Tuesday August 5, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from β€œThe Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

is the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are until the end of the year. The day of the week is .

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mardi.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the nd week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

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Battle of Maserfield – Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Northumbria.
The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England on its first attempt to reach North America.
Pontiac’s War: Battle of Bushy Run – British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac’s Indians at Bushy Run.
The First Partition of Poland begins.
World War I: Battle of Romani – Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
The Mann Gulch fire kills 13 firefighters in Montana.
The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty.
Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
General elections are held in Nicaragua with the Sandinista Front winning a majority.
A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150.

Who were born on ?

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King Alexander Jagiellon of Poland (d. 1506)
Oskar Merikanto, Finnish composer (d. 1924)
Wesley Clair Mitchell, American economist (d. 1948)
Vern Gosdin, American country music singer (d. 2009)
Bob Clark, American film director (d. 2007)
Faith Prince, American actress
Pete Burns, English singer (Dead or Alive)
Mark O'Connor, American violinist
Jeff Friesen, Canadian ice hockey player
Kō Shibasaki, Japanese singer

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