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Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 5 August.

1. Gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America)
2. 1st partition of Poland between Austria Prussia & Russia
3. 1st Spanish ship San Carlos enters SF Bay
4. Oregon country divided between US & Britain at 49th parallel
5. 1st transatlantic telegraph cable completed by Cyrus W. Field
6. US levies it's 1st Income Tax (3% of incomes over $800)
7. spectrum of a comet observed for 1st time by Giovanni Donati
8. Cornerstone for Statue of Liberty laid
9. US Nicaragua sign treaty granting canal rights to US
10. 1st radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8 Phillies-0 (KDKA)
11. Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima
12. American Bandstand goes on network TV
13. 48ø C (118ø F) at Ice Harbor Dam Washington
14. Marilyn Monroe dies at 36
15. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed
16. US begins bombing N Vietnam
17. Beatles release "Revolver" album
18. Mariner 7 flies past Mars
19. USSR launches Mars 6
20. Lou Pinella day at Yankee Stadium

These famous people were born on 5 August.

1. 1540 - Joseph Scaliger, proposed Julian dating
2. 1604 - John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians " Bible translator
3. 1749 - Thomas Lynch, signed Dec of Ind
4. 1850 - Guy de Maupassant, French author
5. 1876 - Mary R. Beard, historian
6. 1899 - Conrad Aiken, American poet, short story writer, critic
7. 1906 - John Huston, film director & writer
8. 1923 - Richard Kleindienst, former attorney general
9. 1930 - Neil Armstrong, X-15 pilot, 1st moonwalker (Gemini 8, Apollo 11)
10. 1933 - Joan Weldon, Gogo's singer
11. 1941 - Leonid D. Kizim, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz T-3, T-10, T-15)
12. 1953 - Samantha Sang, Singer