A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
July 5: Day of the Week
July 5, 2024 is the 187th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 179 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.
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Here’s the July calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Cancer is the zodiac 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.
July 5 Historical Event(s)
1295
Scotland and France form an alliance, the so-called “Auld Alliance”, against England.
1610
John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.
1803
The Convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king).
1814
War of 1812: Battle of Chippawa – American Major General Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippawa, Ontario.
1935
The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor relations in the United States, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1970
Air Canada Flight 621 crashes near Toronto International Airport killing 109 people.
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.
1977
Military coup in Pakistan: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.
1996
Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
2006
North Korea launches at least two short-range Nodong-2 missiles, one SCUD missile and one long-range Taepodong-2 missile.
Who were born on July 5?
1549
Francesco Maria Del Monte, Italian diplomat (d. 1627)
1801
David Farragut, American naval commander (d. 1870)
1899
Marcel Achard, French playwright, screenwriter and author (d. 1974)
1910
Robert K. Merton, American sociologist (d. 2003)
1915
John Woodruff, American distance runner (d. 2007)
1943
Curt Blefary, American baseball player (d. 2001)
1951
Keiko Fuji, Japanese enka singer
1952
David Pinkney, British racing driver
1963
Mark Stockwell, Australian swimmer
1977
Royce da 5'9\", American rapper
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters AVBBJIU? Check your answers here: Unscramble words AVBBJIU. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
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