August 5 in history: • 1716 – Austro-Turkish War: The Ottoman army were defeated in their attempt to capture the Habsburg-controlled Petrovaradin Fortress despite having twice the number of soldiers. → go there • 1816 – Sir John Barrow, secretary at the Admiralty, rejected a proposal to use Francis Ronalds electrical telegraph, deeming it "wholly unnecessary". → go there • 2012 – Radio Network House, damaged in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, becomes the first building to be demolished by implosion in New Zealand. → go there Born 1915: Clair Blank Wiki link Born 1965: Motoi Sakuraba Wiki link Born 2004: Gavi Wiki link Died 2011: Zyzz Wiki link Pictured: Emperor Guangwu depicted in the ''[[Sancai Tuhui]]''.