5 August

A list of events which occurred on the 5th of August.
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:Carl Saxe is born.
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:Parley Baer and David Brian are born.
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:Vic Toyota is born.
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:Ron Burke is born
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:Dave Perna is born.
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:Peter Virgo, Jr. is born.
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:Kathleen Sky is born.
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:Douglas Knapp is born.
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:Harry Cohen is born.
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:Clayton Rohner is born.
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:Elizabeth Goldstein is born.
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:Rosine "Ace" Hatem is born.
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:Bruce Costa and Roger Guyett are born.
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:Dianne Zankich is born.
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:Seventh day of filming on . 
:Revised final draft for is submitted.
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:Scott St. Blaze is born.
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:First day of filming on .
:The score for , composed by Alexander Courage, is recorded.
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:Wade Felker is born.
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:Renee Pulve is born.
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:The Thirty-First UK Story Arc continues in Valiant & TV21 #45 with the third of five installments.
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:Bruce Horak is born.
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:Matt Mira is born.
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:Filming begins on .
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:Murray Golden dies.
:Sixth day of filming on on location at Bronson Canyon.
:Additional scenes were filmed for on location at Bronson Canyon.
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:Fourth day of filming on .
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:CIC Video releases The Original Series volume 1.4 and Voyager volume 2.8 on VHS in the UK. 
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:Sixth day of filming on .
:Final draft script for is submitted.
:Final draft script for is submitted.
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:Seventh and final day of filming on .
:Last day of filming on .
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:Fourth day of filming on .
:Paramount Home Entertainment releases Next Generation volume 5.3 and Enterprise volume 1.7 on VHS in the UK. 
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:Fifth day of filming on .
:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 4 DVD released in Region 1.
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:Second day of filming on .
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:Star Trek: The Original Series Remastered season 2 DVD released in Region 1.
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:Scott Ciencin dies.
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:Twenty-ninth day of filming on .
:IDW Publishing releases "Deity, Part 1", issue #48 of the ongoing Star Trek series.
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:David Landsberg dies.
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:Eaglemoss Collections, one of the most prolific Star Trek merchandise producers of the 2010s, and particularly renowned for their starship display model/magazine combo partwork lines, is declared bankrupt.
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