July 5
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[edit] Events
- 1687 - Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
- 1770 - Battle of Chesma and Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire.
- 1809 - Battle of Wagram starts, the two-day battle was the largest yet of the Napoleonic Wars.
- 1811 - Venezuela declares independence from Spain.
- 1813 - War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin.
- 1814 - War of 1812: Battle of Chippawa - American Major General Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippawa, Ontario.
- 1830 - France invades Algeria.
- 1865 - The Salvation Army is founded in the East End of London, England.
- 1884 - Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
- 1943 - The Battle of Kursk
- 1948 - British National Health Service Act enacted
- 1950 - Korean War: Task Force Smith - First clash between American and North Korean forces.
- 1950 - The Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.
- 1951 - William Shockley invents the junction transistor.
- 1962 - Algeria becomes independent from France.
- 1975 - Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.
- 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.
[edit] Births
- 1810 - P.T. Barnum, American circus owner (d. 1891)
- 1853 - Cecil Rhodes, South African politician, founder of Rhodesia (d. 1902)
- 1890 - Frederick Lewis Allen, American social historian (d. 1954)
- 1902 - Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., American diplomat (d. 1985)
[edit] Deaths
- 1945 - John Curtin, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)
- 1969 - Tom Mboya, Kenyan politician (b. 1930)
