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July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 179 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance, the beginnings of the Auld Alliance , against England .1610 - John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland .1687 - Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ 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).1809 - Battle of Wagram starts, the two-day battle was the largest yet of the Napoleonic Wars .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 Chippawa - American Major General Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippawa, 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 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 (113°F).
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 - The Battle of Kursk , the largest full-scale battle in history, included world largest tank battle at Prokhorovka village, July 12.1943 - 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 - National Health Service Acts created the national public health systems in the United Kingdom1950 - 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 - 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 109 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.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 .1996 - Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.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 the 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
1321 - Joan of The Tower , Queen consort of Scotland (d. 1362 )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 trials1717 - 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 )1805 - Robert Fitz Roy , British naval officer and scientist (d. 1865 )1810 - P.T. Barnum , American circus owner (d. 1891 )1820 - William John Macquorn Rankine , Scottish engineer and physicist (d. 1872 )1829 - Ignacio Mariscal , Writer and Mexican diplomat (d. 1910 )1841 - William C. Whitney , American financier (d. 1904 )1853 - Cecil Rhodes , British founder of Rhodesia (d. 1902 )1860 - Robert Bacon , American politician (d. 1919 )1872 - Edouard Herriot , French politician (d. 1957 )1874 - Eugen Fischer , Nazi physician (d. 1967 )1879 - Wanda Landowska , Polish harpsichordist (d. 1959 )
1879 - Dwight F. Davis , American tennis player and politician (d. 1945 )
1880 - Jan Kubelík , Czech violinist (d. 1940 )1882 - Inayat Khan , Indian sufi (d. 1927 ).1885 - Blas Infante , Spanish politician (d. 1936 )1885 - André Lhote , French painter (d. 1962 )
1886 - Willem Drees , Dutch politician (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 )1891 - Tin Ujević , Croatian poet (d. 1955 )1895 - Gordon Jacob , English composer (d. 1984 )1898 - Yip Man , Ving Tsun Sifu and Master of Style (Gung-Gung) (d. 1972 )1899 - Marcel Achard , French playwright, screenwriter and author (d. 1974 )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 , American biologist (d. 2005 )
1904 - Milburn Stone , American actor (d. 1980 )
1905 - Myles Horton , American educator and Civil Rights Movement teacher (d. 1990 )
1910 - Georges Vedel , French public law (d. 2002 )1911 - Georges Pompidou , French politician (d. 1974 )1913 - Smiley Lewis , American musician (d. 1966 )1915 - John Woodruff , American athlete (d. 2007 )1918 - George Rochberg , American composer (d. 2005 )1918 - René Lecavalier , French Canadian radio host and television sportscaster (d. 1999 )
1920 - Mary Louise Hancock , American politician and activist1924 - Niels Jannasch , Canadian historian and museum curator (d. 2001 )1924 - János Starker , Hungarian cellist1928 - Warren Oates , American actor (d. 1982 )1928 - Pierre Mauroy , French politician
1928 - Katherine Helmond , American actress1931 - Ismail Mahomed , South African and Namibian Chief Justice (d. 2000 )1932 - Billy Laughlin , American actor (d. 1948 )1932 - Gyula Horn , former Hungarian prime minister
1935 - John Gilmore , American true crime author1936 - Shirley Knight , American actress1936 - James Mirrlees , Scottish economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1938 - Ronnie Self , American rock singer and songwriter (d. 1981 )1939 - Booker Edgerson , American football player1940 - Chuck Close , American painter and photographer1942 - Johannes Löhr , German footballer and trainer1943 - Curt Blefary , American baseball player (d. 2001 )1943 - Robbie Robertson , Canadian guitarist (The Band ).
1945 - Humberto Benítez Treviño , Mexican Politician and Attorney General of México .1946 - Pierre-Marc Johnson , Québécois lawyer, physician and politician1946 - Paul Smith , British fashion designer
1946 - Gerardus 't Hooft , Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laurete
1948 - William Hootkins , American actor (d. 2005 )1950 - Huey Lewis , American musician (Huey Lewis and the News )1950 - Michael Monarch , American guitarist (Steppenwolf )
1951 - Rich Gossage , American baseball player1951 - Keiko Fuji , Japanese enka singer
1954 - Leni Björklund , Swedish politician1954 - John Wright , New Zealand cricketer
1954 - Jimmy Crespo , American guitarist (Aerosmith )
1955 - Peter McNamara , Australian tennis player1956 - Patsy Pease , American actress1956 - James Lofton , American football player and coach
1957 - David Hanson , politician1957 - David Pinkney , British Touring Car Racer1957 - Doug Wilson , Canadian hockey player
1958 - Paul Daniel , British opera and symphony conductor1958 - Tzipi Livni , Israeli politician
1958 - Bill Watterson , American cartoonist
1959 - Marc Cohn , American singer and songwriter1960 - Pruitt Taylor Vince , American actor1960 - James M. Kelly , American politician
1960 - Brad Loree , Canadian actor and stunt performer
1961 - Isabelle Poulenard , French soprano1963 - Edie Falco , American actress1963 - Russ Lorenson , American singer and actor
1965 - Eyran Katsenelenbogen , Israeli jazz pianist1966 - Kathryn Erbe , American actress1966 - Susannah Doyle , British actress
1966 - Gianfranco Zola , Italian footballer
1967 - Silvia Ziche , Italian comics artist1968 - Ken Akamatsu , Mangaka 1968 - Kenji Ito , Japanese composer
1968 - John Ruskin a.k.a. Nardwuar the Human Serviette , Canadian journalist
1968 - Alex Zülle , Swiss cyclist
1969 - John LeClair , American hockey player1969 - RZA , American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan )
1969 - Jenji Kohan , American television writer and producer
1970 - Mac Dre , American rapper (d. 2004 )1971 - Derek McInnes , Scottish footballer1972 - Letha Weapons , porn actress1973 - Marcus Allbäck , Swedish footballer1973 - Bengt Lagerberg , Swedish musician (The Cardigans )
1973 - Róisín Murphy , Irish musician
1973 - René Spies , German bobsledder
1974 - Márcio Amoroso , Brazilian footballer1975 - Hernán Crespo , Argentinian footballer1975 - Gunnar H. Thomsen , Faroese musician (Týr )
1975 - Kip Gamblin , Australian dancer and actor
1975 - Ai Sugiyama , Japanese tennis player
1976 - Nuno Gomes , Portuguese footballer1976 - Marina Dias , Brazilian model
1976 - Bizarre , American rapper (D12 )
1977 - Royce Da 5'9" , American rapper1977 - Nicolas Kiefer , German tennis player.
1979 - Stiliyan Petrov , Bulgarian footballer1979 - Shane Filan , Irish musician (Westlife )
1979 - Amélie Mauresmo , French tennis player
1980 - Eva Green , French actress1980 - Jason Wade , American musician (Lifehouse )
1980 - David Rozehnal , Czech footballer
1981 - Jesse Crain , Canadian baseball player1981 - Ryan Hansen , American actor
1982 - Alberto Gilardino , Italian footballer1982 - Philippe Gilbert , Belgian cyclist
1983 - Zheng Jie , Chinese tennis player1984 - Yu Yamada , Ryukyuan model, actress and singer1985 - Stephanie McIntosh , Australian pop singer and actress1985 - Nick O'Malley , British musician (Arctic Monkeys )
1989 - Joseph King , American musician (Canvas )1991 - Jason Dolley , American actor
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 )1929 - Henry Lincoln Johnson , Member of 369th regiment (aka Harlem Hell Fighters ), first American to receive the Croix de guerre (b. 1897 )1932 - Sasha Cherny , Russian poet (b. 1880 )1945 - John Curtin , 14th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885 )1948 - Georges Bernanos , French writer (b. 1888 )1948 - Carole Landis , American actress (b. 1919 )
1957 - Charles Sherwood Noble , American-born inventor1965 - 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 )
1969 - Leo McCarey , American film director (b. 1898 )
1969 - Tom Mboya , Kenyan politician (b. 1930 )
1975 - Gilda dalla Rizza , Italian soprano (b. 1892 )1983 - Harry James , American musician (b. 1916 )1991 - Howard Nemerov , American poet (b. 1920 )1996 - Erik Wickberg , The Salvation Army general (b. 1904 )1997 - Mrs. Miller , American singer (b. 1907 )1998 - Sid Luckman , American football player (b. 1916 )2001 - Ernie K-Doe , American singer (b. 1936 )2002 - Katy Jurado , Mexican actress (b. 1924 )2002 - Ted Williams , American baseball player (b. 1918 )
2003 - Roman Lyashenko , Russian ice 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 )2005 - Shirley Goodman , American singer (b. 1936 )
2006 - Kenneth Lay , American businessman (b. 1942 )2007 - Régine Crespin , French operatic soprano (b. 1927 )2007 - Kerwin Mathews , American actor (b. 1926 )
2007 - George Melly , British jazz & blues musician (b. 1926 )
2008 - Hasan Doğan , 37th president of the Turkish Football Federation (b. 1956 )
Holidays and observances
Venezuela : Independence Day (1811 ).Algeria : Independence Day (1962 ).Cape Verde : Independence Day (1975 ).Armenia : Constitution Day (1995 )Czech Republic and Slovakia : Arrival of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Great Moravia (around 863 ).Isle of Man : Tynwald Day (1266 ).Church of the SubGenius : X-Day (1998 ).United States : Bloody Thursday , Longshoremans Union Holiday.Saint Antonio Maria Zaccaria , priest (d. 1539 )Saint Nicomedes , martyrSaint Peter of Luxemburg , bishop of Metz , cardinal, confessorSaint Wendelin , confessorSaint Catherine , virgin, martyr (Translation) RegensburgSaint Zoe of Rome , martyr
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