July 5 facts for kids

July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 179 days remain until the end of the year. This page lists important events, famous births, and notable deaths that happened on July 5th throughout history. It also includes special holidays and observances celebrated on this day around the world.

Events

Historic Moments (Before 1900)

• 328 – The amazing Constantine's Bridge officially opened. This huge bridge was built by the Romans over the Danube river.
• 1316 – A battle called the Battle of Manolada took place between groups fighting for control of the Principality of Achaea.
• 1594 – Portuguese forces tried to invade the Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka, but they were not successful.
• 1610 – John Guy and 39 other colonists sailed from Bristol to start a new life in Newfoundland.
• 1687 – The famous scientist Isaac Newton published his very important book, Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, about physics and gravity.
• 1770 – The Battle of Chesma began between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire.
• 1775 – The Second Continental Congress in America adopted the Olive Branch Petition, a last effort for peace with Britain before the American Revolutionary War.
• 1803 – The Convention of Artlenburg was signed. This led to French forces taking control of Hanover, which was ruled by the British king.
• 1807 – In Buenos Aires, local fighters successfully pushed back British soldiers during the Second English Invasion.
• 1809 – The Battle of Wagram started between the armies of France and the Austrian Empire.
• 1811 – Venezuela officially declared its independence from Spain.
• 1813 – War of 1812: British forces began three weeks of raids on American towns like Fort Schlosser and Plattsburgh, New York.
• 1814 – War of 1812: At the Battle of Chippawa, American Major General Jacob Brown defeated British General Phineas Riall.
• 1833 – Lê Văn Khôi and his soldiers started a rebellion against Emperor Minh Mạng in Vietnam.
• 1833 – Admiral Charles Napier defeated the navy of Dom Miguel at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
• 1841 – Thomas Cook organized the very first package tour, from Leicester to Loughborough in England.
• 1852 – Frederick Douglass gave his famous speech, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" in Rochester, New York.
• 1859 – The United States discovered and claimed Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
• 1865 – The United States Secret Service began its operations.
• 1884 – Germany took control of Cameroon in Africa.

Modern History (1901–Present)

• 1915 – The Liberty Bell left Philadelphia for its last trip outside the city, heading to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition.
• 1934 – "Bloody Thursday": Police opened fire on striking dockworkers in San Francisco.
• 1935 – The National Labor Relations Act, which helps protect workers' rights in the United States, became law. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed it.
• 1937 – Spam, the canned meat, was first sold by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
• 1940 – World War II: Vichy France ended its diplomatic ties with the United Kingdom.
• 1941 – World War II: Operation Barbarossa: German troops reached the Dnieper river in the Soviet Union.
• 1943 – World War II: An Allied invasion fleet set sail for Sicily as part of Operation Husky.
• 1943 – World War II: German forces started a huge attack against the Soviet Union in the Battle of Kursk, also known as Operation Citadel.
• 1945 – The United Kingdom held its first general election in ten years. Clement Attlee's Labour Party won.
• 1946 – Micheline Bernardini showed off the first modern bikini swimsuit at a pool in Paris.
• 1948 – The National Health Service Acts created the public health system in the United Kingdom, providing healthcare for everyone.
• 1950 – Korean War: American and North Korean forces had their first fight in the Battle of Osan.
• 1950 – The Knesset of Israel passed the Law of Return, giving all Jewish people the right to move to Israel.
• 1954 – The BBC started broadcasting its first daily television news report.
• 1954 – Elvis Presley recorded his first single, "That's All Right", in Memphis, Tennessee.
• 1962 – Algeria officially became independent after an eight-year war with France.
• 1970 – Air Canada Flight 621 crashed in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, sadly killing all 109 people on board.
• 1971 – The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution was officially approved, lowering the voting age in the U.S. from 21 to 18.
• 1973 – A large explosion happened in Kingman, Arizona, after a fire involving propane, which tragically killed eleven firefighters.
• 1973 – Juvénal Habyarimana took control of Rwanda in a coup d'état.
• 1975 – Arthur Ashe became the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles tennis title.
• 1975 – Cape Verde gained its independence from Portugal.
• 1977 – The Pakistan Armed Forces took power in Operation Fair Play, starting 11 years of military rule. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, was removed from office.
• 1980 – Swedish tennis star Björn Borg won his fifth Wimbledon final in a row, a historic achievement.
• 1984 – The U.S. Supreme Court made a decision in United States v. Leon about using evidence in trials.
• 1994 – Jeff Bezos started the company Amazon.
• 1995 – Armenia adopted its constitution, four years after becoming independent from the Soviet Union.
• 1996 – Dolly the sheep became the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell.
• 1997 – During the Sri Lankan Civil War, Sri Lankan Tamil politician A. Thangathurai was shot and killed.
• 1999 – U.S. President Bill Clinton placed trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban government in Afghanistan.
• 2003 – The World Health Organization announced that the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak of the SARS virus was under control.
• 2004 – Indonesia held its first direct presidential election.
• 2006 – North Korea tested several missiles, including a long-range one that reportedly failed.
• 2009 – Violent riots broke out in Ürümqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China.
• 2009 – The largest collection of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found in Britain, called the Staffordshire Hoard, was discovered.
• 2012 – The Shard in London was opened. It became the tallest building in Europe at the time.
• 2016 – The Juno space probe successfully arrived at Jupiter to begin studying the planet.
• 2022 – British government ministers Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak resigned, starting a political crisis in the second Johnson ministry.

Births

Famous People Born Before 1900

• 1554 – Elisabeth of Austria, who became the Queen of France.
• 1586 – Thomas Hooker, an English-born founder of the Connecticut Colony in America.
• 1717 – Peter III, a king of Portugal.
• 1781 – Stamford Raffles, an English politician who founded Singapore.
• 1801 – David Farragut, a famous American admiral.
• 1805 – Robert FitzRoy, an English captain and meteorologist who was the second Governor of New Zealand.
• 1810 – P. T. Barnum, an American businessman who co-founded the famous Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
• 1820 – William John Macquorn Rankine, a Scottish physicist and engineer.
• 1849 – William Thomas Stead, an English journalist.
• 1853 – Cecil Rhodes, an English-South African businessman and politician.
• 1857 – Clara Zetkin, a German activist who fought for women's rights.
• 1867 – A. E. Douglass, an American astronomer.
• 1872 – Édouard Herriot, a French lawyer and politician who became Prime Minister of France.
• 1879 – Dwight F. Davis, an American tennis player and politician, who created the Davis Cup.
• 1888 – Herbert Spencer Gasser, an American physiologist who won a Nobel Prize.
• 1889 – Jean Cocteau, a French novelist, poet, and playwright.
• 1891 – John Howard Northrop, an American chemist who won a Nobel Prize.
• 1896 – Thomas Playford IV, a long-serving Australian politician.

Famous People Born After 1900

• 1902 – Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., an American politician and diplomat.
• 1904 – Ernst Mayr, a German-American biologist.
• 1904 – Milburn Stone, an American actor.
• 1911 – Georges Pompidou, a French banker and politician who became President of France.
• 1915 – John Woodruff, an American Olympic runner.
• 1918 – Zakaria Mohieddin, an Egyptian general and politician who was Prime Minister of Egypt.
• 1924 – János Starker, a Hungarian-American cellist.
• 1926 – Diana Lynn, an American actress.
• 1928 – Pierre Mauroy, a French educator and politician who was Prime Minister of France.
• 1928 – Warren Oates, an American actor.
• 1929 – Katherine Helmond, an American actress.
• 1932 – Gyula Horn, a Hungarian politician who was Prime Minister of Hungary.
• 1936 – Shirley Knight, an American actress.
• 1936 – James Mirrlees, a Scottish economist who won a Nobel Prize.
• 1940 – Chuck Close, an American painter and photographer.
• 1943 – Robbie Robertson, a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist.
• 1946 – Paul Smith, an English fashion designer.
• 1946 – Gerard 't Hooft, a Dutch physicist who won a Nobel Prize.
• 1950 – Huey Lewis, an American singer-songwriter.
• 1951 – Goose Gossage, an American baseball player.
• 1956 – Horacio Cartes, a Paraguayan businessman and politician who was President of Paraguay.
• 1958 – Veronica Guerin, an Irish journalist.
• 1958 – Bill Watterson, an American author and illustrator, creator of Calvin and Hobbes.
• 1963 – Edie Falco, an American actress.
• 1966 – Gianfranco Zola, an Italian footballer and coach.
• 1967 – Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, an Iraqi politician who was Prime Minister of Iraq.
• 1968 – Susan Wojcicki, a Polish-American technology executive.
• 1969 – RZA, an American rapper and producer.
• 1975 – Hernán Crespo, an Argentinian footballer.
• 1975 – Ai Sugiyama, a Japanese tennis player.
• 1979 – Shane Filan, an Irish singer-songwriter from Westlife.
• 1979 – Amélie Mauresmo, a French-Swiss tennis player.
• 1980 – Pauly D, an American television personality.
• 1982 – Alberto Gilardino, an Italian footballer.
• 1982 – Philippe Gilbert, a Belgian cyclist.
• 1985 – Megan Rapinoe, an American soccer player.
• 1987 – Ji Chang-wook, a South Korean actor.

Deaths

Notable People Who Died Before 1900

• 967 – Murakami, a Japanese emperor.
• 1316 – Ferdinand, a prince of Majorca.
• 1539 – Anthony Maria Zaccaria, an Italian saint.
• 1676 – Carl Gustaf Wrangel, a Swedish field marshal and politician.
• 1826 – Stamford Raffles, the English politician who founded Singapore.
• 1833 – Nicéphore Niépce, a French inventor who created the first known photograph.
• 1863 – Lewis Armistead, a Confederate general during the American Civil War.

Notable People Who Died After 1900

• 1908 – Jonas Lie, a Norwegian author.
• 1927 – Albrecht Kossel, a German physician who won a Nobel Prize.
• 1945 – John Curtin, the 14th Prime Minister of Australia.
• 1948 – Carole Landis, an American actress.
• 1966 – George de Hevesy, a Hungarian-German chemist who won a Nobel Prize.
• 1969 – Wilhelm Backhaus, a German pianist.
• 1969 – Walter Gropius, a German architect.
• 1969 – Tom Mboya, a Kenyan politician.
• 1975 – Gilda dalla Rizza, an Italian opera singer.
• 1983 – Harry James, an American trumpet player.
• 1991 – Howard Nemerov, an American poet.
• 1997 – A. Thangathurai, a Sri Lankan Tamil politician.
• 2002 – Katy Jurado, a Mexican actress.
• 2002 – Ted Williams, a famous American baseball player.
• 2004 – Hugh Shearer, the 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica.
• 2005 – James Stockdale, an American admiral.
• 2006 – Gert Fredriksson, a Swedish canoe racer.
• 2011 – Cy Twombly, an American-Italian painter and sculptor.
• 2012 – Gerrit Komrij, a Dutch author and poet.
• 2013 – David Cargo, an American politician who was Governor of New Mexico.
• 2015 – Yoichiro Nambu, a Japanese-American physicist who won a Nobel Prize.
• 2020 – Nick Cordero, a Canadian actor and singer.
• 2021 – Raffaella Carrà, an Italian singer and television presenter.
• 2021 – Richard Donner, an American film director.

Holidays and Observances

• Bloody Thursday (International Longshore and Warehouse Union)
• Christian feast day:
  • Anthony Maria Zaccaria, priest (d. 1539)
  • Cyril and Methodius (a public holiday in Czech Republic and Slovakia)
  • Zoe of Rome (Roman Catholic Church)
  • July 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Constitution Day (Armenia) – Celebrates the day Armenia adopted its constitution.
• Fifth of July (New York) – A historic celebration of the end of slavery in New York in 1827.
• Independence Day (Algeria) – Celebrates Algeria's independence from France in 1962.
• Independence Day (Cape Verde) – Celebrates Cape Verde's independence from Portugal in 1975.
• Independence Day (Venezuela) – Celebrates Venezuela's independence from Spain in 1811; also National Armed Forces Day.
• Tynwald Day (Isle of Man) – The national day of the Isle of Man. If July 5th is on a weekend, the holiday is moved to the following Monday.

See also

In Spanish: 5 de julio para niños