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2016

The XXXI Summer Olympic Games open at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

2011

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals evidence of water on Mars.

1992

Four Los Angeles police officers acquitted of assault charges related to the beating of Rodney King are charged in a civil lawsuit.

1981

U.S. President Ronald Reagan fires 11,500 air traffic controllers.

1980

Montreal Expos manager Dick Williams wins his 1,000th game as a manager in an 11–5 victory over the New York Mets.

1966

The Beatles release the album “Revolver.”

1964

The United States begins bombing Vietnam.

1962

In South Africa, Nelson Mandela is imprisoned. He will remain behind bars until 1990.

1953

The film “From Here to Eternity,” directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, and Frank Sinatra, is released. It will win the Oscar for Best Picture in 1954.

1926

Magician Harry Houdini spends 91 minutes underwater in a sealed container.

1914

Canada joins the other countries of the British Empire at war against Germany.

1891

The first traveler’s checks are introduced (American Express).

1689

1,500 Iroquois attack and burn the village of Lachine. They massacre 24 villagers and kidnap 90 others, 42 of whom are never found.

It happened on… August 5

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