August 5th (1944) was a Saturday. It's the 217th day of the year (218th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 148 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 5th August, 1944
» World War II: Possibly the biggest prison breakout in history occurs as 545 Japanese people Japanese Prisoner of war POWs Cowra breakout attempt to escape outside the town of Cowra, New South Wales, Australia.
» World War II: Poland Polish insurgents liberate a Germany German labor camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jews Jewish prisoners.
» World War II: The Nazis begin a Wola massacre named week-long massacre of anywhere between 40,000 and 100,000 civilians and prisoners of war in Wola, Poland.
Famous Birthdays on August 5 in 1944
» Christopher Gunning, English composer
August 5th Famous Deaths for 1944
» Maurice Turnbull, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (b. 1906)
August 5th Holidays in History
» Bhagat Puran Singh known as Barsi Bhagat Puran Singh (Sikhism)
» Christian Calendar of saints known as Feast Day:
» Abel of Reims
» Thaddeus of Edessa or Addai
» Saint Afra known as Afra
» Albrecht Dürer, Matthias Grünewald, and Lucas Cranach the Elder (Episcopal Church (USA))
» Cassian of Autun
» Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major (Catholic Church)
» Emygdius
» Saint Memmius called Memnius
» Oswald of Northumbria
» August 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» List of national independence days known as Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Burkina Faso from France in 1960.