Historical Events for 5th August 2023

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1399 - Battle at Worskla: Tataren beat Russians and Litouwers
1949 - 6.4 Earthquake strikes Tungurahua Province, Ecuador, killing 5,000 people
1959 - 42.4 cm rainfall in Decatur Co, Iowa (state record)
1966 - West Indies cricket captain Garfield Sobers scores 174 including a century between lunch and tea to set up a 4th Test win v England at Headingley
1969 - Mariner 7 flies past Mars
1986 - It's revealed Andrew Wyeth of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, had secretly created 240 drawings and paintings of his neighbor Helga Testorf
1988 - American politician Mario Biaggi (Rep-D-NY) convicted of racketeering resigns his seat
1989 - General elections are held in Nicaragua with the Sandinista Front winning a majority.
1995 - 5th Athletics World Championships open at Gothenburg, Sweden
2021 - New Zealand canoeist Lisa Carrington wins her third Olympic gold medal of the Tokyo Games by winning K-1 500m; 5th career gold for Carrington

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