July 5th is the 186th day of the year (187th in
leap years) in the
Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining.
Events:
- 1054: The supernova of 1054, the brightest supernova in recorded history (now the [Crab Nebula]?) is first reported.
- 1687: The Principia of Newton is published.
- 1811: Venezuela is the first South American country to declare indepence from Spain.
- 1830: The French invade Algeria.
- 1841: [Thomas Cook]? opens his first travel agency.
- 1865: [William Booth]? founds the [Salvation Army]?.
- 1865: The world's first maximum speed law is enacted in Great Britain.
- 1884: The Germans take possession of Cameroon.
- 1896: [Ballington Booth]? leaves the Salvation Army and founds The Volunteers of America
- 1922: First elections in the Netherlands where women have voting rights.
- 1940: Great Britain and the Vichy? government of France break off diplomatical relations.
- 1941: German troops reach the Dniepr? River.
- 1943: Beginning of the battle of Kursk?, the largest tank battle in history.
- 1943: An allied invasion fleet sails to Sicily.
- 1945: Liberation of the Philippines completed.
- 1946: The bikini is introduced.
- 1948: National Health Service Act enacted in Great Britain.
- 1950: First clash between American and North Korean forces.
- 1950: All Jews are granted the right to live in 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.
- 1962: Algeria becomes independent from France.
- 1971: Voting age in the United States reduced to 18 (26th amendment).
- 1973: Isle of Man starts issuing its own postage stamps.
- 1975: [Arthur Ashe]? is the first black man to win the Wimbledon? singles title.
- 1975: Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.
- 1986: Statue of Liberty reopened.
- 1991: French nuclear test at Mururoa?.
- 1998: Japan launches a probe to Mars, and thus joins the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
Births:
- 1781: Sir [Stamford Raffles]? (founder of Singapore)
- 1810: [Phineas Taylor Barnum]? (circus owner)
- 1853: [Cecil John Rhodes]? (South African politician)
- 1886: [Willem Drees]? (prime minister of the Netherlands)
- 1889: Jean Cocteau (writer)
- 1902: [Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.]? (U.S. diplomat during the VietNam? War)
- 1909: [Andrei Gromyko]? (president of the Soviet Union)
- 1911: [George Pompidou]? (president of France)
- 1944: [Robbie Robertson]? (guitarist: The Band)
- 1950: [Michael Monarch]? (guitarist: Steppenwolf?)
- 1951: [Huey Lewis]? (singer: [Huey Lewis and the News]?)
- 1958: Bill Watterson (cartoonist)
Deaths:
- 1681: [Fjodor Aleksejevitsj]? (czar? of Russia)
- 1920: [Max Klinger]? (artist)
- 2001: [Hannelore Kohl]?, aged 68 -- wife of ex-chancellor of Germany [Helmut Kohl]? (suicide)
Holidays:
July 4 - July 6 - June 5 - August 5 - more historical anniversaries
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
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