- July 5
Events
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1295 -Scotland andFrance form an alliance, the beginnings of theAuld Alliance , againstEngland .
*1610 -John Guy sets sail fromBristol with 39 othercolonists for Newfoundland.
*1687 -Isaac Newton publishes "Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica ".
*1770 -Battle of Chesma andBattle of Larga between theRussian Empire and theOttoman Empire .
*1775 -US Congress adopts theOlive Branch Petition .
*1803 - The convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation ofHanover (which had been ruled by the British king).
*1809 -Battle of Wagram starts, the two-day battle was the largest yet of theNapoleonic Wars .
*1811 -Venezuela declares independence fromSpain .
*1813 -War of 1812 : Three weeks of British raids onFort Schlosser , Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin.
*1814 -War of 1812 :Battle of Chippawa - AmericanMajor General Jacob Brown defeats BritishGeneral Phineas Riall atChippawa, Ontario .
*1830 -France invadesAlgeria .
*1833 -Admiral Charles Napier defeats the navy of the Portugueseusurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
*1865 - TheSalvation Army is founded in theEast End ofLondon ,England .
*1878 - Thecoat of arms of theBaku governorate was established.
*1884 -Germany takes possession ofCameroon .
*1934 - "Bloody Thursday " -Police open fire on strikinglongshoremen inSan Francisco .
*1935 - TheNational Labor Relations Act , which governs labor relations in theUnited States , is signed into law byPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt .
*1937 - Spam, the luncheon meat, was introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
* 1937 - Highest recorded temperature inCanada , atYellow Grass, Saskatchewan : 45°C (113°F).
*1940 -World War II : TheUnited Kingdom and theVichy France government break offdiplomatic relations .
*1941 -World War II : German troops reach theDniepr River.
*1943 - TheBattle of Kursk , the largest full-scale battle in history, included world largest tank battle at Prokhorovka village, July 12.
* 1943 -World War II : AnAllied invasion fleet sails forSicily (Operation Husky ,July 10 , 1943).
*1945 -World War II : Liberation of thePhilippines declared.
*1946 - Thebikini is introduced inParis ,France .
*1947 -Larry Doby signs a contract with theCleveland Indians baseball team, becoming the first black player in theAmerican League . (Jackie Robinson had broken the color barrier with theBrooklyn Dodgers in theNational League 11 weeks earlier.)
*1948 -National Health Service Acts created the national public health systems in the United Kingdom
*1950 -Korean War :Task Force Smith - First clash between American andNorth Korea n forces.
* 1950 -Zionism : TheKnesset passes theLaw of Return which grants allJew s the right to immigrate toIsrael .
*1951 -William Shockley invents the junctiontransistor .
* 1954 - TheBBC broadcasts its firsttelevision news bulletin.
* 1954 -Andhra Pradesh High Court is established.
*1958 - First ascent ofGasherbrum I , 11th highest peak on the earth.
*1962 -Algeria becomes independent fromFrance .
*1970 -Air Canada Flight 621 crashes near Toronto International Airport killing 109 people.
*1971 -Right to vote : theTwenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution , lowering thevoting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified byPresident Richard Nixon .
*1973 - CatastrophicBLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) inKingman, Arizona , following a fire that broke out aspropane 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 fromPortugal .
*1977 -Military coup inPakistan Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto the very first electedPrime Minister ofPakistan overthrown.
*1987 - First instance of the LTTE using suicide attacks onSri 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 byU.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 - TheUnited States announced it would refuse further unrestricted immigration fromHaiti .
*1996 - Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
*1998 -Japan launches a probe toMars , and thus joins theUnited States andRussia as a space exploring nation.
*2003 -SARS is declared to be contained by theWHO .
*2004 - First Indonesian presidential election by the nation.
*2006 -North Korea launched at least two short-rangeNodong-2 missiles, oneSCUD missile and one long-rangeTaepodong-2 missile.
* 2006 - EmergencyUnited Nations Security Council meeting held at theU.N inNew York City because of theNorth Korean missile tests a day before.Births
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1321 -Joan of The Tower , Queen consort of Scotland (d.1362 )
*1586 -Thomas Hooker , Connecticut colonist (d.1647 )
*1653 -Thomas Pitt , British Governor ofMadras (d.1726 )
*1675 -Mary Walcott , American accuser at the Salem witch trials
*1717 -Pedro III of Portugal , consort ofMaria 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 ofRhodesia (d.1902 )
*1857 -Clara Zetkin , German socialist (d.1933 )
*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 andCivil 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 activist
*1924 -Niels Jannasch , Canadian historian and museum curator (d.2001 )
*1924 -János Starker , Hungarian cellist
*1928 -Warren Oates , American actor (d.1982 )
* 1928 -Pierre Mauroy , French politician
*1928 -Katherine Helmond , American actress
*1931 -Ismail Mahomed , South African and NamibianChief Justice (d.2000 )
*1932 -Billy Laughlin , American actor (d.1948 )
* 1932 -Gyula Horn , former Hungarian prime minister
*1935 - John Gilmore, American true crime author
*1936 -Shirley Knight , American actress
* 1936 -James Mirrlees , Scottish economist, Nobel Prize laureate
*1938 -Ronnie Self , American rock singer and songwriter (d.1981 )
*1939 -Booker Edgerson , American football player
*1940 -Chuck Close , American painter and photographer
*1942 -Johannes Löhr , German footballer and trainer
*1943 -Curt Blefary , American baseball player (d.2001 )
* 1943 -Robbie Robertson , Canadian guitarist (The Band ).
*1945 -Humberto Benítez Treviño , Mexican Politician andAttorney General of México .
*1946 -Pierre-Marc Johnson , Québécois lawyer, physician and politician
* 1946 - 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 player
* 1951 -Keiko Fuji , Japaneseenka singer
*1954 -Leni Björklund , Swedish politician
* 1954 - John Wright, New Zealand cricketer
* 1954 -Jimmy Crespo , American guitarist (Aerosmith )
*1955 -Peter McNamara , Australian tennis player
*1956 -Patsy Pease , American actress
* 1956 -James Lofton , American football player and coach
*1957 - David Hanson, politician
*1957 -David Pinkney , British Touring Car Racer
* 1957 - Doug Wilson, Canadian hockey player
*1958 -Paul Daniel , British opera and symphony conductor
* 1958 -Tzipi Livni , Israeli politician
* 1958 -Bill Watterson , American cartoonist
*1959 -Marc Cohn , American singer and songwriter
*1960 -Pruitt Taylor Vince , American actor
* 1960 - James M. Kelly, American politician
* 1960 -Brad Loree , Canadian actor and stunt performer
*1961 -Isabelle Poulenard , French soprano
*1963 -Edie Falco , American actress
* 1963 -Russ Lorenson , American singer and actor
*1965 -Eyran Katsenelenbogen , Israeli jazz pianist
*1966 -Kathryn Erbe , American actress
* 1966 -Susannah Doyle , British actress
* 1966 -Gianfranco Zola , Italian footballer
*1967 -Silvia Ziche , Italian comics artist
*1968 -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 player
* 1969 -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 footballer
*1972 -Letha Weapons , porn actress
*1973 -Marcus Allbäck , Swedish footballer
* 1973 -Bengt Lagerberg , Swedish musician (The Cardigans )
* 1973 -Róisín Murphy , Irish musician
* 1973 -René Spies , German bobsledder
*1974 -Márcio Amoroso , Brazilian footballer
*1975 -Hernán Crespo , Argentinian footballer
* 1975 -Gunnar H. Thomsen , Faroese musician (Týr)
* 1975 -Kip Gamblin , Australian dancer and actor
* 1975 -Ai Sugiyama , Japanese tennis player
*1976 -Nuno Gomes , Portuguese footballer
* 1976 -Marina Dias , Brazilian model
* 1976 - Bizarre, American rapper (D12 )
*1977 -Royce Da 5'9" , American rapper
* 1977 -Nicolas Kiefer , German tennis player.
*1979 -Stiliyan Petrov , Bulgarian footballer
* 1979 -Shane Filan , Irish musician (Westlife )
* 1979 -Amélie Mauresmo , French tennis player
*1980 -Eva Green , French actress
* 1980 -Jason Wade , American musician (Lifehouse)
* 1980 -David Rozehnal , Czech footballer
*1981 -Jesse Crain , Canadian baseball player
* 1981 -Ryan Hansen , American actor
*1982 -Alberto Gilardino , Italian footballer
* 1982 -Philippe Gilbert , Belgian cyclist
*1983 -Zheng Jie , Chinese tennis player
*1984 -Yu Yamada , Ryukyuan model, actress and singer
*1985 -Stephanie McIntosh , Australian pop singer and actress
* 1985 -Nick O'Malley , British musician (Arctic Monkeys )
*1989 -Joseph King , American musician (Canvas)
*1991 -Jason Dolley , American actorDeaths
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1316 - InfanteFerdinand 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 theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b.1853 )
*1929 -Henry Lincoln Johnson , Member of 369th regiment (akaHarlem Hell Fighters ), first American to receive theCroix de guerre (b.1897 )
*1932 -Sasha Cherny , Russian poet (b.1880 )
*1945 -John Curtin , 14thPrime 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 inventor
*1965 -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 theTurkish Football Federation (b.1956 )Holidays and observances
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Venezuela :Independence Day (1811 ).
*Algeria : Independence Day (1962 ).
*Cape Verde : Independence Day (1975 ).
*Armenia :Constitution Day (1995 )
*Czech Republic andSlovakia : Arrival ofSaints Cyril and Methodius inGreat Moravia (around863 ).
*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 , martyr
*Saint Peter of Luxemburg ,bishop of Metz , cardinal, confessor
*Saint Wendelin , confessor
*Saint Catherine , virgin, martyr (Translation) Regensburg
*Saint Zoe of Rome, martyrExternal links
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