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The5t o Augustis the 217t day o the year (218t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 148 days ti come.

Events

1100- Coronation oHenry I o Ingland.
1305-William Wallacethat fenditScottishfraeIngland,wis grippit by the Inglis naurGlesgaean taen taeLunnonfor tae be tried.
1388- TheBattleo Otterburn taks place atweenScotlandanInglandinNorthumberland(on19 Augustaccordin tae some sources).
1772-Polandis pairteetioned in a Treaty atweenProushie,RoushieanAustrick.
1888-Bertha Benz,wife oKarl Benz,drives the patentit automobile fraeMannheimtaePforzheiminGermany.
1914- The firsttraffeck lichtis installed inCleveland,Ohio.
1914-Warld War I:TheUnitit Kinrickdeclares war onGermany.
1925- The Welsh poleetical pairtyPlaid Cymruis foondit, wi the aim o protectin theWelsh leid.
1936-Jesse Owenswins the gowd medal in the 200-metre race at the1936 Simmer Olympic GemmesinBerlin.
1949- AyirdquaukinEcuadorkills 6,000 fowk.
1960-Burkina Faso,then Upper Volta, gains unthirldom fraeFraunce.
1962-Marilyn Monroeis found dead in her hame inLos Angeles,Californie.
1962-Nelson Mandelais jailed inSooth Africae.
1965- TheIndo-PakistaniWar o 1965 stairts.
1969- The Mariner 7 space probe maks a fly-by oMaurs,at a deestance o 3,524 kilometres frae the planet.
1971- The first Paceefic Islands Forum is held inWellington,New Zealand.
1973- At least 3 fowk are kilt in a shuitin atAthensAirport.
2003- A car bomb splodes ootside the MarriottHottleinJakarta,Indonesie,killin 12 fowk.
2010- 33 miners are trapped underground efter an accident near Copiapo, northrenChile.They are rescued inOctober.
2011- TheJunospace probe is launched tae the planetJupiter.
2012- Scots playerAndy Murraywins the gowd medal in men's singlestennisat the2012 Simmer OlympicsinLunnon.
2016- Stairt o the2016 Simmer OlympicsinRio de Janeiro,Brazil.
2017- A referendum results in constitutional chynges an the addin o reid stripes tae theBanner o Mauritanie.
2018- TheIndonesieisle oLombokis strack bi ayirdquauk,killin ower 560 fowk.
2019- The govrenment oIndiestrips the Indie-admeenistert pairt oKashmirfrae its special status wi immediate effect.
2020-Scotland's first localCOVID-19lockdoon is imposit inAiberdeenefter a cluster o cases wis identifeed there.
2020-Douglas Rossbecomes leader o theScots Conservative Pairty.