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August 5, 1978 Queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79 August 5, 1977 Charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 87 August 5, 1976 Adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88 August 5, 1976 Germain Wattamaleo, soccer player (Sparta) August 5, 1975 Ami Foster, actress (Margaux-Punky Brewster) August 5, 1975 Erin Gingrich, Yuma Arizona, Miss America-Arizona (1997) August 5, 1975 Phillies 1st 8 batters get hits for a record, beat Cubs 13-5 August 5, 1975 Stevie Wonder signs $13M contract with Motown August 5, 1974 Frankie Hejduk, La Mesa California, soccer defender (Olympics-gold-96) August 5, 1974 Jamie Lynn Bolding, Lakeland Florida, Miss America-Florida (1997) August 5, 1974 Jason Shelley, WLAF wide receiver (Frankfurt Galaxy) August 5, 1974 Joan Jett forms her rock group Runaways August 5, 1974 President Nixon admits he withheld information about Watergate break-in August 5, 1973 Arab terrorists open fire at Athens airport, kills 3 injures 55 August 5, 1973 Atlanta Braves Phil Niekro no-hits San Diego Padres, 9-0 August 5, 1973 Brendan Todd, Australian mistral yachter (Olympics-96) August 5, 1973 Ed Burman, WLAF linebacker (London Monarchs) August 5, 1973 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Pabst Ladies Golf Classic August 5, 1973 U.S.S.R. launches Mars 6 August 5, 1972 Aaqib Javed, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler 1989- ) |
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