* 1860 Carl IV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
* 1861 American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US $800; rescinded in 1872).
* 1861 The United States Army abolishes flogging.
* 1862 American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops drive Union forces back into the city.
* 1864 American Civil War: the Battle of Mobile Bay begins at Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports.
* 1870 Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
* 1874 Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
* 1882 The Standard Oil of New Jersey is established.
* 1884 The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor.
* 1888 Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated by Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
* 1901 Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11Ύins. The record will stand for 20 years.
* 1914 World War I: The German minelayer Kφnigin Luise lay a minefield about 40 miles of the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMS Amphion.
* 1914 In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
* 1925 Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that was at the time in danger of dying out.
* 1940 World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
* 1944 World War II: possibly the biggest prison breakout in history occurs as 545 Japanese POWs attempt to escape outside the town of Cowra, NSW, Australia.
* 1944 Holocaust: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.
* 1949 In Ecuador an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6000.
* 1957 American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.
* 1960 Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.
* 1962 Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
* 1963 The United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty.
* 1964 Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes attacked U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
* 1969 Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers).
* 1974 Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress places a $1 billion dollar limit on military aid to South Vietnam.
* 1979 In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake an attempted military uprising.
* 1981 Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
* 1989 General elections are held in Nicaragua with the Sandinista Front winning a majority.
* 1995 The city of Knin, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated as the Victory Day (Croatia).
* 2003 A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150.
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