About the day » Wednesday August 5, 2009Calender converter

• Monroe Michaela Leigh Rouse

• Adriana Verplpoegh (65)
• Albert van Veen (88), Hellevoetsluis
• Antonius Maria de Volder (84), Goirle,Gemeente Goirle,North Brabant,Nederland
• Bernard Joseph Meesters (88), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida (Aaltje) Veerman (83), Volendam
• Arie ROELEVELD (81), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Cathalina Johanna Middelkoop (64), Heemstede
• Adrie paans (73), Gemeente Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Billa Meex (73), Maastricht
• arnoldina gerarda (arnoldina) hofmans (89), bergen op zoom

• 1991 » Andreas Weimann, Austrian footballer
• 1991 » Esteban Gutiérrez, Mexican race car driver
• 1991 » Konrad Hurrell, Tongan rugby league player
• 1995 » Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Danish footballer
• 1996 » Takakeishō Mitsunobu, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1997 » Jack Cogger, Australian rugby league player
• 1997 » Olivia Holt, American actress and singer
• 1998 » Kanon Suzuki, Japanese singer and actress
• 1998 » Mimi Keene, English actress
• 2003 » Toni Shaw, British Paralympic swimmer

• 2007 » Florian Pittiș, Romanian actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1943)
• 2007 » Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal (b. 1926)
• 2008 » Neil Bartlett, English-American chemist and academic (b. 1932)
• 2008 » Reg Lindsay, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1929)
• 2009 » Budd Schulberg, American author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1914)
• 2011 » Andrzej Lepper, Polish farmer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1954)
• 2011 » Aziz Shavershian, Russian-born Australian Bodybuilder and internet sensation (b. 1989)
• 2012 » Erwin Axer, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1917)
• 2012 » Fred Matua, American football player (b. 1984)
• 2012 » Michel Daerden, Belgian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
• April 9 » In Tbilisi, Georgia, up to 60,000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili.
• April 12 » Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.
• May 25 » North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device, after which Pyongyang also conducts several missile tests, building tensions in the international community.
• June 12 » Analog television stations (excluding low-powered stations) switch to digital television following the DTV Delay Act.
• June 19 » Mass riots involving over 10,000 people and 10,000 police officers break out in Shishou, China, over the dubious circumstances surrounding the death of a local chef.
• November 10 » Ships of the South and North Korean navies skirmish off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea.

The temperature on August 5, 2009 was between 12.1 °C and 27.1 °C and averaged 20.8 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.