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July 5th


- Constitution Day in 1995 (Armenia)
- Bloody Thursday (International Longshore and Warehouse Union)
- Tynwald Day, if July 5 is on a weekend, the holiday is the following Monday. (Isle of Man)
- Christian Feast Day
- 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)
- X-Day (Church of the SubGenius)

July 5th


- 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.
- 2006 - North Korea launches at least two short-range Nodong-2 missiles, one SCUD missile and one long-range Taepodong-2 missile.
- 2004 - The first Indonesian presidential election is held.
- 2003 - SARS is declared to be contained by the WHO.
- 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.
- 1998 - Japan launches a probe to Mars, and thus joins the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
- 1996 - Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
- 1995 - Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after their independence from the Soviet Union
- 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.
- 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 it to deadly effect.
- 1977 - Military coup in Pakistan: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.
- 1975 - Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
- 1975 - Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1970 - Air Canada Flight 621 crashes near Toronto International Airport killing 109 people.
- 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.
- 1954 - The Andhra Pradesh High Court is established.
- 1954 - Elvis Presley records That's All Right, his first single to be released.
- 1954 - The broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
- 1951 - William Shockley invents the junction transistor.
- 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.
- 1948 - National Health Service Acts created the national public health systems in the United Kingdom
- 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.)
- 1946 - The bikini is re-introduced in Paris, France (it was a Roman invention).
- 1945 - World War II: liberation of the Philippines declared.
- 1943 - Beginning of the Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle at Prokhorovka village.
- 1943 - World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sails for Sicily (Operation Husky, July 10, 1943).
- 1941 - World War II: German troops reach the Dnieper River.
- 1940 - World War II: the United Kingdom and the Vichy France government break off diplomatic relations.
- 1937 - Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
- 1935 - The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor relations in the United States, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- 1934 - "Bloody Thursday" – Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
- 1884 - Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
- 1878 - The coat of arms of the Baku governorate is established.
- 1865 - The Salvation Army is founded in the East End of London, England.
- 1833 - Admiral Charles Napier defeats the navy of the Portuguese usurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
- 1830 - France invades Algeria.
- 1814 - War of 1812: Battle of Chippawa – American Major General Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippawa, Ontario.
- 1813 - War of 1812: three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin.
- 1811 - Venezuela declares independence from Spain.
- 1809 - The Battle of Wagram, the largest of the Napoleonic Wars.
- 1803 - The Convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king).
- 1775 - The United States Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
- 1770 - The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.
- 1687 - Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
- 1610 - John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.
- 1316 - Battle of Manolada between the Burgundian and Majorcan claimants of the Principality of Achaea.
- 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance, the so-called "Auld Alliance", against England.

July 5th


- 1991 - Jason Dolley, American actor
- 1989 - Joseph King, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Canvas, Deadbeat Darling)
- 1989 - Sean O'Pry, American male supermodel
- 1989 - Dejan Lovren, Croatian footballer
- 1988 - Adriano Buzaid, Brazilian racing driver
- 1985 - Stephanie McIntosh, Australian pop singer and actress
- 1985 - Nick O'Malley, British bassist (Arctic Monkeys)
- 1984 - Marion Trott, German skeleton racer
- 1984 - Danay Garcia, Cuban actress
- 1984 - Yu Yamada, Japanese Ryukyuan model, actress and singer
- 1983 - Zheng Jie, Chinese tennis player
- 1982 - Alberto Gilardino, Italian footballer
- 1982 - Philippe Gilbert, Belgian cyclist
- 1981 - Jesse Crain, Canadian baseball player
- 1981 - Ryan Hansen, American actor
- 1981 - Gianne Albertoni, Brazilian model
- 1980 - Eva Green, French actress
- 1980 - Jason Wade, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Lifehouse)
- 1980 - David Rozehnal, Czech footballer
- 1979 - Tim Coly, German rugby player
- 1979 - Shane Filan, Irish singer (Westlife)
- 1979 - Amélie Mauresmo, French tennis player
- 1979 - Stiliyan Petrov, Bulgarian footballer
- 1977 - Royce Da 5'9", American rapper
- 1977 - Nicolas Kiefer, German tennis player
- 1976 - Nuno Gomes, Portuguese footballer
- 1976 - Bizarre, American rapper (D12)
- 1975 - Hernán Crespo, Argentinian footballer
- 1975 - Gunnar H. Thomsen, Faroese bassist (Týr)
- 1975 - Kip Gamblin, Australian dancer and actor
- 1975 - Ai Sugiyama, Japanese tennis player
- 1975 - Diplo, American DJ, producer and songwriter
- 1974 - Márcio Amoroso, Brazilian footballer
- 1973 - Marcus Allbäck, Swedish footballer
- 1973 - Bengt Lagerberg, Swedish drummer (The Cardigans)
- 1973 - Róisín Murphy, Irish singer-songwriter (Moloko)
- 1973 - René Spies, German bobsledder
- 1972 - Robert Esmie, Canadian athlete
- 1972 - Letha Weapons, American porn actress
- 1971 - Derek McInnes, Scottish footballer
- 1970 - Mac Dre, American rapper (d. 2004)
- 1969 - John LeClair, American hockey player
- 1969 - RZA, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan)
- 1969 - Jenji Kohan, American television writer and producer
- 1968 - Ken Akamatsu, Japanese manga artist
- 1968 - Kenji Ito, Japanese composer
- 1968 - Nardwuar the Human Serviette, Canadian journalist, singer and keyboardist (The Evaporators)
- 1968 - Alex Zülle, Swiss cyclist
- 1967 - Silvia Ziche, Italian comics artist
- 1966 - Kathryn Erbe, American actress
- 1966 - Susannah Doyle, British actress
- 1966 - Gianfranco Zola, Italian football player and coach
- 1966 - Claudia Wells, American actress
- 1965 - Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli jazz pianist
- 1963 - Edie Falco, American actress
- 1963 - Russ Lorenson, American singer and actor
- 1963 - Mark Stockwell, Australian swimmer
- 1961 - Isabelle Poulenard, French soprano
- 1961 - Patrizia Scianca, Italian voice actress
- 1960 - Pruitt Taylor Vince, American actor
- 1960 - James M. Kelly, American politician
- 1960 - Brad Loree, Canadian actor and stunt performer
- 1959 - Marc Cohn, American singer and songwriter
- 1958 - Paul Daniel, British opera and symphony conductor
- 1958 - Bill Watterson, American cartoonist
- 1957 - David Hanson, politician
- 1957 - David Pinkney, British Touring car racer
- 1957 - Doug Wilson, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1956 - Patsy Pease, American actress
- 1956 - James Lofton, American football player and coach
- 1955 - Peter McNamara, Australian tennis player
- 1954 - Leni Björklund, Swedish politician
- 1954 - John Wright, New Zealand cricketer
- 1954 - Jimmy Crespo, American guitarist (Aerosmith)
- 1951 - Goose Gossage, American baseball player
- 1951 - Keiko Fuji, Japanese enka singer
- 1950 - Huey Lewis, American singer (Huey Lewis and the News)
- 1950 - Michael Monarch, American guitarist (Steppenwolf)
- 1948 - William Hootkins, American actor (d. 2005)
- 1946 - Pierre-Marc Johnson, Québécois lawyer, physician and politician
- 1946 - Paul Smith, British fashion designer
- 1946 - Gerardus 't Hooft, Dutch physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1945 - Humberto Benítez Treviño, Mexican politician and Attorney General of México.
- 1943 - Curt Blefary, American baseball player (d. 2001)
- 1943 - Robbie Robertson, Canadian guitarist (The Band).
- 1942 - Johannes Löhr, German football player and coach
- 1940 - Chuck Close, American painter and photographer
- 1939 - Booker Edgerson, American football player
- 1938 - Ronnie Self, American rock singer and songwriter (d. 1981)
- 1936 - Shirley Knight, American actress
- 1936 - James Mirrlees, Scottish economist, Nobel laureate
- 1935 - John Gilmore, American true crime author
- 1932 - Billy Laughlin, American actor (d. 1948)
- 1932 - Gyula Horn, Hungarian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Republic of Hungary
- 1931 - Ismail Mahomed, South African and Namibian Chief Justice (d. 2000)
- 1928 - Pierre Mauroy, French politician
- 1928 - Katherine Helmond, American actress
- 1928 - Warren Oates, American actor (d. 1982)
- 1924 - Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and museum curator (d. 2001)
- 1924 - János Starker, Hungarian cellist
- 1920 - Mary Louise Hancock, American politician and activist
- 1918 - George Rochberg, American composer (d. 2005)
- 1918 - René Lecavalier, French-Canadian radio host and television sportscaster (d. 1999)
- 1915 - John Woodruff, American 800m runner (d. 2007)
- 1914 - Gerda Gilboe, Danish actress (d. 2009)
- 1913 - Smiley Lewis, American rhythm and blues vocalist and guitarist (d. 1966)
- 1912 - Mack David, American lyricist (d. 1993)
- 1911 - Georges Pompidou, French politician (d. 1974)
- 1910 - Georges Vedel, French public law professor (d. 2002)
- 1910 - Robert K. Merton, American sociologist (d. 2003)
- 1905 - Myles Horton, American educator and Civil Rights Movement teacher (d. 1990)
- 1904 - Harold Acton, American writer and dilettante (d. 1994)
- 1904 - Ernst Mayr, American biologist (d. 2005)
- 1904 - Milburn Stone, American actor (d. 1980)
- 1902 - Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., American diplomat (d. 1985)
- 1901 - Sergey Obraztsov, Soviet puppet master (d. 1992)
- 1900 - Yoshimaro Yamashina, Japanese ornithologist (d. 1989)
- 1899 - Marcel Achard, French playwright, screenwriter and author (d. 1974)
- 1895 - Gordon Jacob, English composer (d. 1984)
- 1891 - John Howard Northrop, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1987)
- 1891 - Tin Ujevi?, Croatian poet (d. 1955)
- 1890 - Frederick Lewis Allen, American social historian (d. 1954)
- 1889 - Jean Cocteau, French writer (d. 1963)
- 1888 - Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1963)
- 1886 - Willem Drees, Dutch Politician, Prime Minister and Centenarian (d. 1988)
- 1885 - Blas Infante, Spanish politician (d. 1936)
- 1885 - André Lhote, French painter (d. 1962)
- 1882 - Inayat Khan, Indian sufi (d. 1927)
- 1880 - Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist (d. 1940)
- 1879 - Wanda Landowska, Polish harpsichordist (d. 1959)
- 1879 - Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician (d. 1945)
- 1874 - Eugen Fischer, German physician (d. 1967)
- 1872 - Edouard Herriot, French politician (d. 1957)
- 1860 - Robert Bacon, American politician (d. 1919)
- 1857 - Clara Zetkin, German socialist (d. 1933)
- 1853 - Cecil Rhodes, British founder of Rhodesia (d. 1902)
- 1841 - William C. Whitney, American financier (d. 1904)
- 1832 - Pavel Chistyakov, Russian painter (d. 1919)
- 1829 - Ignacio Mariscal, Mexican writer and diplomat (d. 1910)
- 1820 - William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish engineer and physicist (d. 1872)
- 1810 - P.T. Barnum, American circus owner (d. 1891)
- 1805 - Robert FitzRoy, British naval officer, Captain of the HMS Beagle and metereologist (d. 1865)
- 1805 - Jérôme Napoleon Bonaparte, French prince (d. 1870)
- 1802 - Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (d. 1855)
- 1801 - David Farragut, American naval commander (d. 1870)
- 1794 - Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist (d. 1851)
- 1793 - Pavel Pestel, Russian revolutionary (d. 1826)
- 1780 - François Carlo Antommarchi, French physician (d. 1838)
- 1755 - Sarah Siddons, British actress (d. 1831)
- 1745 - Carl Arnold Kortum, German physician (d. 1824)
- 1718 - Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, English Viceroy of Ireland (d. 1794)
- 1717 - Peter III of Portugal, consort of Queen Maria I of Portugal (d. 1786)
- 1675 - Mary Walcott, American accuser at the Salem witch trials (d. after 1719)
- 1670 - Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg, German-born Duchess of Parma (d. 1748)
- 1653 - Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (d. 1726)
- 1586 - Thomas Hooker, English Connecticut colonist (d. 1647)
- 1549 - Francesco Maria Del Monte, Italian diplomat (d. 1627)
- 1547 - Garzia de' Medici, Prince of Tuscany (d. 1562)
- 1321 - Joan of The Tower, Queen consort of Scotland, wife of King David II of Scotland (d. 1362)
- 1029 - Ma'ad al-Mustansir Billah, Egyptian Caliph (d. 1094)