Historical Events
- Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigns and flees the country as protesters storm government buildings in Dhaka, including the Presidential Palace [1]
- British graffiti artist Banksy begins a series of animal artworks around London with a goat near Kew Bridge [1]
- Drone strikes on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, thought to have killed 200 people, raise further fears of ethnic cleaning [1]
- Google loses an important US antitrust case involving its search engine with a judge finding "Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly” [1]
- Hurricane Debby makes landfall as a Category 1 storm at Horseshoe Beach, Florida [1]
- Independent US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr, admits he put a dead bear cub in New York's Central Park 10 years ago [1]
- Japanese gymnast Shinnosuke Oka wins the final of the Horizontal bar for his third gold medal of the Paris Olympics after earlier claiming the All-round and Team gold medals
- Japanese index Nikkei closes down 12.4% - its largest one-day fall since October 1987, triggering falls around the world, then bounces back the next day [1]
Famous Deaths
- Adílio, Brazilian soccer manager (Flamengo 2003-07) and midfielder (1 cap; Flamengo 177 games), dies of pancreatic cancer at 68
- Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian rower (Olympic gold USSR single sculls 1956, 60, 64; World C'ship gold 1962), dies at 86
About August 5, 2024
Day of the Week: Monday
How Long Ago? 20 days
Leap Year: Yes
Holidays: Civic Holiday (Canada), Summer Bank Holiday (Ireland, United Kingdom)
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