About July 5
July 5, 2024 is the 187th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 179 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
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Cancer is the sun 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 208 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On July 5
- 1770 –The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.
- 1775 –The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
- 1803 –The Convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king).
- 1811 –Venezuela declares independence from Spain.
- 1830 –France invades Algeria.
- 1935 –The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor relations in the United States, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- 1941 –World War II: German troops reach the Dnieper River.
- 1948 –National Health Service Acts created the national public health systems in the United Kingdom
- 1950 –Zionism: the Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.
- 1951 –William Shockley invents the junction transistor.
- 1954 –The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
- 1962 –Algeria becomes independent from France.
- 1970 –Air Canada Flight 621 crashes near Toronto International Airport killing 109 people.
- 1975 –Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
- 1975 –Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.
- 1996 –Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
- 1999 –U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
- 2004 –The first Indonesian presidential election is held.
- 2006 –North Korea launches at least two short-range Nodong-2 missiles, one SCUD missile and one long-range Taepodong-2 missile.
- 2009 –The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered, consisting of more than 1,500 items, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, in Staffordshire, England.
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