July 5
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July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining.
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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 Chippewa - 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 England.
- 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.
- 1954 - The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
- 1958 - First ascent of Gasherbrum I, 11th highest peak on the earth
- 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.
- 1989 - Iran-Contra Affair: Oliver North is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell to a three-year suspended prison term, two years probation, $150,000 in fines and 1,200 hours community service.
- 1994 - The United States announced it would be refusing entry to further unrestricted immigration from Haiti.
- 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.
- 2004 - First Indonesian presidential election, 2004 by the nation.
- 2004 - Éric Gagné's consecutive saves streak comes to an end at 84.
Births
- 1794 - Sylvester Graham, American inventor of Graham cracker (d. 1851)
- 1810 - Phineas Taylor "P. T." Barnum, American circus owner (d. 1891)
- 1853 - Cecil Rhodes, South African politician (d. 1902)
- 1865 - Hans Ziemann, physician (d. 1939)
- 1880 - Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist (d. 1940)
- 1886 - Willem Drees, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1988)
- 1888 - Herbert Spencer Gasser, American psychologist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1889 - Jean Cocteau, French writer (d. 1963)
- 1890 - Frederick Lewis Allen, American social historian (d. 1954)
- 1891 - John Howard Northrop, Americah chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
- 1902 - Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., U.S. diplomat (d. 1985)
- 1904 - Harold Acton, writer and dilettante (d. 1994)
- 1911 - Georges Pompidou, President of France (d. 1974)
- 1918 - George Rochberg, American classical composer (d. 2005)
- 1924 - Janos Starker, Hungarian cellist
- 1928 - Warren Oates, American actor (d. 1982)
- 1932 - Billy Laughlin, American actor (d. 1948)
- 1934 - Katherine Helmond, American actress
- 1936 - Shirley Knight, actress
- 1939 - Booker Edgerson, American football player
- 1941 - Barbara Frischmuth, writer
- 1943 - Curt Blefary, Major League Baseball player (d. 2001)
- 1944 - Robbie Robertson, Canadian guitarist
- 1950 - Huey Lewis, American musician
- 1950 - Michael Monarch, American guitarist (Steppenwolf)
- 1951 - Rich Gossage, baseball player
- 1958 - Bill Watterson, American cartoonist
- 1963 - Edie Falco, American actress
- 1969 - John LeClair, American hockey player
- 1969 - RZA, rapper
- 1976 - Nuno Gomes, Portuguese footballer
- 1979 - Shane Filan, Member of the Irish boyband Westlife
- 1982 - Alberto Gilardino, Italian footballer
- 1985 - Stephanie McIntosh, Australian actress
- 1996 - Dolly the sheep, first cloned mammal
Deaths
- 1681 - Feodor Aleksejevitch, Tsar of Russia
- 1833 - Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor
- 1904 - Abai Kunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet
- 1908 - Jonas Lie, Norwegian author
- 1920 - Max Klinger, artist
- 1945 - John Curtin, fourteenth Prime Minister of Australia
- 1948 - Georges Bernanos, French writer (b. 1888)
- 1957 - Charles Sherwood Noble, inventor
- 1966 - George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
- 1969 - Walter Gropius, German architect (b. 1883)
- 1975 - Otto Skorzeny, German commando who rescued Benito Mussolini
- 1983 - Harry James, musician
- 1991 - Howard Nemerov, poet (b. 1920)
- 1998 - Sid Luckman, American football player
- 2001 - Hannelore Kohl, wife of Chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl (suicide)
- 2002 - Katy Jurado, actress
- 2002 - Ted Williams, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1918)
- 2003 - Roman Lyashenko, hockey player
- 2004 - Rodger Ward, auto racer (b. 1921)
Holidays and observances
- Algeria: Independence Day (1962)
- Cape Verde: Independence Day (1975)
- Isle of Man: Tynwald Day (1266)
- Venezuela: Independence Day (1811)
- Church of the SubGenius: X-Day (1998)
External links
- BBC: On This Day (http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/5)
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