{"id":16762,"date":"2022-08-05T05:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T03:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=212592"},"modified":"2022-08-05T05:22:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T03:22:08","slug":"5-august-on-this-day-in-history","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/5-august-on-this-day-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"5 August: On this day in history"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Elinor Evans\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 05 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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5 August 910<\/h3>\n

An army of West\u00a0Saxons and Mercians under King\u00a0Edward the Elder<\/a>, the son of Alfred the\u00a0Great<\/a>, defeated the Northumbrian Danes at Wednesfield near Tettenhall, Wolverhampton.<\/p>\n

5 August 1711<\/h3>\n

The Duke of Marlborough forced the supposedly impregnable Lines of Ne Plus Ultra, a series of defences built by the French to protect their northern frontier. He then went on to besiege and capture Bouchain.<\/p>\n

5 August 1869<\/h3>\n

Birth in Taunton, Somerset of historian and travel writer Alexander William Kinglake. His best-known work is his massive Invasion of the Crimea, which was published in eight volumes, the first in 1863 and the last nearly 25 years later.<\/p>\n

5 August 1888<\/h3>\n

Bertha Benz makes the world\u2019s first long-distance car journey, to visit her mother. She drives all day, covering 66 miles from Mannheim to Pforzheim.<\/p>\n

5 August 1962<\/h3>\n

Marilyn Monroe<\/a> was found dead in the bedroom of her los Angeles home with a bottle of sleeping pills by her side.<\/p>\n

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