Major Events
- 910 The last major Viking army to raid England, led by King Edward and Earl Æthelred, is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex
- 1305 Scottish resistance leader William Wallace is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution
- 1583 Humphrey Gilbert claims Newfoundland for the British crown, the first English colony in North America and the beginning of the British Empire
Aug 5 in Film & TV
- 1957 “American Bandstand” premieres on network TV (ABC)
Aug 5 in Music
- 1966 The Beatles release the single “Yellow Submarine” with “Eleanor Rigby” in the UK
Aug 5 in Sport
- 1936 American athlete Jesse Owens wins the 200 m in a world record time of 20.7 seconds, his third gold medal of the Berlin Olympics
Did You Know?
First electric traffic light installed in the US at the intersection of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio
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