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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.
Contents
1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances
5 External links
Events 1610 - John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland .
1687 - Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica 1770 - Battle of Chesma and Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire .
1775 - US Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition .
1803 - The convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king).
1811 - Venezuela declares 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 .
1833 - Admiral Charles Napier defeats the navy of the Portuguese usurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent .
1865 - The world's first maximum speed law is enacted in England .
1865 - The Salvation Army is founded in the East End of London , England .
1878 - The coat of arms of the Baku governorate was established.
1884 - Germany takes possession of Cameroon .
1934 - "Bloody Thursday " - Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco .
1935 - The National Labor Relations Act , which governs labor relations in the United States , is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt .
1937 - Spam , the luncheon meat, was introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation .
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 and Air battle in history begins.
1943 - World War II : An Allied invasion fleet sails for Sicily (Operation Husky , July 10 , 1943).
1945 - World War II : Liberation of the Philippines declared.
1946 - The bikini is introduced in Paris , France .
1947 - Larry Doby signs a contract with the Cleveland Indians baseball team, becoming the first black player in the American League . (Jackie Robinson had broken the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League 11 weeks earlier.)
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) Blue Moon of Kentucky Rock and Roll .
1954 - The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
1954 - Andhra Pradesh High Court is established.
1958 - First ascent of Gasherbrum I , 11th highest peak on the earth.
1962 - Algeria becomes independent from France .
1970 - Air Canada Flight 621 crashes near Toronto International Airport killing 108 people.
1971 - Right to vote : the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution , lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon .
1973 - Catastrophic BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) in Kingman, Arizona , following a fire that broke out as propane was being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, kills 11 firefighters. This explosion has become a classic incident studied in fire department training programs worldwide.
1975 - Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
1975 - Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal .
1977 - Military coup in Pakistan Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto the very first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan overthrown.
1982 - NBC's experiment in late-night news programming, NBC News Overnight 1987 - First instance of the LTTE using suicide attacks on Sri Lankan Army . The Black Tigers are born and in the following years continue to use it to deadly effect.
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 - The sitcom Seinfeld aired its first episode.
1994 - The United States announced it would refuse further unrestricted immigration from Haiti .
1994 - A very good looking man was born,
1998 - Japan launches a probe to Mars , and thus joins the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
2003 - SARS is declared to be contained by WHO .
2004 - First Indonesian presidential election by the nation.
2006 - North Korea launched at least two short-range Nodong-2 missiles, one SCUD missile and one long-range Taepodong-2 missile.
2006 - Emergency United Nations Security Council meeting held at the U.N in New York City because of the North Korean missile tests a day before.
Births 1586 - Thomas Hooker , Connecticut colonist (d. 1647 )
1653 - Thomas Pitt , British Governor of Madras (d. 1726 )
1675 - Mary Walcott , American accuser at the Salem witch trials
1717 - Pedro III of Portugal , consort of Maria I of Portugal (d. 1786 )
1718 - Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford , Viceroy of Ireland (d. 1794 )
1794 - Sylvester Graham , American nutritionist (d. 1851 )
1801 - David Farragut , American naval commander (d. 1870 )
1810 - P.T. Barnum , American circus owner (d. 1891 )
1841 - William C. Whitney , American financier (d. 1904 )
1853 - Cecil Rhodes , South African politician (d. 1902 )
1860 - Robert Bacon , American politician (d. 1919 )
1879 - Wanda Landowska , Polish harpsichordist (d. 1959 )
1880 - Jan Kubelík , Czech violinist (d. 1940 )
1886 - Willem Drees , Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1988 )
1888 - Herbert Spencer Gasser , American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1963 )
1889 - Jean Cocteau , French writer (d. 1963 )
1890 - Frederick Lewis Allen , American social historian (d. 1954 )
1891 - John Howard Northrop , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987 )
1901 - Sergey Obraztsov , Soviet puppet master (d. 1992 )
1902 - Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. , American diplomat (d. 1985 )
1904 - Harold Acton , American writer and dilettante (d. 1994 )
1904 - Ernst Mayr , Biologist, Harvard University
1904 - Milburn Stone , American actor (d. 1980 )
1911 - Georges Pompidou , President of France (d. 1974 )
1918 - George Rochberg , American composer (d. 2005 )
1924 - János Starker , Hungarian cellist
1928 - Warren Oates , American actor (d. 1982 )
1928 - Pierre Mauroy , Prime Minister of France
1928 - Katherine Helmond , American actress
1932 - Billy Laughlin , American actor (d. 1948 )
1935 - John Gilmore (writer) , American true crime author
1936 - Shirley Knight , American actress
1936 - James Mirrlees , Scottish economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1939 - Booker Edgerson , American football player
1943 - Curt Blefary , baseball player (d. 2001 )
1943 - Robbie Robertson , Canadian guitarist (The Band )
1948 - William Hootkins , American actor (d. 2005 )
1950 - Huey Lewis , American musician
1950 - Michael Monarch , American guitarist (Steppenwolf )
1951 - Rich Gossage , baseball player
1955 - Peter McNamara , Australian tennis player
1956 - Patsy Pease , American actress
1957 - David Hanson , politician
1957 - Doug Wilson , Canadian hockey player
1958 - Paul Daniel , British opera and symphony conductor
1958 - Tzipi Livni , Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel
1958 - Bill Watterson , American cartoonist
1960 - Pruitt Taylor Vince , American actor
1961 - Isabelle Poulenard , French soprano
1963 - Edie Falco , American actress
1963 - Russ Lorenson , American singer and actor
1966 - Kathryn Erbe , American actress
1966 - Susannah Doyle , actress
1966 - Gianfranco Zola , Italian footballer
1968 - Nardwuar the Human Serviette , Canadian journalist
1968 - Alex Zülle , Swiss cyclist
1969 - John LeClair , American hockey player
1969 - RZA , American rapper
1970 - Mac Dre , American rapper (d. 2004 )
1971 - Derek McInnes , Scottish footballer
1972 - Letha Weapons , porn actress
1972 - Marc Fox , Musician/Composer (Shotgun Annie / The Reign)
1973 - Róisín Murphy , Irish musician
1973 - Marcus Allbäck , Swedish footballer
1974 - Márcio Amoroso , Brazilian footballer
1975 - Hernán Crespo , Argentinian footballer
1975 - Gunnar H. Thomsen , Faroese bassist (Týr )
1976 - Mike DeWolf , American guitarist (Taproot )
1976 - Nuno Gomes , Portuguese footballer
1976 - Marina Dias , Brazilian model
1976 - Bizarre , American rapper
1977 - Royce Da 5'9" , American rapper
1979 - Stiliyan Petrov , Bulgarian footballer
1979 - Shane Filan , Irish musician (Westlife )
1979 - Amélie Mauresmo , French tennis player
1980 - Jason Wade , American musician (Lifehouse )
1980 - Eva Green , French actress
1981 - Jesse Crain , Canadian-born baseball player
1982 - Alberto Gilardino , Italian footballer
1991 - Jason Dolley , American actor
1996 - Dolly , first cloned mammal (d. 2003 )
Deaths 1316 - Infante Ferdinand of Majorca (b. 1278 )
1375 - Charles III of Alençon , French archbishop (b. 1337 )
1472 - Charles of Artois, Count of Eu , French military leader (b. 1394 )
1539 - St. Anthony Maria Zaccaria , Italian saint (b. 1502 )
1666 - Albert VI of Bavaria (b. 1584 )
1676 - Carl Gustaf Wrangel , Swedish soldier (b. 1613 )
1715 - Charles Ancillon , French Huguenot pastor (b. 1659 )
1719 - Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg , Irish general (b. 1641 )
1773 - Francisco José Freire , Portuguese historian and philologist (b. 1719 )
1833 - Nicéphore Niépce , French inventor (b. 1765 )
1859 - Charles Cagniard de la Tour , French physicist (b. 1777 )
1862 - Heinrich Georg Bronn , German geologist (b. 1800 )
1904 - Abai Kunanbaiuli , Kazakh poet (b. 1845 )
1908 - Jonas Lie , Norwegian author (b. 1833 )
1920 - Max Klinger , German artist (b. 1857 )
1927 - Albrecht Kossel , German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1853 )
1932 - Sasha Cherny , Russian poet (b. 1880 )
1945 - John Curtin , 14th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885 )
1948 - Georges Bernanos , French writer (b. 1888 )
1957 - Charles Sherwood Noble , American-born inventor
1965 - Porfirio Rubirosa , Dominican diplomat and international playboy (b. 1909 )
1966 - George de Hevesy , Hungarian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885 )
1969 - Walter Gropius , German architect (b. 1883 )
1969 - Wilhelm Backhaus , German pianist (b. 1884 )
1975 - Otto Skorzeny , German commando who rescued Benito Mussolini (b. 1908 )
1983 - Harry James , American musician (b. 1916 )
1991 - Howard Nemerov , American poet (b. 1920 )
1996 - Erik Wickberg , The Salvation Army general (b. 1904 )
1998 - Sid Luckman , American football player (b. 1916 )
2002 - Katy Jurado , Mexican actress (b. 1924 )
2002 - Ted Williams , baseball player (b. 1918 )
2003 - Roman Lyashenko , Russian hockey player (b. 1979 )
2004 - Hugh Shearer , Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1923 )
2004 - Rodger Ward , American race car driver (b. 1921 )
2005 - James Stockdale , U.S. Navy vice admiral (b. 1923 )
2006 - Kenneth Lay , American businessman (b. 1942 )
Holidays and observances Liturgical feasts Saint Antonio Maria Zaccaria , priest [common] (died 1539)
Saint Domitian (Donation, Dominic), bishop, confessor, or martyr [Bruges]
Saint Jacutus , abbot, confessor [Tours]
Saint Nicomedes , martyr
Saint Numerianus , bishop (of Trier), confessor [Trier]
Saint Paul [disambiguation needed , bishop of Sens [Sens]
Saint Peter of Luxemburg , bishop of Metz , cardinal, confessor
Saint Wendelin , confessor [Strassburg, Trier (Translation)]
Saint Catherine , virgin, martyr (Translation) [Regensburg]
Saint Cyrilla
Saint Dominica [Paris, as Dominic]
Saint Edana , virgin
Saint Modwena
Saint Zoe (died 286)
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