August 5th
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- 1833
The village of Chicago is incorporated, with a population of around 250 View Post →
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- 1305
William Wallace, Scottish resistance leader, is captured by the English near Glasgow
- 1861
President Lincoln signs the first U.S. personal income tax into law
- 1914
The first electric traffic signals are installed in Cleveland, Ohio
- 1924
The 'Little Orphan Annie' comic strip by Harold Gray debuts in the New York Daily News
- 1962
Actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles
- 1963
Craig Breedlove sets the world land speed record at 407.477 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah
- 1997
Korean Air 747 crashes in Guam; of the 331 people aboard, 29 survive
- 2010
The Copiapó mining accident traps 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300 feet underground
