July 5th All Events |
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| July 5th, 2008 (July 05 2008) | Death | Hasan Dogan, 37th president of the Turkish Football Federation (born in 1956) | |
| July 5th, 2007 (July 05 2007) | Death | Regine Crespin, French operatic soprano (born in 1927) | |
| July 5th, 2007 (July 05 2007) | Death | Kerwin Mathews, American actor (born in 1926) | |
| July 5th, 2007 (July 05 2007) | Death | George Melly, British jazz & blues musician (born in 1926) | |
| July 5th, 2006 (July 05 2006) | Event | North Korea launched at least two short-range Nodong-2 missiles, one SCUD missile and one long-range Taepodong-2 missile. | |
| July 5th, 2006 (July 05 2006) | Event | Emergency United Nations Security Council meeting held at the U.N in New York City because of the North Korean missile tests a day before. | |
| July 5th, 2006 (July 05 2006) | Death | Kenneth Lay, American businessman (born in 1942) | |
| July 5th, 2005 (July 05 2005) | Death | James Stockdale, U.S. Navy vice admiral (born in 1923) | |
| July 5th, 2005 (July 05 2005) | Death | Shirley Goodman, American singer (born in 1936) | |
| July 5th, 2004 (July 05 2004) | Event | First Indonesian presidential election by the nation. | |
| July 5th, 2004 (July 05 2004) | Death | Hugh Shearer, Prime Minister of Jamaica (born in 1923) | |
| July 5th, 2004 (July 05 2004) | Death | Rodger Ward, American race car driver (born in 1921) | |
| July 5th, 2003 (July 05 2003) | Event | SARS is declared to be contained by the WHO. | |
| July 5th, 2003 (July 05 2003) | Death | Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player (born in 1979) | |
| July 5th, 2002 (July 05 2002) | Death | Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (born in 1924) | |
| July 5th, 2002 (July 05 2002) | Death | Ted Williams, American baseball player (born in 1918) | Ted Williams Quotes |
| July 5th, 2001 (July 05 2001) | Death | Ernie K-Doe, American singer (born in 1936) | |
| July 5th, 1998 (July 05 1998) | Event | Japan launches a probe to Mars, and thus joins the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation. | |
| July 5th, 1998 (July 05 1998) | Death | Sid Luckman, American football player (born in 1916) | |
| July 5th, 1997 (July 05 1997) | Death | Mrs. Miller, American singer (born in 1907) | |
| July 5th, 1996 (July 05 1996) | Event | Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell. | |
| July 5th, 1996 (July 05 1996) | Death | Erik Wickberg, The Salvation Army general (born in 1904) | |
| July 5th, 1994 (July 05 1994) | Event | The United States announced it would refuse further unrestricted immigration from Haiti. | |
| July 5th, 1991 (July 05 1991) | Birth | Jason Dolley, American actor | |
| July 5th, 1991 (July 05 1991) | Death | Howard Nemerov, American poet (born in 1920) | |
| July 5th, 1989 (July 05 1989) | Event | 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. | |
| July 5th, 1989 (July 05 1989) | Birth | Joseph King, American musician (Canvas) | |
| July 5th, 1987 (July 05 1987) | Event | 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. | |
| July 5th, 1985 (July 05 1985) | Birth | Stephanie McIntosh, Australian pop singer and actress | |
| July 5th, 1985 (July 05 1985) | Birth | Nick O Malley, British musician (Arctic Monkeys) | |
| July 5th, 1984 (July 05 1984) | Birth | Yu Yamada, Ryukyuan model, actress and singer | |
| July 5th, 1983 (July 05 1983) | Birth | Zheng Jie, Chinese tennis player | |
| July 5th, 1983 (July 05 1983) | Death | Harry James, American musician (born in 1916) | |
| July 5th, 1982 (July 05 1982) | Birth | Alberto Gilardino, Italian footballer | |
| July 5th, 1982 (July 05 1982) | Birth | Philippe Gilbert, Belgian cyclist | |
| July 5th, 1981 (July 05 1981) | Birth | Jesse Crain, Canadian baseball player | |
| July 5th, 1981 (July 05 1981) | Birth | Ryan Hansen, American actor | |
| July 5th, 1980 (July 05 1980) | Birth | Eva Green, French actress | |
| July 5th, 1980 (July 05 1980) | Birth | Jason Wade, American musician (Lifehouse) | |
| July 5th, 1980 (July 05 1980) | Birth | David Rozehnal, Czech footballer | |
| July 5th, 1979 (July 05 1979) | Birth | Stiliyan Petrov, Bulgarian footballer | |
| July 5th, 1979 (July 05 1979) | Birth | Shane Filan, Irish musician (Westlife) | |
| July 5th, 1979 (July 05 1979) | Birth | Amelie Mauresmo, French tennis player | |
| July 5th, 1977 (July 05 1977) | Event | Military coup in Pakistan Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto the very first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan overthrown. | |
| July 5th, 1977 (July 05 1977) | Birth | Royce Da 5 9", American rapper | |
| July 5th, 1977 (July 05 1977) | Birth | Nicolas Kiefer, German tennis player. | |
| July 5th, 1976 (July 05 1976) | Birth | Nuno Gomes, Portuguese footballer | |
| July 5th, 1976 (July 05 1976) | Birth | Marina Dias, Brazilian model | |
| July 5th, 1976 (July 05 1976) | Birth | Bizarre, American rapper (D12) | |
| July 5th, 1975 (July 05 1975) | Event | Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title. | Arthur Ashe Quotes |
| July 5th, 1975 (July 05 1975) | Event | Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal. | |
| July 5th, 1975 (July 05 1975) | Birth | Hernan Crespo, Argentinian footballer | |
| July 5th, 1975 (July 05 1975) | Birth | Gunnar H. Thomsen, Faroese musician (Tyr) | Thom Gunn Quotes |
| July 5th, 1975 (July 05 1975) | Birth | Kip Gamblin, Australian dancer and actor | |
| July 5th, 1975 (July 05 1975) | Birth | Ai Sugiyama, Japanese tennis player | |
| July 5th, 1975 (July 05 1975) | Death | Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano (born in 1892) | |
| July 5th, 1974 (July 05 1974) | Birth | Marcio Amoroso, Brazilian footballer | |
| July 5th, 1973 (July 05 1973) | Event | Catastrophic BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) in Kingman, Arizona, following a fire that broke out as propane was being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, kills 11 firefighters. This explosion has become a classic incident studied in fire department training programs worldwide. | |
| July 5th, 1973 (July 05 1973) | Birth | Marcus Allback, Swedish footballer | |
| July 5th, 1973 (July 05 1973) | Birth | Bengt Lagerberg, Swedish musician (The Cardigans) | |
| July 5th, 1973 (July 05 1973) | Birth | Roisin Murphy, Irish musician | |
| July 5th, 1973 (July 05 1973) | Birth | Rene Spies, German bobsledder | |
| July 5th, 1972 (July 05 1972) | Birth | Letha Weapons, porn actress | |
| July 5th, 1971 (July 05 1971) | Event | 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. | |
| July 5th, 1971 (July 05 1971) | Birth | Derek McInnes, Scottish footballer | |
| July 5th, 1970 (July 05 1970) | Event | Air Canada Flight 621 crashes near Toronto International Airport killing 109 people. | |
| July 5th, 1970 (July 05 1970) | Birth | Mac Dre, American rapper (died in 2004) | |
| July 5th, 1969 (July 05 1969) | Birth | John LeClair, American hockey player | |
| July 5th, 1969 (July 05 1969) | Birth | RZA, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan) | |
| July 5th, 1969 (July 05 1969) | Birth | Jenji Kohan, American television writer and producer | |
| July 5th, 1969 (July 05 1969) | Death | Walter Gropius, German architect (born in 1883) | |
| July 5th, 1969 (July 05 1969) | Death | Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (born in 1884) | |
| July 5th, 1969 (July 05 1969) | Death | Leo McCarey, American film director (born in 1898) | |
| July 5th, 1969 (July 05 1969) | Death | Tom Mboya, Kenyan politician (born in 1930) | |
| July 5th, 1968 (July 05 1968) | Birth | Ken Akamatsu, Mangaka | |
| July 5th, 1968 (July 05 1968) | Birth | Kenji Ito, Japanese composer | |
| July 5th, 1968 (July 05 1968) | Birth | John Ruskin a.k.a. Nardwuar the Human Serviette, Canadian journalist | John Ruskin Quotes |
| July 5th, 1968 (July 05 1968) | Birth | Alex Zulle, Swiss cyclist | |
| July 5th, 1967 (July 05 1967) | Birth | Silvia Ziche, Italian comics artist | |
| July 5th, 1966 (July 05 1966) | Birth | Kathryn Erbe, American actress | |
| July 5th, 1966 (July 05 1966) | Birth | Susannah Doyle, British actress | |
| July 5th, 1966 (July 05 1966) | Birth | Gianfranco Zola, Italian footballer | |
| July 5th, 1966 (July 05 1966) | Death | George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1885) | |
| July 5th, 1965 (July 05 1965) | Birth | Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli jazz pianist | |
| July 5th, 1965 (July 05 1965) | Death | Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican diplomat and international playboy (born in 1909) | |
| July 5th, 1963 (July 05 1963) | Birth | Edie Falco, American actress | |
| July 5th, 1963 (July 05 1963) | Birth | Russ Lorenson, American singer and actor | |
| July 5th, 1962 (July 05 1962) | Event | Algeria becomes independent from France. | |
| July 5th, 1961 (July 05 1961) | Birth | Isabelle Poulenard, French soprano | |
| July 5th, 1960 (July 05 1960) | Birth | Pruitt Taylor Vince, American actor | |
| July 5th, 1960 (July 05 1960) | Birth | James M. Kelly, American politician | |
| July 5th, 1960 (July 05 1960) | Birth | Brad Loree, Canadian actor and stunt performer | |
| July 5th, 1959 (July 05 1959) | Birth | Marc Cohn, American singer and songwriter | |
| July 5th, 1958 (July 05 1958) | Event | First ascent of Gasherbrum I, 11th highest peak on the earth. | |
| July 5th, 1958 (July 05 1958) | Birth | Paul Daniel, British opera and symphony conductor | |
| July 5th, 1958 (July 05 1958) | Birth | Tzipi Livni, Israeli politician | |
| July 5th, 1958 (July 05 1958) | Birth | Bill Watterson, American cartoonist | Bill Watterson Quotes |
| July 5th, 1957 (July 05 1957) | Birth | David Hanson, politician | |
| July 5th, 1957 (July 05 1957) | Birth | David Pinkney , British Touring Car Racer | |
| July 5th, 1957 (July 05 1957) | Birth | Doug Wilson, Canadian hockey player | |
| July 5th, 1957 (July 05 1957) | Death | Charles Sherwood Noble, American-born inventor | |
| July 5th, 1956 (July 05 1956) | Birth | Patsy Pease, American actress | |
| July 5th, 1956 (July 05 1956) | Birth | James Lofton, American football player and coach | |
| July 5th, 1955 (July 05 1955) | Birth | Peter McNamara, Australian tennis player | |
| July 5th, 1954 (July 05 1954) | Event | The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin. | |
| July 5th, 1954 (July 05 1954) | Event | Andhra Pradesh High Court is established. | |
| July 5th, 1954 (July 05 1954) | Birth | Leni Bjorklund, Swedish politician | |
| July 5th, 1954 (July 05 1954) | Birth | John Wright, New Zealand cricketer | |
| July 5th, 1954 (July 05 1954) | Birth | Jimmy Crespo, American guitarist (Aerosmith) | |
| July 5th, 1951 (July 05 1951) | Event | William Shockley invents the junction transistor. | |
| July 5th, 1951 (July 05 1951) | Birth | Rich Gossage, American baseball player | |
| July 5th, 1951 (July 05 1951) | Birth | Keiko Fuji, Japanese enka singer | |
| July 5th, 1950 (July 05 1950) | Event | Korean War: Task Force SmithFirst clash between American and North Korean forces. | |
| July 5th, 1950 (July 05 1950) | Event | Zionism: The Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel. | |
| July 5th, 1950 (July 05 1950) | Birth | Huey Lewis, American musician (Huey Lewis & The News) | |
| July 5th, 1950 (July 05 1950) | Birth | Michael Monarch, American guitarist (Steppenwolf) | |
| July 5th, 1948 (July 05 1948) | Event | British National Health Service Act enacted. | |
| July 5th, 1948 (July 05 1948) | Birth | William Hootkins, American actor (died in 2005) | |
| July 5th, 1948 (July 05 1948) | Death | Georges Bernanos, French writer (born in 1888) | |
| July 5th, 1948 (July 05 1948) | Death | Carole Landis, American actress (born in 1919) | |
| July 5th, 1947 (July 05 1947) | Event | 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.) | |
| July 5th, 1946 (July 05 1946) | Event | The bikini is introduced in Paris, France. | |
| July 5th, 1946 (July 05 1946) | Birth | Pierre-Marc Johnson, Quebecois lawyer, physician and politician | |
| July 5th, 1946 (July 05 1946) | Birth | Paul Smith, British fashion designer | |
| July 5th, 1946 (July 05 1946) | Birth | Gerardus t Hooft, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laurete | |
| July 5th, 1945 (July 05 1945) | Event | World War II: Liberation of the Philippines declared. | |
| July 5th, 1945 (July 05 1945) | Birth | Humberto Benitez Trevino, Mexican Politician and Attorney General of Mexico. | |
| July 5th, 1945 (July 05 1945) | Death | John Curtin, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (born in 1885) | |
| July 5th, 1943 (July 05 1943) | Event | The Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history, included world largest tank battle at Prokhorovka village, July 12. | |
| July 5th, 1943 (July 05 1943) | Event | World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sails for Sicily (Operation Husky, July 10, 1943). | |
| July 5th, 1943 (July 05 1943) | Birth | Curt Blefary, American baseball player (died in 2001) | |
| July 5th, 1943 (July 05 1943) | Birth | Robbie Robertson, Canadian guitarist (The Band). | |
| July 5th, 1942 (July 05 1942) | Birth | Johannes Lohr, German footballer and trainer | |
| July 5th, 1941 (July 05 1941) | Event | World War II: German troops reach the Dniepr River. | |
| July 5th, 1940 (July 05 1940) | Event | World War II: The United Kingdom and the Vichy France government break off diplomatic relations. | |
| July 5th, 1940 (July 05 1940) | Birth | Chuck Close, American painter and photographer | Chuck D Quotes |
| July 5th, 1939 (July 05 1939) | Birth | Booker Edgerson, American football player | |
| July 5th, 1938 (July 05 1938) | Birth | Ronnie Self, American rock singer and songwriter (died in 1981) | |
| July 5th, 1937 (July 05 1937) | Event | Spam, the luncheon meat, was introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation. | |
| July 5th, 1937 (July 05 1937) | Event | Highest recorded temperature in Canada, at Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan: 45ø C (113ø F). | |
| July 5th, 1936 (July 05 1936) | Birth | Shirley Knight, American actress | |
| July 5th, 1936 (July 05 1936) | Birth | James Mirrlees, Scottish economist, Nobel Prize laureate | |
| July 5th, 1935 (July 05 1935) | Event | The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor relations in the United States, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. | |
| July 5th, 1935 (July 05 1935) | Birth | John Gilmore, American true crime author | |
| July 5th, 1934 (July 05 1934) | Event | "Bloody Thursday"Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco. | |
| July 5th, 1932 (July 05 1932) | Birth | Billy Laughlin, American actor (died in 1948) | |
| July 5th, 1932 (July 05 1932) | Birth | Gyula Horn, former Hungarian prime minister | |
| July 5th, 1932 (July 05 1932) | Death | Sasha Cherny, Russian poet (born in 1880) | |
| July 5th, 1929 (July 05 1929) | Death | Henry Lincoln Johnson, Member of 369th regiment (aka Harlem Hell Fighters), first American to receive the Croix de guerre (born in 1897) | |
| July 5th, 1928 (July 05 1928) | Birth | Warren Oates, American actor (died in 1982) | |
| July 5th, 1928 (July 05 1928) | Birth | Pierre Mauroy, French politician | |
| July 5th, 1928 (July 05 1928) | Birth | Katherine Helmond, American actress | |
| July 5th, 1927 (July 05 1927) | Death | Albrecht Kossel, German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born in 1853) | |
| July 5th, 1924 (July 05 1924) | Birth | Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and museum curator (died in 2001) | |
| July 5th, 1924 (July 05 1924) | Birth | Janos Starker, Hungarian cellist | |
| July 5th, 1920 (July 05 1920) | Birth | Mary Louise Hancock, American politician and activist | |
| July 5th, 1920 (July 05 1920) | Death | Max Klinger, German artist (born in 1857) | |
| July 5th, 1918 (July 05 1918) | Birth | George Rochberg, American composer (died in 2005) | |
| July 5th, 1918 (July 05 1918) | Birth | Rene Lecavalier, French Canadian radio host and television sportscaster (died in 1999) | |
| July 5th, 1915 (July 05 1915) | Birth | John Woodruff, American athlete (died in 2007) | |
| July 5th, 1913 (July 05 1913) | Birth | Smiley Lewis, American musician (died in 1966) | |
| July 5th, 1911 (July 05 1911) | Birth | Georges Pompidou, French politician (died in 1974) | |
| July 5th, 1910 (July 05 1910) | Birth | Georges Vedel, French public law (died in 2002) | |
| July 5th, 1908 (July 05 1908) | Death | Jonas Lie, Norwegian author (born in 1833) | |
| July 5th, 1905 (July 05 1905) | Birth | Myles Horton, American educator and Civil Rights Movement teacher (died in 1990) | |
| July 5th, 1904 (July 05 1904) | Birth | Harold Acton, American writer and dilettante (died in 1994) | |
| July 5th, 1904 (July 05 1904) | Birth | Ernst Mayr, American biologist (died in 2005) | |
| July 5th, 1904 (July 05 1904) | Birth | Milburn Stone, American actor (died in 1980) | |
| July 5th, 1904 (July 05 1904) | Death | Abai Kunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet (born in 1845) | |
| July 5th, 1902 (July 05 1902) | Birth | Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., American diplomat (died in 1985) | Henry Cabot Lodge Quotes |
| July 5th, 1901 (July 05 1901) | Birth | Sergey Obraztsov, Soviet puppet master (died in 1992) | |
| July 5th, 1899 (July 05 1899) | Birth | Marcel Achard, French playwright, screenwriter and author (died in 1974) | |
| July 5th, 1898 (July 05 1898) | Birth | Yip Man, Ving Tsun Sifu and Master of Style (Gung-Gung) (died in 1972) | |
| July 5th, 1895 (July 05 1895) | Birth | Gordon Jacob, English composer (died in 1984) | |
| July 5th, 1891 (July 05 1891) | Birth | John Howard Northrop, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1987) | |
| July 5th, 1891 (July 05 1891) | Birth | Tin Ujevic, Croatian poet (died in 1955) | |
| July 5th, 1890 (July 05 1890) | Birth | Frederick Lewis Allen, American social historian (died in 1954) | Frederick Lewis Allen Quotes |
| July 5th, 1889 (July 05 1889) | Birth | Jean Cocteau, French writer (died in 1963) | Jean Cocteau Quotes |
| July 5th, 1888 (July 05 1888) | Birth | Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1963) | Herbert Spencer Quotes |
| July 5th, 1886 (July 05 1886) | Birth | Willem Drees, Dutch politician (died in 1988) | |
| July 5th, 1885 (July 05 1885) | Birth | Blas Infante, Spanish politician (died in 1936) | |
| July 5th, 1885 (July 05 1885) | Birth | Andre Lhote, French painter (died in 1962) | |
| July 5th, 1884 (July 05 1884) | Event | Germany takes possession of Cameroon. | |
| July 5th, 1882 (July 05 1882) | Birth | Inayat Khan, Indian sufi (died in 1927). | |
| July 5th, 1880 (July 05 1880) | Birth | Jan Kubelik, Czech violinist (died in 1940) | |
| July 5th, 1879 (July 05 1879) | Birth | Wanda Landowska, Polish harpsichordist (died in 1959) | |
| July 5th, 1879 (July 05 1879) | Birth | Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician (died in 1945) | |
| July 5th, 1878 (July 05 1878) | Event | The coat of arms of the Baku governorate was established. | |
| July 5th, 1874 (July 05 1874) | Birth | Eugen Fischer, Nazi physician (died in 1967) | |
| July 5th, 1872 (July 05 1872) | Birth | Edouard Herriot, French politician (died in 1957) | |
| July 5th, 1865 (July 05 1865) | Event | The Salvation Army is founded in the East End of London, England. | |
| July 5th, 1862 (July 05 1862) | Death | Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist (born in 1800) | |
| July 5th, 1860 (July 05 1860) | Birth | Robert Bacon, American politician (died in 1919) | |
| July 5th, 1859 (July 05 1859) | Death | Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist (born in 1777) | |
| July 5th, 1853 (July 05 1853) | Birth | Cecil Rhodes, British founder of Rhodesia (died in 1902) | |
| July 5th, 1841 (July 05 1841) | Birth | William C. Whitney, American financier (died in 1904) | |
| July 5th, 1833 (July 05 1833) | Event | Admiral Charles Napier defeats the navy of the Portuguese usurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent. | |
| July 5th, 1833 (July 05 1833) | Death | Nicephore Niepce, French inventor (born in 1765) | |
| July 5th, 1830 (July 05 1830) | Event | France invades Algeria. | |
| July 5th, 1829 (July 05 1829) | Birth | Ignacio Mariscal, Writer and Mexican diplomat (died in 1910) | |
| July 5th, 1820 (July 05 1820) | Birth | William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish engineer and physicist (died in 1872) | John Scott Quotes |
| July 5th, 1814 (July 05 1814) | Event | War of 1812: Battle of ChippawaAmerican Major General Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippawa, Ontario. | |
| July 5th, 1813 (July 05 1813) | Event | War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin. | |
| July 5th, 1811 (July 05 1811) | Event | Venezuela declares independence from Spain. | |
| July 5th, 1810 (July 05 1810) | Birth | P.T. Barnum, American circus owner (died in 1891) | P.T. Barnum Quotes |
| July 5th, 1809 (July 05 1809) | Event | Battle of Wagram starts, the two-day battle was the largest yet of the Napoleonic Wars. | |
| July 5th, 1805 (July 05 1805) | Birth | Robert Fitz Roy, British naval officer and scientist (died in 1865) | |
| July 5th, 1803 (July 05 1803) | Event | The convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king). | |
| July 5th, 1801 (July 05 1801) | Birth | David Farragut, American naval commander (died in 1870) | |
| July 5th, 1794 (July 05 1794) | Birth | Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist (died in 1851) | |
| July 5th, 1775 (July 05 1775) | Event | US Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition. | |
| July 5th, 1773 (July 05 1773) | Death | Francisco Jose Freire, Portuguese historian and philologist (born in 1719) | Philo Quotes |
| July 5th, 1770 (July 05 1770) | Event | Battle of Chesma and Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. | |
| July 5th, 1719 (July 05 1719) | Death | Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Irish general (born in 1641) | |
| July 5th, 1718 (July 05 1718) | Birth | Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Viceroy of Ireland (died in 1794) | |
| July 5th, 1717 (July 05 1717) | Birth | Pedro III of Portugal, consort of Maria I of Portugal (died in 1786) | |
| July 5th, 1715 (July 05 1715) | Death | Charles Ancillon, French Huguenot pastor (born in 1659) | |
| July 5th, 1687 (July 05 1687) | Event | Isaac Newton publishes Philosophi? Naturalis Principia Mathematica. | Isaac Newton Quotes |
| July 5th, 1676 (July 05 1676) | Death | Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (born in 1613) | |
| July 5th, 1675 (July 05 1675) | Birth | Mary Walcott, American accuser at the Salem witch trials | |
| July 5th, 1666 (July 05 1666) | Death | Albert VI of Bavaria (born in 1584) | |
| July 5th, 1653 (July 05 1653) | Birth | Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (died in 1726) | |
| July 5th, 1610 (July 05 1610) | Event | John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland. | |
| July 5th, 1586 (July 05 1586) | Birth | Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist (died in 1647) | |
| July 5th, 1539 (July 05 1539) | Death | St. Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Italian saint (born in 1502) | |
| July 5th, 1472 (July 05 1472) | Death | Charles of Artois, Count of Eu, French military leader (born in 1394) | |
| July 5th, 1375 (July 05 1375) | Death | Charles III of Alencon, French archbishop (born in 1337) | |
| July 5th, 1321 (July 05 1321) | Birth | Joan of The Tower, Queen consort of Scotland (died in 1362) | |
| July 5th, 1316 (July 05 1316) | Death | Infante Ferdinand of Majorca (born in 1278) | |
| July 5th, 1295 (July 05 1295) | Event | Scotland and France form an alliance, the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. | |
