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This day in history: 5 July

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Key facts

393 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 5 July.
Entries come from Wikipedia’s day pages and are ordered by page views.
2024: Keir Starmer is appointed Prime Minister by Charles III, becoming the first Labour prime minister since Gordon Brown in 2010 and the first one to win a general election since Tony Blair at the 2005 general election.

Holidays and observances

Bloody Thursday (International Longshore and Warehouse Union)

Christian feast day: Anthony Maria Zaccaria, priest (died 1539)

Christian feast day: Cyril and Methodius (a public holiday in Czech Republic and Slovakia)

Christian feast day: July 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Martha, mother of Simeon Stylites the Younger

Christian feast day: Wexford Martyrs (Roman Catholic Church)

Christian feast day: Zoe of Rome (Roman Catholic Church)

Fifth of July (New York), historic celebration of the abolition of slavery in New York in 1827.

Independence Day (Algeria), celebrating the independence of Algeria from France in 1962.

Independence Day (Cape Verde), celebrating the independence of Cape Verde from Portugal in 1975.

Independence Day (Venezuela), celebrating the independence of Venezuela from Spain in 1811; also National Armed Forces Day.

Tynwald Day, if July 5 is on a weekend, the holiday is the following Monday. (Isle of Man)

Events

2024Keir Starmer is appointed Prime Minister by Charles III, becoming the first Labour prime minister since Gordon Brown in 2010 and the first one to win a general election since Tony Blair at the 2005 general election.

2023The last Ariane 5 rocket is launched, carrying the Heinrich Hertz and Syracuse 4B satellites.

2022British government ministers Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak resign from the second Johnson ministry, beginning the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.

2016The Juno space probe arrives at Jupiter and begins a 20-month survey of the planet.

2012The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020 ft).

2009A series of violent riots break out in Ürümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China.

2009The Staffordshire Horde, the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered in Britain, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, Staffordshire.

2006North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan.

2004The first direct Indonesian presidential election is held.

2003The World Health Organization announces that the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak has been contained.

1999U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

1997Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP A. Thangathurai is shot dead at Sri Shanmuga Hindu Ladies College in Trincomalee.

1996Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.

1995Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after its independence from the Soviet Union.

1994Jeff Bezos founds Amazon.

1989Iran–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.

1987Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic.

1984The United States Supreme Court gives its United States v. Leon decision providing a good-faith exception from the Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule against use of evidence obtained through defective warrants in criminal trials.

1980Swedish tennis player Björn Borg wins his fifth Wimbledon final and becomes the first male tennis player to win the championships five times in a row (1976–1980).

1977The Pakistan Armed Forces under Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq seize power in Operation Fair Play and begin 11 years of martial law. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.

1975Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.

1975Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.

1973A boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) in Kingman, Arizona, following a fire that broke out as propane was being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, kills eleven firefighters.

1973Juvénal Habyarimana seizes power over Rwanda in a coup d'état.

1971The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon.

1970Air Canada Flight 621 crashes in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, killing all 109 people on board.

1962The official independence of Algeria is proclaimed after an eight-year-long war with France.

1954Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.

1954The BBC broadcasts its first daily television news bulletin.

1950Korean War: Task Force Smith: American and North Korean forces first clash, in the Battle of Osan.

1950The Knesset of Israel passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to the Land of Israel.

1948National Health Service Acts create the national public health system in the United Kingdom.

1946Micheline Bernardini models the first modern bikini at a swimming pool in Paris.

1945The United Kingdom holds its first general election in 10 years, which would be won by Clement Attlee's Labour Party.

1943World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sails for Sicily (Operation Husky, July 10, 1943).

1943World War II: German forces begin a massive offensive against the Soviet Union at the Battle of Kursk, also known as Operation Citadel.

1941World War II: Operation Barbarossa: German troops reach the Dnieper river.

1940World War II: Foreign relations of Vichy France are severed with the United Kingdom.

1935The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor relations in the United States, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

1934"Bloody Thursday": The police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.

Born on this day

2005Sombr, American singer and songwriter

2003Junior Caminero, Dominican baseball player

2000Faouzia, Moroccan-Canadian singer and songwriter

1999Kang Hye-won, South Korean actress and singer

1999Suzan Lamens, Dutch tennis player

1998Emily Fox, American soccer player

1996Aamir Jamal, Pakistani cricketer

1996Brianna Turner, American basketball player

1995Danton Heinen, Canadian ice hockey player

1994Jeon Jong-seo, South Korean actress

1994Shohei Ohtani, Japanese baseball player

1993Jorge Polanco, Dominican baseball player

1993Yaroslav Kosov, Russian ice hockey player

1992Alberto Moreno, Spanish footballer

1992Chiara Scholl, American tennis player

1991Jason Dolley, American actor, musician and Twitch streamer

1990Abeba Aregawi, Ethiopian-Swedish runner

1989Adam Cole, American wrestler

1989Georgios Efrem, Cypriot footballer

1988Ish Smith, American basketball player

1988Samir Ujkani, Albanian footballer

1987Alexander Kristoff, Norwegian cyclist

1987Cam Talbot, Canadian ice hockey player

1987Ji Chang-wook, South Korean actor[citation needed]

1987Safiq Rahim, Malaysian footballer

1986Alexander Radulov, Russian ice hockey player

1986Iurii Cheban, Ukrainian canoe sprinter

1986Piermario Morosini, Italian footballer (died 2012)

1985Alexandre R. Picard, Canadian ice hockey player

1985François Arnaud, Canadian actor

1985Megan Rapinoe, American soccer player

1984Danay Garcia, Cuban actress

1983Jonás Gutiérrez, Argentinian footballer

1983Marco Estrada, Mexican baseball player

1983Zheng Jie, Chinese tennis player

1982Alberto Gilardino, Italian footballer

1982Alexander Dimitrenko, Ukrainian-German boxer

1982Beno Udrih, Slovenian basketball player

1982Dave Haywood, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1982Fabrício de Souza, Brazilian footballer

Died on this day

2024Bengt I. Samuelsson, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1934)

2024Jon Landau, American film producer (born 1960)

2024Vic Seixas, American tennis player (born 1923)

2021Raffaella Carrà, Italian singer, dancer, television presenter and actress (born 1943)

2021Richard Donner, American film director (born 1930)

2020Nick Cordero, Canadian actor and singer (born 1978)

2015Uffe Haagerup, Danish mathematician and academic (born 1949)

2015Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1921)

2014Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian and academic (born 1931)

2014Rosemary Murphy, American actress (born 1925)

2014Volodymyr Sabodan, Ukrainian metropolitan (born 1935)

2013David Cargo, American politician, 22nd Governor of New Mexico (born 1929)

2013Lambert Jackson Woodburne, South African admiral (born 1939)

2013William Tebeau, American engineer, first African-American man to graduate from Oregon State University (born 1925)

2012Gerrit Komrij, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (born 1944)

2012Rob Goris, Belgian cyclist (born 1982)

2012Ruud van Hemert, Dutch actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1938)

2011Cy Twombly, American-Italian painter, sculptor, and photographer (born 1928)

2010Bob Probert, Canadian ice hockey player and radio host (born 1965)

2008Hasan Doğan, Turkish businessman (born 1956)

2007George Melly, English singer-songwriter and critic (born 1926)

2007Régine Crespin, French soprano (born 1927)

2006Gert Fredriksson, Swedish canoe racer (born 1919)

2006Kenneth Lay, American businessman (born 1942)

2006Thirunalloor Karunakaran, Indian poet and scholar (born 1924)

2005James Stockdale, American admiral (born 1923)

2004Hugh Shearer, Jamaican journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica (born 1923)

2002Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (born 1924)

2002Ted Williams, American baseball player and manager (born 1918)

1998Sid Luckman, American football player (born 1916)

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