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What Happened On 5th August 1946 In History

August 5th (1946) was a Monday. 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.

Famous Birthdays on August 5 in 1946

  • » Bruce Coslet, American football player and coach
  • » Ron Silliman, American poet and blogger
  • » Erika Slezak, American actress
  • » Xavier Trias, Spanish pediatrician and politician, 118th Mayor of Barcelona
  • » Rick van der Linden, Dutch keyboard player and songwriter (Ekseption and Trace (band) e.g Trace) (d. 2006)

August 5th Famous Deaths for 1946

  • » Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)

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.

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