| 88351 | August 5 | Event | 1965 – The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 begins as Pakistani soldiers cross the Line of Control dressed as locals. |
| 88352 | August 5 | Event | 1966 – The Beatles release their groundbreaking album entitled Revolver |
| 88353 | August 5 | Event | 1969 – Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers). |
| 88354 | August 5 | Event | 1971 – The first Pacific Islands Forum (then known as the "South Pacific Forum") is held in Wellington, New Zealand, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean. |
| 88355 | August 5 | Event | 1974 – Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress places a $1 billion limit on military aid to South Vietnam. |
| 88356 | August 5 | Event | 1979 – In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake an attempted military uprising. |
| 88357 | August 5 | Event | 1981 – President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work. |
| 88358 | August 5 | Event | 1989 – General elections are held in Nicaragua with the Sandinista National Liberation Front winning a majority. |
| 88359 | August 5 | Event | 1995 – Yugoslav Wars: The city of Knin, Croatia, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day. |
| 88360 | August 5 | Event | 2003 – A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150. |
| 88361 | August 5 | Event | 2010 – The Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300 ft (700 m) below the ground. |
| 88362 | August 5 | Event | 2010 – Ten members of International Assistance Mission Nuristan Eye Camp team are killed by persons unknown in Kuran wa Munjan District of Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan. |
| 88363 | August 5 | Event | 2012 – The Oak Creek shooting took place at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six people the perpetrator was shot dead by police. |
| 88364 | August 5 | Event | 2015 – The Gold King Mine waste water spill releases 3 million gallons of heavy metal toxin tailings and waste water into the Animas River in Colorado. |
| 88365 | August 5 | Birth | 1301 – Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (d. 1330) |
| 88366 | August 5 | Birth | 1397 – Guillaume Dufay, Belgian-Italian composer and theorist (d. 1474) |
| 88367 | August 5 | Birth | 1461 – Alexander Jagiellon, Polish king (d. 1506) |
| 88368 | August 5 | Birth | 1540 – Joseph Justus Scaliger, French philologist and historian (d. 1609) |
| 88369 | August 5 | Birth | 1623 – Antonio Cesti, Italian organist and composer (d. 1669) |
| 88370 | August 5 | Birth | 1641 – John Hathorne, American merchant and jurist (d. 1717) |
| 88371 | August 5 | Birth | 1662 – James Anderson, Scottish lawyer and historian (d. 1728) |
| 88372 | August 5 | Birth | 1694 – Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (d. 1744) |
| 88373 | August 5 | Birth | 1749 – Thomas Lynch, Jr., American commander and politician (d. 1779) |
| 88374 | August 5 | Birth | 1797 – Friedrich August Kummer, German cellist and composer (d. 1879) |
| 88375 | August 5 | Birth | 1802 – Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (d. 1829) |
| 88376 | August 5 | Birth | 1811 – Ambroise Thomas, French composer (d. 1896) |
| 88377 | August 5 | Birth | 1813 – Ivar Aasen, Norwegian poet and linguist (d. 1896) |
| 88378 | August 5 | Birth | 1815 – Edward John Eyre, English explorer and politician, Governor of Jamaica (d. 1901) |
| 88379 | August 5 | Birth | 1827 – Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (d. 1892) |
| 88380 | August 5 | Birth | 1828 – Louise of the Netherlands (d. 1871) |