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July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing an extra day or month in order to keep the calendar year in sync with an astronomical or seasonal year. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Gregorian calendar is the calendar that is used nowadays nearly everywhere in the world. ...

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July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 13 is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 167 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 22 July is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 159 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ... July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining, as the final day of July. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


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// Events January 7 - Galileo Galilei discovers the Galilean moons of Jupiter. ... This article is about John Guy, the 17th century merchant. ... Jump to: navigation, search Bristol is an English city and county and one of the three administrative centres of South West England (the others being Plymouth and Exeter). ... Jump to: navigation, search Newfoundland (French: Terre-Neuve; Irish: Talamh an Éisc; Latin: Terra Nova) is a large island off the northeast coast of North America, and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ... Events March 19 - The men under explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle murder him while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River. ... Jump to: navigation, search Sir Isaac Newton at 46 in Godfrey Knellers 1689 portrait Sir Isaac Newton, PRS (25 December 1642 (OS) – 20 March 1727 (OS) / 4 January 1643 (NS) – 31 March 1727 (NS)) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and alchemist. ... The Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Latin: mathematical principles of natural philosophy, often Principia or Principia Mathematica for short) is a three-volume work by Isaac Newton published on July 5, 1687. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Map of Germany showing Hanover Hanover (German: Hannover [haˈnoːfɐ]), on the river Leine, is the capital of the state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. ... 1811 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search The War of 1812 was a conflict fought on land in North America and at sea around the world between the United States and United Kingdom from 1812 to 1815. ... Fort Schlosser was a fortification built in Western New York in the USA around 1860 by the colonial British forces. ... Black Rock, once an independent community, is now part of the city of Buffalo, New York. ... Plattsburgh, New York refers to two locations in Clinton County, New York: City of Plattsburgh Town of Plattsburgh This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Battle of Chippewa (sometimes spelled Chippawa) was a decisive victory for American militia units which allowed for the invasion of Canada along the Niagara River. ... Jacob Jennings Brown (May 9, 1775-February 24, 1828) was an American army officer in the War of 1812. ... Chippewa is a town in Ontario, Canada, located just south of Niagara Falls. ... 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Charles Napier can refer to: Charles Napier, an American actor General Sir Charles James Napier, a British soldier Admiral Sir Charles Napier, a British naval officer This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Miguel of Portugal (English: Michael), the Traditionalist (Port. ... Three naval battles have taken place near Cape St. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Jump to: navigation, search For the England and Yorkshire cricketer, see Major William Booth William Booth (April 10, 1829 – August 20, 1912) was the founder and 1st General (1878-1912) of The Salvation Army. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Salvation Army is a Protestant Christian evangelical denomination and, consequently, a charity and social services organization, with international headquarters at 101 Queen Victoria Street London, England. ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Stevedores on a New York dock loading barrels of corn syrup onto a barge on the Hudson River. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Street Map of Yellow Grass Yellow Grass is a town in southern Saskatchewan, Canada at 49°44′ N 104°15′ W. It is located 30 km northwest of Weyburn, at the junction of provincial highways 39 and 621. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb. ... Jump to: navigation, search Presidential flag of Vichy France Vichy France, or the Vichy regime (in French, now called: Régime de Vichy or Vichy; at the time, called itself: État Français, or French State) was the de facto French government of 1940-1944 during the Nazi Germany occupation... Jump to: navigation, search 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Dnieper River (Belarusian: Дняпро/Dnyapro; Russian: Днепр/Dnepr; Ukrainian: Днiпро/Dnipro; Polish: Dniepr; Latin: Borysthenes, Danaper) is a river (2290 km length) which flows from Russia through Belarus and then Ukraine. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Battle of Kursk was a significant battle on the Eastern Front of World War II. It remains the largest armored engagement of all time, and included the most costly single day of aerial warfare in history. ... In general, allies are people or groups that have joined an alliance and are working together to achieve some common purpose. ... Jump to: navigation, search Sicilian disambiguates here; see also Sicilian language or Sicilian Defence. ... Husky was also the codename of Australian military support to Sierra Leone ending in February 2003. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Bikini is also a Hungarian rock band. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The National Health Service (NHS) is the publicly_funded healthcare system of the United Kingdom. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Korean War (Korean: 한국전쟁/韓國戰爭), from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea. ... The Korean War (Korean: 한국전쟁), from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea. ... North Korea, officially the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK; Korean: Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk; Hangul: 조선민주주의인민공화국; Hanja: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國), is a country in eastern Asia, covering the northern half of the peninsula of Korea. ... Jump to: navigation, search For other meanings, please see Zionism (disambiguation) Zionism is Jewish patriotism that supports the Jewish homeland in the Land of Israel where the Jewish nation originated and where Jewish kingdoms and self governing states existed at various times. ... The Knesset (כנסת, Hebrew for assembly) is the Parliament of Israel. ... Jump to: navigation, search It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Right of return#Jewish. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search William Bradford Shockley (February 13, 1910 – August 12, 1989) American physicist, eugenicist and co-inventor of the transistor with John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics. ... Jump to: navigation, search High-power transistors used in a switching power supply. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1954(MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Elvis Presley Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The King of Rock and Roll (sometimes shortened to The King) was an American singer and actor. ... Jump to: navigation, search Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... The Andhra Pradesh High Court is the High Court of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gasherbrum I (also known as Hidden Peak or K5) is the eleventh highest peak on Earth. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jump to: navigation, search Air Canada is Canadas flag air carrier, headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. ... The Douglas DC-8 is a four-engined jet airliner, manufactured between 1959 and 1972. ... Jump to: navigation, search Toronto Pearson International Airport (IATA: YYZ, ICAO: CYYZ), located in Mississauga, Ontario, immediately west of Toronto, is Canadas busiest airport and part of the National Airports System. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Suffrage is the civil right to vote, or the exercise of that right. ... Jump to: navigation, search Amendment XXVI (the Twenty-sixth Amendment) of the United States Constitution states: Section 1. ... Jump to: navigation, search The voting age is the minimum legal age at which a person may vote in a governmental election. ... Jump to: navigation, search Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the thirty-seventh President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Country: United States Height: 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) Weight: 160 lb (73 kg) Plays: Right Turned pro: 1966 Retired: 1980 Highest singles ranking: 2 (5/10/1976) Singles titles: 34 Career prize money: $2,584,909 Grand Slam Record Titles: 3 Australian Open W... Jump to: navigation, search Wimbledon logo The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly refered as simply Wimbledon, is the oldest and, arguably, most prestigious event in the sport of tennis. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1980 (MCMLXXX) is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Country: Sweden Residence: Monte Carlo, MON Height: 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) Weight: 160 lb (73 kg) Plays: Right Turned pro: 1973 Retired: 1981 Highest singles ranking: 1 (8/23/1977) Singles titles: 57 Career prize money: $3,655,751 Grand Slam Record Titles: 11 Australian Open 3rd (1974... Jump to: navigation, search Wimbledon logo The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly refered as simply Wimbledon, is the oldest and, arguably, most prestigious event in the sport of tennis. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, pronounced L-T-T), also known as the Tamil Tigers, is the main Tamil anti-government organization operating in Sri Lanka. ... Black Tigers, the LTTE special operatives that commit suicide if needed to reach their objectives. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search A TIME Magazine cover of Oliver Norths testifying in front of the U.S. Congress. ... Jump to: navigation, search Oliver North Oliver Laurence North (b. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the solar system, named after the Roman god of war (the counterpart of the Greek Ares), on account of its blood red color as viewed in the night sky. ... Outer space (also called just space) as a name for a region, refers to the relatively empty parts of the Universe, outside the atmospheres of celestial bodies. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search The WHO flag: similar to the flag of the United Nations, augmented with the symbolic staff and serpent of Asklepios, Greek god of medicine and healing. ... Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is an atypical form of pneumonia. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A sample ballot paper showing the five presidential candidates and their vice-presidential running-mates. ... Eric Gagne Eric Serge Gagne (born January 7, 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. ... Picture of Fenway Park. ... To save in a sport means to stop a goal or to maintain the lead. ...

Births

1586 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... Thomas Hooker (July 5, 1586 – July 7, 1647) was a prominent Puritan religious and colonial leader remembered as one of the founders of the Colony of Connecticut. ... // Events March 14 - Thirty Years War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. ... Events February 2 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. ... Jump to: navigation, search Thomas Pitt (July 5, 1653 – April 28, 1726) was a British merchant involved in trade with India. ... Events George Friderich Handel becomes a British subject. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events January 5 - The Battle of Turckeim June 18 - Battle of Fehrbellin August 10 - King Charles II of England places the foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London - construction begins November 11 - Guru Gobind Singh becomes the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs. ... Mary Walcott (July 5, 1675 – after 1719) This is the infamous witness at the Salem Witch Trials of Salem, Massachusetts in the years 1692 and 1693 who sent many individuals to the block. ... 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Sylvester Graham (July 5, 1794 - September 11, 1851) was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and was ordained in 1826 as a Presbyterian minister. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1801 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Admiral David Glasgow Farragut David Glasgow Farragut (July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870) was the commander-in-chief of the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War. ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891), American showman who is best remembered for his entertaining hoaxes and for founding the circus that eventually became Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Cecil John Rhodes (July 5, 1853 – March 26, 1902) was an English businessman and the effective founder of the state of Rhodesia (which was named after him). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Wanda Landowska (July 5, 1879 – August 16, 1959), harpsichordist whose performances, teaching, recordings and writings played a large role in reviving the popularity of that instrument in the early 20th century. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Jan Kubelík (July 5, 1880 – December 5, 1940) was a Czech violinist and composer. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... Prime Minister of the Netherlands Willem Drees (July 5, 1886-May 14, 1988) was a Dutch politician, prime minister of the Netherlands from 1948 until 1958, as a member of the social-democratic Dutch Labour Party (PvdA). ... The Prime Minister of the Netherlands or Minister President is in the Politics_of_the_Netherlands the head of government and active executive authority of the Dutch Government. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Herbert Spencer Gasser, (July 5, 1888 - May 11, 1963) was an American physiologist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1944 for his work with action potentials in nerve fibers. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine from 1901 to the present day. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (July 5, 1889 – October 11, 1963) was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, and filmmaker. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Frederick Lewis Allen (July 5, 1890 - February 13, 1954) was an American historian of the first half of the twentieth century whose specialty was writing about what was at the time recent and popular history. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1954(MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search John Howard Northrop (July 5, 1891 – May 27, 1987) was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1946 (with James Batcheller Sumner and Wendell Meredith Stanley) for purifying and crystallizing certain enzymes. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to the present day. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Harold Acton (July 5, 1904 - February 27, 1994) was an Anglo-Italian writer and dilettante who is probably most famous for inspiring the character of Anthony Blanche in Evelyn Waughs novel Brideshead Revisited (1945). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Milburn Stone (July 5, 1904 - June 12, 1980) was an American television actor, best known for his role as Doc (Doctor Galen Adams) on the western television series Gunsmoke. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1980 (MCMLXXX) is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou (July 5, 1911 – April 2, 1974) was President of France from 1969 until his death in 1974. ... The President of France, known officially as the President of the Republic (Président de la République in French), is Frances elected Head of State. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... George Rochberg, (July 5, 1918, Paterson, New Jersey – May 29, 2005, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) was an American composer. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Janos Starker (b. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Warren Oates (July 5, 1928 - April 3, 1982) was an American character actor. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... Billy Laughlin (William Robert Laughlin) (July 5, 1932 - August 31, 1948) played the character Froggy in the Our Gang short films in its final stretch, from 1940 to 1944. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Katherine Helmond (born July 5, 1928 as Katherine Marie Helmond in Galveston, Texas) is an American film, theater and television actress. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Shirley Enola Knight, also known by her married name of Shirley Knight Hopkins, was born on July 5, 1936, to a wealthy family in Goessel, Kansas. ... Jump to: navigation, search James Alexander Mirrlees (born July 5, 1936, Minnigaff, Scotland) is a Scottish economist and winner of the 1996 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. ... The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences (Swe. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Booker Edgerson (born July 5, 1939 in Baxter, Arkansas) was an American college and professional football player. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Curt Blefary, born Curtis Le Roy Blefary (July 5, 1943 - January 28, 2001), was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played with the Baltimore Orioles (1965-68), Houston Astros (1969), New York Yankees (1970-71), Oakland Athletics (1971-1972) and San Diego Padres (1972). ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jaime Robbie Robertson (born July 5, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario Canada) is a songwriter, guitarist and singer, probably best known for his membership in The Band. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Huey Lewis, whose real name is Hugh Anthony Cregg III, (born July 5, 1950 in New York City) is a musician and singer. ... Michael Monarch (b. ... Steppenwolf is a novel by Hermann Hesse, combining autobiographical and fantastic elements. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Richard Michael Goose Gossage (born July 5, 1951 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played 21 seasons for nine different teams before retiring in 1994. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search William B. Bill Watterson II (born July 5, 1958) is the author of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Edie Falco starring as Carmela Soprano in The Sopranos Edie Falco (born Edith Falco on July 5, 1963) is a television and film actress who was born in Brooklyn, New York, but raised and graduated high school in Northport, NY, on Long Island. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Kathryn Erbe (born July 5, 1966 in Newton, Massachusetts) is an is an American actress best known for her role on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, a spin-off of Law & Order. ... Jump to: navigation, search Gianfranco Zola, OBE (born July 5, 1966 in Oliena, Sardinia) is a former Italian footballer, the Football Writers Player of the Year in 1997. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... John LeClair (born July 5, 1969 in St. ... Jump to: navigation, search RZA (pronounced the rizza, born Robert Diggs, July 5, 1969 in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York, USA) is an African American producer, rapper and the leader of the hip hop crew Wu-Tang Clan. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Hernán Crespo (born 5 July 1975 in Florida, Argentina) is an Argentine international football player. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mike Dewolf was born July 5, 1976 and is the guitarist for the Nu Metal Band Taproot Categories: Musician stubs ... The dandelions taproot, quite apparent in this drawing, renders this plant very difficult to uproot – the plant itself gives way, but the root stays in the ground and may sprout again. ... Jump to: navigation, search Nuno Gomes was born Nuno Miguel Soares Pereira Ribeiro on 5 July 1976 in Amarante, district of Porto. ... Jump to: navigation, search This page refers to the year 1979. ... Shane Steven Filan is a member of the Irish boy band Westlife. ... Jump to: navigation, search Westlife are an Irish boy band. ... Jump to: navigation, search Amélie Mauresmo (born 5 July 1979) is a French professional tennis player. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alberto Gilardino (born July 5, 1982 in Biella, Italy) is an Italian football (soccer) player, who is a striker for A.C. Milan, and the Italian national team. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year. ... Jump to: navigation, search Stephaine playing Sky in Neighbours Stephanie McIntosh (born on July 5, 1985 in Australia) is an Australian actress. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ronald MacDonald or Ronald McDonald may be: Ronald McDonald, advertising clown Ronald MacDonald (composer), Scottish actor & composer Ronald MacDonald (economist) Ronald MacDonald (runner) (fl. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Jump to: navigation, search Dolly and her first-born lamb, Bonnie Dolly (5 July 1996 – 14 February 2003), a ewe, was the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Deaths

Jump to: navigation, search Events Pope John XXII elected to the papacy. ... Ferdinand of Majorca (Catalan: Ferran de Mallorca) (1278 – July 5, 1316), Infante of Majorca, was the third son of James II of Majorca, Viscount of Aumelàs and Lord of Frontignan. ... Jump to: navigation, search For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century. ... Events October 24 - Valdemar IV of Denmark dies and is succeeded by his grandson Olaf III of Denmark. ... Jump to: navigation, search Charles III of Alençon (1337 – July 5, 1375, Lyon) was the eldest son of Charles II of Alençon and Maria de la Cerda. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events March 17 - Edward, the Black Prince is created Duke of Cornwall, becoming the first English Duke Beginning of the Hundred Years War between France and England Bisham Priory founded Births Louis II, Duke of Bourbon (died 1410) Jean Froissart, historian and courtier from Hainaut. ... Events February 20 - The Orkneys and Shetlands are annexed to the crown of Scotland Discovery of Newfoundland by Didrik Pining and João Vaz Corte-Real. ... Jump to: navigation, search Charles of Artois (1394 – July 5, 1472), son of Philip of Artois, Count of Eu and Marie of Berry, was Count of Eu from 1397 until his death. ... // Events Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, travels with King Richard II of England to Ireland. ... Events May 30 - In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal to find gold. ... St Anthony Maria Zaccaria (Italian: Antonio Maria) (1502 - 5 July 1539) was born at Cremona, Italy. ... Events January 1 - Portuguese explorers sailed into Guanabra Bay, Brazil and mistook it for the mouth of a river which they named Rio de Janeiro May 9 - Christopher Columbus leaves Spain for his fourth and final trip to the New World. May 21 - Portuguese discover island of St Helena. ... Events September 2 - Great Fire of London: A large fire breaks out in London in the house of Charles IIs baker on Pudding Lane near London Bridge. ... Albert VI of Bavaria, (13 April 1584 - 5 July 1666), (German: Albrecht VI., der Leuchtenberger, Landgraf von Bayern-Leuchtenberg), son of William V, Duke of Bavaria and Renata v. ... 1584 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Events January 29 - Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia First measurement of the speed of light, by Ole Rømer Bacons Rebellion Russo-Turkish Wars commence. ... Carl Gustaf Wrangel (December 23, 1613 - July 5, 1676) was a Swedish soldier. ... Events January - Galileo observes Neptune, but mistakes it for a star and so is not credited with its discovery. ... // Events September 1 - King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years, leaving the throne of his exhausted and indebted country to his great-grandson Louis XV. Regent for the new, five years old monarch is Philippe dOrléans, nephew of Louis XIV. September - First of... Charles Ancillon (July 28, 1659 - July 5, 1715), one of a distinguished family of Huguenots, was born at Metz, Moselle, France. ... // Events May 25 - Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events January 23 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire April 25 - Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe June 10 - Battle of Glen Shiel Prussia conducts Europes first systematic census Miners in Falun, Sweden find an apparently petrified body of Fet-Mats... Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, 1st Duke of Leinster (30 June 1641 - 5 July 1719) was an Irish general, whose father was also a famous military officer. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events The Long Parliament passes a series of legislation designed to contain Charles Is absolutist tendencies. ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Nicéphore Niépces first photograph, circa 1826 Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (March 7, 1765 – July 5, 1833) was a French inventor, most noted as a pioneer in photography. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1765 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Abai Kunanbaiuli Abai Ibragim Kunanbaiuli (Kazak: Абай Ибрагим Кунанбайулы Russian: Because of Russian influence many people know him as Abai Kunanbaev) (August 10, 1845 - July 5, 1904) was a Kazakh poet, composer, and philosopher, as well as an important cog in the development of Kazakh as a legitimate written language. ... // Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected... Jump to: navigation, search 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie (November 6, 1833 - July 5, 1908) was a Norwegian novelist. ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events WIKIPEDIA EATS VAGINA January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Elsa Asenijeff, ca. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... Sasha Cherny (Russian: , real name Alexander Mikhailovich Glikberg, Russian: , 1880-1932) was Russian poet, satirist and a children story writer. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Rt Hon John Curtin John Curtin (January 8, 1885 – July 5, 1945), Australian politician and 14th Prime Minister of Australia, led Australia through the darkest period of its history: when the Australian mainland came under direct military threat during the Japanese advance in World War II. Many Australians regard him... The current (25th) Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard (sitting, fifth from left), with his Cabinet, 1999 The office of Prime Minister is in practice the most powerful political office in the Commonwealth of Australia. ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Georges Bernanos (February 20, 1888 – July 5, 1948) was a French author, and a soldier in World War I. Of Catholic and monarchist leanings, he was a violent adversary to bourgeois thought and to a certain defeatism that led, in his view, to Frances defeat... Jump to: navigation, search 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Charles Sherwood Noble (-July 5, 1957) was an immigrant to southern Alberta from North Dakota, pushed into bankruptcy by poor harvests and low grain prices. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... George Charles de Hevesy (also known as Georg Karl von Hevesy) (August 1, 1885 - July 5, 1966) was a Hungarian chemist who was important in the development of the tracer method where radioactive tracers are used to study chemical processes, e. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to the present day. ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Jump to: navigation, search Bauhaus in Dessau by Walter Gropius Walter Adolph Gropius (May 18, 1883 – July 5, 1969) was a German architect and founder of Bauhaus. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Otto Skorzeny Otto Skorzeny (June 12, 1908 - July 5, 1975) was a colonel in the German Waffen-SS during World War II. He is best-known as the commando leader who rescued Benito Mussolini from imprisonment after his overthrow. ... Jump to: navigation, search Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (Predappio near Forlì, July 29, 1883 – Giulino di Mezzegra near Como, April 28, 1945) led Italy from 1922 to 1943. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Harry Haag James (March 15, 1916 - July 5, 1983) was a popular United States musician and band leader, and a well known trumpet virtuoso. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Howard Nemerov (February 29, 1920 – July 5, 1991) was United States Poet Laureate 1963-1964 and 1988-1990. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events WIKIPEDIA EATS VAGINA January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Sid Luckman on the cover of the October 1938 issue of Life Sid Luckman (November 21, 1916 - July 5, 1998) was an American football quarterback for the Chicago Bears from 1939 to 1950 leading the team to 4 NFL championships during that period. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Katy Jurado (January 16, 1924 - July 5, 2002) was a Mexican actress. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ted Williams & Tom Yawkey Theodore Samuel Williams (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002), nicknamed The Splendid Splinter, Teddy Ballgame, The Thumper and The Kid, was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who played 19 seasons, twice interrupted by military service as a Marine Corps pilot, with the Boston... Jump to: navigation, search 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Roman Lyashenko (May 2, 1979 - July 5, 2003) was a Russian hockey player. ... Jump to: navigation, search This page refers to the year 1979. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the former Jamaican Prime Minister, Hugh Shearer. ... The Prime Minister of Jamaica is Jamaicas head of government, currently Percival Patterson. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Rodger Ward (January 10, 1921, in Beloit, Kansas - July 5, 2004 in Anaheim, California) won the 1959 and 1962 Indianapolis 500. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale (December 23, 1923 – July 5, 2005) was one of the most highly decorated officers in the history of the United States Navy. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Holidays and observances

Jump to: navigation, search An Independence Day is an annual celebration commemorating the anniversary of a nations assumption of independent statehood, usually after ceasing to be a colony of another state. ... Jump to: navigation, search Saints Cyril and Methodius painted by Jan Matejko. ... Jump to: navigation, search Great Moravia (Old Church Slavonic approximately Велья Морава, Czech Velká Morava, Slovak Veľká Morava, Latin Magna Moravia) was a Slav state existing on the territory of present-day Moravia and Slovakia between 833 and the early 10th century. ... Tynwald Day is the national holiday of the Isle of Man, usually occurring on 5 July. ... Jump to: navigation, search J. R. Bob Dobbs The Church of the SubGenius is a satirical pseudo-religious organization, originally based in Dallas, Texas, which gained popularity in the 1980s and 1990s subculture, with a large presence on the Internet. ... X-Day was the term used by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters for the day that they would begin the Greater East Asia War, a part of World War II. X-Day is the name for July 5th, 1998, the scheduled end of the world in the Church of the...

External links

  • BBC: On This Day

July 4 - July 6 - June 5 - August 5 -- listing of all days Jump to: navigation, search July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... Condensed list of historical anniversaries. ...

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