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August 5 in the history of the Birmingham District:
- 2006: Matilda, the Bessemer hen who held the Guinness Book of World Records title holder for "World's Oldest Chicken" was memorialized at a special "broken perch" ceremony during the annual conference of the Southeastern Association of Magicians, held at the Hilton Perimeter Park Hotel.
- 1996: The Birmingham Post-Herald published its first afternoon edition.
- 1897: Attorney and land speculator Ellis Phelan died in Waterbury, Connecticut.
- 1890: Inventor and emancipated slave Andrew Beard was granted Patent No. 433,847 for his rotary engine invention.