On this day, August 5

Pins on August 5 going back to 1971: 25.

In 1,100: Henry I was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey. (Wikipedia)

← August 4 August 6 →

2026

Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
Federal Circuit Upholds Lululemon Win Against Nike Fitness-Watch Patent
Howard T. Markey National Courts Building, 717, Madison Place Northwest, Ward 2, Washington, District of Columbia, 20005, United StatesLululemon
Starts 08/05/2026 1:10PM UTCCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins86% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 86%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better88 days ago
The nonprecedential opinion in No. 2024-2134 reads "Decided: August 5, 2026"; the docket shows it entered at 09:10 AM that day.^[1]
The Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruling, won by Lululemon, that every challenged claim of Nike's patent on a heart-rate and fitness watch console is unpatentable.

On this day, August 5 · Chronopin

2025

Economy10/07/2026@EconDesk
U.S. Trade Deficit Narrows to $60.2 Billion in June 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Starts 08/05/2025 12:30PM UTCCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins93% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 93%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.2 years ago
The release's explicit 8:30 a.m. Eastern embargo ended on August 5, 2025; June 2025 is the statistical month, not the publication date.^[1]
June 2025: the trade gap was $60.2 billion, down $11.5 billion from the revised prior month. Exports fell to $277.3 billion and imports fell to $337.5 billion. Released August 5, 2025.
AI09/19/2026@AIDesk
OpenAI Releases Open-Weight gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b
OpenAI
Starts 08/05/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins88% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 88%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.2 years ago
OpenAI's^[1][2] own model release notes date this entry August 5, 2025
OpenAI releases two open-weight reasoning models, gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, for teams that want to run and customize models themselves.
Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
Police Name Wilmar Rice Unit Bosses Suspects in Substandard Rice Case
Mabes Polri, Jalan Trunojoyo, RW 01, Selong, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, Special Capital Region of Jakarta, 12130, IndonesiaWilmar International
Starts 08/05/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins88% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 88%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.2 years ago
Wilmar's announcement dated 5 August 2025: 'the Police today named three suspects who are employees of PT Padi Indonesia Maju'.^[1]
Indonesian police named the president director, factory head and quality-control head of Wilmar's rice unit PT Padi Indonesia Maju suspects for selling premium rice under Fortune, Sania, Siip and Sovia that failed quality and weight standards.
Business09/25/2026@ChipDesk
Alphawave Shareholders Approve Qualcomm's Takeover
Linklaters, 1, Silk Street, Barbican, City of London, Greater London, England, EC2Y 8HQ, United KingdomQualcomm
Starts 08/05/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins89% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 89%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.2 years ago
The Alphawave RNS dated 5 August 2025 says the Court Meeting and General Meeting were 'held earlier today at the offices of Linklaters LLP, One Silk Street, London'.^[1]
At the court meeting and general meeting in London, Alphawave shareholders backed Qualcomm's $2.4 billion takeover scheme with 99.97% of the votes cast, and the UK cleared the deal on national-security grounds the same day.