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What Happened On 5th August 1968 In History

August 5th (1968) was a Monday. 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 1968

  • » Terri Clark, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • » Stephanie Flanders, English journalist and blogger
  • » Funkmaster Flex, American rapper, producer, and radio host
  • » Kendo Kashin, Japanese wrestler
  • » Marine Le Pen, French lawyer and politician
  • » Oleh Luzhnyi, Ukrainian footballer and manager
  • » Colin McRae, Scottish race car driver (d. 2007)
  • » John Olerud, American baseball player

August 5th Famous Deaths for 1968

  • » Luther Perkins, American guitarist (The Tennessee Three) (b. 1928)

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.

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World History for the 5th August