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, 29,194,560 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 ‘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
- 1803 –The Convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king).
- 1833 –Admiral Charles Napier defeats the navy of the Portuguese usurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
- 1937 –Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
- 1950 –Zionism: the Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.
- 1995 –Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after their independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1996 –Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
- 1998 –Japan launches a probe to Mars, and thus joins the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
- 2004 –The first Indonesian presidential election is held.
- 2009 –Roger Federer wins a record 15th Grand Slam title in tennis, winning a five set match against Andy Roddick at Wimbledon.
Who were born on July 5?
- 1805 –Robert FitzRoy, British naval officer and meteorologist (d. 1865)
- 1889 –Jean Cocteau, French writer (d. 1963)
- 1910 –Robert K. Merton, American sociologist (d. 2003)
- 1911 –Georges Pompidou, French politician (d. 1974)
- 1918 –René Lecavalier, French-Canadian radio host and sportscaster (d. 1999)
- 1924 –János Starker, Hungarian cellist
- 1954 –John Wright, New Zealand cricketer
- 1963 –Mark Stockwell, Australian swimmer
- 1964 –Jimmy Demers, American singer and writer
- 1969 –John LeClair, American hockey player
Who died on July 5?
- 1316 –Infante Ferdinand of Majorca (b. 1278)
- 1666 –Albert VI of Bavaria (b. 1584)
- 1859 –Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist (b. 1777)
- 1862 –Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist (b. 1800)
- 1920 –Max Klinger, German painter, sculptor and printmaker (b. 1857)
- 1929 –Henry Lincoln Johnson, American member of 369th regiment (aka Harlem Hell Fighters), the first American to receive the Croix de guerre (b. 1897)
- 1948 –Georges Bernanos, French writer (b. 1888)
- 1975 –Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano (b. 1892)
- 2006 –Gert Fredriksson, Swedish canoer (b. 1919)
- 2010 –Bob Probert, Canadian professional ice hockey forward. (b. 1965)
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