Tuesday August 5, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

is the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are until the end of the year. The day of the week is .

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mardi.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and day ago
  • months since then
  • is in the nd week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England on its first attempt to reach North America.
1,500 Iroquois attack the village of Lachine in New France.
American Civil War: the Battle of Mobile Bay begins – at Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports.
Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
The Standard Oil of New Jersey is established.
Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
World War I: the German minelayer Königin Luise lays a minefield about 40 mi of the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMS Amphion.
World War II: The Nazis begin a three-day massacre of anywhere between 40,000 and 100,000 civilians and prisoners of war in Wola, Poland.
Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow – American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 begins as Pakistani soldiers cross the Line of Control dressed as locals.

Who were born on ?

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King Alexander Jagiellon of Poland (d. 1506)
John Hathorne, American magistrate (d. 1717)
Queen Louise of the Netherlands, Dutch consort of Charles XV of Sweden (d. 1871)
Harold Holt, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967)
Stjepan Šulek, Croatian composer and conductor(d. 1986)
Carole Laure, French-Canadian actress
Thomas Lang, Austrian drummer
Olle Kullinger, Swedish footballer
Salvador Cabañas, Paraguayan footballer
Dawn Richard, American singer (Danity Kane, Dirty Money)

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