What Happened on August 5, 2022

Historical Events

Film & TV History

Actress Anne Heche crashes her car into a house in Mar Vista, Los Angeles, igniting a fire that puts her in a coma and destroys much of the house [1]

Fire breaks out at Matanzas fuel depot, Chile, after lightning hits fuel tanks, going on to kill 16 firefighters in possibly the country's worst ever fire [1]

Film & TV History

Jury in Austin, Texas decides 'Infowars' host Alex Jones should pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to parents of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim due to his promotion of false conspiracy theories that the massacre was a hoax [1]

Radio Host and Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones

Volkswagen launches a prototype of its first flying car, an automated, electric passenger vehicle nicknamed "Flying Tiger" [1]

Events in 2022

Famous Deaths

(William) "Clu" Gulager, American actor (Virginian; The Tall Man; The Last Picture Show), dies at 93
Jô Soares, Brazilian comedian, late night television talk show host, author (O Xangô de Baker Street - A Samba for Sherlock), and jazz musician, dies at 84
Judith Durham, Australian folk-pop singer (The Seekers - "Georgy Girl"; "A World of Our Own"), dies of lung disease at 79
Luciano Macías, Ecuadorian soccer defender (21 caps; Barcelona de Ecuador), dies at 87
Mark Paterson, New Zealand sailor (World C'ship gold Cherub 1978), dies at 74
Michael Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk and 14th Earl of Berkshire (House of Lords, 1956-99), dies at 87

Died in 2022 2022 Highlights