August 5. Events, facts, traditions

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Norma Jean Mortenson, the first parade of the Russian fleet and other events by which this day in the history was remembered. The facts from the past on August 5, 1699 in the Sea of Azov on raid Taganrog the first parade of the Russian fleet took place. On action there was Peter I. On August 5, 1914 in the American Cleveland the first automatic traffic light was installed. The device had red and green lamps, and when switching light published a sound signal. On August 5, 1948 the captain of the TsDKA Fedotov Grigory scored the 100th goal in matches of the championships of the USSR. On August 5, 1962 in...