August 5th (1959) was a Wednesday. It's the 217th day of the year (218th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 148 days left to the end of the year.
Famous Birthdays on August 5 in 1959
» Pete Burns, English singer-songwriter (Dead or Alive (band) e.g Dead or Alive)
» Pat Smear, American guitarist (Nirvana (band) Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Germs (band) Germs, and Adolescents (band) Adolescents)
August 5th Famous Deaths for 1959
» Edgar Guest, English-American poet (b. 1881)
August 5th Holidays in History
» Bhagat Puran Singh known as Barsi Bhagat Puran Singh (Sikhism)
» Christian Calendar of saints known as Feast Day:
» Abel of Reims
» Thaddeus of Edessa or Addai
» Saint Afra known as Afra
» Albrecht Dürer, Matthias Grünewald, and Lucas Cranach the Elder (Episcopal Church (USA))
» Cassian of Autun
» Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major (Catholic Church)
» Emygdius
» Saint Memmius called Memnius
» Oswald of Northumbria
» August 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» List of national independence days known as Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Burkina Faso from France in 1960.