July
5
Independence
Days of 3 countries
Algeria : July 5 1962
Caboverde : July 5 1975
Venezuela : July 5 1811
Events
July
5
1295 – Scotland and France form an alliance, the
so-called "Auld Alliance", against England.
1316 – Battle of Manolada between the Burgundian and Majorcan
claimants of the Principality of Achaea
1610 – John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists
for Newfoundland.
1687 – Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia
Mathematica.
1770 – The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the
Ottoman Empire begins.
1775 – The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch
Petition.
1803 – The Convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation
of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king).
1809 – The Battle of Wagram, the largest of the Napoleonic Wars.
1811 – Venezuela declares independence from Spain.
1813 – War of 1812: three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser,
Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin.
1814 – War of 1812: Battle of Chippawa – American Major General
Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippawa,
Ontario.
1830 – France invades Algeria.
1833 – Admiral Charles Napier defeats the navy of the Portuguese
usurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
1865 – The Salvation Army is founded in the East End of London,
England.
1878 – The coat of arms of the Baku governorate is established.
1884 – Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
1934 – "Bloody Thursday" – Police open fire on striking
longshoremen in San Francisco.
1935 – The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor
relations in the United States, is signed into law by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1937 – Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market
by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
1940 – World War II: the United Kingdom and the Vichy France
government break off diplomatic relations.
1941 – World War II: German troops reach the Dnieper River.
1943 – World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sails for Sicily
(Operation Husky, July 10, 1943).
1943 – World War II: German forces begin a massive offensive
against the Soviet Union at the Battle of Kursk. Also know as
Operation Citadel
1945 – World War II: Liberation of the Philippines declared.
1947 – Larry 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.)
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
and North Korean forces in the Battle of Osan.
1950 – Zionism: the Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants
all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.
1951 – William Shockley invents the junction transistor.
1954 – The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
1954 – The Andhra Pradesh High Court is established.
1962 – Algeria becomes independent from France.
1962 – The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat
show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first
time.
1970 – Air Canada Flight 621 crashes near Toronto International
Airport killing 109 people.
1971 – Right 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.
1973 – Catastrophic 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.
1975 – Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon
singles title.
1975 – Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.
1977 – Military coup in Pakistan: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the first
elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.
1987 – First 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.
1989 – Iran-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.
1995 – Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after their
independence from the Soviet Union.
1996 – Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from
an adult cell.
1998 – Japan launches a probe to Mars, and thus joins the United
States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
1999 – Wolverhampton, England is hit by storms which include
a tornado. The area is hit again with severe storms on August
1.
1999 – U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic
sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
2004 – The first Indonesian presidential election is held.
2006 – North Korea launches at least two short-range Nodong-2
missiles, one SCUD missile and one long-range Taepodong-2 missile.
2009 – A series of violent riots break out in Ürümqi, the capital
city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China.
2009 – Roger Federer wins a record 15th Grand Slam title in
tennis, winning a five set match against Andy Roddick at Wimbledon.
2009 – The 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.
Holidays
and observances
Bloody Thursday
(International Longshore and Warehouse Union)
Christian Feast Day:
Anthony Maria Zaccaria, priest (d. 1539)
Zoe of Rome (Roman Catholic Church)
July 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
X-Day (Church of the SubGenius)
Constitution Day (Armenia)
Independence Day, celebrate the independence of Algeria from
France in 1962.
Independence Day, celebrate the independence of Cape Verde from
Portugal in 1975.
Independence Day, celebrate the independence of Venezuela from
Spain in 1811.
Saints Cyril and Methodius Day (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Tynwald Day, if July 5 is on a weekend, the holiday is the following
Monday. (Isle of Man)
Emancipation Day, celebrate the emancipation of enslaved Africans
in New York City in 1827.
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