July 5

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

Up to 1900

1295 – Scotland and France create an alliance, known in Scotland as the "Auld Alliance".
1316 – The Burgundian and Majorcan claimants of the Principality of Achaea meet in the Battle of Manolada.
1601 – During the Dutch War of Independence, the Spanish lay siege to Oostende.
1610 – John Guy sets sail of Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.
1687 – Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica by Isaac Newton is published.
1770 – The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.
1811 – Venezuela declares independence from Spain.
1814 – War of 1812: Battle of Chippewa – American major General Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippewa, Ontario, Canada.
1884 – Germany takes control of Cameroon and Togo.

1901 – 2000

1934 – Police shoot at striking longshoremen in San Francisco, California.
1937 – Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Food Corporation.
1940 – World War II: The United Kingdom and the Vichy Government of France break off diplomatic relations.
1941 – World War II: Operation Barbarossa – German troops reach the Dnieper River.
1943 – World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sets sail for Sicily.
1943 – World War II: German forces begin a massive offensive against the Soviet Union in the Battle of Kursk.
1945 – World War II: The Liberation of the Philippines is declared.
1946 – The Bikini is introduced in France.
1948 – The UK's NHS (National Health Service) is founded.
1950 – Korean War: Task Force Smith – American and North Korean forces first clash, in the Battle of Osan.
1950 – Zionism: The Israeli Knesset passes the Law of Return, which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.
1954 – The BBC's first News bulletin is broadcast.
1954 – Elvis Presley records his first single – That's All Right – at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
1962 – Algeria becomes independent from France.
1970 – Air Canada Flight 621 crashes near Toronto, killing 109 people.
1971 – The US lowers its voting age from 21 to 18.
1975 – Tennis: Arthur Ashe becomes the first African American men's singles Wimbledon champion.
1975 – Cape Verde becomes independent from Portugal.
1977 – Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto is removed from power in a military coup.
1987 – The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam use suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan army for the first time.
1989 – Iran-Contra affair: Oliver North is sentenced to a three-year suspended prison term.
1989 – The sitcom Seinfeld is first broadcast.
1991 – Nelson Mandela is chosen as President of the African National Congress.
1995 – Armenia adopts its Constitution.
1996 – The first cloned mammal, Dolly the Sheep is born.
1999 – President of the United States Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions on the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

From 2001

2002 – A bomb attack in Larbaa, Algeria, kills 50 people.
2003 – The SARS virus is declared contained by the WHO.
2006 – North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium range missile and a long-range Taepodong-2.
2009 – At Wimbledon, Roger Federer wins his 15th Grand Slam singles Tennis title in a five-set match against Andy Roddick, breaking the men's record previously held by Pete Sampras.
2009 – Ethnic rioting occurs in Ürümqi, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China.
2009 – The largest-known hoard of Anglo-Saxon hoard of gold ever is discovered, consisting of over 1,500 items, in Staffordshire, England.
2012 – Inauguration of The Shard in London – Britain's tallest, and Europe's second tallest, building.
2015 – The United States wins the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, defeating Japan 5–2 in the final in Vancouver, Canada.
2016 – The Juno spacecraft enters into orbit around the planet Jupiter.
2024 – Keir Starmer has been the 58th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Births

Deaths

Up to 1900

967 – Emperor Murakami of Japan (b. 926)
1080 – Isleifur Gissurarson, Bishop of Iceland and Greenland (b. 1006)
1316 – Ferdinand of Majorca (b. 1278)
1539 – Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Italian saint (b. 1502)
1572 – Longqing Emperor of China (b. 1537)
1666 – Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1584)
1676 – Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish commander and politician (b. 1613)
1773 – Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian and philologist (b. 1719)
1816 – Dorothea Jordan, Irish actress and mistress to King George IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1761)
1819 – William Cornwallis, English admiral and politician (b. 1744)
1826 – Stamford Raffles, British colonial statesman, founder of Singapore (b. 1781)
1833 – Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor and photography pioneer (b. 1765)
1859 – Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist and engineer (b. 1777)
1863 – Lewis Armistead, American general (b. 1817)
1875 – Maria Röhl, Swedish artist (b. 1801)

1901 – 2000

1904 – Abai Kunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet (b. 1845)
1908 – Jonas Lie, Norwegian writer (b. 1833)
1911 – Maria Pia of Savoy (b. 1847)
1920 – Max Klinger, artist (b. 1857)
1927 – Albrecht Kossel, German doctor, won the 1910 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1853)
1937 – Daniel Sawyer, American golfer (b. 1884)
1945 – John Curtin, fourteenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)
1948 – Georges Bernanos, French writer (b. 1888)
1948 – Carole Landis, American actress (b. 1919)
1957 – Charles Sherwood Noble, inventor (b. 1873)
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)
1975 – Otto Skorzeny, German commando who rescued Benito Mussolini (b. 1908)
1983 – Harry James, American musician (b. 1916)
1991 – Howard Nemerov, poet (b. 1920)
1998 – Sid Luckman, American football player (b. 1916)

From 2001

2001 – Hannelore Kohl, wife of Chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl (suicide) (b. 1933)
2002 – Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (b. 1924)
2002 – Ted Williams, American Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1918)
2003 – Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1979)
2004 – Hugh Shearer, 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1923)
2004 – Rodger Ward, auto racer (b. 1921)
2007 – George Melly, British singer (b. 1926)
2008 – René Harris, President of Nauru (b. 1947)
2010 – Cesare Siepi, Italian opera singer (b. 1923)
2010 – Nasr Abu Zayd, Egyptian-Dutch academic (b. 1943)
2010 – Bob Probert, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1965)
2010 – David Fanshawe, British composer (b. 1942)
2011 – Cy Twombly, American artist (b. 1928)
2012 – Gerrit Komrij, Dutch writer, poet and playwright (b. 1944)
2013 – David Cargo, 22nd Governor of New Mexico (b. 1929)
2014 – Volodymyr Sabodan, Ukrainian church leader (b. 1935)
2014 – Rosemary Murphy, American actress (b. 1925)
2015 – Sakari Momoi, Japanese supercentenarian (b. 1903)
2015 – Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-American physicist (b. 1921)
2016 – William L. Armstrong, American politician (b. 1937)
2016 – Beatrice de Cardi, English archaeologist (b. 1914)
2016 – Valentino Zeichen, Italian poet and writer (b. 1938)
2017 – Pierre Henry, French composer (b. 1927)
2017 – Joachim Meisner, German cardinal (b. 1933)
2017 – Willi Reschke, German military officer (b. 1922)
2017 – John Rodriguez, Guyanese-born Canadian politician (b. 1937)
2017 – Irina Ratushinskaya, Russian poet (b. 1954)
2017 – Roger Wootton, English aeronautical engineer and balloonist (b. 1944)
2018 – François Budet, French singer-songwriter and novelist (b. 1940)
2018 – Adamu Ciroma, Nigerian politician and banker (b. 1934)
2018 – Claude Lanzmann, French filmmaker (b. 1925)
2018 – Ed Schultz, American television-radio personality and political commentator (b. 1954)
2018 – Jean-Louis Tauran, French cardinal (b. 1943)
2020 – Nick Cordero, Canadian actor (b. 1978)

Observances

Independence Day in Venezuela (1811), Algeria (1962), and Cape Verde (1975)
Constitution Day in Armenia
Tynwald Day (Isle of Man)

Events

Up to 1900

1901 – 2000

From 2001

Births

Up to 1900

1901 – 1950

1951 – 1975

From 1976

Deaths

Up to 1900

1901 – 2000

From 2001

Observances