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Air France Flight 358 was a regularly scheduled international flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France, to Toronto Pearson International Airport in Ontario, Canada. O…
Air France Flight 358 lands at Toronto Pearson International Airport and runs off the runway, causing the plane to…
Nikola Topić is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), he plays at the…
Nikola Topić, Serbian basketball player
Kathleen Walsh was an English actress, dancer, and screenwriter. Her film career prospered after she met her future husband, film director David Lean, with whom she worked on produ…
Kay Walsh, English actress, singer, and dancer (born 1911)
Fumio Niwa was a Japanese novelist with a long list of works, the most famous in the West being his novel The Buddha Tree.
Fumio Niwa, Japanese journalist and author (born 1904)
Zhang Chunqiao was a Chinese political theorist, writer, and politician. He came to the national spotlight during the late stages of the Cultural Revolution, and was a member of th…
Zhang Chunqiao, Chinese writer and politician, member of the Gang of Four (born 1917)
Erika Fuchs, née Petri, was a German translator. She is largely known in Germany for her major involvement in the localization process of American Disney comics, especially Carl Ba…
Erika Fuchs, German translator (born 1906)
Helios Airways Flight 522 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Larnaca, Cyprus, to Prague, Czech Republic, with a stopover in Athens, Greece, operated by a Boeing 73…
Helios Airways Flight 522, en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills…
In 2005, Israel disengaged from the Gaza Strip by dismantling all 21 Israeli settlements there. Nonetheless, the Gaza Strip has continued to be regarded by the United Nations, man…
Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the…
The Free Aceh Movement, known internationally as the Acheh-Sumatra National Liberation Front (ASNLF), was a separatist group seeking independence for the province of Aceh of Sumatr…
The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending almost three…
West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 was a charter flight that crashed in northwest Venezuela in the early hours of 16 August 2005, killing all 160 passengers and crew on board. The p…
West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes in Machiques, Venezuela, killing all 160 people…
Israeli settlements, also called Israeli colonies, are the civilian communities built by Israel throughout the Israeli-occupied territories. They are populated by Israeli citizens,…
The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of Israeli disengagement from Gaza, starts.
Philip Morrison was a professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is known for his work on the Manhattan Project during World War II, and for his la…
Philip Morrison, American physicist and academic (born 1915)
Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi was a Scottish artist, known for his sculpture and graphic works. He is widely considered to be one of the pioneers of pop art.
Eduardo Paolozzi, Scottish sculptor and artist (born 1924)
On 17 August 2005, around 500 bomb explosions occurred at 300 locations in 63 of the 64 districts of Bangladesh. The bombs exploded within a half-hour period, starting at 11:00 am.…
Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh.
Peace Mission 2005 was the first ever joint military exercise between China and Russia. The exercise started on August 19, 2005, and consisted of combined land, sea, and air elemen…
The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.
Hurricane Katrina was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone that affected the Southeastern United States in late August 2005, particularly in and around the city …
Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in Florida.
Kane Parsons, also known as Kane Pixels, is an American YouTuber, composer, and filmmaker. In January 2022, Parsons began publishing the viral web series Backrooms, based on the cr…
Kane Parsons, American YouTuber and composer
Stiliana Nikolova is a Bulgarian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2024 European all-around champion, the 2025 World all-around silver medalist, 2022 World all-around bronze …
Stiliana Nikolova, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
Sir Johannes "Joh" Bjelke-Petersen was an Australian politician and farmer who served as premier of Queensland from 1968 to 1987 as leader of the Queensland National Party. He was …
Joh Bjelke-Petersen, New Zealand-Australian politician, 31st Premier of Queensland (born 1911)
Robert Joseph Farnon was a Canadian-born composer, conductor, musical arranger and trumpet player. As well as being a composer of original works, he was commissioned by film and te…
Robert Farnon, Canadian-English trumpet player, composer and conductor (born 1917)
Albert Jaime Grassby, AM was an Australian politician who served as Minister for Immigration in the Labor Whitlam government. He completed reforms in immigration and human rights, …
Al Grassby, Australian journalist and politician (born 1928)
Sir John Mills was an English actor who appeared in more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades. He excelled on camera as an appealing British everyman who often portray…
John Mills, English actor (born 1908)
Romano Scarpa was one of the most famous Italian creators of Disney comics.
Romano Scarpa, Italian author and illustrator (born 1927)
Robert Earl Wilson was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of eleven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers (196…
Earl Wilson, American baseball player, coach and educator (born 1934)