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Replaying Wednesday, August 5, 1981

The August 5, 1981 was a Wednesday under the star sign of ♌. It was the 216 day of the year. President of the United States was Ronald Reagan.

If you were born on this day, you are 44 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, August 5, 2025, 329 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, in 35 days. You have lived for 16,400 days, or about 393,602 hours, or about 23,616,175 minutes, or about 1,416,970,500 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

  • Neil Armstrong (United States Naval Aviator, aerospace engineer, astronaut, test pilot, university teacher, born August 5, 1930)
  • James Gunn (actor, cinematographer, executive producer, film director, film producer, novelist, screenwriter, born August 5, 1966)
  • Mark Strong (film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born August 5, 1963)
  • Helene Fischer (actor, musical theatre actor, singer, television presenter, born August 5, 1984)
  • Tawny Kitaen (film actor, model, television actor, voice actor, born August 5, 1961)
  • Mimi Keene (actor, born August 5, 1998)
  • Marine Le Pen (lawyer, politician, born August 5, 1968)
  • Kajol (film actor, born August 5, 1974)
  • Guy de Maupassant (author, journalist, novelist, playwright, poet, short story writer, writer, born August 5, 1850)
  • Federica Pellegrini (swimmer, born August 5, 1988)
  • Joseph Merrick (artist, born August 5, 1862)
  • Genelia D'Souza (actor, film actor, model, born August 5, 1982)
  • Louis Wain (artist, illustrator, painter, born August 5, 1860)
  • Patrick Ewing (basketball coach, basketball player, born August 5, 1962)
  • Kō Shibasaki (film actor, singer, born August 5, 1981)
  • John Huston (actor, character actor, film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, writer, born August 5, 1906)
  • Pat Smear (guitarist, singer-songwriter, born August 5, 1959)
  • Josie Totah (actor, child actor, film actor, singer, television actor, born August 5, 2001)
  • Adam Yauch (film director, guitarist, rapper, record producer, singer, singer-songwriter, born August 5, 1964)
  • Pete Burns (autobiographer, composer, singer, singer-songwriter, born August 5, 1959)
  • Colin McRae (co-driver, race car driver, racing automobile driver, born August 5, 1968)
  • Reid Hoffman (businessperson, entrepreneur, investor, podcaster, writer, born August 5, 1967)
  • Olivia Holt (actor, film actor, model, singer, television actor, born August 5, 1997)
  • Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (association football player, born August 5, 1995)
  • Ilya Repin (essayist, graphic artist, painter, sculptor, born August 5, 1844)
  • Margaret Guido (archaeologist, prehistorian, born August 5, 1912)
  • John Saxon (character actor, director, film actor, film director, judoka, karateka, television actor, born August 5, 1936)
  • Wayne Bridge (association football player, born August 5, 1980)
  • Kylian Hazard (association football player, born August 5, 1995)
  • Loni Anderson (film actor, television actor, voice actor, born August 5, 1945)
  • Mahima Makwana (actor, television actor, born August 5, 1999)
  • Sophie Winkleman (film actor, singer, stage actor, born August 5, 1980)
  • Annalisa (musician, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, born August 5, 1985)
  • Maureen McCormick (autobiographer, singer, songwriter, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born August 5, 1956)
  • Yoko Moriguchi (actor, born August 5, 1966)
  • Sugawara no Michizane (diplomat, kugyō, poet, writer, born August 1, 845)
  • Ludovico Sforza (statesperson, born July 27, 1452)
  • Lexi Belle (film actor, model, pornographic actor, born August 5, 1987)
  • Hun Sen (diplomat, politician, born August 5, 1952)
  • Robert Taylor (actor, aircraft pilot, film actor, television actor, born August 5, 1911)
  • Kwon Sang-woo (actor, film actor, model, television actor, born August 5, 1976)
  • Rachel Scott (stage actor, student, writer, born August 5, 1981)
  • Janet McTeer (actor, film actor, stage actor, born August 5, 1961)
  • Kenta Hamano (actor, composer, musician, television actor, born August 5, 1981)
  • Steven Knight (executive producer, film director, screenwriter, writer, born August 5, 1959)
  • Pham Nhat Vuong (entrepreneur, born August 5, 1968)
  • Salomon Kalou (association football player, born August 5, 1985)
  • Ahsaas Channa (actor, television actor, born August 5, 1999)
  • Iddo Goldberg (actor, film actor, television actor, born August 5, 1975)
  • Harold Holt (lawyer, politician, born August 5, 1908)
  • Ryan Bertrand (association football player, born August 5, 1989)
  • David Baldacci (author, lawyer, novelist, poet lawyer, screenwriter, writer, born August 5, 1960)
  • Ferdinand III of León (Franciscan tertiary, Miles Christianus, ruler, born July 29, 1199)
  • Wanda Ventham (actor, film actor, stage actor, born August 5, 1935)
  • Marlene Favela (actor, film actor, model, stage actor, television actor, born August 5, 1976)
  • Jared Hasselhoff (musician, born August 5, 1971)
  • Soraya Jiménez (weightlifter, born August 5, 1977)
  • David Chang (chef, restaurateur, born August 5, 1977)
  • Ettore Majorana (nuclear physicist, physicist, born August 5, 1906)
  • Jonathan Silverman (actor, film actor, film director, film producer, television actor, born August 5, 1966)
  • Ja'Net DuBois (composer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, voice actor, born August 5, 1932)
  • Massimo Ferrero (entrepreneur, film producer, born August 5, 1951)
  • Jocelyn Wildenstein (socialite, born August 5, 1940)
  • Travie McCoy (rapper, singer, songwriter, born August 5, 1981)
  • Roy Benavidez (soldier, born August 5, 1935)
  • Johann Friedrich Struensee (physician, politician, born August 5, 1737)
  • Air Force gs (glamour model, model, pornographic actor, prostitute, born August 5, 1970)
  • Abbé Pierre (Catholic priest, French Resistance fighter, friar minor capuchin, politician, theologian, born August 5, 1912)
  • Vatsal Sheth (actor, born August 5, 1980)
  • Talal Maddah (actor, composer, oud player, singer, born August 5, 1940)
  • Vitus Bering (explorer, hydrographer, naval officer, seafarer, born August 5, 1681)
  • Joan Hickson (actor, film actor, stage actor, born August 5, 1906)
  • Louis Walsh (record producer, talent manager, born August 5, 1952)
  • Sachin Bansal (computer scientist, engineer, entrepreneur, born August 5, 1981)
  • Deodoro da Fonseca (military personnel, politician, born August 5, 1827)
  • Masazumi Gotoda (politician, born August 5, 1969)
  • Sally Nugent (journalist, born August 5, 1971)
  • Claire Kuo (singer, born August 5, 1980)
  • Leonid Stadnyk (surgeon, veterinarian, born August 5, 1970)
  • J-Ax (rapper, record producer, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, born August 5, 1972)
  • Kara Tointon (actor, film actor, born August 5, 1983)
  • K. Balaji (film producer, born August 5, 1934)
  • Suzuka Ohgo (child actor, film actor, seiyū, stage actor, born August 5, 1993)
  • Rick Derringer (artist, composer, guitarist, singer, born August 5, 1947)
  • Ibrahim Elfaqi (advisor, chairperson, lecturer, writer, born August 5, 1950)
  • Herb Brooks (ice hockey coach, ice hockey player, born August 5, 1937)
  • Anja Kruse (film actor, stage actor, born August 5, 1956)
  • Reika Kirishima (actor, model, born August 5, 1972)
  • Nick Martínez (baseball player, born August 5, 1990)
  • Salvador Cabañas (association football player, born August 5, 1980)
  • Jose Jorge Arriaga Rodriguez (actor, professional wrestler, born August 5, 1977)
  • Esteban Gutiérrez (Formula One driver, born August 5, 1991)
  • Niels Henrik Abel (mathematician, university teacher, born August 5, 1802)
  • Vivian Kubrick (camera operator, cinematographer, composer, film actor, film director, film score composer, born August 5, 1960)
  • Ryō Hirohashi (seiyū, born August 5, 1978)
  • Vera Kholodnaya (actor, film actor, born August 5, 1893)
  • Hishammuddin Hussein (lawyer, politician, born August 5, 1961)
  • Princess Irene of the Netherlands (aristocrat, born August 5, 1939)
  • Darren Shahlavi (film actor, karateka, martial artist, stunt performer, television actor, born August 5, 1972)
  • Élisabeth Depardieu (actor, film actor, born August 5, 1941)
  • Leila Otadi (actor, born August 5, 1983)
  • Chu Mei-feng (journalist, politician, born August 5, 1966)
  • Carla Gravina (film actor, politician, stage actor, born August 5, 1941)
  • Wendell Berry (author, farmer, novelist, poet, writer, born August 5, 1934)
  • Daniëlle van de Donk (association football player, born August 5, 1991)
  • John Jarratt (film actor, film director, television actor, born August 5, 1951)
  • Ray Clemence (association football manager, association football player, born August 5, 1948)
  • Go-Momozono (sovereign, born August 5, 1758)
  • Chip Fields (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born August 5, 1951)
  • Honor Kneafsey (actor, film actor, born August 5, 2004)
  • Selma Diamond (actor, film actor, screenwriter, television actor, voice actor, born August 5, 1920)
  • Zerrin Tekindor (actor, painter, born August 5, 1964)
  • Jean-Marc Morandini (journalist, radio personality, born August 5, 1965)
  • Linda Wong (actor, singer, born August 5, 1968)
  • Estavana Polman (handball player, born August 5, 1992)
  • Aleska Diamond (glamour model, pornographic actor, born August 5, 1988)
  • Carl Crawford (baseball player, born August 5, 1981)
  • Motoi Sakuraba (composer, keyboardist, music arranger, musician, born August 5, 1965)
  • Roman Gabriel (American football player, businessperson, born August 5, 1940)
  • Venkatesh Prasad (cricketer, born August 5, 1969)
  • Tvrtko I of Bosnia (sovereign, born July 28, 1338)
  • Rita Faltoyano (film actor, model, pornographic actor, born August 5, 1978)
  • Jewel De'Nyle (film actor, pornographic actor, pornographic film director, born August 5, 1976)
  • Rosi Mittermaier (alpine skier, born August 5, 1950)
  • Barbara Flynn (actor, film actor, born August 5, 1948)
  • Jessica Nigri (YouTuber, cosplayer, model, promotional model, television producer, voice actor, born August 5, 1989)
  • Kaylai Lei (actor, film actor, pornographic actor, born August 5, 1980)
  • Scott William Winters (actor, television actor, born August 5, 1965)
  • Timmy Hung (actor, television actor, born August 5, 1975)
  • Makoto Koga (politician, born August 5, 1940)
  • Jeong Yak-yong (engineer, philosopher, poet, born August 5, 1762)
  • Terri Clark (musician, singer, born August 5, 1968)
  • Gil Garcetti (lawyer, photographer, politician, born August 5, 1941)
  • Bob Clark (actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, born August 5, 1939)
  • Domingo Santana (baseball player, born August 5, 1992)
  • Billie Hayes (actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born August 5, 1924)
  • Xu Jiao (actor, born August 5, 1997)
  • Shigeru Ban (architect, restorer, born August 5, 1957)
  • Alexander Jagiellon (sovereign, born July 27, 1461)
  • Wu Nien-jen (actor, film director, screenwriter, television actor, born August 5, 1952)
  • Yuli Edelstein (politician, born August 5, 1958)
  • Jan Francis (actor, ballet dancer, born August 5, 1947)
  • C. J. Spiller (American football player, athletics competitor, born August 5, 1987)
  • Takamasa Anai (judoka, born August 5, 1984)
  • Reginald Owen (actor, film actor, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, born August 5, 1887)
  • Jung Dong-hwan (actor, film actor, television actor, born August 5, 1949)
  • Doris Schröder-Köpf (journalist, politician, writer, born August 5, 1963)
  • Artem Mikoyan (aerospace engineer, aircraft pilot, inventor, military personnel, politician, born August 5, 1905)
  • Wassily Leontief (economist, pedagogue, statistician, born August 5, 1906)
  • Paula Creamer (golfer, born August 5, 1986)

5th of August 1981 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on August 5, 1981

News Analysis

Date: 06 August 1981

By LYDIA CHAVEZ

Lydia CHAVEZ

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News Analysis

Date: 06 August 1981

By WILLIAM SERRIN, Special to the New York Times

William SERRIN

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News Analysis

Date: 05 August 1981

By STEVEN V. ROBERTS, Special to the New York Times

Steven ROBERTS

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News Analysis

Date: 06 August 1981

By EDWARD COWAN, Special to the New York Times

Edward COWAN

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News Analysis

Date: 05 August 1981

By STUART TAYLOR Jr., Special to the New York Times

Stuart TAYLOR

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News Summary; WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1981

Date: 05 August 1981

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1981

Date: 06 August 1981

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INTREPID ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER

Date: 05 August 1981

Special to the New York Times

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ACF Increases Bid For Ladish Shares

Date: 05 August 1981

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A QUESTION OF THE VALUE OF ART

Date: 06 August 1981

By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN

Edward ROTHSTEIN

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News Analysis

Date: 06 August 1981

By LYDIA CHAVEZ

Lydia CHAVEZ

Full Article

News Analysis

Date: 06 August 1981

By WILLIAM SERRIN, Special to the New York Times

William SERRIN

Full Article

News Analysis

Date: 05 August 1981

By STUART TAYLOR Jr., Special to the New York Times

Stuart TAYLOR

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News Summary; WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1981

Date: 05 August 1981

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