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 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.
• 1989  – Seinfeld debuts its first episode
• 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)
• 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)
• 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
• 1976 – Nuno Gomes, Portuguese footballer
• 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
• 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)

Recorded this date

• "Follow That Dream" (Fred Wise & Ben Weisman)
   – Elvis Presley

External links

• BBC: On This Day

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