July 5: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

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.
• 1833 - Admiral Charles Napier defeats the navy of the Portuguese usurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
• 1865 - William Booth founds The Christian Mission (later renamed The Salvation Army).
• 1865 - The world's first maximum speed law is enacted in England.
• 1884 - Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
• 1934 - "Bloody Thursday" - Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
• 1937 - Highest recorded temperature in Canada, at Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan: 45 °C.Hormel Company of Austin, Minnesota debuts SPAM, the luncheon meat
• 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 for Sicily (Operation Husky, July 10, 1943).
• 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. Widely considered to be the birth of 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 - An Air Canada DC-8 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.
• 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.

• 1980 - Björn Borg wins his fifth consecutive Wimbledon title. George Jones hits #1 on The Billboard magazine country music charts with "He Stopped Loving Her Today," considered to be one of the greatest country music songs ever.
• 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.
• 1994 - The United States announced it would refuse 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.
• 2003 - Country music legend Johnny Cash makes his final public appearence at the Carter Family Fold in Bristol, VA following the death of his wife June Carter Cash.
• 2004 - First Indonesian presidential election, 2004 by the nation.
• 2004 - Éric Gagné's consecutive baseball saves streak comes to an end at 84 games.

• 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 Queen 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 - Phineas Taylor "P. T." Barnum, American circus owner (d. 1891)
• 1853 - Cecil Rhodes, South African politician (d. 1902)
• 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)
• 1902 - Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., American diplomat (d. 1985)
• 1904 - Harold Acton, American writer and dilettante (d. 1994)
• 1904 - Milburn Stone, American actor (d. 1980)
• 1911 - Georges Pompidou, President of France (d. 1974)
• 1918 - George Rochberg, American composer (d. 2005)
• 1924 - Janos Starker, Hungarian cellist
• 1928 - Warren Oates, American actor (d. 1982)
• 1928 - Pierre Mauroy, French prime minister
• 1932 - Billy Laughlin, American actor (d. 1948)
• 1934 - Katherine Helmond, American actress
• 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)
• 1944 - Robbie Robertson, Canadian guitarist
• 1950 - Huey Lewis, American musician
• 1950 - Michael Monarch, American guitarist (Steppenwolf)
• 1951 - Rich Gossage, baseball player
• 1957 - David Hanson, Politician
• 1958 - Bill Watterson, American cartoonist
• 1960 - Pruitt Taylor Vince, American actor
• 1963 - Edie Falco, American actress
• 1966 - Kathryn Erbe, American actress
• 1966 - Gianfranco Zola, Italian footballer
• 1969 - John LeClair, American hockey player
• 1969 - RZA, American rapper
• 1970 - Mac Dre, American rapper
• 1975 - Hernan Crespo, Argentinian footballer
• 1976 - Mike DeWolf, American guitarist (Taproot)
• 1976 - Nuno Gomes, Portuguese footballer
• 1979 - Shane Filan, Irish musician (Westlife)
• 1979 - Amélie Mauresmo, French tennis player
• 1982 - Alberto Gilardino, Italian footballer
• 1985 - Stephanie McIntosh, Australian actress
• 1996 - Dolly the sheep, first cloned mammal (d. 2003)

• 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. 1745)
• 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, fourteenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)
• 1948 - Georges Bernanos, French writer (b. 1888)
• 1957 - Charles Sherwood Noble, American-born inventor
• 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)
• 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 admiral and vice presidential candidate (b. 1923)

• Algeria: Independence Day (1962)
• Cape Verde: Independence Day (1975)
• Czech Republic and Slovakia: Arrival of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Great Moravia (around 863)
• Isle of Man: Tynwald Day (1266)
• Venezuela: Independence Day (1811)
• Church of the SubGenius: X-Day (1998)

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