What happened this day in history

Wikipedia defines history as the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. It came from the Greek word ‘historia’ – which means ‘inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation’.

Did you know? There are many who claim Herodotus, a fifth century BC Greek historian, as the “father of history”.

This website utilizes pages from Wikipedia to extract historical events from 3761 BC up to the present. There are 105,060 records in the database that include events, births and deaths of popular individuals. The present day Gregorian calendar was adopted to show dates of interest.

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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, 486,576 hours 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

  • 1809
    The Battle of Wagram, the largest of the Napoleonic Wars.
  • 1833
    Admiral Charles Napier defeats the navy of the Portuguese usurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
  • 1941
    World War II: German troops reach the Dnieper River.
  • 1950
    Korean War: Task Force Smith – First clash between American and North Korean forces in the Battle of Osan.
  • 1954
    The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.

Who were born on July 5?

  • 1718
    Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, English Viceroy of Ireland (d. 1794)
  • 1918
    George Rochberg, American composer (d. 2005)
  • 1931
    Ismail Mahomed, South African and Namibian Chief Justice (d. 2000)
  • 1938
    Ronnie Self, American rock singer and songwriter (d. 1981)
  • 1975
    Kip Gamblin, Australian dancer and actor

Who died on July 5?

  • 1507
    Crinitus, Florentine humanist (b. 1475)
  • 1826
    Sir Stamford Raffles, British statesman (b. 1782)
  • 1932
    Sasha Cherny, Russian poet (b. 1880)
  • 1965
    Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican diplomat and international playboy (b. 1909)
  • 2001
    Ernie K-Doe, American singer (b. 1936)

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