Summary of the Day ✨ 5 August (05/08)
On this day, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country after 15 consecutive years in power amid a non-cooperation movement, while India revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, bifurcating it into two union territories. Simultaneously, Australia’s Victoria state entered its sixth COVID-19 lockdown with strict restrictions, a toxic mine spill contaminated Colorado’s Animas River, and a shooting at a Wisconsin Sikh temple left six victims dead.
Historical Events 📜
- 2024: Following the non-cooperation movement against the government of Bangladesh, Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigns and flees the country, ending her rule of 15 consecutive years and a total of almost two decades. The date is also known as 36 July.
- 2021: Australia’s second most populous state Victoria enters its sixth COVID-19 lockdown, enacting stage four restrictions statewide in reaction to six new COVID-19 cases recorded that morning.
- 2019: The revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir (state) occurred and the state was bifurcated into two union territories (Jammu and Kashmir (union territory) and Ladakh).
- 2015: The Environmental Protection Agency at Gold King Mine waste water spill releases three million gallons of heavy metal toxin tailings and waste water into the Animas River in Colorado.
- 2012: The Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting took place in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six victims; the perpetrator committed suicide after being wounded by police.
- 2010: The Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300 ft (700 m) below the ground for 69 days.
- 2010: Ten members of International Assistance Mission Nuristan Eye Camp team are killed by persons unknown in Kuran wa Munjan District of Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan.
- 2008: The New England Revolution win the 2008 North American SuperLiga final against the Houston Dynamo.
- 2003: A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150.
- 1995: Yugoslav Wars: The city of Knin, Croatia, a significant Serb stronghold, is taken by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day.
- 1984: A Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship crashes on approach to Zia International Airport, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing all 49 people on board.
- 1981: President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
- 1979: In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake the Bala Hissar uprising against the Leninist government.
- 1974: Watergate scandal: President Richard Nixon, under orders of the US Supreme Court, releases the “Smoking Gun” tape, recorded on June 23, 1972, clearly revealing his actions in covering up and interfering investigations into the break-in. His political support vanishes completely.
- 1973: Mars 6 is launched from the USSR.
Famous Births 👶
- 2008: Hudson Meek, American actor (died 2024)
- 2004: Gavi, Spanish footballer
- 2003: Toni Shaw, British Paralympic swimmer
- 2001: Anthony Edwards, American basketball player
- 2000: Tom Gilbert, Australian rugby league player
- 1999: Kim Si-hyeon, South Korean singer
- 1998: Adam Doueihi, Australian-Lebanese rugby league player
- 1997: Jack Cogger, Australian rugby league player
- 1997: Olivia Holt, American actress and singer
- 1997: Wang Yibo, Chinese dancer, singer and actor
- 1997: Yungblud, English musician and actor
- 1996: Takakeishō Mitsunobu, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1996: Cho Seung-youn, South Korean singer-songwriter and rapper
- 1995: Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Danish footballer
- 1994: Natalia García, Spanish rhythmic gymnast
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2025: Col Joye, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1937)
- 2022: Judith Durham, Australian singer-songwriter (born 1943)
- 2022: Cherie Gil, Filipino actress (born 1963)
- 2022: Ali Haydar, Syrian army officer (born 1932)
- 2022: Issey Miyake, Japanese fashion designer (born 1938)
- 2022: Dillon Quirke, Irish hurler (born 1998)
- 2020: Hawa Abdi, Somali human rights activist and physician (born 1947)
- 2019: Toni Morrison, American author, Pulitzer Prize winner, and Nobel laureate (born 1931).
- 2018: Alan Rabinowitz, American zoologist (born 1953)
- 2015: Arthur Walter James, English journalist and politician (born 1912)
- 2015: Tony Millington, Welsh footballer (born 1943)
- 2014: Harold J. Greene, American general (born 1962)
- 2014: Vladimir Orlov, Russian author (born 1936)
- 2014: Chapman Pincher, Indian-English historian, journalist, and author (born 1914)
- 2014: Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, American physician and academic, 11th Surgeon General of the United States (born 1927)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Abel of Reims - Christian feast day:
Addai - Christian feast day:
Afra - Christian feast day:
Cassian of Autun - Christian feast day:
Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major (Catholic Church) - Christian feast day:
Emygdius - Christian feast day:
Margaret the Barefooted - Christian feast day:
Memnius - Christian feast day:
Nonna of Nazianzus - Christian feast day:
Oswald of Northumbria - Christian feast day:
August 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Independence Day (Burkina Faso)
- July Mass Uprising Day (Bangladesh)
- Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day of Croatian defenders (Croatia)