Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: August 5
August 5, 2025 is the 217th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 148 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Leo is your zodiac sign. Peridot is your modern birthstone. Diamond is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: August 5
- 1100 –Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.
- 1620 –The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England on its first attempt to reach North America.
- 1772 –The First Partition of Poland begins.
- 1864 –American Civil War: the Battle of Mobile Bay begins – at Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports.
- 1888 –Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
- 1906 –Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
- 1914 –In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
- 1989 –General elections are held in Nicaragua with the Sandinista Front winning a majority.
- 1995 –The city of Knin, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day.
- 2010 –2010 Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300 ft below the ground.
Who were born on August 5?
- 1540 –Joseph Justus Scaliger, French philologist and historian (d. 1609)
- 1827 –Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian statesman (d. 1892)
- 1930 –Neil Armstrong, American astronaut
- 1957 –Faith Prince, American actress
- 1959 –Pete Burns, English singer (Dead or Alive)
- 1975 –Antony Cotton, English actor
- 1980 –Salvador Cabañas, Paraguayan footballer
- 1982 –Tobias Regner, German singer
- 1983 –Dawn Richard, American singer (Danity Kane, Dirty Money)
- 1993 –Suzuka Ohgo, Japanese actress
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