This week in history
August 5th.
Nothing landed on August 5 exactly, but 72 stories fall within the surrounding week and month.
The surrounding week
36 stories within seven days of 5 August
August 1, 2017Wikipedia · "2017"August 2017 Herat mosque attack
August 1, 2008Wikipedia · "2008 K2 disaster"2008 K2 disaster
August 1, 2004Wikipedia · "Ycuá Bolaños supermarket fire"Ycuá Bolaños supermarket fire
August 1, 1980Wikipedia · "Buttevant"Buttevant Rail Disaster
August 1, 1975Wikipedia · "Helsinki Accords"Helsinki Accords on Human Rightssomewhere in Finland
August 1, 1968Wikipedia · "1968 Casiguran earthquake"1968 Casiguran earthquake
August 1, 1936Wikipedia · "1936 Summer Olympics"1936 Berlin Olympic Gamessomewhere in Germany
August 1, 1927Wikipedia · "Chinese Civil War"Chinese Civil War Beginssomewhere in China
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August 1, 1798Library of CongressBattle of the Nile (Battle of Abu Qir)Egypt
August 2, 2014Anton Holoborodko (Антон Голобородько) · via Wikipedia2014 Kunshan explosion
August 2, 2005Wikipedia · "Air France Flight 358"Air France Flight 358August 2, 1999Gowtham AGM on UnsplashGaisal train collision
August 2, 1990Wikipedia · "Gulf War"Gulf Warsomewhere in Iraq
August 2, 1973Wikipedia · "Summerland disaster"Summerland disaster
216 BCEWikipedia · "Battle of Cannae"Battle of CannaeItaly
August 9, 1902Wikipedia · "Coronation of Edward VII and Alexandra"Coronation of Edward VIIsomewhere in the United Kingdom
August 9, 378Wikipedia · "Battle of Adrianople"Battle of Adrianoplesomewhere in the Roman Empire
August 11, 2017Wikipedia · "Unite the Right rally"Unite the Right rally
August 12, 2015Wikipedia · "2015 Tianjin explosions"Tianjin Explosion Disastersomewhere in China
August 12, 2000Presidential Press and Information Office · via WikipediaKursk Submarine Disastersomewhere in Russia
August 12, 1985Wikipedia · "Japan Air Lines Flight 123"Japan Air Lines Flight 123
July 29, 2024Wikipedia · "2024"2024 Southport stabbings
July 29, 2019Wikipedia · "2019"2019 Altamira prison riot
July 29, 2013Wikipedia · "Granges-près-Marnand train crash"Granges-près-Marnand train crash
July 29, 1948Wikipedia · "1948 Summer Olympics"1948 Summer Olympics Londonsomewhere in the United Kingdom
July 30, 2024Prime Minister's Office · via Wikipedia2024 Wayanad landslides
July 30, 2012Wikipedia · "Nellore"Nellore train fire
July 30, 2006Wikipedia · "2006 Qana airstrike"2006 Qana airstrike
July 31, 2014Wikipedia · "2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions"2014 Kaohsiung gas explosionsCoordinates
July 31, 2008Wikipedia · "East Coast Jets Flight 81"East Coast Jets Flight 81
July 31, 1997Wikipedia · "FedEx Express Flight 14"FedEx Express Flight 14
July 31, 1992Wikipedia · "Thai Airways International Flight 311"Thai Airways International Flight 311
July 31, 1992Wikipedia · "China General Aviation Flight 7552"China General Aviation Flight 7552
July 31, 1988Wikipedia · "Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridge collapse"Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridge collapse
July 31, 1950"Gaeamsa Gabsupjje 13-05651 - Buan-gun, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea" by Steve46814 is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/.North Korean Invasion of South Koreasomewhere in Korea
July 31, 1667Wikipedia · "Treaty of Breda (1667)"Treaty of Breda Settles Anglo-Dutch War
Elsewhere in August
26 stories
August 13, 2004Wikipedia · "Athens Olympic Sports Complex"Athens Olympics Host Modern Gamessomewhere in Greece
August 13, 1704Wikipedia · "Battle of Blenheim"Battle of Blenheimsomewhere in Germany
August 15, 1969Wikipedia · "Woodstock"Woodstock Music Festivalsomewhere in the United States
August 15, 1947Wikipedia · "Partition of India"Partition of India
August 15, 1945Wikipedia · "Victory over Japan Day"Victory in Japan Daysomewhere in Japan
August 16, 1897Wikipedia · "Belgian Antarctic Expedition"Belgica Expedition Disaster in Antarctic Icesomewhere in Belgium
August 16, 1819Wikipedia · "Peterloo Massacre"Peterloo Massacresomewhere in the United Kingdom
August 17, 1965Wikipedia · "Watts riots"Watts Riots Erupt in Los Angelessomewhere in the United States
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August 17, 1945Wikipedia · "Proclamation of Indonesian Independence"Indonesia Declares Independencesomewhere in Indonesia
August 18, 1976Wikipedia · "Panmunjom axe murder incident"Panmunjom axe murder incident
August 21, 1968Wikipedia · "Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia"Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakiasomewhere in Czechoslovakia
August 22, 1485Wikipedia · "Battle of Bosworth Field"Battle of Bosworth Fieldsomewhere in England
August 23, 1942Wikipedia · "Battle of Stalingrad"Battle of Stalingradsomewhere in the Soviet Union
August 23, 1939Wikipedia · "Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact"German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
August 24, 1572Wikipedia · "St. Bartholomew's Day massacre"St. Bartholomew's Day MassacreFrance
August 24, 410Wikipedia · "Sack of Rome (410)"Sack of Rome by Visigothssomewhere in Italy
August 24, 79Wikipedia · "Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD"Eruption of Mount VesuviusItaly
August 26, 1999Wikipedia · "Second Chechen War"Second Chechen War Beginssomewhere in Russia
August 26, 1968United States Information Agency · via Wikipedia1968 Democratic National Convention Riotssomewhere in the United States
August 27, 1928Wikipedia · "Kellogg–Briand Pact"Kellogg-Briand Pact Signedsomewhere in the United States
August 27, 1900Wikipedia · "1900 Galveston hurricane"Galveston Hurricane of 1900somewhere in the United States
August 28, 1963Wikipedia · "March on Washington"March on Washington for Civil Rightssomewhere in the United States
August 28, 1862Wikipedia · "Second Battle of Bull Run"Second Battle of Bull Runsomewhere in the United States
August 29, 2001Wikipedia · "Binter Mediterráneo Flight 8261"Binter Mediterráneo Flight 8261
August 29, 1842Wikipedia · "Treaty of Nanking"Treaty of Nankingsomewhere in China
August 29, 1526Wikipedia · "Battle of Mohács"Battle of Mohácssomewhere in Hungary
Also in August
4 stories we can place in August, but not on a day
August 2014Wikipedia · "Yazidi genocide"Yazidi genocide
August 1936Wikipedia · "Great Purge"Stalin's Great Purge Beginssomewhere in the Soviet Union
August 1819Wikipedia · "Carlsbad Decrees"Karlsbad Decrees Suppress Political Libertysomewhere in German Confederation
August 843Wikipedia · "Treaty of Verdun"Treaty of Verdunsomewhere in France