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What happened in history on this day: August 5?
On August 5 in ...
- 1957 - ABC Television debuts the American Bandstand TV show, hosted by Bob Horn.
- 1997 - The UPN TV network airs the last episode of the Social Studies show.
Births on August 5
- 1906 - Birth of John Huston in Nevada, Missouri, USA; director/writer (African Queen, Chinatown).
- 1911 - Birth of Robert Taylor in Filley, Nebraska, USA; actor (Death Valley Days).
- 1914 - Birth of Anita Colby in Washington, DC, USA; model/actress (Pepsi Cola Playhouse).
- 1914 - Birth of David Brian in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Accussed of Murder, Dawn at Sorocco, Mr. District Attorney radio and TV show).
- 1920 - Birth of Selma Diamond in London, Ontario, Canada; comedienne (Selma - Night Court).
- 1933 - Birth of Joan Weldon in San Francisco, California, USA; actress (So This is Love, Them).
- 1935 - Birth of John Saxon in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Falcon Crest TV show, The Bold Ones: the New Doctors TV show, Bees, Nightmare on Elm Street, Electric Horseman).
- 1936 - Birth of John Dancy in Jackson, Texas, USA; newscaster (Prime Time Sunday).
- 1938 - Birth of Ja'net Dubois in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Willona - Good Times).
- 1946 - Birth of Loni Anderson in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; actress (Jennifer - WKRP in Cincinnati).
- 1946 - Birth of Erika Slezak in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (Viki - One Life to Live).
- 1950 - Birth of Holly Palance in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Thorn Birds, Ripley's Believe It).
- 1956 - Birth of Maureen McCormick; actress (The Brady Bunch).
- 1961 - Birth of Tawny Kitaen (Coverdale); actress (Bachelor Party, Witchboard, Santa Barbara, Capitol).
- 1966 - Birth of Jonathan Silverman in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Brighton Beach Memoirs, The Single Guy).
- 1975 - Birth of Ami Foster; actress (Margaux - Punky Brewster).
Deaths on August 5
- 1962 - Death of Marilyn Monroe AKA Norma Jean Baker Mortenson at age 36 of a drug overdose in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress.
- 1972 - Frederic Tozere, actor (Mr Phillips - Stanley), dies at age 71.
- 1978 - Death of Queenie Smith at age 79, American actress/dancer (Funny Side) (born 1898).
- 1984 - Howard Culver, actor (Howie - Gunsmoke), dies at age 66.
- 1984 - Death of Richard Burton AKA Richard Walter Jenkins Junior at age 58 of a cerebral hemorrhage in Geneva, Switzerland; actor (Cleopatra), narrator (Winston Churchill - The Valiant Years).
- 2000 - Death of Alec Guinness de Cuffe AKA Alec Guiness at age 86 of liver cancer at his home in southern England; actor (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy TV show).
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