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 186th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 179 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 22, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,751,673,600 seconds 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 ‘hectaoctacontahexagon’ day.
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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 227 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 4,579 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 5 Historical Events
- 1316 –Battle of Manolada between the Burgundian and Majorcan claimants of the Principality of Achaea
- 1833 –Admiral Charles Napier defeats the navy of the Portuguese usurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
- 1934 –“Bloody Thursday” – Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
- 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).
- 1970 –Air Canada Flight 621 crashes near Toronto International Airport killing 109 people.
- 1973 –Catastrophic BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) in Kingman, Arizona, following a fire that broke out as propane is being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, kills 11 firefighters.
- 1977 –Military coup in Pakistan: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.
- 1998 –Japan launches a probe to Mars, and thus joins the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
- 2006 –North Korea launches at least two short-range Nodong-2 missiles, one SCUD missile and one long-range Taepodong-2 missile.
Who were born on July 5?
- 1745 –Carl Arnold Kortum, German physician (d. 1824)
- 1805 –Jérôme Napoleon Bonaparte, French prince (d. 1870)
- 1829 –Ignacio Mariscal, Mexican writer and diplomat (d. 1910)
- 1963 –Dorien Wilson, American actor
- 1963 –Mark Stockwell, Australian swimmer
- 1963 –Russ Lorenson, American singer and actor
- 1966 –Claudia Wells, American actress
- 1968 –Kenji Ito, Japanese composer
- 1984 –Danay Garcia, Cuban actress
- 1984 –Marion Trott, German skeleton racer
Who died on July 5?
- 1676 –Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (b. 1613)
- 1715 –Charles Ancillon, French Huguenot pastor (b. 1659)
- 1719 –Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, German-born British soldier (b. 1641)
- 1819 –William Cornwallis, Royal Navy admiral (b.1744)
- 1859 –Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist (b. 1777)
- 1996 –Erik Wickberg, Swedish-born 9th General of the Salvation Army (b. 1904)
- 1997 –Mrs. Elva Miller, American singer (b. 1907)
- 2001 –Ernie K-Doe, American singer (b. 1936)
- 2005 –James Stockdale, U.S. Navy vice admiral (b. 1923)
- 2006 –Kenneth Lay, American businessman (b. 1942)
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