Friday, August 5, 1689 is a Friday. It is day 217 of 1689 (59.5% through the year), ISO week 31, in Q3.
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Historical Milestones
United States Environmental Protection Agency personnel accidentally caused a spillage (aftermath pictured) of 3 million gallons (11 million litres) of mine waste water and tailings trapped inside the Gold King Mine near Silver...
United States Environmental Protection Agency →Radio Network House (pictured), damaged in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, becomes the first building to be demolished by implosion in New Zealand.
Implosion of Radio Network House →An American white supremacist carried out a mass shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six people and wounding four others.
White supremacy →Radio Network House, damaged in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, becomes the first building to be demolished by implosion in New Zealand.
Implosion of Radio Network House →NASA launched the Juno probe to Jupiter as part of the New Frontiers program.
Juno (spacecraft) →Wizards of the Coast released Magic: The Gathering, the first trading card game.
Wizards of the Coast →A Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft crashed while attempting to land in Dhaka, killing 49 people in the deadliest aviation accident in Bangladeshi history.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines →U.S. president Ronald Reagan fired the 11,345 striking members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization en masse.
Ronald Reagan →Due to an athletics scandal, the National Collegiate Athletic Association applied the death penalty to the basketball program at the University of Southwestern Louisiana.
University of Southwestern Louisiana basketball scandal →Police raided a screening of the film Lonesome Cowboys in Atlanta, Georgia, leading to the creation of a Gay Liberation Front in that city.
Lonesome Cowboys police raid →American actress and model Marilyn Monroe was found dead of a barbiturate overdose in her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles.
Marilyn Monroe →An earthquake registering 6.4 Ms struck near Ambato, Ecuador, killing 5,050 people.
1949 Ambato earthquake →Calculate business days and elapsed calendar time between this date and any other.
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Questions & Answers
Friday, August 5, 1689 falls on a Friday.
123,125 days ago (337 years, 1 month, 8 days ago). It is day 217 of 1689 with 148 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Friday, August 5, 1689 is written as V.VIII.MDCLXXXIX (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is Waning Gibbous (approx. 79% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Leo.