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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[328]] – The official opening of [[Constantine's Bridge (Danube)|Constantine's Bridge]] built over the [[Danube]] between [[Sucidava]] ([[Corabia]], [[Romania]]) and [[Oescus]] ([[Gigen]], [[Bulgaria]]) by the [[Roman Empire|Roman]] architect Theophilus Patricius. *[[1316]] – The [[Duchy of Burgundy|Burgundian]] and [[Kingdom of Majorca|Majorcan]] claimants of the [[Principality of Achaea]] meet in the [[Battle of Manolada]]. *[[1584]] – The [[Maronite College]] is established in [[Rome]].<ref>{{cite book |last1= Abouzayd|first1=Shafiq |editor1-last=King |editor1-first=Daniel |title=The Syriac world |date=2019 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=978-1-138-89901-8|page=739 |chapter=The Maronite Church|language=en}}</ref> *[[1594]] – [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] forces under the command of [[Pedro Lopes de Sousa]] begin an unsuccessful invasion of the [[Kingdom of Kandy]] during the [[Campaign of Danture]] in [[Sri Lanka]]. ===1601–1900=== *[[1610]] – [[John Guy (governor)|John Guy]] sets sail from [[Bristol]] with 39 other [[colonists]] for [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]]. *[[1687]] – [[Isaac Newton]] publishes ''[[Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica]]''. *[[1770]] – The [[Battle of Chesma]] between the [[Russian Empire]] and the [[Ottoman Empire]] begins. *[[1775]] – The [[Second Continental Congress]] adopts the [[Olive Branch Petition]]. *[[1803]] – The [[Convention of Artlenburg]] is signed, leading to the French occupation of the [[Electorate of Hanover]] (which had been ruled by the British king). *[[1807]] – In [[Buenos Aires]] the local militias repel the [[United Kingdom|British]] soldiers within the [[British invasions of the River Plate|Second English Invasion]]. *[[1809]] – The [[Battle of Wagram]] between the [[First French Empire|French]] and [[Austrian Empire]]s begins. *[[1811]] – The [[Venezuelan Declaration of Independence]] is adopted by a congress of the provinces. *[[1813]] – [[War of 1812]]: Three weeks of [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] raids on [[Fort Schlosser]], [[Black Rock, Buffalo, New York|Black Rock]] and [[Plattsburgh, New York]] commence. *[[1814]] – War of 1812: [[Battle of Chippawa]]: American [[Major General]] [[Jacob Brown (general)|Jacob Brown]] defeats British General [[Phineas Riall]] at [[Chippawa, Ontario]]. *[[1833]] – [[Lê Văn Khôi]] along with 27 soldiers stage a mutiny taking over the [[Citadel of Saigon|Phiên An citadel]], developing into the [[Lê Văn Khôi revolt]] against Emperor [[Minh Mạng]]. * 1833 – [[Admiral]] [[Charles Napier (Royal Navy officer)|Charles Napier]] vanquishes the navy of the [[Kingdom of Portugal|Portuguese]] [[usurper]] [[Dom Miguel]] at the third [[Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1833)|Battle of Cape St. Vincent]]. *[[1841]] – [[Thomas Cook]] organises the first package excursion, from [[Leicester]] to [[Loughborough]]. *[[1852]] – [[Frederick Douglass]] delivers his "[[What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?]]" speech in [[Rochester, New York]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|title='What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?': The History of Frederick Douglass' Searing Independence Day Oration|url=https://time.com/5614930/frederick-douglass-fourth-of-july/|access-date=2022-01-10|magazine=Time|language=en}}</ref> *[[1859]] – The United States discovers and claims [[Midway Atoll]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=On This Day - What Happened on July 5 | Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/July-5|access-date=2022-01-10|website=britannica.com|language=en}}</ref> *[[1865]] – The [[United States Secret Service]] begins operation.<ref name=":0" /> *[[1884]] – [[German Empire|Germany]] takes possession of [[Kamerun|Cameroon]]. ===1901–present=== *[[1915]] – The [[Liberty Bell]] leaves Philadelphia by special train on its way to the [[Panama–Pacific International Exposition]]. This is the last trip outside [[Philadelphia]] that the custodians of the bell intend to permit. *[[1934]] – "[[1934 West Coast waterfront strike|Bloody Thursday]]": The [[San Francisco Police Department|police]] open fire on striking [[longshoremen]] in [[San Francisco]]. *[[1935]] – The [[National Labor Relations Act]], which governs labor relations in the United States, is signed into law by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. *[[1937]] – [[Spam (food)|Spam]], the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the [[Hormel Foods Corporation]]. *[[1940]] – [[World War II]]: [[Foreign relations of Vichy France]] are severed with the United Kingdom. *[[1941]] – World War II: [[Operation Barbarossa]]: [[Nazi Germany|German]] troops reach the [[Dnieper]] river. *[[1943]] – World War II: An [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] invasion fleet sails for [[Sicily]] ([[Operation Husky]], [[July 10]], 1943). * 1943 – World War II: German forces begin a massive offensive against the [[Soviet Union]] at the [[Battle of Kursk]], also known as Operation Citadel. *[[1945]] – The [[United Kingdom]] holds its [[1945 United Kingdom general election|first general election]] in 10 years, which would be won by [[Clement Attlee]]'s [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC Politics 97|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/background/pastelec/ge45.shtml|access-date=2022-01-10|website=bbc.co.uk}}</ref> *[[1946]] – [[Micheline Bernardini]] models the first modern [[bikini]] at a swimming pool in Paris. *[[1948]] – [[National Health Service]] Acts create the national public health system in the United Kingdom. *[[1950]] – [[Korean War]]: [[Task Force Smith]]: American and [[North Korea]]n forces first clash, in the [[Battle of Osan]]. * 1950 – The [[Knesset]] of [[Israel]] passes the [[Law of Return]] which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to the Land of Israel. *[[1954]] – The [[BBC]] broadcasts its first daily television news bulletin.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/5/newsid_3856000/3856397.stm |title=1954: BBC launches daily TV news |date=5 July 2008 |publisher=[[British Broadcasting Corporation]] |accessdate=5 July 2021}}</ref> * 1954 – [[Elvis Presley]] records his first single, "[[That's All Right]]", at [[Sun Records]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee]]. *[[1962]] – The official [[Independence Day (Algeria)|independence]] of [[Algeria]] is proclaimed after an eight-year-long [[Algerian War|war]] with [[French colonial empire|France]]. *[[1970]] – [[Air Canada Flight 621]] crashes in [[Brampton]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], killing all 109 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63 CF-TIW Toronto International Airport, ON (YYZ)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19700705-0|access-date=2021-07-04|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[1971]] – The [[Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution]], lowering the [[voting age]] from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Richard Nixon]]. *[[1973]] – A [[boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion]] (BLEVE) in [[Kingman, Arizona]], following a fire that broke out as [[propane]] was being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, [[Kingman Explosion|kills eleven firefighters]]. * 1973 – [[Juvénal Habyarimana]] seizes power over [[Rwanda]] in a [[1973 Rwandan coup d'état|coup d'état]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=1973-07-06|title=Military Coup in Rwanda Follows Tribal Dissension|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/07/06/archives/military-coup-in-rwanda-follows-tribal-dissension.html|access-date=2022-01-10|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[1975]] – [[Arthur Ashe]] becomes the first black man to win the [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] singles title. * 1975 – [[Cape Verde]] gains its independence from Portugal. *[[1977]] – The [[Pakistan Armed Forces]] under [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]] seize power in [[Operation Fair Play]] and begin 11 years of martial law. [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]], the first elected [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]], is overthrown.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pakistan's Black Day|url=https://thediplomat.com/2016/07/pakistans-black-day/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=thediplomat.com|language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1980]] – Swedish tennis player [[Björn Borg]] wins his fifth Wimbledon final and becomes the first male tennis player to win the championships five times in a row (1976–1980). *[[1984]] – The [[United States Supreme Court]] gives its ''[[United States v. Leon]]'' decision providing a [[good-faith exception]] from the [[Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourth Amendment]] [[exclusionary rule]] against use of evidence obtained through defective warrants in criminal trials.<ref>{{Cite web|title=United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897 (1984)|url=https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/468/897/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Justia Law|language=en}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Sri Lankan civil war|Sri Lankan Civil War]]: The [[LTTE]] uses suicide attacks on the [[Sri Lankan Army]] for the first time. The [[Black Tigers]] are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic. *[[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. His convictions are later overturned. *[[1994]] – [[Jeff Bezos]] founds [[Amazon (company)|Amazon.]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hamilton|first=Dominick Reuter, Isobel Asher|title=Jeff Bezos will step down as Amazon CEO in one week on July 5, a 'sentimental' date he picked because it was when the company was incorporated in 1994|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-steps-down-amazon-ceo-july-5-sentimental-date-2021-5|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Business Insider|language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Armenia]] adopts its [[Constitution of Armenia|constitution]], four years after its independence from the [[Soviet Union]]. *[[1996]] – [[Dolly the sheep]] becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell. *[[1997]] – [[Sri Lankan civil war|Sri Lankan Civil War]]: Sri Lankan Tamil MP [[A. Thangathurai]] is shot dead at [[Sri Shanmuga Hindu Ladies College]] in [[Trincomalee]]. *[[1999]] – U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]] imposes trade and economic [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267|sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan]]. *[[2003]] – The [[World Health Organization]] announces that the [[2002–2004 SARS outbreak]] has been contained.<ref>{{Cite web|title=World Health Organization declares SARS contained worldwide|url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-health-organization-declares-sars-contained-worldwide|access-date=2022-01-10|website=HISTORY|language=en}}</ref> *[[2004]] – The first [[Direct election|direct]] [[Indonesian presidential election, 2004|Indonesian presidential election]] is held. *[[2006]] – [[North Korea]] [[2006 North Korean missile test|tests four short-range missiles]], one medium-range missile and a long-range [[Taepodong-2]]. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails in mid-air over the [[Sea of Japan]]. *[[2009]] – A series of violent riots [[July 2009 Ürümqi riots|break out]] in [[Ürümqi]], the capital city of the [[Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region]] in China.<ref>{{cite news |date=6 July 2009 |title=Scores killed in China protests |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8135203.stm |url-status=live |access-date=6 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326003326/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8135203.stm |archive-date=26 March 2012}}</ref> * 2009 – The largest hoard of [[Anglo-Saxon]] gold ever discovered in Britain, consisting of more than 1,500 items, [[Staffordshire Hoard|is found]] near the village of [[Hammerwich]], near [[Lichfield, Staffordshire]]. *[[2012]] – [[The Shard]] in London is inaugurated as the [[List of tallest buildings in Europe|tallest building in Europe]], with a height of 310 metres (1,020 ft). *[[2016]] – The [[Juno (spacecraft)|Juno]] space probe arrives at [[Jupiter]] and begins a 20-month survey of the planet. *[[2022]] – British government ministers [[Sajid Javid]] and [[Rishi Sunak]] resign from the [[second Johnson ministry]], beginning the [[July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis]].<ref>{{cite web |date=5 July 2022 |title=Rishi Sunak resigns as chancellor in devastating blow to Boris Johnson |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rishi-sunak-resigns-chancellor-boris-johnson-b2116399.html |access-date=7 July 2022 |website=The Independent |archive-date=5 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705174013/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rishi-sunak-resigns-chancellor-boris-johnson-b2116399.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Keir Starmer]] is appointed Prime Minister by [[Charles III]], becoming the first Labour prime minister since [[Gordon Brown]] in 2010 and the first one to win a general election since [[Tony Blair]] at the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=UK election: Keir Starmer becomes Britain's new PM – DW – 07/05/2024 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/uk-election-keir-starmer-becomes-britains-new-pm/live-69567345 |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== * [[465]] – [[Ahkal Moʼ Nahb I]], Mayan ruler (died 524) * [[980]] – [[Mokjong of Goryeo]], Korean king (died 1009) *[[1029]] – [[Al-Mustansir Billah]], Fatimid caliph (died 1094)<ref>Holt, P. M., and M. W. Daly. "A History of the Sudan: From the Coming of Islam to the Present Day." Taylor & Francis Group, 2014. Page 16</ref> *[[1321]] – [[Joan of the Tower]], English consort of [[David II of Scotland]] (died 1362)<ref>Panton, James. ''Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy''. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2011. {{ISBN|978-0810857797}} Page 281.</ref> *[[1466]] – [[Giovanni Sforza]], Italian nobleman (died 1510) *[[1547]] – [[Garzia de' Medici]], Tuscan son of [[Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany]] (died 1562) *[[1549]] – [[Francesco Maria del Monte]], Italian cardinal and art collector (died 1627) *[[1554]] – [[Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France|Elisabeth of Austria]], French queen (died 1592)<ref>{{cite book|last=Williamson|first=David|title=Debrett's Kings and Queens of Europe|location=Exeter|publisher=Webb & Bower|year=1988|isbn=978-0-86350-194-4|page=80}}</ref> *[[1580]] – [[Carlo Contarini]], doge of Venice (died 1656) *[[1586]] – [[Thomas Hooker]], English-born founder of the [[Colony of Connecticut]] (died 1647) *[[1593]] – [[Achille d'Étampes de Valençay]], French military leader (died 1646)<ref>"Achilles to Étampes-Valencay" in Marie-Nicolas Bouillet and Alexis CHASSANG (dir.), Dictionnaire universel d'histoire et de géographie, 1878</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1653]] – [[Thomas Pitt]], English businessman and politician (died 1726)<ref>{{cite web |title=Thomas Pitt | British merchant |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Pitt |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1670]] – [[Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg]], countess palatine (died 1748) *[[1675]] – [[Mary Walcott]], American accuser and witness at the [[Salem witch trials]] (died 1719) *[[1709]] – [[Étienne de Silhouette]], French translator and politician, [[Controller-General of Finances]] (died 1767) *[[1717]] – [[Peter III of Portugal|Peter III]], Portuguese king (died 1786)<ref>{{cite book| last = Sousa| first = António Caetano de| language = pt| title = História genealógica da Casa Real portuguesa| volume = VIII| publisher = Silviana| location = Lisbon| pages = 369–70}}</ref> *[[1718]] – [[Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford]], English politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (died 1794) *[[1745]] – [[Carl Arnold Kortum]], German physician and poet (died 1824) *[[1755]] – [[Sarah Siddons]], English actress (died 1831)<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Siddons, Sarah}}</ref> *[[1780]] – [[François Carlo Antommarchi]], French physician (died 1838) *[[1781]] – [[Stamford Raffles]], English politician, founded [[Singapore]] (died 1826) <ref>{{Cite book|last1=Raffles|first1=Lady Sophia|author-link1=Sophia Hull|last2=Raffles|first2=Thomas Stamford|author-link2=Thomas Stamford Raffles|date=1830|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B-tdAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA2|title=Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, F.R.S. &c.; particularly in the government of Java, 1811–1816; and of Bencoolen and its dependencies, 1817–1824; with details of the commerce and resources of the Eastern archipelago; and selections from his correspondence|language=en-gb|location=[[London]], England|publisher=[[John Murray (publishing house)|John Murray]] ([[John Murray III]])|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> *[[1793]] – [[Pavel Pestel]], Russian officer (died 1826) *[[1794]] – [[Sylvester Graham]], American minister and activist (died 1851) *[[1801]] – [[David Farragut]], American admiral (died 1870) *[[1802]] – [[Pavel Nakhimov]], Russian admiral (died 1855) *[[1803]] – [[George Borrow]], British writer (died 1881) *[[1805]] – [[Robert FitzRoy]], English captain, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd [[Governor of New Zealand]] (died 1865) *[[1810]] – [[P. T. Barnum]], American businessman, co-founded [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus]] (died 1891) *[[1820]] – [[William John Macquorn Rankine]], Scottish physicist, mathematician, and engineer (died 1872) *[[1829]] – [[Ignacio Mariscal]], Mexican politician and diplomat, [[Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Mexico)|Secretary of Foreign Affairs for Mexico]] (died 1910) *[[1832]] – [[Pavel Chistyakov]], Russian painter and educator (died 1919) *[[1841]] – [[William Collins Whitney]], American financier and politician, 31st [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] (died 1904) *[[1849]] – [[William Thomas Stead]], English journalist (died 1912) *[[1853]] – [[Cecil Rhodes]], English-South African businessman and politician, 6th [[Prime Minister of the Cape Colony]] (died 1902) *[[1857]] – [[Clara Zetkin]], German theorist and activist (died 1933) * 1857 – [[Julien Tiersot]], French musicologist and composer (died 1936) *[[1860]] – [[Robert Bacon]], American colonel and politician, 39th [[United States Secretary of State]] (died 1919) * 1860 – [[Mathieu Jaboulay]], French surgeon (died 1913) *[[1862]] – [[George Nuttall]], American-British bacteriologist (died 1937) * 1862 – [[Horatio Caro]], English chess master (died 1920) *[[1864]] – [[Stephan Krehl]], German composer (died 1924) *[[1867]] – [[A. E. Douglass]], American astronomer (died 1962) *[[1872]] – [[Édouard Herriot]], French lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of France]] (died 1957) *[[1874]] – [[Eugen Fischer]], German physician and academic (died 1967) *[[1879]] – [[Dwight F. Davis]], American tennis player and politician, 49th [[United States Secretary of War]] (died 1945) * 1879 – [[Wanda Landowska]], Polish-French [[harpsichord]] player and educator (died 1959) *[[1880]] – [[Jan Kubelík]], Czech violinist and composer (died 1940) * 1880 – [[Constantin Tănase]], Romanian actor and playwright (died 1945) *[[1882]] – [[Inayat Khan]], Indian mystic and educator (died 1927) *[[1883]] – [[Gustave Lanctot]], Canadian historian, author, and academic (died 1975) *[[1884]] – [[Enrico Dante]], Italian cardinal (died 1967) *[[1885]] – [[Blas Infante]], Spanish historian and politician (died 1936) * 1885 – [[André Lhote]], French sculptor and painter (died 1962) *[[1886]] – [[Willem Drees]], Dutch politician and historian, [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (1948–1958) (died 1988) * 1886 – [[Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia]] (died 1918) *[[1888]] – [[Herbert Spencer Gasser]], American physiologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1963) * 1888 – [[Louise Freeland Jenkins]], American astronomer and academic (died 1970) *[[1889]] – [[Jean Cocteau]], French novelist, poet, and playwright (died 1963) *[[1890]] – [[Frederick Lewis Allen]], American historian and journalist (died 1954) *[[1891]] – [[John Howard Northrop]], American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1987) * 1891 – [[Tin Ujević]], Croatian poet and translator (died 1955) *[[1893]] – [[Anthony Berkeley Cox]], English writer (died 1971) * 1893 – [[Giuseppe Caselli]], Italian painter (died 1976) *[[1894]] – [[Ants Lauter]], Estonian actor and director (died 1973) *[[1896]] – [[Thomas Playford IV]], Australian politician, 33rd [[Premier of South Australia]] (died 1981) *[[1898]] – [[Georgios Grivas]], Greek general (died 1974) *[[1899]] – [[Marcel Achard]], French playwright, screenwriter, and author (died 1974) *[[1900]] – [[Yoshimaro Yamashina]], Japanese ornithologist, founded the [[Yamashina Institute for Ornithology]] (died 1989) * 1900 – [[Bernardus Johannes Alfrink]], Dutch cardinal (died 1987) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Julio Libonatti]], Italian-Argentinian footballer (died 1981) *[[1902]] – [[Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.]], American colonel and politician, 3rd [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]] (died 1985) *[[1904]] – [[Harold Acton]], English scholar and author (died 1994) * 1904 – [[Ernst Mayr]], German-American biologist and ornithologist (died 2005) * 1904 – [[Milburn Stone]], American actor (died 1980) *[[1905]] – [[Madeleine Sylvain-Bouchereau]], Haitian sociologist and educator (died 1970)<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |year=2016 |title=Sylvain-Bouchereau, Madeleine |encyclopedia=[[Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro–Latin American Biography]] |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199935796.001.0001/acref-9780199935796-e-2028 |access-date=2018-05-25 |editor=Franklin W. Knight |language=en |isbn=978-0-19-993579-6 |editor2=Henry Louis Gates Jr |url-access=subscription}}</ref> *[[1908]] – [[Henri, Count of Paris (1908–1999)|Henri of Orléans]], (died 1999) * 1908 – [[Lyman S. Ayres II]], American businessman (died 1996) *[[1910]] – [[Georges Vedel]], French lawyer and academic (died 2002) *[[1911]] – [[Endel Aruja]], Estonian-Canadian physicist and academic (died 2008) * 1911 – [[Haydn Bunton, Sr.]], Australian footballer and coach (died 1955) * 1911 – [[Giorgio Borġ Olivier]], Maltese lawyer and politician, 7th [[Prime Minister of Malta]] (died 1980) * 1911 – [[Georges Pompidou]], French banker and politician, 19th [[President of France]] (died 1974) *[[1913]] – [[George Costakis]], Russian art collector (died 1990) * 1913 – [[Smiley Lewis]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1966) *[[1914]] – [[John Thomas Dunlop]], American administrator and labor scholar (died 2003) *[[1914]] – [[Annie Fischer]], Hungarian pianist and composer (died 1995) *[[1915]] – [[Babe Paley]], American socialite (died 1978) * 1915 – [[John Woodruff (athlete)|John Woodruff]], American runner and commander (died 2007) * 1915 – [[Al Timothy]], Trinidadian musician and songwriter (died 2000) *[[1916]] – [[Lívia Rév]], Hungarian classical pianist (died 2018) * 1916 – [[Ivor Powell]], Welsh footballer (died 2012)<ref>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=Jeff|title=Port Vale Personalities|publisher=Witan Books|page=237|year=1996|isbn=0-9529152-0-0}}</ref> *[[1918]] – [[K. Karunakaran]], Indian lawyer and politician, 7th [[Chief Minister of Kerala]] (died 2010) * 1918 – [[Brian James (actor)|Brian James]], Australian actor (died 2009) * 1918 – [[Zakaria Mohieddin]], Egyptian general and politician, 33rd [[Prime Minister of Egypt]] (died 2012) * 1918 – [[George Rochberg]], American composer and educator (died 2005) *[[1921]] – [[Viktor Kulikov]], Russian marshal (died 2013) * 1921 – [[Nanos Valaoritis]], Greek author, poet, and playwright (died 2019) *[[1923]] – [[George Moore (jockey)|George Moore]], Australian jockey (died 2008) * 1923 – [[Mitsuye Yamada]], Japanese American activist *[[1924]] – [[János Starker]], Hungarian-American cellist and educator (died 2013) * 1924 – [[Edward Cassidy]], Australian Roman Catholic cardinal priest (died 2021) *[[1925]] – [[Fernando de Szyszlo]], Peruvian painter and sculptor (died 2017) * 1925 – [[Jean Raspail]], French author and explorer (died 2020) *[[1926]] – [[Diana Lynn]], American actress (died 1971) *[[1928]] – [[Pierre Mauroy]], French educator and politician, [[Prime Minister of France]] (died 2013) * 1928 – [[Warren Oates]], American actor (died 1982) *[[1929]] – [[Jimmy Carruthers]], Australian boxer (died 1990) * 1929 – [[Katherine Helmond]], American actress and director (died 2019) * 1929 – [[Tony Lock]], English cricketer (died 1995) * 1929 – [[Jovan Rašković]], Serbian psychiatrist, academic, and politician (died 1992) * 1929 – [[Jiří Reynek]], Czech poet and graphic artist (died 2014) *[[1931]] – [[Ismail Mahomed]], South African lawyer and politician, 17th [[Chief Justice of South Africa]] (died 2000) *[[1932]] – [[Gyula Horn]], Hungarian politician, 37th [[Prime Minister of Hungary]] (died 2013) *[[1933]] – [[Paul-Gilbert Langevin]], French musicologist, critic and physicist (died 1986) *[[1935]] – [[John Schoenherr]], American illustrator (died 2010)<ref>{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=John Schoenherr, Children's Book Illustrator, Dies at 74|work=The New York Times|date=April 15, 2010|accessdate=January 27, 2024|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/arts/15schoenherr.html}}</ref> *[[1936]] – [[Shirley Knight]], American actress (died 2020) * 1936 – [[James Mirrlees]], Scottish economist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2018)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/24/sir-james-mirrlees-obituary|title=Sir James Mirrlees obituary|date=24 September 2018|author=Mark Littlewood|website=The Guardian|access-date=August 20, 2021}}</ref> * [[1937]] – [[Nita Lowey]], American politician (born 1937)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fried |first=Joseph P. |date=March 16, 2025 |title=Nita Lowey, Tenacious New York Representative, Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/us/politics/nita-m-lowey-dead.html |access-date=March 18, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[1938]] – [[Ronnie Self]], American singer-songwriter (died 1981) *[[1940]] – [[Chuck Close]], American painter and photographer (died 2021)<ref>{{cite book | last = Warren | first = Lynne | title = Encyclopedia of twentieth-century photography | publisher = Routledge | location = New York | year = 2006 | isbn = 9781135205362 | pages=287–8}}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[Epeli Nailatikau]], Fijian [[Ratu|chief]], [[President of Fiji]] *[[1942]] – [[Matthias Bamert]], Swiss composer and conductor * 1942 – [[Hannes Löhr]], German footballer, coach, and manager (died 2016) *[[1943]] – [[Curt Blefary]], American baseball player and coach (died 2001) * 1943 – [[Mark Cox (tennis)|Mark Cox]], English tennis player, coach and sportscaster * 1943 – [[Robbie Robertson]], Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (died 2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/robbie-robertson-dead-the-band-1235692172/|title=Robbie Robertson, Leader of The Band, Dies at 80|last=Morris|first=Chris|website=Variety|date=August 9, 2023}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Leni Björklund]], Swedish politician, 28th [[Minister for Defence (Sweden)|Swedish Minister of Defence for Sweden]] *[[1945]] – [[Michael Blake (author)|Michael Blake]], American author and screenwriter (died 2015) * 1945 – [[Humberto Benítez Treviño]], Mexican lawyer and politician, [[Attorney General of Mexico]] *[[1946]] – [[Pierre-Marc Johnson]], Canadian lawyer, physician, and politician, 24th [[Premier of Quebec]] * 1946 – [[Paul Smith (fashion designer)|Paul Smith]], English fashion designer * 1946 – [[Gerard 't Hooft]], Dutch physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1999/thooft/facts/|title=Gerardus 't Hooft - Facts|website=nobelprize.org|access-date=20 August 2021}}</ref> * 1946 – [[Vladimir Mikhailovich Zakharov]], Russian dancer and choreographer (died 2013) *[[1949]] – [[Ludwig G. Strauss]], German physician and academic (died 2013) * 1949 – [[Jill Murphy]],British children's author (died 2021)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Eccleshare |first=Julia |date=2021-08-22 |title=Jill Murphy obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/aug/22/jill-murphy-obituary |access-date=2024-11-24 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> *[[1950]] – [[Carlos Caszely]], Chilean footballer * 1950 – [[Huey Lewis]], American singer-songwriter and actor *[[1951]] – [[Goose Gossage]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Rich Gossage |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/rich-gossage-114989 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=4 July 2023}}</ref> *[[1953]] – [[David Morrow (commentator)|David Morrow]], Australian radio host and sportscaster (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 August 2019 |title=Great media personalities short-listed for Hall of Fame |url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/08/06/great-media-personalities-short-listed-for-hall-of-fame/ |access-date=10 February 2024 |website=National Rugby League |language=en}}</ref> * 1953 – [[Caryn Navy]], American mathematician and computer scientist *[[1954]] – [[Jimmy Crespo]], American guitarist and songwriter * 1954 – [[John Wright (cricketer, born 1954)|John Wright]], New Zealand cricketer and coach *[[1955]] – [[Tony Hadley (footballer)|Tony Hadley]], English footballer * 1955 – [[Peter McNamara]], Australian tennis player and coach (died 2019) *[[1956]] – [[Horacio Cartes]], Paraguayan businessman and politician, [[President of Paraguay]] * 1956 – [[James Lofton]], American football player and coach *[[1957]] – [[Carlo Thränhardt]], German high jumper * 1957 – [[Doug Wilson (ice hockey)|Doug Wilson]], Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager *[[1958]] – [[Veronica Guerin]], Irish journalist (died 1996) * 1958 – [[Bill Watterson]], American author and illustrator *[[1959]] – [[Marc Cohn]], American singer-songwriter and keyboard player *[[1962]] – [[Sarina Hülsenbeck]], German swimmer *[[1963]] – [[Edie Falco]], American actress *[[1964]] – [[Ronald D. Moore]], American screenwriter and producer *[[1966]] – [[Susannah Doyle]], English actress, director, and playwright * 1966 – [[Gianfranco Zola]], Italian footballer and coach *[[1967]] – [[Mustafa Al-Kadhimi]], Iraqi politician, 80th [[Prime Minister of Iraq]]<ref name="JannahNews">{{cite news |title=Is Mustafa Al-Kadhimi Sunni or Shiite?|url=https://karistina.com/munuaeat/42991.html|work=Jannah News|date=8 November 2021 |access-date=24 May 2022}}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Ken Akamatsu]], Japanese illustrator * 1968 – [[Kenji Ito]], Japanese pianist and composer * 1968 – [[Nardwuar]], Canadian celebrity journalist and musician<ref>{{cite web |title=Nardwuar the Human Serviette |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/nardwuar-the-human-serviette/79860918 |website=Apple Music |access-date=July 3, 2024}}</ref> * 1968 – [[Hedi Slimane]], French fashion designer and photographer * 1968 – [[Alex Zülle]], Swiss cyclist * 1968 – [[Susan Wojcicki]], Polish-American technology executive (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=2024-08-10 |title=Susan Wojcicki, Former YouTube CEO and Influential Google Exec, Dies at 56 |url=https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/susan-wojcicki-dead-youtube-ceo-google-exec-1236102629/ |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[Jenji Kohan]], American screenwriter and producer * 1969 – [[John LeClair]], American ice hockey player * 1969 – [[RZA]], American rapper, producer, actor, and director *[[1970]] – [[Mac Dre]], American rapper and producer, founded [[Thizz Entertainment]] (died 2004) * 1970 – [[Valentí Massana]], Spanish race walker *[[1971]] – [[Derek McInnes]], Scottish footballer and manager *[[1972]] – [[Matthew Birir]], Kenyan runner * 1972 – [[Robert Esmie]], Canadian sprinter * 1972 – [[Gary Shteyngart]], American writer *[[1973]] – [[Marcus Allbäck]], Swedish footballer and coach * 1973 – [[Bengt Lagerberg]], Swedish drummer * 1973 – [[Róisín Murphy]], Irish singer-songwriter and producer *[[1974]] – [[Márcio Amoroso]], Brazilian footballer * 1974 – [[Sarah Taylor (squash player)|Sarah Taylor]], Jersey squash player<ref>{{cite web |title=Glasgow 2014 - Sarah Taylor Profile |url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/squash/1023660/s_taylor.html |website=g2014results.thecgf.com |access-date=17 October 2020}}</ref> *[[1975]] – [[Hernán Crespo]], Argentinian footballer and coach * 1975 – [[Ai Sugiyama]], Japanese tennis player *[[1976]] – [[Bizarre (rapper)|Bizarre]], American rapper * 1976 – [[Nuno Gomes]], Portuguese footballer *[[1977]] – [[Nicolas Kiefer]], German tennis player<ref>{{cite book|author1=Dudenredaktion|last2=Kleiner|first2=Stefan|last3=Knöbl|first3=Ralf|year=2015|orig-year=First published 1962|title=Das Aussprachewörterbuch|trans-title=The Pronunciation Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T6vWCgAAQBAJ|language=German|edition=7th|location=Berlin|publisher=Dudenverlag|isbn=978-3-411-04067-4|page=506}}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Britta Oppelt]], German rower * 1978 – [[Allan Simonsen (racing driver)|Allan Simonsen]], Danish race car driver (died 2013) * 1978 – [[İsmail YK]], German-Turkish singer-songwriter *[[1979]] – [[Shane Filan]], Irish singer-songwriter * 1979 – [[Amélie Mauresmo]], French-Swiss tennis player * 1979 – [[Stiliyan Petrov]], Bulgarian footballer and manager *[[1980]] – [[Pauly D]], American television personality<ref>{{cite web |last1=Arellano |first1=Jennifer |title=Happy Birthday, Pauly D! This 'Jersey Shore' kid is all grown up |url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/05/showbiz/tv/pauly-d-jersey-shore-birthday/index.html |website=[[CNN]] |publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=4 July 2023 |date=5 July 2013}}</ref> * 1980 – [[David Rozehnal]], Czech footballer * 1980 – [[Mads Tolling]], Danish-American violinist and composer *[[1982]] – [[Fabrício de Souza]], Brazilian footballer * 1982 – [[Alexander Dimitrenko]], Ukrainian-German boxer * 1982 – [[Alberto Gilardino]], Italian footballer * 1982 – [[Philippe Gilbert]], Belgian cyclist * 1982 – [[Kate Gynther]], Australian water polo player<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/waterpolo/athletes?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZtYXRyaXh0dW5uZWwlMkZTcG9ydCUyRjMwJTJGU3F1YWQlMkZQcm9maWxlJTJGQXRobGV0ZSUyRkRldGFpbCUyRjI2Njk2NzImYWxsPTE%3D|access-date=1 March 2012|title=AIS Women's Water Polo - Kate Gynther|author=Australian Institute of Sport|location=Canberra|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326121017/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/waterpolo/athletes?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZtYXRyaXh0dW5uZWwlMkZTcG9ydCUyRjMwJTJGU3F1YWQlMkZQcm9maWxlJTJGQXRobGV0ZSUyRkRldGFpbCUyRjI2Njk2NzImYWxsPTE%3D|archive-date=26 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1982 – [[Dave Haywood]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1982 – [[Paíto]], Mozambican footballer * 1982 – [[Szabolcs Perenyi]], Romanian-Hungarian footballer * 1982 – [[Beno Udrih]], Slovenian basketball player * 1982 – [[Tuba Büyüküstün]], Turkish actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Tuba Büyüküstün Profile |url=https://www.sabah.com.tr/tuba-buyukustun |website=sabah.com.tr |access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref> * 1982 – [[Junri Namigata]], Japanese tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Junri Namigata Japan |url=https://www.billiejeankingcup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800201254 |website=billiejeankingcup.com |access-date=8 January 2021 |archive-date=10 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110064832/https://www.billiejeankingcup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800201254 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Marco Estrada (baseball)|Marco Estrada]], Mexican baseball player * 1983 – [[Jonás Gutiérrez]], Argentinian footballer * 1983 – [[Zheng Jie]], Chinese tennis player * 1983 – [[Taavi Peetre]], Estonian shot putter (died 2010) *[[1984]] – [[Danay Garcia]], Cuban actress * 1984 – [[Zack Miller]], American golfer *[[1985]] – [[Alexandre R. Picard]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1985 – [[Megan Rapinoe]], American soccer player<ref>{{cite web |title=Megan Rapinoe Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/158775/megan-rapinoe |website=ESPN |access-date=6 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Iurii Cheban]], Ukrainian canoe sprinter<ref>{{cite web|title=Iurii Cheban|date=21 September 2019|url=https://www.canoeicf.com/athlete/iurii-cheban|publisher=International Canoe Federation|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Piermario Morosini]], Italian footballer (died 2012) * 1986 – [[Alexander Radulov]], Russian ice hockey player *[[1987]] – [[Ji Chang-wook]], South Korean actor * 1987 – [[Safiq Rahim]], Malaysian footballer * 1987 – [[Alexander Kristoff]], Norwegian cyclist<ref>{{ProCyclingStats|140749}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Samir Ujkani]], Albanian footballer *[[1989]] – [[Adam Cole]], American wrestler<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harris |first1=Jeffrey |title=Adam Cole Reaches 400 Days as NXT Champion, Celebrates Birthday |url=https://411mania.com/wrestling/adam-cole-celebrates-major-milestone-400-days/ |publisher=[[411Mania]] |access-date=4 July 2023 |date=5 July 2020}}</ref> * 1989 – [[Georgios Efrem]], Cypriot footballer *[[1990]] – [[Abeba Aregawi]], Ethiopian-Swedish runner<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/sweden/abeba-aregawi-14360651|title=Abeba Aregawi|website=World Athletics|access-date=27 November 2023}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Alberto Moreno]], Spanish footballer * 1992 – [[Chiara Scholl]], American tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chiara Scholl |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/chiara-scholl_prs292221/person.shtml |website=eurosport.com |access-date=6 July 2020}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Yaroslav Kosov]], Russian ice hockey player * 1993 – [[Jorge Polanco]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jorge Polanco |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jorge-polanco-593871 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=4 July 2023}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Shohei Ohtani]], Japanese baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Shohei Ohtani Stats, Age, Position, Height, ... - MLB.com |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/shohei-ohtani-660271 |website=MLB.com |access-date=July 3, 2024}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Aamir Jamal]], Pakistani cricketer<ref name="profile">{{cite web |url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/793441.html |title=Player Profile |access-date=5 July 2019 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Emily Fox]], American soccer player<ref>{{Cite web|title=Emily Fox - Women's Soccer|url=https://goheels.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/emily-fox/16150|access-date=2021-01-14|website=University of North Carolina Athletics|language=en}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Suzan Lamens]], Dutch tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Suzan Lamens | Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/324898/suzan-lamens |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> * 1999 – [[Kang Hye-won]], South Korean actress and singer<ref>{{cite web|title="예쁜 나이 스물 넷" 강혜원, 생일 자축! 비현실적 비주얼에 감탄만|url=https://www.chosun.com/entertainments/entertain_photo/2022/07/05/TQ537I34ZWOZ4KXADDI4QTTZBU/|work=Osen|date=5 July 2022|access-date=2 March 2025|language=ko}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[905]] – [[Cui Yuan (died 905)|Cui Yuan]], Chinese [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor]] * 905 – [[Dugu Sun]], Chinese chancellor * 905 – [[Lu Yi (Tang dynasty)|Lu Yi]], Chinese chancellor (born 847) * 905 – [[Pei Shu]], Chinese chancellor (born 841) * 905 – [[Wang Pu (Tang dynasty)|Wang Pu]], Chinese chancellor * [[936]] – [[Xu Ji]], Chinese official and chancellor * [[967]] – [[Emperor Murakami|Murakami]], Japanese emperor (born 926) *[[1080]] – [[Ísleifur Gissurarson]], Icelandic bishop (born 1006) *[[1091]] – [[William of Hirsau]], German abbot *[[1316]] – [[Ferdinand of Majorca|Ferdinand]], prince of Majorca (born 1278) *[[1375]] – [[Charles III, Count of Alençon|Charles III]], French nobleman (born 1337) *[[1413]] – [[Musa Çelebi]], Ottoman prince and co-ruler *[[1507]] – [[Crinitus]], Italian scholar and academic (born 1475) *[[1539]] – [[Anthony Maria Zaccaria]], Italian saint (born 1502) ===1601–1900=== *[[1661]] – [[Sir Hugh Speke, 1st Baronet]]<ref name=Cockayne>{{cite web| url = https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092524390#page/n55/mode/2up| title = George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Volume 3'' 1900| year = 1900}}</ref> *[[1666]] – [[Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria|Albert VI]], German nobleman (born 1584) *[[1676]] – [[Carl Gustaf Wrangel]], Swedish field marshal and politician (born 1613) *[[1715]] – [[Charles Ancillon]], French jurist and diplomat (born 1659) *[[1719]] – [[Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg]], German-English general (born 1641) *[[1773]] – [[Francisco José Freire]], Portuguese historian and philologist (born 1719) *[[1819]] – [[William Cornwallis]], English admiral and politician (born 1744) *[[1826]] – [[Stamford Raffles]], English politician, founded [[Singapore]] (born 1782) *[[1833]] – [[Nicéphore Niépce]], French inventor, created the first known [[View from the Window at Le Gras|photograph]] (born 1765) *[[1859]] – [[Charles Cagniard de la Tour]], French physicist and engineer (born 1777) *[[1862]] – [[Heinrich Georg Bronn]], German geologist and paleontologist (born 1800) *[[1863]] – [[Lewis Armistead]], Confederate general (born 1817) *[[1884]] – [[Victor Massé]], French composer (born 1822) ===1901–present=== *[[1908]] – [[Jonas Lie (writer)|Jonas Lie]], Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (born 1833) *[[1920]] – [[Max Klinger]], German painter and sculptor (born 1857) *[[1927]] – [[Albrecht Kossel]], German physician and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1853) *[[1929]] – [[Henry Johnson (World War I soldier)|Henry Johnson]], American sergeant (born 1897) *[[1932]] – [[Sasha Chorny]], Russian poet and author (born 1880) *[[1935]] – [[Bernard de Pourtalès]], Swiss captain and sailor (born 1870) *[[1937]] – [[Daniel Sawyer]], American golfer (born 1884) *[[1943]] – [[Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski]], Polish actor (born 1880) * 1943 – [[Karin Swanström]], Swedish actress, director, and producer (born 1873) *[[1945]] – [[John Curtin]], Australian journalist and politician, 14th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (born 1885) *[[1948]] – [[Georges Bernanos]], French soldier and author (born 1888) * 1948 – [[Carole Landis]], American actress (born 1919) * 1948 – [[Piet Aalberse]], Dutch politician (born 1871) *[[1957]] – [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]], Indian lawyer and politician, 1st [[Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar]] (born 1887) *[[1965]] – [[Porfirio Rubirosa]], Dominican race car driver, polo player, and diplomat (born 1909) *[[1966]] – [[George de Hevesy]], Hungarian-German chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1885) *[[1969]] – [[Wilhelm Backhaus]], German pianist and educator (born 1884) * 1969 – [[Walter Gropius]], German architect, designed the [[John F. Kennedy Federal Building]] and [[Werkbund Exhibition (1914)|Werkbund Exhibition]] (born 1883) * 1969 – [[Tom Mboya]], Kenyan politician, 1st [[Minister of Justice (Kenya)|Kenyan Minister of Justice]] (born 1930) * 1969 – [[Leo McCarey]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1898) *[[1975]] – [[Gilda dalla Rizza]], Italian soprano and actress (born 1892) *[[1976]] – [[Walter Giesler]], American soccer player and referee (born 1910)<ref name="SLP July 6, 1976">{{cite news | title=Walter Geiser dies after heart attack | newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch | date=July 6, 1976 | url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/139474756/?terms=Walter%20Giesler&match=1 | access-date=October 11, 2021 }}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Harry James]], American trumpet player and actor (born 1916) *[[1984]] – [[Chic Murray (politician)|Chic Murray]], Canadian politician, 2nd [[Mayor of Mississauga]] (born 1914) *[[1991]] – [[Howard Nemerov]], American poet and essayist (born 1920) *[[1995]] – [[Jüri Järvet]], Estonian actor and screenwriter (born 1919) *[[1997]] – [[A. Thangathurai]], Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (born 1936) *[[1998]] – [[Sid Luckman]], American football player (born 1916) *[[2002]] – [[Katy Jurado]], Mexican actress (born 1924) * 2002 – [[Ted Williams]], American baseball player and manager (born 1918) *[[2004]] – [[Hugh Shearer]], Jamaican journalist and politician, 3rd [[Prime Minister of Jamaica]] (born 1923) * 2004 – [[Rodger Ward]], American race car driver and sportscaster (born 1921) *[[2005]] – [[James Stockdale]], American admiral (born 1923) *[[2006]] – [[Gert Fredriksson]], Swedish canoe racer (born 1919) * 2006 – [[Thirunalloor Karunakaran]], Indian poet and scholar (born 1924) * 2006 – [[Kenneth Lay]], American businessman (born 1942) * 2006 – [[Amzie Strickland]], American actress (born 1919) *[[2007]] – [[Régine Crespin]], French soprano (born 1927) * 2007 – [[George Melly]], English singer-songwriter and critic (born 1926) *[[2008]] – [[Hasan Doğan]], Turkish businessman (born 1956) *[[2010]] – [[Bob Probert]], Canadian ice hockey player and radio host (born 1965) *[[2011]] – [[Cy Twombly]], American-Italian painter, sculptor, and photographer (born 1928) *[[2012]] – [[Rob Goris]], Belgian cyclist (born 1982) * 2012 – [[Gerrit Komrij]], Dutch author, poet, and playwright (born 1944) * 2012 – [[Colin Marshall, Baron Marshall of Knightsbridge]], English businessman and politician (born 1933) * 2012 – [[Ruud van Hemert]], Dutch actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1938) *[[2013]] – [[Bud Asher]], American lawyer and politician (born 1925) * 2013 – [[David Cargo]], American politician, 22nd [[Governor of New Mexico]] (born 1929) * 2013 – [[Lambert Jackson Woodburne]], South African admiral (born 1939) *[[2014]] – [[Rosemary Murphy]], American actress (born 1925) * 2014 – [[Volodymyr Sabodan]], Ukrainian metropolitan (born 1935) * 2014 – [[Hans-Ulrich Wehler]], German historian and academic (born 1931) * 2014 – [[Brett Wiesner]], American soccer player (born 1983) *[[2015]] – [[Uffe Haagerup]], Danish mathematician and academic (born 1949) * 2015 – [[Yoichiro Nambu]], Japanese-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1921) *[[2020]] – [[Nick Cordero]], Canadian actor and singer (born 1978)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Truitt|first=Brian|title=Broadway star Nick Cordero dies at 41 after coronavirus struggle highlighted by wife Amanda Kloots|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2020/07/05/broadway-star-nick-cordero-dies-after-coronavirus-battle/5232813002/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726155852/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2020/07/05/broadway-star-nick-cordero-dies-after-coronavirus-battle/5232813002/|archive-date=2020-07-26|access-date=2021-07-05|website=[[USA TODAY]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Broadway Star Nick Cordero Dies|url=https://people.com/theater/nick-cordero-dead-coronavirus-complications/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707223851/https://people.com/theater/nick-cordero-dead-coronavirus-complications/|archive-date=2020-07-07|access-date=2021-07-05|website=[[People.com]]|language=en}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Raffaella Carrà]], Italian singer, dancer, television presenter and actress (born 1943) * 2021 – [[Richard Donner]], American film director (born 1930)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hipes|first=Patrick|date=2021-07-05|title=Richard Donner Dies: 'Superman', 'Lethal Weapon' And 'The Goonies' Director Was 91|url=https://deadline.com/2021/07/richard-donner-dead-superman-lethal-weapon-director-1234786372/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708080822/https://deadline.com/2021/07/richard-donner-dead-superman-lethal-weapon-director-1234786372/|archive-date=2021-07-08|access-date=2021-07-11|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Jon Landau (film producer)|Jon Landau]], American film producer (born 1960)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=2024-07-06 |title=Jon Landau Dies: 'Avatar' & Oscar-Winning 'Titanic' Producer Was 63 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/07/jon-landau-dies-avatar-oscar-winning-titanic-producer-was-63-1236002580/ |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Bengt I. Samuelsson]], Swedish biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1934)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1982 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1982/samuelsson/facts/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Vic Seixas]], American tennis player (born 1923)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |date=2024-07-06 |title=Vic Seixas, Winner of 15 Grand Slam Tennis Titles, Dies at 100 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/06/sports/tennis/vic-seixas-dead.html |access-date=2024-07-07 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *[[1934 West Coast waterfront strike|Bloody Thursday]] ([[International Longshore and Warehouse Union]]) *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Anthony Maria Zaccaria]], priest (died 1539)<ref>{{cite book |title=Martirologio Romano |date=2004 |publisher=Libreria Editrice Vaticana|page=371|url=https://vidaeremitica.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/MARTIROLOGIO-ROMANO.pdf |access-date=2 April 2024|ref={{harvid|Martirologio|2004}}}}</ref> **[[Cyril and Methodius]] (a public holiday in [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]]) **[[Wexford Martyrs]] ([[Roman Catholic Church]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Martirologio Romano |date=2004 |publisher=Libreria Editrice Vaticana|page=372|url=https://vidaeremitica.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/MARTIROLOGIO-ROMANO.pdf |access-date=2 April 2024|ref={{harvid|Martirologio|2004}}}}</ref> **[[Zoe of Rome]] ([[Roman Catholic Church]]) **[[July 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Constitution Day (Armenia)]] *[[Fifth of July (New York)]], historic celebration of the abolition of slavery in New York in 1827.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Levine|first=Robert S.|editor-last=Carretta |editor-first=Vincent |url= |title=Genius in Bondage: Literature of the Early Black Atlantic |editor-last2=Gould |editor-first2=Philip |date=2014-10-17 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |isbn=978-0-8131-5946-1 |pages=242–60 |language=en |chapter=Fifth of July: Nathaniel Paul and the Construction of Black Nationalism |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ka0fBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA242}}</ref> *[[Independence Day (Algeria)]], celebrating the independence of Algeria from France in 1962. *[[Independence Day (Cape Verde)]], celebrating the independence of Cape Verde from Portugal in 1975. *[[Independence Day (Venezuela)]], celebrating the independence of Venezuela from Spain in 1811; also National Armed Forces Day. *[[Tynwald Day]], if July 5 is on a weekend, the holiday is the following Monday. ([[Isle of Man]]) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/5 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=07|day=05}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/july/5 |title=Historical Events on July 5 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:July 05}} [[Category:Days of July]]
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