This Day in History - July 5th

Featured Historical Event for July 5th Venezuela declares independence from Spain. Venezuela declared independence from Spain on this day in 1811. The Spanish were not willing to give up control, however, and years of fighting followed. It was 1829 before Venezuela finally became its own nation. Find Venezuela on a map.

Historical Events That Occurred on July 5th

	Todt builds autobahn (1933)
	Venezuela declares independence from Spain. (1811)
	Japan launches a probe to Mars, and thus joins the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation. (1998)
	Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title. (1975)
	William Shockley invents the junction transistor. (1951)
	Taiwan is the last territory to be removed from the WHO's list of SARS affected areas. (2003)
	Admiral Charles Napier defeats the navy of the Portuguese usurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent. (1833)
	Catastrophic BLEVE (1973)
	World War II: Battle of Kursk - The largest tank battle in history begins. (1943)
	Algeria becomes independent from France. (1962)
	France invades Algeria. (1830)
	Highest recorded temperature in Canada, at Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan: 45 °C. (1937)
	World War II: The United Kingdom and the Vichy France government break off diplomatic relations. (1940)
	The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin. (1954)
	The world's first maximum speed law is enacted in England. (1865)
	Germany takes possession of Cameroon. (1884)
	Korean War: Task Force Smith - First clash between American and North Korean forces. (1950)
	Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal. (1975)
	World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sails for Sicily (1943)
	World War II: Liberation of the Philippines declared. (1945)
	Andhra Pradesh High Court is established. (1954)
	First Indonesian presidential election, 2004 by the nation. (2004)
	Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. (1770)
	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. (1971)
	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. Seinfeld has its pilot. (1989)
	John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland. (1610)
	The United States announced it would refuse further unrestricted immigration from Haiti. (1994)
	First ascent of Gasherbrum I, 11th highest peak on the earth (1958)
	Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. (1687)
	War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin. (1813)
	War of 1812: Battle of Chippewa - American Major General Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippewa, Ontario. (1814)
	World War II: German troops reach the Dniepr River. (1941)
	The bikini is introduced. (1946)
	Military coup in Pakistan Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto the very first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan overthrown. (1977)
	Dolly the sheep, first cloned mammal (1996)
	British National Health Service Act enacted. (1948)
	The convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation of Hanover (1803)
	"Bloody Thursday" - Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco. (1934)
	Elvis Presley has his first commercial recording session. He sang That's All Right (1954)
	An Air Canada DC-8 crashes near Toronto International Airport killing 108 people. (1970)
	Zionism: The Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel. (1950)
	William Booth founds The Christian Mission (1865)
	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. (1987)

Holidays on July 5th

	Church of the SubGenius: X-Day (1998)
	Algeria: Independence Day (1962)
	Venezuela: Independence Day (1811)
	Cape Verde: Independence Day (1975)
	Isle of Man: Tynwald Day (1266)
	Czech Republic and Slovakia: Arrival of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Great Moravia (around 863)

Notable People Born on July 5th

	Marina Dias, Brazilian supermodel (1976)
	Amélie Mauresmo, French tennis player (1979)
	Sergey Obraztsov, Soviet puppet master (1901)
	Royce Da 5'9", American Rapper (1977)
	Pruitt Taylor Vince, American actor (1960)
	Cecil Rhodes, South African politician (1853)
	Nuno Gomes, Portuguese footballer (1976)
	Pierre Mauroy, French prime minister (1928)
	Booker Edgerson, American football player (1939)
	Harold Acton, American writer and dilettante (1904)
	Stephanie McIntosh, Australian actress (1985)
	Stilian Petrov, Bulgarian footballer (1979)
	Shane Filan, Irish musician (1979)
	Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist (1880)
	Michael Monarch, American guitarist (1950)
	Rich Gossage, baseball player (1951)
	David Hanson, Politician (1957)
	Katherine Helmond, American actress (1934)
	Robbie Robertson, Canadian guitarist (1944)
	Bill Watterson, American cartoonist (1958)
	Mac Dre, American rapper (1970)
	Mary Walcott, American accuser at the Salem witch trials (1675)
	Willem Drees, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1886)
	Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (1888)
	Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Viceroy of Ireland (1718)
	Phineas Taylor "P. T." Barnum, American circus owner (1810)
	Milburn Stone, American actor (1904)
	Amoroso, Brazilian football player (1974)
	Warren Oates, American actor (1928)
	John LeClair, American hockey player (1969)
	Mike DeWolf, American guitarist (1976)
	Wanda Landowska, Polish harpsichordist (1879)
	Frederick Lewis Allen, American social historian (1890)
	Kathryn Erbe, American actress (1966)
	Hernan Crespo, Argentinian footballer (1975)
	Shirley Knight, American actress (1936)
	Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist (1794)
	Janos Starker, Hungarian cellist (1924)
	Doug Wilson, Canadian ice hockey player (1957)
	Gianfranco Zola, Italian footballer (1966)
	Alberto Gilardino, Italian footballer (1982)
	Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., American diplomat (1902)
	James Mirrlees, Scottish economist, Nobel Prize laureate (1936)
	Nardwuar the Human Serviette, Canadian Interviewer (1968)
	Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist (1586)
	Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (1653)
	Georges Pompidou, President of France (1911)
	RZA, American rapper (1969)
	George Rochberg, American composer (1918)
	Edie Falco, American actress (1963)
	John Howard Northrop, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (1891)
	Pedro III of Portugal, consort of Queen Maria I of Portugal (1717)
	Curt Blefary, baseball player (1943)
	Huey Lewis, American musician (1950)
	Billy Laughlin, American actor (1932)
	Jean Cocteau, French writer (1889)
	David Farragut, American naval commander (1801)

Notable People That Died on July 5th

	John Curtin, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (1945)
	Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor (1833)
	Abai Kunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet (1904)
	Jonas Lie, Norwegian author (1908)
	Harry James, American musician (1983)
	Charles Sherwood Noble, American-born inventor (1957)
	James Stockdale, U.S. Navy admiral and vice presidential candidate (2005)
	Howard Nemerov, American poet (1991)
	Otto Skorzeny, German commando who rescued Benito Mussolini (1975)
	Rodger Ward, American race car driver (2004)
	Albert VI of Bavaria (1666)
	Sasha Cherny, Russian poet (1932)
	Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (1969)
	Sid Luckman, American football player (1998)
	Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist (1859)
	Max Klinger, German artist (1920)
	Charles of Artois, Count of Eu, French military leader (1472)
	Georges Bernanos, French writer (1948)
	George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (1966)
	Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (1676)
	Hugh Shearer, Prime Minister of Jamaica (2004)
	Walter Gropius, German architect (1969)
	Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist (1862)
	Charles III of Alençon, French archbishop (1375)
	Albrecht Kossel, German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1927)
	Erik Wickberg, the 9th General of The Salvation Army (1996)
	Charles Ancillon, French Huguenot pastor (1715)
	Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian and philologist (1773)
	Ted Williams, baseball player (2002)
	Roman Lyashenko, Russian hockey player (2003)
	Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Irish general (1719)
	Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican diplomat and international playboy (1965)
	Infante Ferdinand of Majorca (1316)
	St. Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Italian saint (1539)
	Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (2002)