A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on July 5 throughout history.
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Isaac Newton's great work, "Principia," is published by the Royal Society in England, outlining his laws of motion and universal gravitation
The Venezuelan Declaration of Independence (Spanish: Acta de la Declaración de Independencia de Venezuela) is a document drafted and adopted by Venezuela on July 5, 1811, through which Venezuelans...
Fugitive slave Frederick Douglass delivers his 'What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?' speech to the Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society in Rochester, condemning the celebration as a hypocritical sham
US Secret Service begins operating under the Treasury Department
Jeffrey Preston Bezos (né Jorgensen; born January 12, 1964) is an American businessman best known as the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest...
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, commonly referred to as SBY, is an Indonesian politician and retired military officer who served as the sixth president of Indonesia from 2004 to 2014 and the second...
The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin
At Knebworth Festival in England, Pink Floyd debut their album "Wish You Were Here" with pyrotechnics and an exploding plane that flies into the stage
Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Roger Federer beats Andy Roddick of the US 5-7, 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 16-14 for a record 15th Grand Slam singles title
English engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel marries Mary Elizabeth Horsley
Future Prime Minister of Canada John Thompson (24) weds Annie E. Affleck (25) in Portland, Maine
"Anne of Green Gables" author Lucy Maud Montgomery (36) weds Ewen MacDonald in Prince Edward Island, Canada
Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television, and theater.
Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor.
Burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese (34) divorces rocker Marilyn Manson (38) due to irreconcilable differences after a year of marriage
St Martin I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
Duke Toto of Nepi stages a coup d'état in Rome and names his brother Constantine, Pope Constantine II. Today considered an antipope.
Austrian town of Bad Kleinkirchheim is first mentioned, in an ecclesiastical document
Pope Boniface VIII (Latin: Bonifacius PP. VIII, Italian: Bonifacio VIII; born Benedetto Caetani; c. 1230 – 11 October 1303) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24...
The Auld Alliance (Scots for "Old Alliance") was an alliance between the kingdoms of Scotland and France against England made in 1295.
German emperor Sigismund signs peace with Hussieten
Pope Nicolas V names Walram of Moers Bishop of the rich German city of Münster (voided 1452 during the conflict to control the city)
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (10 November 1565 – 25 February 1601) was an English nobleman, soldier and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. A charismatic and ambitious youth, Essex grew up in a...
John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland
Battle at Lenz: Rebel Austrian Boers defeated
Bridgetown (UN 13.106; -59.632 (Bridgetown port)) lies on the southwestern coast of the island.
1st recorded tornado in US (Essex County, Massachusetts)
Slave revolt on Curacao
First day of three day naval Battle of Chesma between the Russian and Ottoman Empires off the coast of Anatolia won by the Russians
The convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king)
The British invasions of the River Plate were two unsuccessful British attempts to seize control of the Spanish colony of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, located around the Río de la Plata in...
War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin
Americans defeat British and Canadians at Chippewa, Ontario
France invades Algeria, begins a 40 year conquest
A provisional government, also called an interim, emergency, or transitional government, is a temporary government formed to manage a period of transition, often following state collapse, revolution,...
Thomas Cook & Son, originally simply Thomas Cook, was a British travel company that existed from 1841 to 2001. It arranged transport, tours and holidays worldwide.
Oregon Country was a large region of the Pacific Northwest of North America that was subject to a long dispute between the United Kingdom and the United States in the early 19th century.
American sealing ship Captain N. C. Brooks discovers the uninhabited Midway Islands in the North Pacific Ocean and claims for the US
The Battle of Carthage, also known as the Engagement near Carthage, took place at the beginning of the American Civil War on July 5, 1861, near Carthage, Missouri.
The Jackson expedition, preceding and related to the siege of Jackson, immediately followed the Confederate surrender of Vicksburg, Mississippi on July 4, 1863, to Union Army Major General Ulysses S.
Battle at Chattahoochee River, Georgia (Skirmish at Pace's Ferry) fought during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War
Speed limits on road traffic, as used in most countries, set the legal maximum speed at which vehicles may travel on a given stretch of road.
Trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) and Big Tree, begins
The Baku Governorate, known before 1859 as the Shemakha Governorate, was a province (guberniya) of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, with its center in the booming metropolis and...
The German colonial empire (German: deutsches Kolonialreich) constituted the overseas colonies, dependencies, and territories of the German Empire.
Columbia University 4's crew becomes first American boat to win at London's Henley Regatta (Visitors Challenge Cup)
Hail kills 16 horses in Rapid City, South Dakota
Lizzie Arlington becomes first woman to play professional men's baseball when she pitches 9th inning for the Reading Coal Heavers against the Allentown Peanuts; allows 2 hits and walks a batter but preserves 5-0 win
Compulsory education law passes Dutch 1st Chamber
All-rounder Monty Noble takes 6 for 52 as Australia wins the one and only cricket Test played at Sheffield's Bramall Lane, England
NY Giants 18-game winning streak ends as Phillies win 6-5 in 10 innings at Huntington Park
Niazi Bey, a chief organizer of the revolutionary movement in Turkey, raises the standard of revolt at Resna, Macedonia
Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia
1st general election in Netherlands
The São Paulo Revolt of 1924, also called the Revolution of 1924, Movement of 1924 or Second 5th of July was a Brazilian conflict with characteristics of a civil war, initiated by tenentist rebels to...
WOWO-AM, Indiana returns to air, 1 day after transmitter burns down
Austria signs a concordat (pact) with the Vatican, guaranteeing the rights and privileges of the Catholic Church in Austria
"Bloody Thursday" - Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco
1st "Hawaii Calls" radio program is broadcast
°F (49°C), Gannvalley, South Dakota (state record)
Medicine Lake is a town in Sheridan County, Montana, United States. The population was 244 at the 2020 census. On July 5, 1937, Medicine Lake recorded a temperature of 117 °F (47 °C), setting the...
Herb Caen's 1st column in San Francisco Chronicle
Kentucky (US: , UK: ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Vichy France (French: Régime de Vichy, lit. 'Vichy regime'; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), also known as the Pétainist regime (French: Régime pétainiste) and Pétainist France, officially the French...
German occupiers disband political parties
Ian Fleming graduates from a training school for spies in Canada
The Battle of Kula Gulf took place in the early hours of 6 July 1943 during World War II.
Harry Crosby takes 1st rocket airplane, MX-324, for maiden flight
A bikini is a women's two-piece swimsuit that features one piece on top that covers the breasts, and a second piece on the bottom: the front covering the pelvis but usually exposing the navel, and...
National Health Service established in the UK; Minister of Health Aneurin Bevan attends ceremony at Park Hospital in Davyhulme, Trafford
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.
Phillies pitcher Robin Roberts hurls his 28th consecutive MLB complete game in a 2-0 win over Pittsburgh
B-52A bomber makes its maiden flight
Six week old British dock strike ends as London dockers return to work
France raises tobacco tax 20% due to war in Algeria
England cricket batsman Tom Graveney scores a brilliant 258 in the drawn 3rd Test v West Indies at Trent Bridge
Gasherbrum I, originally surveyed as K5, and also known as Hidden Peak, is the 11th highest mountain in the world at 8,080 metres (26,510 ft) above sea level.
The Constitution of Mongolia was adopted on 13 January 1992, put into force on 12 February, with amendments made in 1999, 2000, 2019, 2022, and 2023.
80 die in collisions in Algiers
French Algeria, also known as Colonial Algeria, was the period of Algerian history when the country was a colony and later an integral part of France.
First Beatles' tune to hit US charts, Del Shannon's cover of "From Me to You" at no. 87
in this app and it's been really nice since the weather was good too bad and not too much pain and my neck was hurting and the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the...
Jean "Black Jack" Schramme (25 March 1929 – 14 December 1988) was a Belgian mercenary and planter. He managed a vast estate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo until 1967.
"Manifest of 1000 words" published in Prague
Rolling Stones play a free concert in London's Hyde Park
Air Canada DC-8 crashes 7 miles from Toronto's airport killing 109
The Twenty-sixth Amendment (Amendment XXVI) to the United States Constitution establishes a nationally standardized minimum age of 18 for participation in state and federal elections.
Pierre Messmer appointed French premier
Pakistani army, led by General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, seizes power
Soyuz 30 spacecraft touches down in Soviet Kazakhstan
Likud, officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement, is a major right-wing political party in Israel.
Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old "exclusionary rule"-evidence seized with defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials
Nicholas Mark Sanders (England) begins circumnavigation of globe, covering 13,035 road miles in 78 days, 3 hr, 30 min
Inaugural edition of Goodwill Games open in Moscow, USSR
Wist Indies cricket paceman Malcolm Marshall takes career best 7-22, beat England by an innings & 156 at Old Trafford
American jockey Ray Sibille wins his 3,000th career race, aboard Sporting Surf at Pleasanton, California
Sixto Alfonso Durán-Ballén Cordovez (14 July 1921 – 15 November 2016) was an Ecuadorian political figure and architect who served as the 37th president of Ecuador from 1992 to 1996.
Cracked Rear View is the debut studio album by Hootie & the Blowfish, released on July 5, 1994, by Atlantic Records.
Angels score 3 top 1st, Oakland A's respond with 13 bottom 1st, highest-scoring 1st inning by 2 teams in MLB history, A's win 16-8
NY Yankees beat Baltimore Orioles 1-0 to improve record to 61-20, equalling best 81-game start in MLB history
Australia and East Timor sign an agreement to share royalties from oil and natural gas production in the Timor Sea, which separates the two countries
French driver Sébastien Bourdais wins first-ever night road-course event in Champ Car history on Cleveland's Burke Lakefront Airport layout
Emergency United Nations Security Council meeting at the U.N in New York City because of North Korean missile tests that day
A series of violent riots over several days broke out on 5 July 2009 in Ürümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in northwestern China.
"Somebody That I Used to Know" single released by Gotye ft. Kimbra (Grammy Award Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, Record of the Year 2013)
15 people are killed by a bomb attack on a Shia mosque in Baghdad, Iraq
people reported shot, 15 killed in Chicago, Illinois over 4th July weekend
At least 24 killed in explosions at pyrotechnics workshops in Tultepec, Mexico
Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometres (53 miles) south of modern-day Baghdad.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal was part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
One of world's oldest pieces of art, 51,000-year-old deer bone carved by Neanderthals, announced discovered in Harz Mountains, Germany [1]
Amid Greater Sydney's fourth major flood in 18 months, the Australian government declares a natural disaster as 45,000 people threatened with evacuation orders [1]
A wave of shootings across American during Fourth of July celebrations leaves a dozen people dead and more than 60 injured [1]
David Farragut, American united states navy admiral, known for united states navy admiral, was born on 1801-07-05.
Eugen Fischer, German physician and racial hygienist, known for german physician and racial hygienist, was born on 1874-07-05.
Jean Cocteau, French writer and film director, known for french writer and film director, was born on 1889-07-05.
Susan Wojcicki, American business executive, known for american business executive, was born on 1968-07-05.
Edie Falco, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1964-07-05. Edith Falco is an American actress.
Huey Lewis is born
Adam Young, American musician, known for american musician, was born on 1987-07-05. Adam Randal Young is an American singer-songwriter and musician.
Nathaniel Niles is born
Amélie Mauresmo, French athlete, known for french former tennis player, was born on 1980-07-05.
Megan Rapinoe is born
Shohei Ohtani, Japanese athlete, known for japanese baseball player, was born on 1995-07-05.
Édouard Herriot, French radical politician, known for french radical politician, was born on 1872-07-05.
Stamford Raffles, British colonial official, known for british colonial official, died on 1826-07-05.
Chester Greenwood, American inventor, known for american inventor, died on 1937-07-05.
Ted Williams, American baseball player, known for american baseball player, died on 2002-07-05.
Gert Fredriksson, Swedish canoeist, known for swedish canoeist, died on 2006-07-05. Gert Fridolf Fredriksson (21 November 1919 – 5 July 2006) was a Swedish sprint canoeist.
Vic Seixas tennis player, known for american tennis player, died on 2024-07-05. Elias Victor Seixas Jr. ( SAY-shəs; August 30, 1923 – July 5, 2024) was an American tennis player.
St Martin I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
Duke Toto of Nepi stages a coup d'état in Rome and names his brother Constantine, Pope Constantine II. Today considered an antipope.
Austrian town of Bad Kleinkirchheim is first mentioned, in an ecclesiastical document
Pope Boniface VIII (Latin: Bonifacius PP. VIII, Italian: Bonifacio VIII; born Benedetto Caetani; c. 1230 – 11 October 1303) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24...
The Auld Alliance (Scots for "Old Alliance") was an alliance between the kingdoms of Scotland and France against England made in 1295.
German emperor Sigismund signs peace with Hussieten
Pope Nicolas V names Walram of Moers Bishop of the rich German city of Münster (voided 1452 during the conflict to control the city)
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (10 November 1565 – 25 February 1601) was an English nobleman, soldier and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. A charismatic and ambitious youth, Essex grew up in a...
John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland
Battle at Lenz: Rebel Austrian Boers defeated
Bridgetown (UN 13.106; -59.632 (Bridgetown port)) lies on the southwestern coast of the island.
1st recorded tornado in US (Essex County, Massachusetts)
Isaac Newton's great work, "Principia," is published by the Royal Society in England, outlining his laws of motion and universal gravitation
Slave revolt on Curacao
First day of three day naval Battle of Chesma between the Russian and Ottoman Empires off the coast of Anatolia won by the Russians
David Farragut, American united states navy admiral, known for united states navy admiral, was born on 1801-07-05.
The convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king)
The British invasions of the River Plate were two unsuccessful British attempts to seize control of the Spanish colony of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, located around the Río de la Plata in...
The Venezuelan Declaration of Independence (Spanish: Acta de la Declaración de Independencia de Venezuela) is a document drafted and adopted by Venezuela on July 5, 1811, through which Venezuelans...
War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin
Americans defeat British and Canadians at Chippewa, Ontario
Stamford Raffles, British colonial official, known for british colonial official, died on 1826-07-05.
France invades Algeria, begins a 40 year conquest
A provisional government, also called an interim, emergency, or transitional government, is a temporary government formed to manage a period of transition, often following state collapse, revolution,...
English engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel marries Mary Elizabeth Horsley
Thomas Cook & Son, originally simply Thomas Cook, was a British travel company that existed from 1841 to 2001. It arranged transport, tours and holidays worldwide.
Oregon Country was a large region of the Pacific Northwest of North America that was subject to a long dispute between the United Kingdom and the United States in the early 19th century.
Fugitive slave Frederick Douglass delivers his 'What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?' speech to the Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society in Rochester, condemning the celebration as a hypocritical sham
American sealing ship Captain N. C. Brooks discovers the uninhabited Midway Islands in the North Pacific Ocean and claims for the US
The Battle of Carthage, also known as the Engagement near Carthage, took place at the beginning of the American Civil War on July 5, 1861, near Carthage, Missouri.
The Jackson expedition, preceding and related to the siege of Jackson, immediately followed the Confederate surrender of Vicksburg, Mississippi on July 4, 1863, to Union Army Major General Ulysses S.
Battle at Chattahoochee River, Georgia (Skirmish at Pace's Ferry) fought during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War
US Secret Service begins operating under the Treasury Department
Speed limits on road traffic, as used in most countries, set the legal maximum speed at which vehicles may travel on a given stretch of road.
Future Prime Minister of Canada John Thompson (24) weds Annie E. Affleck (25) in Portland, Maine
Trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) and Big Tree, begins
Édouard Herriot, French radical politician, known for french radical politician, was born on 1872-07-05.
Eugen Fischer, German physician and racial hygienist, known for german physician and racial hygienist, was born on 1874-07-05.
The Baku Governorate, known before 1859 as the Shemakha Governorate, was a province (guberniya) of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, with its center in the booming metropolis and...
The German colonial empire (German: deutsches Kolonialreich) constituted the overseas colonies, dependencies, and territories of the German Empire.
Nathaniel Niles is born
Columbia University 4's crew becomes first American boat to win at London's Henley Regatta (Visitors Challenge Cup)
Jean Cocteau, French writer and film director, known for french writer and film director, was born on 1889-07-05.
Hail kills 16 horses in Rapid City, South Dakota
Lizzie Arlington becomes first woman to play professional men's baseball when she pitches 9th inning for the Reading Coal Heavers against the Allentown Peanuts; allows 2 hits and walks a batter but preserves 5-0 win
Compulsory education law passes Dutch 1st Chamber
All-rounder Monty Noble takes 6 for 52 as Australia wins the one and only cricket Test played at Sheffield's Bramall Lane, England
NY Giants 18-game winning streak ends as Phillies win 6-5 in 10 innings at Huntington Park
Niazi Bey, a chief organizer of the revolutionary movement in Turkey, raises the standard of revolt at Resna, Macedonia
"Anne of Green Gables" author Lucy Maud Montgomery (36) weds Ewen MacDonald in Prince Edward Island, Canada
Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia
1st general election in Netherlands
The São Paulo Revolt of 1924, also called the Revolution of 1924, Movement of 1924 or Second 5th of July was a Brazilian conflict with characteristics of a civil war, initiated by tenentist rebels to...
WOWO-AM, Indiana returns to air, 1 day after transmitter burns down
Austria signs a concordat (pact) with the Vatican, guaranteeing the rights and privileges of the Catholic Church in Austria
"Bloody Thursday" - Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco
1st "Hawaii Calls" radio program is broadcast
°F (49°C), Gannvalley, South Dakota (state record)
Medicine Lake is a town in Sheridan County, Montana, United States. The population was 244 at the 2020 census. On July 5, 1937, Medicine Lake recorded a temperature of 117 °F (47 °C), setting the...
Chester Greenwood, American inventor, known for american inventor, died on 1937-07-05.
Herb Caen's 1st column in San Francisco Chronicle
Kentucky (US: , UK: ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Vichy France (French: Régime de Vichy, lit. 'Vichy regime'; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), also known as the Pétainist regime (French: Régime pétainiste) and Pétainist France, officially the French...
German occupiers disband political parties
Ian Fleming graduates from a training school for spies in Canada
The Battle of Kula Gulf took place in the early hours of 6 July 1943 during World War II.
Harry Crosby takes 1st rocket airplane, MX-324, for maiden flight
A bikini is a women's two-piece swimsuit that features one piece on top that covers the breasts, and a second piece on the bottom: the front covering the pelvis but usually exposing the navel, and...
National Health Service established in the UK; Minister of Health Aneurin Bevan attends ceremony at Park Hospital in Davyhulme, Trafford
Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television, and theater.
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.
Huey Lewis is born
Phillies pitcher Robin Roberts hurls his 28th consecutive MLB complete game in a 2-0 win over Pittsburgh
The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin
B-52A bomber makes its maiden flight
Six week old British dock strike ends as London dockers return to work
France raises tobacco tax 20% due to war in Algeria
Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor.
England cricket batsman Tom Graveney scores a brilliant 258 in the drawn 3rd Test v West Indies at Trent Bridge
Gasherbrum I, originally surveyed as K5, and also known as Hidden Peak, is the 11th highest mountain in the world at 8,080 metres (26,510 ft) above sea level.
The Constitution of Mongolia was adopted on 13 January 1992, put into force on 12 February, with amendments made in 1999, 2000, 2019, 2022, and 2023.
80 die in collisions in Algiers
French Algeria, also known as Colonial Algeria, was the period of Algerian history when the country was a colony and later an integral part of France.
First Beatles' tune to hit US charts, Del Shannon's cover of "From Me to You" at no. 87
Edie Falco, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1964-07-05. Edith Falco is an American actress.
in this app and it's been really nice since the weather was good too bad and not too much pain and my neck was hurting and the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the...
Jean "Black Jack" Schramme (25 March 1929 – 14 December 1988) was a Belgian mercenary and planter. He managed a vast estate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo until 1967.
"Manifest of 1000 words" published in Prague
Susan Wojcicki, American business executive, known for american business executive, was born on 1968-07-05.
Rolling Stones play a free concert in London's Hyde Park
Air Canada DC-8 crashes 7 miles from Toronto's airport killing 109
The Twenty-sixth Amendment (Amendment XXVI) to the United States Constitution establishes a nationally standardized minimum age of 18 for participation in state and federal elections.
Pierre Messmer appointed French premier
At Knebworth Festival in England, Pink Floyd debut their album "Wish You Were Here" with pyrotechnics and an exploding plane that flies into the stage
Pakistani army, led by General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, seizes power
Soyuz 30 spacecraft touches down in Soviet Kazakhstan
Amélie Mauresmo, French athlete, known for french former tennis player, was born on 1980-07-05.
Likud, officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement, is a major right-wing political party in Israel.
Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old "exclusionary rule"-evidence seized with defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials
Nicholas Mark Sanders (England) begins circumnavigation of globe, covering 13,035 road miles in 78 days, 3 hr, 30 min
Inaugural edition of Goodwill Games open in Moscow, USSR
Megan Rapinoe is born
Adam Young, American musician, known for american musician, was born on 1987-07-05. Adam Randal Young is an American singer-songwriter and musician.
Wist Indies cricket paceman Malcolm Marshall takes career best 7-22, beat England by an innings & 156 at Old Trafford
American jockey Ray Sibille wins his 3,000th career race, aboard Sporting Surf at Pleasanton, California
Sixto Alfonso Durán-Ballén Cordovez (14 July 1921 – 15 November 2016) was an Ecuadorian political figure and architect who served as the 37th president of Ecuador from 1992 to 1996.
Jeffrey Preston Bezos (né Jorgensen; born January 12, 1964) is an American businessman best known as the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest...
Cracked Rear View is the debut studio album by Hootie & the Blowfish, released on July 5, 1994, by Atlantic Records.
Shohei Ohtani, Japanese athlete, known for japanese baseball player, was born on 1995-07-05.
Angels score 3 top 1st, Oakland A's respond with 13 bottom 1st, highest-scoring 1st inning by 2 teams in MLB history, A's win 16-8
NY Yankees beat Baltimore Orioles 1-0 to improve record to 61-20, equalling best 81-game start in MLB history
Australia and East Timor sign an agreement to share royalties from oil and natural gas production in the Timor Sea, which separates the two countries
Ted Williams, American baseball player, known for american baseball player, died on 2002-07-05.
French driver Sébastien Bourdais wins first-ever night road-course event in Champ Car history on Cleveland's Burke Lakefront Airport layout
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, commonly referred to as SBY, is an Indonesian politician and retired military officer who served as the sixth president of Indonesia from 2004 to 2014 and the second...
Emergency United Nations Security Council meeting at the U.N in New York City because of North Korean missile tests that day
Gert Fredriksson, Swedish canoeist, known for swedish canoeist, died on 2006-07-05. Gert Fridolf Fredriksson (21 November 1919 – 5 July 2006) was a Swedish sprint canoeist.
Burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese (34) divorces rocker Marilyn Manson (38) due to irreconcilable differences after a year of marriage
Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Roger Federer beats Andy Roddick of the US 5-7, 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 16-14 for a record 15th Grand Slam singles title
A series of violent riots over several days broke out on 5 July 2009 in Ürümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in northwestern China.
"Somebody That I Used to Know" single released by Gotye ft. Kimbra (Grammy Award Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, Record of the Year 2013)
15 people are killed by a bomb attack on a Shia mosque in Baghdad, Iraq
people reported shot, 15 killed in Chicago, Illinois over 4th July weekend
At least 24 killed in explosions at pyrotechnics workshops in Tultepec, Mexico
Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometres (53 miles) south of modern-day Baghdad.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal was part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
One of world's oldest pieces of art, 51,000-year-old deer bone carved by Neanderthals, announced discovered in Harz Mountains, Germany [1]
Amid Greater Sydney's fourth major flood in 18 months, the Australian government declares a natural disaster as 45,000 people threatened with evacuation orders [1]
A wave of shootings across American during Fourth of July celebrations leaves a dozen people dead and more than 60 injured [1]
Vic Seixas tennis player, known for american tennis player, died on 2024-07-05. Elias Victor Seixas Jr. ( SAY-shəs; August 30, 1923 – July 5, 2024) was an American tennis player.