July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years ) in the Gregorian Calendar , with 179 days remaining.
Events 1610 - John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland .1687 - Isaac Newton 's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica 1803 - The convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king).1811 - Venezuela is the first South American country to declare independence from Spain .1813 - War of 1812 : Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser , Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin.1814 - War of 1812: Battle of Chippewa _ American Major General Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippewa, Ontario .1830 - France invades Algeria .1865 - William Booth founds the Christian Mission (later renamed to the Salvation Army ).1865 - The world's first maximum speed law is enacted in England .1884 - Germany takes possession of Cameroon .1937 - Highest recorded temperature in Canada , at Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan : 45 °C.1940 - World War II : The United Kingdom and the Vichy France government break off diplomatic relations.1941 - World War II: German troops reach the Dniepr River.1943 - World War II: Battle of Kursk - The largest tank battle in history begins.1943 - World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sails to Sicily . 1945 - World War II: Liberation of the Philippines declared.1946 - The bikini is introduced.1948 - British National Health Service Act enacted.1950 - Korean War : Task Force Smith - First clash between American and North Korean forces.1950 - Zionism : The Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Israel . 1951 - William Shockley invents the junction transistor .1954 - Elvis Presley has his first commercial recording session. He sang That's All Right (Mama) and Blue Moon of Kentucky .1954 - The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin. 1958 - First ascent of Gasherbrum I , 11th highest peak on the earth1962 - Algeria becomes independent from France .1970 - An Air Canada DC-8 crashes near Toronto International Airport killing 1081971 - Right to vote : The voting age in the United States is reduced to 18 from 21 (provision of the 26th Amendment formally certified by President Richard Nixon on this day).1975 - Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.1975 - Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal . 1986 - The Statue of Liberty is reopened to the public after an extensive refurbishing.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.1989 - Seinfeld debuts its first episode 1994 - The United States announced it would be refusing entry to further unrestricted immigration from Haiti .1998 - Japan launches a probe to Mars , and thus joins the Russia as a space exploring nation.2003 - Taiwan is the last territory to be removed from the WHO 's list of SARS affected areas.2004 - First Indonesian presidential election, 2004 by the nation.2004 _ Éric Gagné 's consecutive saves streak comes to an end at 84.
Births 1781 - Sir Stamford Raffles , founder of Singapore 1794 - Sylvester Graham , inventor of Graham cracker (d. 1851 )1810 - Phineas Taylor "P. T." Barnum , circus owner (d. 1891 )1853 - Cecil Rhodes , South African politician (d. 1902 )1865 - Hans Ziemann , physician (d. 1939 )1880 - Jan Kubelík , violinist (d. 1940 )1886 - Willem Drees , prime minister of the Netherlands 1888 - Herbert Spencer Gasser , psychologist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1889 - Jean Cocteau , writer (d. 1963 )1902 - Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. , U.S. diplomat during the Vietnam War1904 - Harold Acton , writer, dilettante (d. 1994 )1909 - Andrei Gromyko , president of the Soviet Union 1911 - Georges Pompidou , president of France (d. 1974 )1924 - Janos Starker , Hungarian cellist1928 - Warren Oates , American character actor (d. 1982 )1932 - Billy Laughlin , actor1934 - Katherine Helmond , actress1936 - Shirley Knight , actress1939 - Booker Edgerson , American football player1941 - Barbara Frischmuth , writer1944 - Robbie Robertson , guitarist1950 - Huey Lewis , rock and roll musician1950 - Michael Monarch , guitarist1951 - Rich Gossage , baseball pitcher1958 - Bill Watterson , cartoonist1963 - Edie Falco , actress, The Sopranos 1969 - John LeClair , American NHL star1976 - Nuno Gomes , football player1985 - Stephanie McIntosh , actress1996 - Dolly the sheep , the world's first cloned mammal
Deaths 1681 - Feodor Aleksejevitch , tsar of Russia 1904 - Abai Kunanbaiuli , famous Kazakh poet1908 - Jonas Lie , Norwegian author1920 - Max Klinger , artist1945 - John Curtin , fourteenth Prime Minister of Australia 1957 - Charles Sherwood Noble , inventor1975 - Otto Skorzeny , German commando who rescued Benito Mussolini in World War II 1983 - Harry James , Big Band musician1991 - Howard Nemerov , poet (b. 1920 )1998 - Sid Luckman , Hall of Fame football player2001 - Hannelore Kohl , wife of ex-chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl (suicide)2002 - Katy Jurado , actress2002 - Ted Williams , member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and player for the Boston Red Sox (b. 1918 ) 2003 - Roman Lyashenko , New York Rangers hockey player2004 - Rodger Ward , auto racer, two-time Indianapolis 500 winner (b. Algeria : Independence Day (1962)Cape Verde : Independence Day (1975)Isle of Man : Tynwald Day (1266)Venezuela : Independence Day (1811)Church of the SubGenius : X-Day (1998)
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Iran Rebuffs July 5 Deadline, Says It Won't Be Able To Respond To West's Offer On Nukes Until August - CBS News (622 words)
Iran's foreign minister on Thursday brushed aside demands from the major industrialized nations to respond by July 5 to an international offer for Tehran to roll back its uranium enrichment program, saying his nation would need until August . Earlier Thursday, foreign ministers of the Group of Eight meeting in Moscow expressed disappointment at the absence of an official Iranian response to a package of incentives from key global powers to try to persuade Iran to roll back its uranium enrichment program, which can be used to produce nuclear energy or nuclear weapons. The ministers from the United States, Russia, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Italy and Canada said they expected to hear "a clear and substantive Iranian response to these proposals" at a meeting on July 5 between Solana and Iran's chief negotiator Ali Larijani.
July - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (298 words)
July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. In the pagan wheel of the year July ends at or near to Lughnasadh in the northern hemisphere and Imbolc in the southern hemisphere. July in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to January in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa.
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