Famous Birthdays
- Genelia D'Souza, Indian actress
- Xenia Tchoumitcheva, Swiss model
Famous Deaths
- Anatoli Papanov, Russian actor (Cold Summer of 1953) named as a People's Artist of the USSR (1973), dies at 64
- Zygmunt Mycielsky, composer, dies at 79
What Happened on August 5, 1987
Day of the Week: Wednesday