882 Louis III became king of West Francia aged 15. He died on August 5, 882 aged 17 when chasing after a girl on his horse, who was retreating to her father's house, he rode through a low door and hit his head on the lintel, fracturing his skull.
1473 Leonardo Da Vinci's artistic genius was first noted when working as an apprentice to Andrea Del Verrocchio, Leonardo inserted a head of an angel of such perfection into Verrocchio's Baptism of Christ that his master vowed never to paint again. Da Vinci's earliest known dated work is a drawing in pen and ink of the Arno valley, drawn on August 5, 1473.
1588 Wearing a silver breastplate over a white velvet dress, Queen Elizabeth I addressed her troops preparing to face the Spanish Armada on August 5, 1588 at Tilbury. In one of her most famous speeches she declared: "I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a King of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any Prince of Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm."
1620 A group of independent English Christians borrowed £4,000 from a London company of investors to subsidize a voyage across the Atlantic to a plot of land they had obtained near the Hudson River in the New World. The ship they hired for the voyage, The Mayflower, was tiny, with a deck just 90ft long. This small ship departed from Southampton, England on August 5, 1620 taking their 102 passengers to the New World, as well as its crew of 25-30.
1663 The fountain pen was made available in Europe in the 17th century with diarist Samuel Pepys being the first recorded user. He recorded in his diary on August 5, 1663: "This evening came a letter about business from Mr Coventry, and with it a Silver pen he promised me, to carry inke in(sic); which is very necessary."
1802 The poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge invented the sport of rock-climbing. On August 5, 1802, Coleridge set off on a tough 9-day walking and climbing tour of the Lake District, which would include Scafell, the second highest peak in England. Coleridge made the first recorded ascent of Scafell and his descent via the rockface of Broad Stand is hailed as the first ever recreational rock climb.
1819 Percy Shelley's verse drama The Cenci was composed by the poet at Rome and at Villa Valsovano near Livorno, Italy from May to August 5, 1819. The horrific tragedy, set in 1599 in Rome, tells the true story of a young woman executed for the pre-meditated killing of her tyrannical father. The play was not considered performable in its day due to its themes of incest and parental murder, and was not performed in public in England until 1922 when it was staged in London.
1862 Joseph Merrick whose very severe face and body deformities were exhibited at a freak show as the "Elephant Man" was born on August 5, 1862. Merrick had to sleep sitting up because of the extra weight his deformities put on his head. According to his autopsy, he died of a dislocated neck by trying to sleep lying down, in order to "be like other people."
1888 Bertha Benz, the wife and business partner of automobile inventor Karl Benz, made the first long-distance automobile driving trip on August 5, 1888. She traveled 106 kilometers (66 mi) from Mannheim to Pforzheim, Germany, in a Benz Patent-Motorwagen returning the next day. It has been commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
1899 Henry Ford founded the Detroit Automobile Co on August 5 1899. The company's first product was a delivery truck, completed in January 1900 (see below). However, the automobiles produced were of a lower quality and higher price than Ford had hoped for and ultimately, the company was not successful and was dissolved in January 1901. His next company, the Ford Motor Company, was more successful.
1914 The first ever electric traffic light was installed in Cleveland on August 5, 1914. Placed on the corner of Euclid Avenue and East 105th Street, bicycles and cars as well as horses competed for domination of the road.
1473 Leonardo Da Vinci's artistic genius was first noted when working as an apprentice to Andrea Del Verrocchio, Leonardo inserted a head of an angel of such perfection into Verrocchio's Baptism of Christ that his master vowed never to paint again. Da Vinci's earliest known dated work is a drawing in pen and ink of the Arno valley, drawn on August 5, 1473.
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| The Arno Valley |
1588 Wearing a silver breastplate over a white velvet dress, Queen Elizabeth I addressed her troops preparing to face the Spanish Armada on August 5, 1588 at Tilbury. In one of her most famous speeches she declared: "I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a King of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any Prince of Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm."
1620 A group of independent English Christians borrowed £4,000 from a London company of investors to subsidize a voyage across the Atlantic to a plot of land they had obtained near the Hudson River in the New World. The ship they hired for the voyage, The Mayflower, was tiny, with a deck just 90ft long. This small ship departed from Southampton, England on August 5, 1620 taking their 102 passengers to the New World, as well as its crew of 25-30.
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| Mayflower II, a replica of the original "Mayflower" By GmaJoli |
1663 The fountain pen was made available in Europe in the 17th century with diarist Samuel Pepys being the first recorded user. He recorded in his diary on August 5, 1663: "This evening came a letter about business from Mr Coventry, and with it a Silver pen he promised me, to carry inke in(sic); which is very necessary."
1802 The poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge invented the sport of rock-climbing. On August 5, 1802, Coleridge set off on a tough 9-day walking and climbing tour of the Lake District, which would include Scafell, the second highest peak in England. Coleridge made the first recorded ascent of Scafell and his descent via the rockface of Broad Stand is hailed as the first ever recreational rock climb.
1819 Percy Shelley's verse drama The Cenci was composed by the poet at Rome and at Villa Valsovano near Livorno, Italy from May to August 5, 1819. The horrific tragedy, set in 1599 in Rome, tells the true story of a young woman executed for the pre-meditated killing of her tyrannical father. The play was not considered performable in its day due to its themes of incest and parental murder, and was not performed in public in England until 1922 when it was staged in London.
1862 Joseph Merrick whose very severe face and body deformities were exhibited at a freak show as the "Elephant Man" was born on August 5, 1862. Merrick had to sleep sitting up because of the extra weight his deformities put on his head. According to his autopsy, he died of a dislocated neck by trying to sleep lying down, in order to "be like other people."
1888 Bertha Benz, the wife and business partner of automobile inventor Karl Benz, made the first long-distance automobile driving trip on August 5, 1888. She traveled 106 kilometers (66 mi) from Mannheim to Pforzheim, Germany, in a Benz Patent-Motorwagen returning the next day. It has been commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
1899 Henry Ford founded the Detroit Automobile Co on August 5 1899. The company's first product was a delivery truck, completed in January 1900 (see below). However, the automobiles produced were of a lower quality and higher price than Ford had hoped for and ultimately, the company was not successful and was dissolved in January 1901. His next company, the Ford Motor Company, was more successful.
1914 The first ever electric traffic light was installed in Cleveland on August 5, 1914. Placed on the corner of Euclid Avenue and East 105th Street, bicycles and cars as well as horses competed for domination of the road.
1925 The founding father of the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, married Lâtife Hanım in January 1923. Lâtife Hanım symbolized the new face of Turkish women as a first lady who was very present in public life. By the summer of 1925, their relationship had disintegrated and they divorced on August 5, 1925.
1926 On August 5, 1926 Harry Houdini performed his greatest feat, remaining in a sealed tank, submerged in the swimming pool of New York's Hotel Shelton for 91 minutes before escaping. Houdini claimed he did not use any trickery or supernatural powers to accomplish this feat, just controlled breathing.
1930 Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930, to Stephen Koenig Armstrong and Viola Louise Engel in Auglaize County, near Wapakoneta, Ohio. Before becoming an astronaut, Armstrong was in the United States Navy and served in the Korean War. He flew 78 missions over Korea for a total of 121 hours in the air, most of which was in January 1952. After the war, he served as a test pilot before joining the NASA Astronaut Corps in 1962.
1946 On August 5, 1946, the colorful heavyweight boxer Tony 'Two Ton' Galento embraced an unusual challenge by engaging in a bet-driven spectacle. His opponent? An octopus with boxing gloves on its tentacles. Neither man nor mollusk could knock the other out, and the fight was declared a draw.
1926 On August 5, 1926 Harry Houdini performed his greatest feat, remaining in a sealed tank, submerged in the swimming pool of New York's Hotel Shelton for 91 minutes before escaping. Houdini claimed he did not use any trickery or supernatural powers to accomplish this feat, just controlled breathing.
1930 Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930, to Stephen Koenig Armstrong and Viola Louise Engel in Auglaize County, near Wapakoneta, Ohio. Before becoming an astronaut, Armstrong was in the United States Navy and served in the Korean War. He flew 78 missions over Korea for a total of 121 hours in the air, most of which was in January 1952. After the war, he served as a test pilot before joining the NASA Astronaut Corps in 1962.
1946 On August 5, 1946, the colorful heavyweight boxer Tony 'Two Ton' Galento embraced an unusual challenge by engaging in a bet-driven spectacle. His opponent? An octopus with boxing gloves on its tentacles. Neither man nor mollusk could knock the other out, and the fight was declared a draw.
1986 An accomplished horsewoman, Princess Anne rode in the British Equestrian Team, was European cross-country champion in 1972 and completed in the 1976 Olympics. Her first win as a jockey came on August 5, 1986 when she rode Gulfland to win Redcar's 3.45 race.
1987 The engineer William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi on August 5, 1987. At the age of 15 he taught himself how to build windmills out of junk from the scrap yard to provide electricity for his family. Later on he built another windmill to power water pumps to irrigate fields. He did all of this through library books, as his family couldn't afford schooling.
2011 A starving polar bear in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard attacked a party of British school children on August 5, 2011. The team was camping near the Von Post glacier, some 25 miles (40 km) from the settlement of Longyearbyen when they encountered the emaciated bear. 17-year-old Horatio Chapple, a pupil of Eton College, died of injuries sustained and four others were hurt, two seriously. The bear was shot dead by one of the expedition's leaders, Spike Reid.
2013 The world’s first lab-grown burger was eaten in London on August 5, 2013. Scientists took cells from a cow and turned them into strips of muscle that they combined to make a patty. Upon tasting the burger, Austrian food researcher Ms Ruetzler said: "It's close to meat, but it's not that juicy." The project is estimated to have cost £215,000.
2013 The world’s first lab-grown burger was eaten in London on August 5, 2013. Scientists took cells from a cow and turned them into strips of muscle that they combined to make a patty. Upon tasting the burger, Austrian food researcher Ms Ruetzler said: "It's close to meat, but it's not that juicy." The project is estimated to have cost £215,000.
2016 The 2016 Summer Olympics, commonly known as Rio 2016, were held in Rio de Janeiro from August 5 to 21, 2016. It was the first time that the Summer Olympics were held in South America. The opening ceremony took place on August 5 at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro
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