August 5

August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining.

Births:

• 1850: Guy de Maupassant (author)
• 1889: [Conrad Aiken]? (poet)
• 1906: [John Huston]? (director)
• 1911: [Robert Taylor]? (actor)
• 1930: Neil Armstrong (astronaut)
• 1946: [Loni Anderson]? (actress)
• 1962: [Patrick Ewing]? (basketball player)

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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