July 5
July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining.
Events
- 1610 - John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.
- 1687 - Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica is published.
- 1803 - The convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king).
- 1811 - Venezuela is the first South American country to declare independence from Spain.
- 1813 - War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin.
- 1814 - War of 1812: Battle Of Chippawa - American Major General Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippewa, Ontario.
- 1830 - France invades Algeria.
- 1865 - William Booth founds the Christian Mission (later renamed to the Salvation Army).
- 1865 - The world's first maximum speed law is enacted in Great Britain.
- 1884 - Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
- 1937 - Highest recorded temperature in Canada, at Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan: 45 °C.
- 1940 - World War II: The United Kingdom and the Vichy France government break off diplomatic relations.
- 1941 - World War II: German troops reach the Dniepr River.
- 1943 - World War II: Battle of Kursk - The largest tank battle in history begins.
- 1943 - World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sails to Sicily.
- 1945 - World War II: Liberation of the Philippines declared.
- 1946 - The bikini is introduced.
- 1948 - British National Health Service Act enacted.
- 1950 - Korean War: Task Force Smith - First clash between American and North Korean forces.
- 1950 - Zionism: The Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.
- 1951 - William Shockley invents the junction transistor.
- 1954 - Elvis Presley has his first commercial recording session. He sang That's All Right (Mama) and Blue Moon of Kentucky.
- 1958 - First ascent of Gasherbrum I, 11th highest
- 1962 - Algeria becomes independent from France.
- 1970 - An Air Canada DC-8 crashes near Toronto International Airport killing 108
- 1971 - Right to vote: The voting age in the United States is reduced to 18 from 21 (provision of the 26th Amendment formally certified by President Richard Nixon on this day).
- 1975 - Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
- 1975 - Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.
- 1986 - The Statue of Liberty is reopened to the public after an extensive refurbishing.
- 1998 - Japan launches a probe to Mars, and thus joins the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
- 2003 - Taiwan is the last territory to be removed from the WHO's list of SARS affected areas.
Births
- 1781 - Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore
- 1794 - Sylvester Graham, inventor of Graham cracker (+ 1851)
- 1810 - Phineas Taylor Barnum, circus owner (+ 1891)
- 1853 - Cecil Rhodes, South African politician (+ 1902)
- 1865 - Hans Ziemann, physician (+ 1939)
- 1880 - Jan Kubelík, violinist (+ 1940)
- 1886 - Willem Drees, prime minister of the Netherlands
- 1888 - Herbert Spencer Gasser, psychologist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1944 (+ 1963)
- 1889 - Jean Cocteau, writer (+ 1963)
- 1902 - Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., U.S. diplomat during the Vietnam War
- 1909 - Andrei Gromyko, president of the Soviet Union
- 1911 - Georges Pompidou, president of France (+ 1974)
- 1941 - Barbara Frischmuth, writer
- 1944 - Robbie Robertson, guitarist
- 1950 - Michael Monarch, guitarist
- 1950 - Huey Lewis, rock and roll musician
- 1958 - Bill Watterson, cartoonist
- 1963 - Edie Falco, actress, The Sopranos
- 1985 - Stephanie McIntosh, actress
- 1996 - Dolly the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal
Deaths
- 1681 - Feodor Aleksejevitch, tsar of Russia
- 1920 - Max Klinger, artist
- 1945 - John Curtin, fourteenth Prime Minister of Australia
- 1957 - Charles Sherwood Noble, inventor
- 1975 - Otto Skorzeny, German commando who rescued Benito Mussolini in World War II
- 1983 - Harry James, Big Band musician
- 1998 - Sid Luckman, Hall of Fame football player
- 2001 - Hannelore Kohl, wife of ex-chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl (suicide)
- 2002 - Ted Williams, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and player for the Boston Red Sox.
Holidays and observances
- Algeria: Independence Day (1962)
- Cape Verde: Independence Day (1975)
- Isle of Man: Tynwald Day (Parliament Day) (1266)
- Venezuela: Independence Day (1811)
- Church of the SubGenius: X-Day (1998)
See Also:
July 4 - July 6 - June 5 - August 5 -- listing of all days
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