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.