1807
Science
Death of Jeanne Baret
Jeanne Baret died at her home in Saint-Aulaye, France, on 5 August 1807 at the age of 67.
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26 indexed achievements across recorded history.
1864
Sports
Birth of Lida Scott Howell
Lida Scott Howell was born on August 5, 1864, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
View details1875
1876
Literature
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana
Mary Ritter was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on August 5, 1876, to a prosperous middle-class family.
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1897
Science
Birth of Joan Beauchamp Procter
Joan Beauchamp Procter was born in London, England, on 5 August 1897, later becoming a pioneering British zoologist and herpetologist.
View details1908
Activism
Founding of Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company
Madam C. J. Walker founded her own manufacturing company in Pittsburgh.
View details1920
Literature
Birth of Selma Diamond
Selma Diamond was born on August 5, 1920, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
View details1920
Science
Marriage to Carl Ferdinand Cori
Gerty Radnitz married physician Carl Ferdinand Cori in Vienna, beginning a lifelong scientific partnership.
View details1923
Science
Birth of Maggie Gee
Margaret 'Maggie' Gee was born on August 5, 1923, in Berkeley, California, to Chinese immigrant parents.
View details1928
Sports
Silver medal in 4×100 m relay at Amsterdam 1928
Betty Robinson wins silver with the U.S. women’s 4×100 m relay team at the Amsterdam 1928 Olympics, adding a second medal to her 100 m gold.
View details1932
Sports
Olympic gold and world record in 80-meter hurdles
Zaharias won Olympic gold and set a world record in the women’s 80-meter hurdles at Los Angeles 1932.
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1946
Science
Birth of Shirley Ann Jackson
Shirley Ann Jackson was born in Washington, D.C., later becoming a pioneering theoretical physicist and academic leader.
View details1952
Science
Death of Sameera Moussa in a suspicious car accident in California
Moussa died on August 5, 1952 in a car crash in California under circumstances many consider suspicious, shortly before a planned return to Egypt.
View details1955
Arts
Death in Beverly Hills
Carmen Miranda died of a heart attack in Beverly Hills at age 46.
View details1962
Arts
Death of Marilyn Monroe in Brentwood, Los Angeles
Marilyn Monroe is found dead at her Brentwood, Los Angeles home from an apparent barbiturate overdose and pronounced dead on August 5, 1962.
View details1963
Science
Limited Test Ban Treaty signed, informed by Saruhashi's fallout research
The Limited Test Ban Treaty, restricting nuclear tests to underground, was signed with scientific support from Saruhashi's research on Pacific radioactive fallout.
View details1966
Science
Patent Filing: Information Signal Generation Apparatus (US 3,508,227)
Berezin filed a patent concerning apparatus for generating information signals.
View details1983
Science
Death of Joan Robinson
Joan Robinson died in Cambridge, England, leaving behind a legacy as one of the most important economists—and the most important woman economist—of the 20th century.
View details1984
Sports
First Olympic Women's Marathon Champion
Benoit won the inaugural Olympic women's marathon in Los Angeles in 2:24:52, becoming the first-ever Olympic champion in the event.
View details2006
Sports
Death of Susan Butcher
Susan Butcher passed away at age 51 from complications of leukemia treatment.
View details2010
Medicine
Birth of son Trevor James Comeau
Elizabeth Jordan Carr gave birth to her first child, Trevor James Comeau, conceived naturally without assisted reproductive technology.
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2016
Sports
Flag bearer for Kosovo at its first Olympic opening ceremony
Kelmendi carries Kosovo's flag at the Rio 2016 opening ceremony, the country's first-ever Olympic participation.
View details2020
Activism
First operational patrol of USCGC Myrtle Hazard
USCGC Myrtle Hazard began her first operational patrol on August 5, 2020.
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