August 5th (2014) was a Tuesday. 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.
August 5th Famous Deaths for 2014
» Diann Blakely, American poet and academic (b. 1957)
» Marilyn Burns, American actress (b. 1949)
» Scott Ciencin, American author (b. 1962)
» Rodrigo de Triano, English race horse (b. 1989)
» Harold J. Greene, American general (b. 1962)
» Vladimir Orlov (author) e.g Vladimir Orlov, Russian author (b. 1936)
» Chapman Pincher, Indian-English historian, journalist, and author (b. 1914)
» Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, American physician and academic, 11th Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1927)
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.