August 05

Tuesday 05, 1969:

Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers).

Sunday 05, 1962:

Film actress and sex icon, Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her Los Angeles, California home after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills.

Wednesday 05, 1914:

In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.

Tuesday 05, 1884:

The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor.

Friday 05, 1864:

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.