- What happened on August 5?
Current Calendar Page for August 5, 2024
Name Day
Oswald
Historical Events
2014 - Deutsche Bahn begins excavation for the controversial Stuttgart 21 underground railway station. The existing terminal station in the Baden-Württemberg state capital is to be converted into a through-station.
1994 - In Havana (Cuba), the heaviest anti-government unrest since the takeover of power by Fidel Castro in 1959 occurs.
1914 - The first electric traffic light is put into operation in Cleveland (Ohio, USA).
1904 - Georg Zacharias sets the first official world record in the 500m breaststroke in Berlin, with a time of 8:30.6 minutes.
1884 - The foundation stone for the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island in New York. The island is later renamed Liberty Island in 1956.
Birthdays
2004 - Gavi (20), Spanish footballer (FC Barcelona)
1984 - Helene Fischer (40), German pop singer ("Atemlos")
1934 - Giovanni Anselmo, Italian artist, representative of Arte Povera, died in 2023
Deaths
2019 - Toni Morrison, American writer ("Jazz"), Nobel Prize in Literature 1993, born in 1931
1984 - Richard Burton, British actor ("Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf", "Looking Back in Anger"), born in 1925
Today, you might consider jotting down important events on a new calendar sheet, such as marking the anniversary of the installation of the first electric traffic light in 1914. Alternatively, you could use the calendar sheet to remember the birthdate of renowned German pop singer Helene Fischer, who was born on this day in 1984.
