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July 5
July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining.
Events
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1610 - John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.
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1687 - Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica is published.
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1803 - The convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king).
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1811 - Venezuela is the first South American country to declare independence from Spain.
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1813 - War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser , Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin.
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1814 - War of 1812: Battle of Chippewa - American Major General Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippewa, Ontario.
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1830 - France invades Algeria.
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1865 - William Booth founds the Christian Mission (later renamed to the Salvation Army).
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1865 - The world's first maximum speed law is enacted in England.
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1884 - Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
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1937 - Highest recorded temperature in Canada, at Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan: 45 °C.
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1940 - World War II: The United Kingdom and the Vichy France government break off diplomatic relations.
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1941 - World War II: German troops reach the Dniepr River.
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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.
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1945 - World War II: Liberation of the Philippines declared.
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1946 - The bikini is introduced.
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1948 - British National Health Service Act enacted.
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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.
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1951 - William Shockley invents the junction transistor.
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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.
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1958 - First ascent of Gasherbrum I, 11th highest peak on the earth
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1962 - Algeria becomes independent from France.
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1970 - An Air Canada DC-8 crashes near Toronto International Airport killing 108
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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).
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1975 - Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
- 1975 - Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.
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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
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1994 - The United States announced it would be refusing entry to further unrestricted immigration from Haiti.
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1998 - Japan launches a probe to Mars, and thus joins the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
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2003 - Taiwan is the last territory to be removed from the WHO's list of SARS affected areas.
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2004 - First Indonesian presidential election, 2004 by the nation.
- 2004 - Éric Gagné's consecutive saves streak comes to an end at 84.
Births
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1781 - Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore
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1794 - Sylvester Graham, inventor of Graham cracker (d. 1851)
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1810 - Phineas Taylor "P. T." Barnum, circus owner (d. 1891)
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1853 - Cecil Rhodes, South African politician (d. 1902)
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1865 - Hans Ziemann , physician (d. 1939)
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1880 - Jan Kubelík, violinist (d. 1940)
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1886 - Willem Drees, prime minister of the Netherlands
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1888 - Herbert Spencer Gasser, psychologist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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1889 - Jean Cocteau, writer (d. 1963)
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1902 - Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., U.S. diplomat during the Vietnam War
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1904 - Harold Acton, writer, dilettante (d. 1994)
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1911 - Georges Pompidou, president of France (d. 1974)
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1924 - Janos Starker, Hungarian cellist
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1928 - Warren Oates, American character actor (d. 1982)
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1932 - Billy Laughlin, actor
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1934 - Katherine Helmond, actress
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1936 - Shirley Knight , actress
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1939 - Booker Edgerson, American football player
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1941 - Barbara Frischmuth , writer
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1943 - Curt Blefary, Major League Baseball player (d. 2001)
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1944 - Robbie Robertson, guitarist
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1950 - Huey Lewis, rock and roll musician
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1950 - Michael Monarch, guitarist
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1951 - Rich Gossage, baseball pitcher
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1958 - Bill Watterson, cartoonist
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1963 - Edie Falco, actress, The Sopranos
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1969 - John LeClair, American NHL star
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1976 - Nuno Gomes, football player
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1985 - Stephanie McIntosh, actress
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1996 - Dolly the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal
Deaths
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1681 - Feodor Aleksejevitch, Tsar of Russia
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1904 - Abai Kunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet
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1908 - Jonas Lie, Norwegian author
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1920 - Max Klinger, artist
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1945 - John Curtin, fourteenth Prime Minister of Australia
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1948 - Georges Bernanos, French writer (b. 1888)
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1957 - Charles Sherwood Noble, inventor
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1975 - Otto Skorzeny, German commando who rescued Benito Mussolini
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1983 - Harry James, musician
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1991 - Howard Nemerov, poet (b. 1920)
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1998 - Sid Luckman, American football player
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2001 - Hannelore Kohl, wife of Chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl (suicide)
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2002 - Katy Jurado, actress
- 2002 - Ted Williams, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1918)
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2003 - Roman Lyashenko, hockey player
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2004 - Rodger Ward, auto racer (b. 1921)
Holidays and observances
Recorded this date
External links
July 4 - July 6 - June 5 - August 5 -- listing of all days
Last updated: 10-24-2005 13:16:30
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