August 5 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for August 5
In the headlines today:

2000	Actor Alec Guinness (Star Wars) dies at a hospital in England at age 86.
1992	Rock drummer Jeff Porcaro (Toto), dies at age 38 from an allergic reaction to pesticide.
1984	Actor Richard Burton dies of a stroke at age 58.
1981	The US government begins firing air traffic controllers who defied orders not to go on strike.
1963	The US, Britain and the USSR sign a treaty banning nuclear testing in the air, underwater, and in space.
1962		Movie actress Marilyn Monroe dies from an apparent drug overdose in Los Angeles. (photo credit: Ferine Books)
1957	Dick Clark's teen music program, American Bandstand, makes its network TV debut on ABC.
1924	Harold Gray debuts his comic strip, Little Orphan Annie, in the New York Daily News.
1923	Henry Sullivan swims across the English Channel, the first American to do so.
1921	The first play-by-play radio broadcast of a baseball game is made (KDKA - Pittsburgh).
1914	The first electric traffic lights are installed (Cleveland, OH).
1884	The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid in NY Harbor.
1861	The US government introduces an income tax.