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 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
1781 - Sir Stamford Raffles , founder of Singapore
1794 - Sylvester Graham , inventor of Graham cracker (d. 1851 )
1810 - Phineas Taylor "P. T." Barnum , circus owner (d. 1891 )
1853 - Cecil Rhodes , South African politician (d. 1902 )
1865 - Hans Ziemann , physician (d. 1939 )
1880 - Jan Kubelík , violinist (d. 1940 )
1886 - Willem Drees , prime minister of the Netherlands
1888 - Herbert Spencer Gasser , psychologist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1889 - Jean Cocteau , writer (d. 1963 )
1902 - Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. , U.S. diplomat during the Vietnam War
1904 - Harold Acton , writer, dilettante (d. 1994 )
1911 - Georges Pompidou , president of France (d. 1974 )
1924 - Janos Starker , Hungarian cellist
1928 - Warren Oates , American character actor (d. 1982 )
1932 - Billy Laughlin , actor
1934 - Katherine Helmond , 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 , guitarist
1950 - Huey Lewis , rock and roll musician
1950 - Michael Monarch , guitarist
1951 - Rich Gossage , baseball pitcher
1958 - Bill Watterson , cartoonist
1963 - Edie Falco , actress, The Sopranos 1969 - John LeClair , American NHL star
1976 - Nuno Gomes , football player
1985 - Stephanie McIntosh , actress
1996 - Dolly the sheep , the world's first cloned mammal
Deaths
1681 - Feodor Aleksejevitch , Tsar of Russia
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
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External links
July 4 - July 6 - June 5 - August 5 -- listing of all days
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