July 5
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 nation to declare independence from Spain.
1830 - The French occupied the North African city of Algiers.
1865 - William Booth formed the Salvation Army in London.
1865 - The Secret Service Division of the U.S. Treasury Department was founded in Washington, D.C. with the mission of suppressing counterfeit currency.
1935 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act, which allowed labor to organize for the purpose of collective bargaining.
1940 - During World War II, Britain and the Vichy government in France broke off diplomatic relations.
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 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. Some 200 people were killed.
2011 - A jury in Orlando, Florida, found Casey Anthony, 25, not guilty of murder, manslaughter and child abuse in the 2008 disappearance and death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.
2012 - Trucks carrying NATO supplies rolled into Afghanistan for the first time in more than seven months, ending a painful chapter in U.S.-Pakistan relations that saw the border closed until Washington apologized for an airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.
2012 - Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla was convicted and sentenced to 50 years for a systematic program to steal babies from prisoners who were kidnapped, tortured and killed during the military junta’s so-called “dirty war” on leftist dissidents. (Videla died in prison in May 2013.)
2017 - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that two laws passed by Congress did not end the right to a bond hearing for unaccompanied immigrant children who are detained by federal authorities.
2021 - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos officially stepped down as CEO; he was succeeded by Andy Jassy, who ran Amazon's cloud-computing business.
Birthdays
28 - Shohei Ohtani (baseball player)
31 - Jason Dolley (actor)
37 - Megan Rapinoe (soccer player)
41 - Ryan Hansen (actor)
42 - Jason Wade (singer)
42 - Pauly D (reality star)
47 - Dale Godboldo (actor)
54 - Michael Stuhlbarg (actor)
57 - Kathryn Erbe (actress)
58 - Jillian Armenante (actress)
59 - Edie Falco (actress)
60 - Dorien Wilson (actress)
60 - John Marshall Jones (actor)
63 - Marc Cohn (singer)
71 - Rich "Goose" Gossage (baseball player)
72 - Huey Lewis (singer)
79 - Robbie Robertson (singer)
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Today in Sports History - July 5
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 black man to win a Wimbledon singles championship when he defeated Jimmy Connors.
1987 - Oakland Athletics rookie Mark McGwire becomes the first rookie in MLB history to hit 30 home runs before the All-Star break.
1990 - Steffi Graf's record run of 13 consecutive tennis Grand Slam singles finals appearances ends with a Wimbledon semifinal loss to Zina Garrison.
1991 - MLB owners approve two new National League franchises to begin play in 1993: the Colorado Rockies and the Florida Marlins.
1997 - Martina Hingis, at age 16, became the youngest Wimbledon singles champion in 110 years.
1998 - The New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 1-0 to improve to 61-20 at the All-Star Break, equaling the best 81-game start in MLB history.
1998 - Roger Clemens (Toronto Blue Jays) got his 3,000th career strikeout.
2002 - Baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams died at age 83.
2009 - Roger Federer won his record 15th Grand Slam tennis title.
2015 - In Vancouver, the United States defeats Japan 5-2 to win the Women's World Cup soccer tournament.
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 nation to declare independence from Spain.
1830 - The French occupied the North African city of Algiers.
1865 - William Booth formed the Salvation Army in London.
1865 - The Secret Service Division of the U.S. Treasury Department was founded in Washington, D.C. with the mission of suppressing counterfeit currency.
1935 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act, which allowed labor to organize for the purpose of collective bargaining.
1940 - During World War II, Britain and the Vichy government in France broke off diplomatic relations.
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 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. Some 200 people were killed.
2011 - A jury in Orlando, Florida, found Casey Anthony, 25, not guilty of murder, manslaughter and child abuse in the 2008 disappearance and death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.
2012 - Trucks carrying NATO supplies rolled into Afghanistan for the first time in more than seven months, ending a painful chapter in U.S.-Pakistan relations that saw the border closed until Washington apologized for an airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.
2012 - Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla was convicted and sentenced to 50 years for a systematic program to steal babies from prisoners who were kidnapped, tortured and killed during the military junta’s so-called “dirty war” on leftist dissidents. (Videla died in prison in May 2013.)
2017 - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that two laws passed by Congress did not end the right to a bond hearing for unaccompanied immigrant children who are detained by federal authorities.
2021 - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos officially stepped down as CEO; he was succeeded by Andy Jassy, who ran Amazon's cloud-computing business.
Birthdays
28 - Shohei Ohtani (baseball player)
31 - Jason Dolley (actor)
37 - Megan Rapinoe (soccer player)
41 - Ryan Hansen (actor)
42 - Jason Wade (singer)
42 - Pauly D (reality star)
47 - Dale Godboldo (actor)
54 - Michael Stuhlbarg (actor)
57 - Kathryn Erbe (actress)
58 - Jillian Armenante (actress)
59 - Edie Falco (actress)
60 - Dorien Wilson (actress)
60 - John Marshall Jones (actor)
63 - Marc Cohn (singer)
71 - Rich "Goose" Gossage (baseball player)
72 - Huey Lewis (singer)
79 - Robbie Robertson (singer)
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Today in Sports History - July 5
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 black man to win a Wimbledon singles championship when he defeated Jimmy Connors.
1987 - Oakland Athletics rookie Mark McGwire becomes the first rookie in MLB history to hit 30 home runs before the All-Star break.
1990 - Steffi Graf's record run of 13 consecutive tennis Grand Slam singles finals appearances ends with a Wimbledon semifinal loss to Zina Garrison.
1991 - MLB owners approve two new National League franchises to begin play in 1993: the Colorado Rockies and the Florida Marlins.
1997 - Martina Hingis, at age 16, became the youngest Wimbledon singles champion in 110 years.
1998 - The New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 1-0 to improve to 61-20 at the All-Star Break, equaling the best 81-game start in MLB history.
1998 - Roger Clemens (Toronto Blue Jays) got his 3,000th career strikeout.
2002 - Baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams died at age 83.
2009 - Roger Federer won his record 15th Grand Slam tennis title.
2015 - In Vancouver, the United States defeats Japan 5-2 to win the Women's World Cup soccer tournament.
