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Monday, August 5, 2024

Monday, August 5, 2024 falls on a Monday. It is day 218 of the year, ISO week 32, in Q3.

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Monday, August 5

August 5, 2024 is day 218 of 366, ISO week 32, in Q3. The moon is New Moon and the zodiac sign is Leo.

Day of year218
ISO week32
QuarterQ3
Days left148

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New Moon
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0.4 days
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Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, winter in the Southern Hemisphere

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Leo
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August 5
Observance Abel of Reims
Observance Addai
Observance Afra
Observance Cassian of Autun
Observance Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major (Catholic Church)
Observance Emygdius
Observance Margaret the Barefooted
Observance Memnius

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Monday, August 5, 2024 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2015: 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.... Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to August 5.

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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...

A python killed two boys in Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada.

Radio Network House (pictured), damaged in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, becomes the first building to be demolished by implosion in New Zealand.

An American white supremacist carried out a mass shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six people and wounding four others.

NASA launched the Juno probe to Jupiter as part of the New Frontiers program.

Wizards of the Coast released Magic: The Gathering, the first trading card game.

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft crashed while attempting to land in Dhaka, killing 49 people in the deadliest aviation accident in Bangladeshi history.

U.S. president Ronald Reagan fired the 11,345 striking members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization en masse.

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Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present) Attacks on US bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria during the Gaza war 2024 Al-Asad Airbase missile attack At least five United States... Wikimedia Current Events Gaza war Israeli razing of cemeteries in the Gaza Strip Israel returns 89 decomposed, unidentifiable Palestinian bodies to the Gaza Ministry of Health. (Al Jazeera) Wikimedia Current Events 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict A Hezbollah militant and a Lebanese paramedic are killed in Israeli airstrikes on Meiss Ej Jabal, Shebaa, Rachay... Wikimedia Current Events Hezbollah launches a drone to an IDF site near Malkia which was intercepted.(Al Jazeera) Wikimedia Current Events Ahead of expected retaliation against Israel for the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, Iran issues a NOTAM, advising aircraft to change their routes over the country due... Wikimedia Current Events M23 offensive Nearly 100 Congolese National Police officers flee to Uganda as fighting between M23 rebels and the Congolese military intensifies. (Reuters) Wikimedia Current Events Papua conflict Separatist fighters shoot and kill a New Zealander helicopter pilot in Central Papua province, Indonesia, shortly after landing in the village of Alama. T... Wikimedia Current Events Red Sea crisis The Houthis claim an attack on the Liberia-flagged container ship MV Groton in the Gulf of Aden. (Al Jazeera) Wikimedia Current Events