SomeFacts | July 5

On this day - July 5

328 — The official opening of Constantine's Bridge built over ...

1316 — The Burgundian and Majorcan claimants of the Principality of ...

1584 — The Maronite College is established in Rome.

1594 — Portuguese forces under the command of Pedro Lopes de Sousa ...

1610 — John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for ...

1687 — Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia ...

1770 — The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the ...

1775 — The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch ...

1803 — The Convention of Artlenburg is signed, leading to the French ...

1807 — In Buenos Aires the local militias repel the British soldiers ...

1809 — The Battle of Wagram between the French and Austrian Empires ...

1811 — The Venezuelan Declaration of Independence is adopted by a ...

1813 — War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, ...

1814 — War of 1812: Battle of Chippawa: American Major General Jacob ...

1833 — Admiral Charles Napier vanquishes the navy of the Portuguese ...

1833 — Lê Văn Khôi along with 27 soldiers stage a mutiny taking over ...

1841 — Thomas Cook organises the first package excursion, from ...

1852 — Frederick Douglass delivers his "What to the Slave Is the ...

1859 — The United States discovers and claims Midway Atoll.

1865 — The United States Secret Service begins operation.

1884 — Germany takes possession of Cameroon.

1915 — The Liberty Bell leaves Philadelphia by special train on its ...

1934 — "Bloody Thursday": The police open fire on striking ...

1935 — The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor ...

1937 — Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the ...

1940 — World War II: Foreign relations of Vichy France are severed ...

1941 — World War II: Operation Barbarossa: German troops reach the ...

1943 — World War II: German forces begin a massive offensive against ...

1943 — World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sails for Sicily ...

1945 — The United Kingdom holds its first general election in 10 ...

1946 — Micheline Bernardini models the first modern bikini at a ...

1948 — National Health Service Acts create the national public health ...

1950 — The Knesset of Israel passes the Law of Return which grants ...

1950 — Korean War: Task Force Smith: American and North Korean forces ...

1954 — Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All ...

1954 — The BBC broadcasts its first daily television news bulletin.

1962 — The official independence of Algeria is proclaimed after an ...

1970 — Air Canada Flight 621 crashes in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, ...

1971 — The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ...

1973 — Juvénal Habyarimana seizes power over Rwanda in a coup ...

1973 — A boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) in Kingman, ...

1975 — Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.

1975 — Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon ...

1977 — The Pakistan Armed Forces under Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq seize ...

1980 — Swedish tennis player Björn Borg wins his fifth Wimbledon ...

1984 — The United States Supreme Court gives its United States v. ...

1987 — Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri ...

1989 — Iran–Contra affair: Oliver North is sentenced by U.S. District ...

1994 — Jeff Bezos founds Amazon.

1995 — Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after its ...

1996 — Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult ...

1997 — Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP A. Thangathurai is ...

1999 — U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic ...

2003 — The World Health Organization announces that the 2002–2004 ...

2004 — The first direct Indonesian presidential election is held.

2006 — North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range ...

2009 — The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered in ...

2009 — A series of violent riots break out in Ürümqi, the capital ...

2012 — The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in ...

2016 — The Juno space probe arrives at Jupiter and begins a 20-month ...

2022 — British government ministers Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak ...

2023 — The last Ariane 5 rocket is launched, carrying the Heinrich ...

2024 — Keir Starmer is appointed Prime Minister by Charles III, ...