August 5, 1947 Rick Derringer, rocker (I am the Real American (Hulk Hogan's theme) August 5, 1946 Erika Slezak, Hollywood, California, actress (Viki-One Life to Live) August 5, 1946 Rick van der Linden, Dutch keyboardist (Ekseption) August 5, 1945 Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima (Aug 6th in Japan) August 5, 1945 Jacob Reitsma, economist/Dutch MP (CDA) August 5, 1945 Jo Collins, Oregon, Playboy playmate (Dec, 1964) August 5, 1944 Loni Anderson, St. Paul, Minnesota, actress (Jennifer-WKRP in Cincinnati) August 5, 1944 Maurice Turnbull, cricketer (England)/rugby (Wales), dies August 5, 1944 US 79th/90th division occupy Laval/Mayenne August 5, 1944 US troops occupy Vannes Bretagne August 5, 1943 Adam Kuckhoff, writer, dies at 55 August 5, 1943 Sammi Smith, singer August 5, 1943 Sicily: 3 U.S. A-36's bomb British headquarter August 5, 1943 Soviet forces reconquer Orel & Bjelgorod August 5, 1942 British government cancels agreement of Munich August 5, 1942 German troops cross Kuban River August 5, 1942 Rick Huxley, guitarist (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over) August 5, 1941 Leonid Denissovich Kizim, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-3, T-10, T-15) August 5, 1940 Frederick A Cook, U.S., explorer (North Pole), dies at 75 August 5, 1940 St. Louis Brown John Whitehead no-hits Detroit Tigers, 4-0 in 6 innings