August 5 holds significant historical events. Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962 on charges prompting a 27-year imprisonment. The Revenue Act of 1861, signed by Abraham Lincoln, was America's first income tax to fund the Civil War. In 1864, Admiral David G. Farragut achieved victory at the Battle of Mobile Bay. The Statue of Liberty's cornerstone was laid in 1884. In 1914, Cleveland saw the installation of its first electric traffic light. Jesse Owens triumphed at the Berlin Olympics in 1936. Marilyn Monroe died in 1962, and Nixon faced Watergate tape revelations in 1974.
On August 5, 1962, South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was arrested on charges of leaving the country without a valid passport, igniting a 27-year imprisonment.
In 1861, Abraham Lincoln signed the Revenue Act of 1861, imposing the first income tax on Americans to finance the Union's Civil War efforts.
During the Civil War in 1864, Union Admiral David G. Farragut led his fleet to victory in the crucial Battle of Mobile Bay, Alabama.
Marilyn Monroe was found dead at her Los Angeles home on August 5, 1962; her death was ruled a probable suicide from acute barbiturate poisoning.
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