What happened on July 5? There are more than 278 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About July 5
July 5 is the 187th day of the year 2024. There are 179 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday. This day falls under the 27th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Excelsior Springs, Missouri 64024 sunrise will occur at 05:54 AM and sunset will occur at 08:48 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Cancer. The modern birthstone for this month is Ruby while the mystical birthstone is Ruby.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 208 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For July 5
- 1295Scotland and France form an alliance, the so-called “Auld Alliance”, against England.
- 1316Battle of Manolada between the Burgundian and Majorcan claimants of the Principality of Achaea
- 1610John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.
- 1687Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
- 1770The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.
- 1775The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
- 1803The Convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king).
- 1809The Battle of Wagram, the largest of the Napoleonic Wars.
- 1811Venezuela declares independence from Spain.
- 1813War of 1812: three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin.
- 1814War of 1812: Battle of Chippawa – American Major General Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippawa, Ontario.
- 1830France invades Algeria.
- 1833Admiral Charles Napier defeats the navy of the Portuguese usurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
- 1865The Salvation Army is founded in the East End of London, England.
- 1878The coat of arms of the Baku governorate is established.
- 1884Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
- 1934“Bloody Thursday” – Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
- 1935The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor relations in the United States, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- 1937Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
- 1940World War II: the United Kingdom and the Vichy France government break off diplomatic relations.
- 1941World War II: German troops reach the Dnieper River.
- 1943World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sails for Sicily (Operation Husky, July 10, 1943).
- 1945World War II: Liberation of the Philippines declared.
- 1947Larry 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.)
- 1948National Health Service Acts created the national public health systems in the United Kingdom
- 1950Korean War: Task Force Smith – First clash between American and North Korean forces in the Battle of Osan.
- 1950Zionism: the Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.
- 1951William Shockley invents the junction transistor.
- 1954The Andhra Pradesh High Court is established.
- 1954The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
- 1962The Late Late Show, the world’s longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.
- 1962Algeria becomes independent from France.
- 1970Air Canada Flight 621 crashes near Toronto International Airport killing 109 people.
- 1971Right 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.
- 1973Catastrophic BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) in Kingman, Arizona, following a fire that broke out as propane is being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, kills 11 firefighters.
- 1975Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
- 1975Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.
- 1977Military coup in Pakistan: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.
- 1987First instance of the LTTE using suicide attacks on Sri Lankan Army. The Black Tigers are born, and in the following years continue to use the tactic to deadly effect.
- 1989Iran-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. His convictions are later overturned.
- 1995Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after their independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1996Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
- 1998Japan launches a probe to Mars, and thus joins the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
- 1999U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
- 1999Wolverhampton, England is hit by storms which include a tornado. The area is hit again with severe storms on August 1.
- 2004The first Indonesian presidential election is held.
- 2006North Korea launches at least two short-range Nodong-2 missiles, one SCUD missile and one long-range Taepodong-2 missile.
- 2009A series of violent riots break out in Ürümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China.
- 2009Roger Federer wins a record 15th Grand Slam title in tennis, winning a five set match against Andy Roddick at Wimbledon.
- 2009The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered, consisting of more than 1,500 items, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, in Staffordshire, England.
Who Were Born On July 5?
- 1029Ma'ad al-Mustansir Billah, Egyptian Caliph (d. 1094)
- 1321Joan of The Tower, Queen consort of King David II of Scotland (d. 1362)
- 1547Garzia de' Medici, Prince of Tuscany (d. 1562)
- 1549Francesco Maria Del Monte, Italian diplomat (d. 1627)
- 1586Thomas Hooker, English Connecticut colonist (d. 1647)
- 1653Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (d. 1726)
- 1670Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg, German-born Duchess of Parma (d. 1748)
- 1675Mary Walcott, American accuser at the Salem witch trials (d. after 1719)
- 1717Peter III of Portugal, consort of Queen Maria I of Portugal (d. 1786)
- 1718Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, English Viceroy of Ireland (d. 1794)
- 1745Carl Arnold Kortum, German physician (d. 1824)
- 1755Sarah Siddons, British actress (d. 1831)
- 1780François Carlo Antommarchi, French physician (d. 1838)
- 1793Pavel Pestel, Russian revolutionary (d. 1826)
- 1794Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist (d. 1851)
- 1801David Farragut, American naval commander (d. 1870)
- 1802Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (d. 1855)
- 1805Jérôme Napoleon Bonaparte, French prince (d. 1870)
- 1805Robert FitzRoy, British naval officer and meteorologist (d. 1865)
- 1810P.T. Barnum, American circus owner (d. 1891)
- 1820William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish engineer and physicist (d. 1872)
- 1829Ignacio Mariscal, Mexican writer and diplomat (d. 1910)
- 1832Pavel Chistyakov, Russian painter (d. 1919)
- 1841William C. Whitney, American financier (d. 1904)
- 1853Cecil Rhodes, British founder of Rhodesia (d. 1902)
- 1857Clara Zetkin, German socialist (d. 1933)
- 1860Robert Bacon, American politician (d. 1919)
- 1872Édouard Herriot, French politician (d. 1957)
- 1874Eugen Fischer, German physician (d. 1967)
- 1879Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician (d. 1945)
- 1879Wanda Landowska, Polish harpsichordist (d. 1959)
- 1880Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist (d. 1940)
- 1882Inayat Khan, Indian sufi (d. 1927)
- 1885André Lhote, French painter (d. 1962)
- 1885Blas Infante, Spanish politician (d. 1936)
- 1886Willem Drees, Dutch politician and centenarian (d. 1988)
- 1888Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1963)
- 1889Jean Cocteau, French writer (d. 1963)
- 1890Frederick Lewis Allen, American social historian (d. 1954)
- 1891John Howard Northrop, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1987)
- 1891Tin Ujević, Croatian poet (d. 1955)
- 1895Gordon Jacob, English composer (d. 1984)
- 1898Georgios Grivas, Cyprus-born Greek army officer and guerrilla figure (d. 1974)
- 1899Marcel Achard, French playwright, screenwriter and author (d. 1974)
- 1900Yoshimaro Yamashina, Japanese ornithologist (d. 1989)
- 1901Sergey Obraztsov, Soviet puppet master (d. 1992)
- 1902Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., American diplomat (d. 1985)
- 1904Ernst Mayr, American biologist (d. 2005)
- 1904Harold Acton, American writer and dilettante (d. 1994)
- 1904Milburn Stone, American actor (d. 1980)
- 1905Myles Horton, American educator and Civil Rights Movement figure (d. 1990)
- 1910Georges Vedel, French public law professor (d. 2002)
- 1910Robert K. Merton, American sociologist (d. 2003)
- 1911Georges Pompidou, French politician (d. 1974)
- 1912Mack David, American lyricist (d. 1993)
- 1913George Costakis, Greek art collector (d. 1990)
- 1913Smiley Lewis, American rhythm and blues vocalist and guitarist (d. 1966)
- 1914Gerda Gilboe, Danish actress (d. 2009)
- 1915John Woodruff, American distance runner (d. 2007)
- 1918George Rochberg, American composer (d. 2005)
- 1918K. Karunakaran, senior politician from Kerala, India (d. 2010)
- 1918René Lecavalier, French-Canadian radio host and sportscaster (d. 1999)
- 1920Mary Louise Hancock, American politician and activist
- 1922Bob Duffy, American basketball player
- 1924János Starker, Hungarian cellist
- 1924Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and museum curator (d. 2001)
- 1925Fernando De Szyszlo, Peruvian abstract artist.
- 1928Katherine Helmond, American actress
- 1928Pierre Mauroy, French politician
- 1928Warren Oates, American actor (d. 1982)
- 1931Bill Skiles, American comic (d. 2011)
- 1931Ismail Mahomed, South African and Namibian Chief Justice (d. 2000)
- 1932Billy Laughlin, American actor (d. 1948)
- 1932Gyula Horn, Hungarian politician
- 1935John Gilmore, American true crime author
- 1936James Mirrlees, Scottish economist, Nobel laureate
- 1936Shirley Knight, American actress
- 1938Ronnie Self, American rock singer and songwriter (d. 1981)
- 1939Booker Edgerson, American football player
- 1940Chuck Close, American painter and photographer
- 1942Johannes Löhr, German football player and coach
- 1943Curt Blefary, American baseball player (d. 2001)
- 1943Robbie Robertson, Canadian guitarist (The Band)
- 1945Humberto Benítez Treviño, Mexican politician and Attorney General of México
- 1946Gerardus 't Hooft, Dutch physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1946Paul Smith, British fashion designer
- 1946Pierre-Marc Johnson, Québécois lawyer, physician and politician
- 1948William Hootkins, American actor (d. 2005)
- 1950Huey Lewis, American singer (Huey Lewis and the News)
- 1950Michael Monarch, American guitarist (Steppenwolf)
- 1951Goose Gossage, American baseball player
- 1951Keiko Fuji, Japanese enka singer
- 1951Roger Wicker, American politician
- 1952David Pinkney, British racing driver
- 1954Jimmy Crespo, American guitarist (Aerosmith)
- 1954John Wright, New Zealand cricketer
- 1954Leni Björklund, Swedish politician
- 1955Peter McNamara, Australian tennis player
- 1956James Lofton, American football player and coach
- 1956Patsy Pease, American actress
- 1957David Hanson, British politician
- 1957Doug Wilson, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1958Bill Watterson, American cartoonist
- 1958Paul Daniel, British opera and symphony conductor
- 1959Marc Cohn, American singer and songwriter
- 1960Brad Loree, Canadian actor and stunt performer
- 1960James M. Kelly, American politician
- 1960Pruitt Taylor Vince, American actor
- 1961Isabelle Poulenard, French soprano
- 1961Patrizia Scianca, Italian voice actress
- 1963Dorien Wilson, American actor
- 1963Edie Falco, American actress
- 1963Mark Stockwell, Australian swimmer
- 1963Russ Lorenson, American singer and actor
- 1964Jimmy Demers, American singer and writer
- 1965Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli jazz pianist
- 1966Claudia Wells, American actress
- 1966Gianfranco Zola, Italian football player and coach
- 1966Kathryn Erbe, American actress
- 1966Susannah Doyle, British actress
- 1967Silvia Ziche, Italian comics artist
- 1968Alex Zülle, Swiss cyclist
- 1968John Ruskin, Canadian celebrity interviewer and musician (The Evaporators)
- 1968Ken Akamatsu, Japanese manga artist
- 1968Kenji Ito, Japanese composer
- 1969Jenji Kohan, American television writer and producer
- 1969Jeremy Spake, English television personality
- 1969John LeClair, American hockey player
- 1969RZA, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan)
- 1970Andre Hicks, American rapper (d. 2004)
- 1971Derek McInnes, Scottish footballer
- 1972Robert Esmie, Canadian athlete
- 1973Bengt Lagerberg, Swedish drummer (The Cardigans)
- 1973Marcus Allbäck, Swedish footballer
- 1973Róisín Murphy, Irish singer-songwriter (Moloko)
- 1973René Spies, German bobsledder
- 1974Márcio Amoroso, Brazilian footballer
- 1975Ai Sugiyama, Japanese tennis player
- 1975Gunnar Thomsen, Faroese bassist (Týr)
- 1975Hernán Crespo, Argentinian footballer
- 1975Kip Gamblin, Australian dancer and actor
- 1975Thomas Pentz, American DJ, producer and songwriter
- 1976Bizarre, American rapper (D12)
- 1976Nuno Gomes, Portuguese footballer
- 1977Nicolas Kiefer, German tennis player
- 1977Royce da 5'9\", American rapper
- 1979Amélie Mauresmo, French tennis player
- 1979Shane Filan, Irish singer (Westlife)
- 1979Stiliyan Petrov, Bulgarian footballer
- 1979Tim Coly, German rugby player
- 1980David Rozehnal, Czech footballer
- 1980Eva Green, French actress
- 1980Jason Wade, American singer and guitarist (Lifehouse)
- 1981Gianne Albertoni, Brazilian model
- 1981Jesse Crain, Canadian baseball player
- 1981Ryan Hansen, American actor
- 1982Alberto Gilardino, Italian footballer
- 1982Philippe Gilbert, Belgian cyclist
- 1983Zheng Jie, Chinese tennis player
- 1984Danay Garcia, Cuban actress
- 1984Marion Trott, German skeleton racer
- 1984Yu Yamada, Japanese model, actress and singer
- 1985Megan Rapinoe, American soccer player (U.S. Women’s National Team)
- 1985Nick O'Malley, English bassist (Arctic Monkeys)
- 1985Stephanie McIntosh, Australian singer and actress
- 1986Adam Young, American musician, main project (Owl City)
- 1988Adriano Buzaid, Brazilian racing driver
- 1989Dejan Lovren, Croatian footballer
- 1989Georgios Efrem, Greek-Cypriot footballer
- 1989Joseph King, American singer and guitarist (Canvas, Deadbeat Darling)
- 1989Sean O'Pry, American model
- 1991Jason Dolley, American actor
Who Died On July 5?
- 1316Infante Ferdinand of Majorca (b. 1278)
- 1375Charles III of Alençon, French archbishop (b. 1337)
- 1507Crinitus, Florentine humanist (b. 1475)
- 1539Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Italian saint (b. 1502)
- 1666Albert VI of Bavaria (b. 1584)
- 1676Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (b. 1613)
- 1715Charles Ancillon, French Huguenot pastor (b. 1659)
- 1719Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, German-born British soldier (b. 1641)
- 1773Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian and philologist (b. 1719)
- 1819William Cornwallis, Royal Navy admiral (b.1744)
- 1826Sir Stamford Raffles, British statesman (b. 1782)
- 1833Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor (b. 1765)
- 1859Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist (b. 1777)
- 1862Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist (b. 1800)
- 1863Lewis Addison Armistead, American Confederate General (b. 1817)
- 1884Victor Massé, French composer (b. 1822)
- 1908Jonas Lie, Norwegian novelist (b. 1833)
- 1920Max Klinger, German painter, sculptor and printmaker (b. 1857)
- 1927Albrecht Kossel, German physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1853)
- 1929Henry Lincoln Johnson, American member of 369th regiment (aka Harlem Hell Fighters), the first American to receive the Croix de guerre (b. 1897)
- 1932Sasha Cherny, Russian poet (b. 1880)
- 1937Daniel Sawyer, American golfer (b. 1884)
- 1945John Curtin, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)
- 1948Carole Landis, American actress (b. 1919)
- 1948Georges Bernanos, French writer (b. 1888)
- 1957Charles Sherwood Noble, American-born inventor (b. 1873)
- 1965Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican diplomat and international playboy (b. 1909)
- 1966George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1885)
- 1969Leo McCarey, American film director (b. 1898)
- 1969Tom Mboya, Kenyan politician (b. 1930)
- 1969Walter Gropius, German architect (b. 1883)
- 1969Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (b. 1884)
- 1975Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano (b. 1892)
- 1983Harry James, American trumpeter (b. 1916)
- 1989Maria Vassiliou, Greek-Cypriot actress (b. 1950)
- 1991Howard Nemerov, American poet (b. 1920)
- 1996Erik Wickberg, Swedish-born 9th General of the Salvation Army (b. 1904)
- 1997Mrs. Elva Miller, American singer (b. 1907)
- 1998Sid Luckman, American football player (b. 1916)
- 2001Ernie K-Doe, American singer (b. 1936)
- 2002Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (b. 1924)
- 2002Ted Williams, American baseball player (b. 1918)
- 2003Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1979)
- 2004Hugh Shearer, Jamaican politician, the 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1923)
- 2004Rodger Ward, American race car driver (b. 1921)
- 2005James Stockdale, U.S. Navy vice admiral (b. 1923)
- 2005Shirley Goodman, American singer (b. 1936)
- 2006Gert Fredriksson, Swedish canoer (b. 1919)
- 2006Kenneth Lay, American businessman (b. 1942)
- 2006Thirunalloor Karunakaran, Indian poet (b. 1924)
- 2007George Melly, British jazz & blues musician (b. 1926)
- 2007Kerwin Mathews, American actor (b. 1926)
- 2007Régine Crespin, French operatic soprano (b. 1927)
- 2008Hasan Doğan, the 37th president of the Turkish Football Federation (b. 1956)
- 2010Bob Probert, Canadian professional ice hockey forward. (b. 1965)
- 2011Cy Twombly, American artist (b. 1928)
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