Day: August 5, 2026

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OTD Aug 5, 1915 Edith Cavell arrested. British nurse who helped some 200 Allied soldiers escape German-occupied Belgium.

OTD Aug 5, 1984 Actor Richard Burton died. Starred in Spy Who Came In From the Cold and some other films. 

OTD Aug 5 1943 Eva-Maria Buch, a resistance fighter against the Nazi régime in Germany, guillotined at Plötzensee Prison. She was 22 years old.

OTD Aug 5, 1870  #Ethan_Allen_Hitchcock died. US Army officer who created  #Mexican_Spy_Company.

#OTD Aug 5,1997  #Clarence_Kelly, 2nd director of the  #FBI, died. Known for establishing communications with  #CIA.

#OTD Aug 5, 1914  #British_Post_Office_Cable_Steamer_Alert ripped out 1st of 5 German trans-Atlantic cables.

OTD (approx) Aug 5, 1915 British  #spymaster  #Vernon_Kell proposes sending  #William_Wiseman to  #New_York_City. Sets up highly effective intelligence operation that would serve as model during WWII.