On This Day

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July 5 Birthdays




Ian McCall
MMA FIGHTER

BIRTHDAY
July 5, 1984

BIRTHPLACE
Costa Mesa, CA

AGE
34 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Goose Gossage
BASEBALL PLAYER

BIRTHDAY
July 5, 1951

BIRTHPLACE
Colorado Springs, CO

AGE
67 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Georges Pompidou
WORLD LEADER

BIRTHDAY
July 5, 1911

BIRTHPLACE
Montboudif, France

DEATH DATE
Apr 2, 1974 (age 62)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Judge Joe Brown
TV SHOW HOST

BIRTHDAY
July 5, 1947

BIRTHPLACE
Washington, DC

AGE
71 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Kathryn Erbe
TV ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
July 5, 1965

BIRTHPLACE
Newton, MA

AGE
53 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Katherine Helmond
TV ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
July 5, 1928

BIRTHPLACE
Galveston, TX

DEATH DATE
Mar 1, 2019 (age 90)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Edie Falco
TV ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
July 5, 1963

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

AGE
55 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Milburn Stone
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 5, 1904

BIRTHPLACE
Burrton, KS

DEATH DATE
Jun 12, 1980 (age 75)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Huey Lewis
ROCK SINGER

BIRTHDAY
July 5, 1950

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

AGE
68 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer





July 5 Deaths





Georgia Brown
STAGE ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
October 21, 1933

BIRTHPLACE
England

DEATH DATE
Jul 5, 1992 (age 58)

BIRTH SIGN
Libra




Harry James
TRUMPET PLAYER

BIRTHDAY
March 15, 1916

BIRTHPLACE
Georgia

DEATH DATE
Jul 5, 1983 (age 67)

BIRTH SIGN
Pisces




Ted Williams
BASEBALL PLAYER

BIRTHDAY
August 30, 1918

BIRTHPLACE
San Diego, CA

DEATH DATE
Jul 5, 2002 (age 83)

BIRTH SIGN
Virgo




Historical Events on July 5



1687  Isaac Newton's great work PRINCIPIA published by Royal Society in England. Outlines his laws of motion and universal gravitation.

1775  Second Continental Congress drafts the Olive Branch Petition to King George III

1813  War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin

1863  Battle of Jackson, Mississippi and Battle of Birdsong Ferry, Mississippi

1864  Battle at Chattahoochee River, Georgia (Skirmish at Pace's Ferry) fought during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War

1865  US Secret Service begins operating under the Treasury Department

1871  Trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) and Big Tree, begins

1914  Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia

1934  "Bloody Thursday" - Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco

1935  FDR signs US National Labor Relations Act

1936  120°F (49°C), Gannvalley, South Dakota (state record)

1937  117°F (47°C), Medicine Lake, Montana (state record)


1937  Spam, the luncheon meat is first introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation

1943  Battle of Koersk, USSR begins (6,000 tanks)

1943  US invasion fleet (96 ships) sails to Sicily

1945  World War II: Liberation of the Philippines declared

1950  US forces enter combat in the Korean War for the first time, in the Battle of Osan

1950  Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel

1954  B-52A bomber makes its maiden flight

1963  1st Beatle tune to hit US charts, Del Shannon "From Me to You" at #87

1966  National Guard mobilizes in Omaha after 3rd night of rioting

1966  Saturn I rocket launched at Cape Kennedy

1968  John Lennon sells his psychedelic painted Rolls-Royce

1972  Two Protestant brothers are found shot dead outside of Belfast (speculation that they were killed by Loyalists because they had Catholic girlfriends)

1975  At Knebworth Festival in England, Pink Floyd debut their album "Wish You Were Here" with pyrotechnics and an exploding plane which flies into the stage

1984  Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old "exclusionary rule"-evidence seized with defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials

1986  Nancy Reagan cuts a red, white and blue ribbon to reopen Statue of Liberty after refurbishment

1989  "Seinfield" (originally titled The Seinfeld Chronicles" screens its pilot episode starring Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards on NBC

1989  Rod Stewart hits his head while on stage and knocks himself out

2003  SARS is declared "contained" by the WHO

2006  North Korea missile tests: at least two short-range Nodong-2 missiles, one SCUD missile and one long-range Taepodong-2 missile.

2016  FBI releases report stating Hillary Clinton was "extremely careless" handling classified emails but doesn't recommend prosecution

2018  Heatwave in southern Quebec, Canada, kills 33