This Day In History

August 5th

1914  Euclid Avenue & East 105th Street in Cleveland, Ohio became the first intersection in the country to be equipped with an electric traffic light
1924  Comic strip Little Orphan Annie debuted in the New York Daily News
1962  Actress Marilyn Monroe died from a drug overdose Los Angeles, California

1906   Actor John Huston
1930  US Astronaut Neil Armstrong also the first man to walk on the moon
1946  Loni Anderson
1962  Basketball Great Patrick Ewing
1970  Actress Josie Bissett

1958

• Poor Little Fool - Ricky Nelson

• Patricia - Perez Prado

• Splish Splash - Bobby Darin

• My True Love - Jack Scott

1966

• Wild Thing - The Troggs

• Summer in the City - The Lovin' Spoonful

• Somewhere, My Love - Ray Conniff & The Singers

• They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV

1974

• Annie's Song - John Denver

• Feel Like Makin' Love - Roberta Flack

• The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace

• Rub It In - Billy "Crash" Craddock

1982

• Eye of the Tiger - Survivor

• Hard to Say I'm Sorry - Chicago

• Even the Nights are Better - Air Supply

• I Don't Care - Ricky Skaggs

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