5 August 1936 Chancellor Adolf Hitler, General Erwin von Witzleben of German III Corps, and SS-Obergruppenführer Joseph Dietrich leaving the 300-meter freestyle swimming event of the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, Berlin, Germany. #History #HistoryMatters

5 August 1944 Finnish soldiers during Battle of Tali-Ihantala, Karjala, Finland. note German panzerfaust anti-armour weapon #WW2 #History #HistoryMatters

5 August 1941 Search and rescue dog Rip atop a pile of rubble after an air raid on Poplar, London. #WW2 #History #HistoryMatters

5 August 1942 Winston Churchill, Leslie Morshead, Claude Auchinleck, and W. H. C. Ramsden (background) at 9th Australian Division headquarters, El Alamein, Egypt. #WW2 #History #HistoryMatters

5 August 1944 Polish resistance fighters Wojciech Omyla, Juliusz Bogdan Deczkowski, and Tadeusz Milewski in captured German uniforms and Kar98k rifles, Warsaw, Poland #WW2 #History #HistoryMatters

5 August 1944 Wrecked Jagdpanzer 38(t) on the street of Warsaw, Poland; This vehicle was captured and repaired by Polish fighters, and renamed 'Chwat'; it was later destroyed by Germans during fighting near the main post office #WW2 #History #HistoryMatters

5 August 1944 Generals Omar Bradley, Bernard Montgomery, and Miles Dempsey with Air-Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory in conference on the hood (bonnet) of Montgomery’s Humber Super Snipe staff car, near St. Lô, Normandy, France. #WW2 #History #HistoryMatters

5 August 1944 Pierre Lefevre, a BBC French war correspondent, making a broadcast as a Guards Armoured Division M4A4 Sherman tank "Banshee II" moves up to the battle area south of Caumont-l'Éventé during 'Operation Bluecoat'. #WW2 #History #HistoryMatters

The bones of a 10thC woman were found protruding from sand at Cnip, Isle of Lewis, by campers Mr and Mrs Maclean in 1979. The grave included gilded bronze oval brooches and 44 coloured glass beads. By 1995, six more burials had been found nearby. 📸National Museums Scotland #History

An excavation at High Tarns Farm, Silloth, Cumbria, led by Grampus Heritage and Training began in 2024. Archaeologists and volunteers discovered a large hall, charcoal production pit and corn dryer, pictured, from the late Viking Age. 📸Grampus Heritage #History #HistoryMatters

The Wharton Hoard was discovered by a detectorist at Wharton, near Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, in 2017. It comprises 37 copper pennies, known as stycas, from 9th Century Northumbria. 📸British Museum #History #HistoryMatters

Sculptured Pictish symbol stone of granite 6-9th Century, from Strome Shunnamal, Benbecula, Outer Hebrides. 📸National Museums Scotland #History #HistoryMatters

Pottery lamp from Roman Cirencester (Corinium) with a lion motif. The lamp is on display at the Corinium Museum in Cirencester. 📸Kevin Wilbraham #History #HistoryMatters

Scabbard guard from the St. Ninian’s Isle Treasure An 8th century hoard of Pictish silver which was discovered in 1958 on St. Ninian’s Isle, Shetland, by a 15 year old volunteer during excavations. Now on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh 📸Kevin Wilbraham #History

1 August 1086 Landowners from all over England gathered at Old Sarum, Wiltshire. They swore fealty to King William I, and in return he shared with them the draft results of the Domesday Survey. This provided the visitors security of tenure after years of tumult. 📸Visit Wiltshire #History

5 August 1983 Tom Cruise's breakthrough hit Risky Business opened. Cruise improvised much of his famous dance to Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock and Roll," with director Paul Brickman encouraging him to simply have fun in the scene. #History #HistoryMatters

5 August 1983 The legal thriller The Star Chamber starring Michael Douglas and Hal Holbrook opened. Director Peter Hyams also wrote the screenplay, inspired by debates over whether dangerous criminals were escaping justice because of legal technicalities. #History #HistoryMatters

5 August 1986 Lionel Richie released his third solo album, Dancing on the Ceiling. The title track's groundbreaking music video used a massive rotating room set inspired by Royal Wedding (1951), allowing Richie to appear to dance on the walls and ceiling. #History #HistoryMatters

5 August 1988 The horror remake The Blob opened. Co-written by Frank Darabont, the film became a cult favourite thanks to its spectacular practical creature effects, many created by special effects artist Tony Gardner. #History #HistoryMatters

5 August 1983 The animated fantasy "Twice Upon a Time" opened. Executive produced by George Lucas, the film used an innovative cutout animation process called Lumage, giving it a distinctive glowing, collage-like visual style. #History #HistoryMatters

5 August 1988 The comedy Vibes starring Cyndi Lauper and Jeff Goldblum opened. The film marked Lauper's feature-film debut as a leading actress, playing a quirky psychic alongside Goldblum in a supernatural treasure hunt through Ecuador. #History #HistoryMatters

5 August 1941 Ołyka in the Volhynian Voivodeship of pre-war Poland, a unit of the German Sicherheitsdienst (SD), the SS Security Service, assisted by Ukrainian auxiliary police, murdered 682 Jewish men at the local cemetery. #WW2 #History #HistoryMatters

St. Cuthbert’s Cave Reputed to be one of the resting places for the body of St. Cuthbert on its journey from Lindisfarne to Durham during the 11th century. The cave is situated in the Kyloe Hills near Holburn in Northumberland. 📸Kevin Wilbraham #History #HistoryMatters

5 August 759 Æthelwald Moll succeeded Oswulf as king of the Northumbrians. He was probably the ‘patrician’ Moll to whom King Eadberht and Archbishop Ecgberht had given the monasteries of Stonegrave, Coxwold and Donemutha. Stonegrave Minster 📸John Armagh #History #HistoryMatters

5 August 1981 President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work. #History #HistoryMatters

5 August 1974 President Richard Nixon, under orders of the US Supreme Court, releases the "Smoking Gun" tape, recorded on June 23, 1972, clearly revealing his actions in covering up and interfering investigations into the break-in. His political support vanishes completely. #History

5 August 1964 Operation Pierce Arrow: American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. #History #HistoryMatters

5 August 1962 Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990. #History #HistoryMatters

5 August 1944 The Nazis begin a week-long massacre of between 40,000 and 50,000 civilians and prisoners of war in Wola, Poland. #WW2 #History #HistoryMatters

5 August 1944 Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp (Gęsiówka) in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners. #WW2 #History #HistoryMatters