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Birthday July 05, 1781 Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore. |
Birthday July 05, 1794 Sylvester Graham, inventor of the Graham cracker. |
Birthday July 05, 1801 David G Farragut, in Knoxville Tenn American naval hero |
Birthday July 05, 1810 Phineas T. Barnum, circus promoter in Bethel Conn |
Birthday July 05, 1857 Clara Zetkin, German women's rights advocate. |
Birthday July 05, 1891 John Northrop, US biochemist, crystallized enzymes (Nobel 1946). |
Birthday July 05, 1902 Henry Cabot Lodge, (R), politician. |
Birthday July 05, 1909 Andrei Gromyko, diplomat. |
Birthday July 05, 1926 Jan¢s Starker, Hungarian cellist. |
Birthday July 05, 1934 Katherine Helmond, in Texas |
Birthday July 05, 1936 Shirley Knight |
Birthday July 05, 1948 Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Wash DC, daughter of Richard Milhaus. |
Birthday July 05, 1951 Huey Lewis, (& the News) |
Birthday July 05, 1951 Richard 'Goose' Gossage, Baseball relieve pitcher |
Birthday July 05, 1963 Edie Falco born |
History July 05, 1266 Tynwald Day on Isle of Man. |
History July 05, 1687 Isaac Newton's PRINCIPIA is published by Royal Society in England. |
History July 05, 1753 Tynwald Day (Isle of Man) |
History July 05, 1775 Congress adopts Olive Branch Petition |
History July 05, 1808 Battle of Buenos Aires. |
History July 05, 1811 Venezuela-1st South American country to gain independence from Spain |
History July 05, 1830 France invades Algeria begins a 40 year conquest |
History July 05, 1859 Capt. N.C. Brooks discovers Midway Islands. |
History July 05, 1861 Union and Rebel forces clash at Carthage, Missouri |
History July 05, 1865 William Booth founded Salvation Army in London |
History July 05, 1865 Salvation Army founded |
History July 05, 1865 Conspirators court-martialed for plotting to kill Lincoln, Grant and Andrew Johnson |
History July 05, 1880 George Bernard Shaw quits his job |
History July 05, 1896 Bill Doolin escapes from jail |
History July 05, 1914 Germany gives Austria-Hungary blank check assurance |
History July 05, 1921 Sox accused of throwing World Series |
History July 05, 1935 1st Hawaii Calls radio program is broadcast. |
History July 05, 1935 President FDR signs Natl Labor Relations Act |
History July 05, 1937 Joe DiMaggio 1st grand slammer |
History July 05, 1938 Herb Caen's 1st column in SF Chronicle |
History July 05, 1940 United States passes Export Control Act |
History July 05, 1940 Diplomatic relations broken between Britain & Vichy govt in France |
History July 05, 1944 1st rocket airplane flown |
History July 05, 1946 Louis Reard's Bikini swimsuit design debuts at a fashion show Paris |
History July 05, 1947 Larry Doby signs with Cleveland Indians-1st black player in AL |
History July 05, 1948 Carole Landis dies at age 29 |
History July 05, 1950 Law of Return passes allowing all Jews rights to live in Israel |
History July 05, 1950 First U.S. fatality in the Korean War |
History July 05, 1950 Pvt Kenneth Shadrick of Skin Fork WVa-1st US fatality in Korean War |
History July 05, 1951 Junction transistor invention announced Murray Hill NJ |
History July 05, 1954 Elvis Presley records That's All Right (Mama) |
History July 05, 1959 U.S. visitors to Soviet exhibition in New York express their feelings |
History July 05, 1962 Mantle hits 2 homers enroute to 4 consecutive homers |
History July 05, 1966 Governors express support for U.S. global commitments |
History July 05, 1970 Pilot error causes crash in Toronto |
History July 05, 1971 Voting age lowered to 18 by 26th amendment. |
History July 05, 1975 Ashe becomes first black man to win Wimbledon |
History July 05, 1975 Cape Verdes Islands independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule |
History July 05, 1978 Soyuz 30 is launched |
History July 05, 1984 Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old `exclusionary rule'-evidence seized with defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials |
History July 05, 1986 Nancy Reagan cuts red white & blue ribbon reopening Statue of Liberty |
History July 05, 1987 Australian Pat Cash wins Wimbledon-upsets No 1 seed Ivan Lendl |
History July 05, 1990 Automotive safety expert Amos Neyhart dies at age 91 |
History July 05, 1996 First successful cloning of a mammal |
History July 05, 2003 World Health Organization declares SARS contained worldwide |