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Events on August 5

• 1305 The Scottish freedom fighter William Wallace is captured following a betrayal in Glasgow and taken to England.
• 1730 An attempt by the Prussian Crown Prince Frederick to escape the parental custody of his father Frederick William I., with the support of his friend Hans Hermann von Katte, fails. The two are arrested.
• 1914 First World War: In response to the previous day's invasion of neutral Belgium by German troops, Great Britain declares war on the German Empire.
• 1934 US President Franklin D. Roosevelt presents the so-called New Deal to boost the economy and combat poverty and mass unemployment.
• 1944 A heavy Allied air raid on Magdeburg claims 683 lives and results in the loss of homes for approximately 13,000 residents.
• 1950 History of broadcasting: In Munich, the constituent meeting of the ARD is held.
• 1955 The millionth VW Beetle comes off the line at the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg.
• 1962 Film actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her apartment in Los Angeles. The autopsy conducted on the same day identifies a fatal drug overdose as the cause of death.
• 1966 Revolver, the seventh album by the Beatles, is released in Great Britain and the United States.
• 1975 The German Environmental Aid organization is founded.
• 2012 At the Summer Olympic Games in London, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt repeats his success in the 100-metre race from four years earlier.
• 2021 FC Barcelona announces that the club's record player and record goalscorer, Lionel Messi, will leave the club with immediate effect. Although both parties would have liked to extend the contract, FC Barcelona lacked the financial means. Thus, the Messi era at Barca ended after 21 years.

Born on August 5

• 1850 Guy de Maupassant, French writer, poet and journalist
• 1862 Joseph Merrick, British showman, known as the “Elephant Man”
• 1880 Hermann Lüdemann, German politician, state parliament member, minister, minister-president
• 1911 Robert Taylor, American actor
• 1930 Neil Armstrong, American test pilot and astronaut, first man on the Moon
• 1950 Rosi Mittermaier, German ski racer
• 1962 Patrick Ewing, American basketball player
• 1970 Dennis Schmidt-Foß, German actor
• 1980 Wayne Bridge, English football player
• 1998 Ruben Vargas, Swiss football player

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „5. August“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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