| General Information for August 5th 2015 |
| There are 2 public holidays today. |
| Day 217 of 2015 |
| 148 days left in 2015 |
| Week 32 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 1958 - Herbert Hoover eclipses John Adams as having the longest retirement of any former U.S President. Hoover would live another ten years, his record 35-year retirement still holding the record as of 2013. |
| 1906 - Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy. |
| 1620 - Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts. |
| 1582 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain, October 4 of this year is followed directly by October 15. |