July 5
Today ins the 186th day of 2021, there are 179 days left in the year.
1687 - Isaac Newton published his Principia Mathematica, a three-volume work setting out his mathematical principles of natural philosophy.
1811 - Venezuela became the first South American country to declare independence from Spain.
1830 - The French occupied the North African city of Algiers.
1865 - William Booth founded the Salvation Army in London.
1935 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act, which allowed labor to organize for the purpose of collective bargaining.
1943 - The Battle of Kursk began during World War II; in the weeks that followed, the Soviets were able to repeatedly repel the Germans, who eventually withdrew in defeat.
1946 - The bikini swimsuit made its debut at a Paris fashion show.
1948 - Britain's National Health Service Act went into effect, providing government-financed medical and dental care.
1954 - Elvis Presley recorded his first commercial record, "That's All Right."
1971 - President Richard Nixon certified the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which lowered the minimum voting age from 21 to 18.
1975 - The Cape Verde Islands became independent after 500 years of Portuguese rule.
1977 - Pakistan’s army, led by General Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, seized power from President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. (Bhutto was executed in 1979.)
1991 - Regulators in eight countries shut down the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, charging it with fraud, drug money laundering and illegal infiltration into the U.S. banking system.
1996 - Dolly, the world's first sheep cloned from adult cells, was born.
2006 - North Korea test-fired seven missiles into the Sea of Japan, including at least one believed capable of reaching the U.S. mainland.
2006 - Enron founder Kenneth Lay, facing decades in prison, died of heart disease at age 64.
2009 - The worst ethnic violence in decades in China erupted in the far western Xinjiang region, killing more than 200 people.
2009 - A bankruptcy judge ruled that General Motors Corp. could sell the bulk of its assets to a new company, clearing the way for the automaker to emerge from bankruptcy protection.
2011 - A jury in Orlando found Casey Anthony, age 25, not guilty of murder, manslaughter and child abuse in the 2008 disappearance and death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.
2015 - The first pope from Latin America, Pope Francis, landed in Ecuador, returning to South America for the first time bearing a message of solidarity with the region's poor.
2016 - The FBI recommended no criminal charges for Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server, but Director James Comey's scathing criticism of her "extremely careless" handling of classified material revitalized Republican attacks. President Barack Obama heartily vouched for Hillary Clinton's trustworthiness and dedication, making his first outing on the campaign trail for his former secretary of state.
2020 - A French bus driver was violently beaten and kicked in the head after he asked four passengers to wear masks that were required because of the coronavirus pandemic; the driver died days later.
2020 - A statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass was ripped from its base in Rochester, N.Y., on the anniversary of a speech he delivered there in 1852; the damaged statue was found 50 feet away.
Birthdays
27 - Shohei Ohtani (baseball player)
30 - Jason Dolley (actor)
32 - Adam Cole (professional wrestler)
36 - Megan Rapinoe (soccer player)
39 - Tuba Buyukustun (actress)
40 - Ryan Hansen (actor)
41 - Pauly D (reality star)
41 - Jason Wade (singer)
45 - Bizarre (rapper)
46 - Dale Godboldo (actor)
48 - Joe (singer)
53 - Michael Stuhlbarg (actor)
56 - Kathryn Erbe (actress)
57 - Jillian Armenante (actress)
58 - Edie Falco (actress)
59 - Dorien Wilson (actor)
59 - John Marshall Jones (actor)
62 - Marc Cohn (singer)
70 - Rich "Goose" Gossage (baseball player)
71 - Huey Lewis (singer)
73 - Julie Nixon Eisenhower (daughter of President Richard Nixon/granddaughter-in-law President Dwight D. Eisenhower)
78 - Robbie Robertson (singer)
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Today in Sports History - July 5
1934 - Lou Gehrig breaks Babe Ruth's record with his 17th career grand slam.
1947 - Larry Doby made his debut with the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first Black player in the American League three months after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in the National League. In the game against the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park, Doby, pinch-hitting for Bryan Stephens, struck out in his first at-bat during the seventh inning; Chicago won 6-5.
1975 - Arthur Ashe became the first African American man to win a Wimbledon singles championship after defeating Jimmy Connors in the final.
1987 - Oakland Athletics first baseman Mark McGwire becomes the first rookie in major league history to hit 30 home runs before the All-Star break.
1990 - Steffi Graf's record run of 13 consecutive Grand Slam singles titles ends when she is beaten in the semifinals at Wimbledon by American Zina Garrison.
1991 - Major League Baseball owners approve the Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins as new National League franchises to begin play in 1993.
1992 - American Andre Agassi wins the first of his career eight Grand Slam singles titles, defeating Goran Ivanisevic to win Wimbledon.
1996 - The California Angels score three runs in the top of the first, the Oakland A's respond with 13 in the bottom to set the major league record for most runs scored by two teams in the first inning of a game in MLB history.
1997 - Martina Hingis, at age 16, became the youngest Wimbledon singles champion in 110 years.
1998 - Roger Clemens (Toronto Blue Jays) got his 3,000th career strikeout.
1998 - With a 1-0 win over the Baltimore Orioles, the New York Yankees improve to 61-20, tying for the best 81-game start in MLB history.
2002 - Baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams died at age 83.
2005 - Roger Federer won his 15th career Grand Slam singles title after taking the Wimbledon crown.
2015 - The United States defeats Japan 5-2 in Vancouver to win the Women's World Cup.
Today ins the 186th day of 2021, there are 179 days left in the year.
1687 - Isaac Newton published his Principia Mathematica, a three-volume work setting out his mathematical principles of natural philosophy.
1811 - Venezuela became the first South American country to declare independence from Spain.
1830 - The French occupied the North African city of Algiers.
1865 - William Booth founded the Salvation Army in London.
1935 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act, which allowed labor to organize for the purpose of collective bargaining.
1943 - The Battle of Kursk began during World War II; in the weeks that followed, the Soviets were able to repeatedly repel the Germans, who eventually withdrew in defeat.
1946 - The bikini swimsuit made its debut at a Paris fashion show.
1948 - Britain's National Health Service Act went into effect, providing government-financed medical and dental care.
1954 - Elvis Presley recorded his first commercial record, "That's All Right."
1971 - President Richard Nixon certified the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which lowered the minimum voting age from 21 to 18.
1975 - The Cape Verde Islands became independent after 500 years of Portuguese rule.
1977 - Pakistan’s army, led by General Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, seized power from President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. (Bhutto was executed in 1979.)
1991 - Regulators in eight countries shut down the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, charging it with fraud, drug money laundering and illegal infiltration into the U.S. banking system.
1996 - Dolly, the world's first sheep cloned from adult cells, was born.
2006 - North Korea test-fired seven missiles into the Sea of Japan, including at least one believed capable of reaching the U.S. mainland.
2006 - Enron founder Kenneth Lay, facing decades in prison, died of heart disease at age 64.
2009 - The worst ethnic violence in decades in China erupted in the far western Xinjiang region, killing more than 200 people.
2009 - A bankruptcy judge ruled that General Motors Corp. could sell the bulk of its assets to a new company, clearing the way for the automaker to emerge from bankruptcy protection.
2011 - A jury in Orlando found Casey Anthony, age 25, not guilty of murder, manslaughter and child abuse in the 2008 disappearance and death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.
2015 - The first pope from Latin America, Pope Francis, landed in Ecuador, returning to South America for the first time bearing a message of solidarity with the region's poor.
2016 - The FBI recommended no criminal charges for Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server, but Director James Comey's scathing criticism of her "extremely careless" handling of classified material revitalized Republican attacks. President Barack Obama heartily vouched for Hillary Clinton's trustworthiness and dedication, making his first outing on the campaign trail for his former secretary of state.
2020 - A French bus driver was violently beaten and kicked in the head after he asked four passengers to wear masks that were required because of the coronavirus pandemic; the driver died days later.
2020 - A statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass was ripped from its base in Rochester, N.Y., on the anniversary of a speech he delivered there in 1852; the damaged statue was found 50 feet away.
Birthdays
27 - Shohei Ohtani (baseball player)
30 - Jason Dolley (actor)
32 - Adam Cole (professional wrestler)
36 - Megan Rapinoe (soccer player)
39 - Tuba Buyukustun (actress)
40 - Ryan Hansen (actor)
41 - Pauly D (reality star)
41 - Jason Wade (singer)
45 - Bizarre (rapper)
46 - Dale Godboldo (actor)
48 - Joe (singer)
53 - Michael Stuhlbarg (actor)
56 - Kathryn Erbe (actress)
57 - Jillian Armenante (actress)
58 - Edie Falco (actress)
59 - Dorien Wilson (actor)
59 - John Marshall Jones (actor)
62 - Marc Cohn (singer)
70 - Rich "Goose" Gossage (baseball player)
71 - Huey Lewis (singer)
73 - Julie Nixon Eisenhower (daughter of President Richard Nixon/granddaughter-in-law President Dwight D. Eisenhower)
78 - Robbie Robertson (singer)
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Today in Sports History - July 5
1934 - Lou Gehrig breaks Babe Ruth's record with his 17th career grand slam.
1947 - Larry Doby made his debut with the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first Black player in the American League three months after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in the National League. In the game against the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park, Doby, pinch-hitting for Bryan Stephens, struck out in his first at-bat during the seventh inning; Chicago won 6-5.
1975 - Arthur Ashe became the first African American man to win a Wimbledon singles championship after defeating Jimmy Connors in the final.
1987 - Oakland Athletics first baseman Mark McGwire becomes the first rookie in major league history to hit 30 home runs before the All-Star break.
1990 - Steffi Graf's record run of 13 consecutive Grand Slam singles titles ends when she is beaten in the semifinals at Wimbledon by American Zina Garrison.
1991 - Major League Baseball owners approve the Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins as new National League franchises to begin play in 1993.
1992 - American Andre Agassi wins the first of his career eight Grand Slam singles titles, defeating Goran Ivanisevic to win Wimbledon.
1996 - The California Angels score three runs in the top of the first, the Oakland A's respond with 13 in the bottom to set the major league record for most runs scored by two teams in the first inning of a game in MLB history.
1997 - Martina Hingis, at age 16, became the youngest Wimbledon singles champion in 110 years.
1998 - Roger Clemens (Toronto Blue Jays) got his 3,000th career strikeout.
1998 - With a 1-0 win over the Baltimore Orioles, the New York Yankees improve to 61-20, tying for the best 81-game start in MLB history.
2002 - Baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams died at age 83.
2005 - Roger Federer won his 15th career Grand Slam singles title after taking the Wimbledon crown.
2015 - The United States defeats Japan 5-2 in Vancouver to win the Women's World Cup.
