On This Day for August 5 - Independence declared by Upper Volta, Marilyn Monroe is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, [click here to view](. August 05 [Marilyn Monroe.]( FEATURED BIOGRAPHY 1926 Marilyn Monroe [READ MORE]( [Burkina Faso]( FEATURED EVENT 1960 Independence declared by Upper Volta [READ MORE]( Advertisement Advertisement [Earth's To-Do List]( MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY [Yingluck Shinawatra.] 2011: Thai businesswoman and politician [Yingluck Shinawatra]( was elected prime minister of [Thailand]( becoming the first woman to hold that post. [Chile mine rescue of 2010: underground] 2010: Thirty-three workers became trapped after a mine in the [Atacama Desert]( of [Chile]( collapsed, and the resulting [rescue]( took 69 days, attracting international attention. [Dick Clark, 1996.] 1957: [Dick Clark]( [American Bandstand]( a TV show in which performers lip-synched their latest songs and the teenage audience danced, began airing nationally. [U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, participating in simulation training in preparation for the lunar landing mission.] 1930: U.S. astronaut [Neil Armstrong]( the first man to set foot on the [Moon]( was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio. [David Farragut, daguerreotype.] 1864: During the Battle of Mobile Bay, Union Admiral [David Farragut]( sealed off the port of [Mobile]( Alabama, from [Confederate]( blockade runners. [Johnson, Lyndon B.] 1964: U.S. President [Lyndon B. Johnson]( put the [Gulf of Tonkin Resolution]( before Congress. [SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY]( ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1930 [Neil Armstrong]( American astronaut 1968 [Marine Le Pen]( French politician 1862 [Joseph Merrick]( British medical patient 1964 [Adam Nathaniel Yauch]( American musician and rapper 1906 [John Huston]( American director, writer, and actor 1850 [Guy de Maupassant]( French writer [SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY]( Advertisement FOLLOW: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, [click here](. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2019 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. [Privacy Policy]( • [Help](