About July 5
July 5, 2025 is the 186th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 179 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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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 227 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On July 5
- 1813 –War of 1812: three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin.
- 1865 –The Salvation Army is founded in the East End of London, England.
- 1878 –The coat of arms of the Baku governorate is established.
- 1884 –Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
- 1934 –“Bloody Thursday” – Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
- 1940 –World War II: the United Kingdom and the Vichy France government break off diplomatic relations.
- 1947 –Larry Doby signs a contract with the Cleveland Indians baseball team, becoming the first black player in the American League. (Jackie Robinson had broken the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League 11 weeks earlier.)
- 1948 –National Health Service Acts created the national public health systems in the United Kingdom
- 1950 –Korean War: Task Force Smith – First clash between American and North Korean forces in the Battle of Osan.
- 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 Andhra Pradesh High Court is established.
- 1973 –Catastrophic BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) in Kingman, Arizona, following a fire that broke out as propane is being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, kills 11 firefighters.
- 1975 –Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.
- 1987 –First instance of the LTTE using suicide attacks on Sri Lankan Army. The Black Tigers are born, and in the following years continue to use the tactic to deadly effect.
- 1989 –Iran-Contra Affair: Oliver North is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell to a three-year suspended prison term, two years probation, $150,000 in fines and 1,200 hours community service. His convictions are later overturned.
- 1999 –U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
- 1999 –Wolverhampton, England is hit by storms which include a tornado. The area is hit again with severe storms on August 1.
- 2006 –North Korea launches at least two short-range Nodong-2 missiles, one SCUD missile and one long-range Taepodong-2 missile.
- 2009 –A series of violent riots break out in Ürümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China.
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