August 5 Holidays

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2015 — The Environmental Protection Agency at Gold King Mine waste water spill releases 3 million gallons of heavy metal toxin tailings and... ↗
• 2012 — The Oak Creek shooting took place at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six people; the perpetrator was shot dead by police. ↗
• 2010 — The Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300 ft (700 m) below the ground. ↗
• 2010 — Ten members of International Assistance Mission Nuristan Eye Camp team are killed by persons unknown in Kuran wa Munjan District of... ↗
• 2003 — A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1997 — Jack Cogger, Australian rugby league player
• 1996 — Takakeishō Mitsunobu, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1995 — Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Danish footballer
• 1991 — Esteban Gutiérrez, Mexican race car driver
• 1991 — Konrad Hurrell, Tongan rugby league player