What are the important events that happened on July 5? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 5: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 5 is the 187th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 179 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 22, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,668,960 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaoctacontaheptagon’ day.
Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 208 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,214 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 5 Historical Events
- 1811 –Venezuela declares independence from Spain.
- 1940 –World War II: the United Kingdom and the Vichy France government break off diplomatic relations.
- 1943 –World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sails for Sicily (Operation Husky, July 10, 1943).
- 1945 –World War II: Liberation of the Philippines declared.
- 1951 –William Shockley invents the junction transistor.
- 1962 –The Late Late Show, the world’s longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.
- 1962 –Algeria becomes independent from France.
- 1975 –Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.
- 1987 –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 the tactic to deadly effect.
- 2004 –The first Indonesian presidential election is held.
Who were born on July 5?
- 1718 –Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, English Viceroy of Ireland (d. 1794)
- 1902 –Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., American diplomat (d. 1985)
- 1910 –Georges Vedel, French public law professor (d. 2002)
- 1932 –Billy Laughlin, American actor (d. 1948)
- 1940 –Chuck Close, American painter and photographer
- 1955 –Peter McNamara, Australian tennis player
- 1963 –Russ Lorenson, American singer and actor
- 1976 –Nuno Gomes, Portuguese footballer
- 1985 –Stephanie McIntosh, Australian singer and actress
- 1986 –Adam Young, American musician, main project (Owl City)
Who died on July 5?
- 1666 –Albert VI of Bavaria (b. 1584)
- 1826 –Sir Stamford Raffles, British statesman (b. 1782)
- 1833 –Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor (b. 1765)
- 1945 –John Curtin, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)
- 1991 –Howard Nemerov, American poet (b. 1920)
- 1997 –Mrs. Elva Miller, American singer (b. 1907)
- 2002 –Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (b. 1924)
- 2002 –Ted Williams, American baseball player (b. 1918)
- 2005 –James Stockdale, U.S. Navy vice admiral (b. 1923)
- 2005 –Shirley Goodman, American singer (b. 1936)
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