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What happened in history on this day: July 5?
On July 5 in ...
- 649 - Death of Saint Goar; notable priest of Trier (Germany).
- 649 - Saint Martin I begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 767 - Constantine begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 1643 - First recorded tornado in US (Essex County, Massachusetts).
- 1687 - Isaac Newton's PRINCIPIA published by Royal Society in England.
- 1755 - Birth of Sarah Kemble Siddons Brecon England, tragic actress (Fatal Marriage).
- 1781 - Birth of Stamford Raffles; founded Singapore.
- 1791 - José María Narváez discovers Point Grey, now in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- 1794 - Birth of Sylvester Graham; developed graham cracker.
- 1808 - Battle of Buenos Aires.
- 1810 - Birth of Phineas Taylor Barnum in Bethel, Connecticut, USA; circus promoter (Barnum and Bailey).
- 1811 - Venezuela is first South American country to gain independence from Spain.
- 1814 - Americans defeat British and Canadians at Chippewa, Ontario.
- 1830 - France invades Algeria, begins a 40-year conquest.
- 1833 - Antonio López de Santa Anna resigns (2nd time) as President of Mexico.
- 1834 - Provisional government established in Oregon Country.
- 1841 - Thomas Cook opens first travel agency.
- 1843 - Committee of nine appointed to establish civil government in Oregon Country, USA.
- 1853 - Birth of Cecil John Rhodes in South Africa; politician, diamond merchant.
- 1857 - Death of English Major General Sir Henry Barnard, of cholera, at seige of Delhi India.
- 1859 - Captain NC Brooks discovers Midway Islands.
- 1865 - William P. Wood is sworn in as first US Secret Service chief.
- 1865 - William Booth founds Salvation Army in London, England.
- 1879 - Birth of Dwight Filley Davis; donated tennis' Davis Cup.
- 1879 - Birth of Wanda A Landowska in Warsaw, Poland; harpsichordist (Musique Ancienne).
- 1886 - Birth of Willem Drees; Prime Minister of Netherland (1948-58).
- 1889 - Birth of Jean Cocteau in France; writer/artist/film maker (Le Potamak).
- 1891 - Birth of John Northrop; US biochemist, crystallized enzymes (Nobel Prize 1946).
- 1891 - Hail kills six horses in Rapid City, South Dakota.
- 1900 - Birth of Bernard Cardinal Alfrink; cardinal of Ultrecht, Netherlands.
- 1902 - Birth of Henry Cabot Lodge; American politician (Republican), ambassador (Vice Presidential candidate 1960).
- 1904 - Birth of Don Goddard in Binghamton, New York, USA; news ancher (ABC Evening News 1958-59).
- 1904 - Birth of Milburn Stone in Bruton, Kansas, USA; actor (Doc Adams - Gunsmoke).
- 1908 - Birth of Don Dunphy in New York City, New York, USA; America's foremost announcer of boxing matches on radio and TV for over 50 years, calling more than 2,000 fights, the voice of Gillette's Friday Night Fights.
- 1913 - Birth of Smiley Lewis in Louisiana, USA; vocalist ("I Hear You Knockin'").
- 1918 - Birth of George Rochberg in Paterson, New Jersey, USA; composer (Concord Quartet).
- 1923 - Birth of John McKay in West Virginia, USA; football coach (USC, Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
- 1924 - Birth of Janós Starker in Budapest, Hungary; cellist (Chicago Symphony 1953-58).
- 1927 - Birth of Beverly Tyler in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA; actress/vocalist (Shower of Stars TV show, Cavalcade of Stars, Best Foot Forward, Fireball, Lorelei Kilbourne - Big Town TV show).
- 1928 - Birth of Warren Oates in Depoy, Kentucky, USA; actor (East of Eden, Stoney Burke).
- 1929 - A Deutsch discovers asteroid #1148 Rarahu.
- 1929 - Birth of Katherine Helmond in Galveston, Texas, USA; actress (Soap, Mona - Who's The Boss?).
- 1931 - Birth of Ismail Mahomed; South African and Namibian Chief Justice (dies 2000).
- 1932 - Oliveira Salazar becomes dictator of fascist Portugal.
- 1934 - Birth of Katherine Helmond; actress (Who's The Boss, Soap).
- 1935 - US President Franklin Roosevelt signs the National Labor Relations Act.
- 1936 - 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Gannvalley, South Dakota (state record hot).
- 1936 - Birth of Shirley Knight in Goessei, Kansas, USA; actress (Endless Love, Secrets, Maggie Winters, Desperate Housewives).
- 1937 - 117 degrees F (47 degrees C), Medicine Lake, Montana (state record).
- 1937 - Birth of Brooke Hayward in Los Angeles, California, USA; author (Haywire).
- 1937 - C Jackson discovers asteroids #1428 Mombasa and #1430 Somalia.
- 1939 - The Japanese army retreats from its Soviet conflict with heavy losses.
- 1940 - Diplomatic relations broken between Great Britain and Vichy government in France.
- 1942 - USS Growler submarine attacks three Japanese destroyers off Kiska, Alaska, sinking one, damaging the other two.
- 1943 - German Central Army Group and Southern Army Group, about 900,000 troops, begin Operation Citadel, an attack around the Kursk salient in the Ukraine. Size of the opposing forces at the start of the battle: German: 900,000 men, 10,000 cannons, 2000 aircraft, 2000 tanks; Soviet: 1.9 million men, 20,800 cannons, 2000 aircraft, 5100 tanks.
- 1944 - Birth of Jamie Robertson; guitarist (The Band).
- 1944 - Birth of Robbie Robertson; writer (Carny).
- 1944 - Harry Crosby takes first rocket airplane, MX-324, for maiden flight.
- 1945 - British election for Prime Minister; Clement Attlee defeats Winston Churchill.
- 1945 - Birth of Curtis Blefary; baseball player (1965 American League rookie of year).
- 1945 - Birth of Jeffrey Kramer in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Ted Stein - Struck by Lightning).
- 1945 - American General Douglas MacArthur announces the liberation of the Philippines.
- 1946 - Louis Reard's bikini swimsuit design debuts at a Paris fashion show, modelled by Micheline Bernardi.
- 1948 - Britain launches the universal, tax-funded National Health Service.
- 1948 - E L Johnson discovers asteroid #1618 Dawn.
- 1950 - Birth of Gary Matthews; baseball player (1973 National League rookie of year).
- 1950 - Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel.
- 1950 - American and Korth Korean troops battle near Osar. Private Kenneth Shadrick of West Virginia becomes first US fatality in Korean War.
- 1950 - Birth of Huey Lewis; singer (Huey Lewis and the News).
- 1950 - NBC premieres the Truth or Consequences 30-minute TV game show.
- 1951 - Birth of Huey Lewis; rocker (Huey Lewis and the News - "Need a New Drug").
- 1951 - Birth of Richard "Goose" Gossage; relief pitcher (New York Yankees, San Diego Padres).
- 1951 - Junction transistor invention announced, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA.
- 1952 - Birth of Terence T "Tom" Henricks in Bryan, Ohio, USA; Lieutenant Colonel US Air Force/astronaut (STS 44).
- 1952 - Birth of Charles Ventre; country keyboardist (River Road).
- 1956 - Birth of James Lofton; NFL wide reciever (Buffalo Bills, Green Bay Packers, Oakland Raiders).
- 1958 - Birth of Patsy Pease in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA; actress (Kimberly - Days of Our Lives).
- 1959 - Birth of Marc Cohn; singer ("Walking in Memphis").
- 1959 - Birth of Patricia Pease in Jeffers, North Carolina, USA; actress (Kimberly - Days of Our Lives).
- 1962 - Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule.
- 1963 - Birth of Edie Falco; actress (The Sopranos, Nurse Jackie).
- 1965 - Birth of Kathryn Erbe; actress (Law and Order: Criminal Intent).
- 1966 - National Guard mobilizes in Omaha, Nebraska after third night of rioting.
- 1966 - Saturn I rocket launched at Cape Kennedy.
- 1968 - John Lennon sells his psychedelic painted Rolls-Royce.
- 1969 - Rod Laver wins his fourth Wimbeldon championship.
- 1969 - Tom Mboya, economics minister, assassinated in Narobi, Kenya.
- 1969 - Death of Walter Gropius at age 86 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; architect (director of the Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau 1919-1928, Harvard University Graduate Center, U.S. Embassy in Athens), pioneer of prefabrication of building components.
- 1969 - Death of Ben Alexander at age 58; actor (Dragnet radio and TV show).
- 1970 - Air Canada DC-8 Flight 621 from Montreal to Toronto with 109 passengers and crew crashes on landing, killing all aboard.
- 1971 - US 26th amendment certified (reduces voting age to 18).
- 1972 - Birth of Michael Bays in Enrico, California, USA; actor (Bronx Zoo, Days of Our Lives).
- 1973 - Birth of Bengt Lagerberg; drummer (The Cardigans).
- 1973 - The Isle of Man establishes an independent postal administration and begins issuing its own postage stamps.
- 1973 - The MGM Grand Hotel opens in Las Vegas, built at a cost of US$107 million. It features 2100 rooms, Jai-alai fronton, and 1200-seat showroom.
- 1975 - Birth of Dale Godboldo; actor (Kristin, Shasta McNasty).
- 1975 - Arthur Ashe wins men's single championship at Wimbeldon.
- 1975 - Cape Verde Island gains independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule.
- 1976 - Birth of Bizarre; rapper (D12).
- 1977 - Pakistan's army, led by General Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, seizes power.
- 1978 - Soyuz 30 spacecraft touches down in Soviet Kazakhstan.
- 1979 - Birth of Shane Filan, Irish singer (Westlife).
- 1979 - Death of Judson Laire at age 76; singer, actor (Papa - Mama, a judge on The Defenders, Young Dr. Malone and The Nurses).
- 1980 - Birth of Jason Wade; singer (Lifehouse).
- 1981 - Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of pi from memory.
- 1982 - Death of Bill Justis at age 55 of cancer; musical director (Sam Phillips, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Charlie Rich, Jerry Lee Lewis, "Raunchy").
- 1983 - In Turkey, a magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurs.
- 1983 - Harry James, swing-era bandleader/trumpet player, dies in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- 1983 - New Jersey Devils purchase AHL Maine Mariners as their farm team.
- 1983 - Woman gives birth to baby 84 days after brain death (Roanoke, Virginia).
- 1984 - US Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old "exclusionary rule"-evidence seized.
- 1985 - Birth of Nick O'Malley; British musician (Arctic Monkeys).
- 1985 - Birth of Stephanie McIntosh; Australian actress (Neighbours).
- 1986 - (to July 20) Goodwill Games are held in Moscow.
- 1986 - First Lady Nancy Reagan cuts red, white and blue ribbon; reopens Statue of Liberty to the public following an extensive refurbishing.
- 1987 - Australian Pat Cash wins Wimbledon, upsets #1 seed Ivan Lendl.
- 1989 - Barry Bonds' home run sets father-son (with Bobby) home run record at 408.
- 1989 - Mark McGwire gets 100th home run, second fastest (1400 at bats) (to Kiner).
- 1989 - In the USA, the television pilot show Seinfeld Chronicles premieres.
- 1989 - The CBS TV network airs the last episode of the Disney TV show Hard Times on Planet Earth.
- 1990 - Zina Garrison upsets Steffi Graf in Wimbeldon semi-finals.
- 1991 - In a unanimous vote, final approval is given by baseball owners for the Colorado Rockies and the Florida Marlins to join the National League in 1993.
- 1991 - Death of Mildred Dunnock at age 90; supporting actress (Linda Loman - Death of a Salesman).
- 1995 - The U.S. Congress passes the Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act, requiring that producers of pornography keep records of all models who are filmed or photographed. This act also requires that all models be at least 18 years of age.
- 1996 - Death of Erik Wickberg, Salvation Army general (born 1904).
- 1996 - Dolly the sheep (code-named "6ll3") is born at the Roslin Institute in Scotland, the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell.
- 1996 - Death of Anne Schumacher Hummert at age 91; pioneer radio writer/producer (Our Gal Sunday, The Romance of Helen Trent, Mr Keen Tracer of Lost Persons, Betty and Bob, Backstage Wife, Waltztime, The American Album of Familiar Music).
- 1996 - Death of Fred Davis at age 74 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; long-time Front Page Challenge Canadian TV show moderator.
- 1997 - In Cambodia, Hun Sen of the Cambodian People's Party overthrows Norodom Ranariddh in a coup.
- 1998 - Japan launches a probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as an outer space-exploring nation.
- 1999 - U.S. Army Pfc. Barry Winchell is bludgeoned in his sleep at Fort Campbell, Kentucky by fellow soldiers; he dies the next day from his injuries.
- 1999 - Mark Sandman, lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Morphine, collapses on stage during a concert in Rome and dies of a heart attack at age 47.
- 2000 - Death of Cub Koda AKA Michael Koda of complications from kidney failure; founding member of Brownsville Station ("Smokin' In The Boys Room" (1974)).
- 2001 - Hannelore Kohl, the wife of the former chancellor, Helmut Kohl commits suicide. She suffered from a rare, incurable and increasingly painful allergy to light. She had not been able to leave a completely darkened room in their home for 15 months prior to her death.
- 2002 - Death of Ted Williams, American baseball player, of cardiac arrest at age 83 (born 1918).
- 2003 - SARS is declared to be contained by the World Health Organization.
- 2003 - A double suicide bombing at a Moscow rock concert kills the female attackers and 15 other people.
- 2004 - Death of Hugh Shearer, Prime Minister of Jamaica (born 1923).
- 2004 - Pitcher Eric Gagne of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim sets a new record streak of 84 consecutive saves, as he gives up a win on his 85th game.
- 2005 - Boston Red Sox left fielder Manny Ramirez hits his 20th career grand slam, the second-most in major league history.
- 2006 - North Korea test fires missiles, timed with the liftoff of Space Shuttle Discovery, preceding the fireworks celebrations that night in America. The long range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails shortly after takeoff.
- 2008 - Venus Williams beats her sister Serena 7-5 6-4, capturing her fifth Wimbledon tennis title.
- 2008 - Daniel Nestor of Canada and teammate Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia win the Wimbeldon doubles tennis match, defeating Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden and Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe 7-6, 6-7, 6-3, 6-3.
- 2008 - Holland America Line's Eurodam cruise ship begins its 10-day round-trip maiden sailing from Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 2008 - Death of René Harris, President of Nauru (born 1947).
- 2009 - Roger Federer defeats Andy Roddick in the Wimbledon men's tennis final, winning a five-set match 5-7, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5), 3-6, 16-14 for a record 15th Grand Slam championship.
- 2009 - General election in Bulgaria: 39.7 percent for Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, led by Boyko Borisov, who will form coalition government.
- 2009 - Over 150 are killed when a few thousand ethnic Uyghurs target local Han Chinese during major rioting in Ürümqi, Xinjiang.
- 2009 - In Porto, Portugal, round 7 of the FIA World Touring Car Championship is held. Race 1 is won by Gabriele Tarquini; race 2 is won by Augusto Farfus.
- 2009 - In Laguna Seca, USA, round 8 of the FIM MotoGP Championship is won by Dani Pedrosa.
- 2015 - Greek referendum on deal with creditors: 61.3 percent reject the terms.
- 2018 - Lithuania becomes the 36th member of the OECD.
- 2019 - Head of BMW, Harald Krüger, announces he will step down.
- 2020 - General election in Dominican Republic. Luis Abinader is elected President.
- 2021 - More than 1,000 Afghan soldiers flee to neighbouring Tajikistan after clashing with Taliban militants.
- 2022 - Guitarist Carlos Santana faints onstage in Clarkston, Michigan, USA.
- 2022 - Death of Mohammad Barkindo at age 63; Nigerian oil industry veteran, secretary-general of OPEC.
- 2023 - Death of Coco Lee at age 48 of suicide; voice actor (Disney's Mulan movie).
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