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Events on the 5th of July in history

Events
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05 Jul 0328 The official opening of Constantine's Bridge built over the Danube between Sucidava (Corabia, Romania) and Oescus (Gigen, Bulgaria) by the Roman architect Theophilus Patricius
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05 Jul 0649 St. Martin I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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05 Jul 0767 Duke of Nepi names his brother (leek) Pope Constantine II
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05 Jul 1054 Brightest supernova (Crab Nebula) 1st reported
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05 Jul 1294 Pietro del Murrone elected as Pope Coelestinus V
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05 Jul 1295 Scotland and France sign anti-English covenant
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05 Jul 1295 Scotland and France form an alliance, the so-called "Auld Alliance", against England.
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05 Jul 1316 The Burgundian and Majorcan claimants of the Principality of Achaea meet in the Battle of Manolada
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05 Jul 1436 German Emperor Sigismund signs peace with Hussieten
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05 Jul 1594 Portuguese forces under the command of Pedro Lopes de Sousa begins an unsuccessful invasion of the Kingdom of Kandy during the Campaign of Danture in Sri Lanka.
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05 Jul 1596 English fleet under the Earl of Essex plunder Cadiz
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05 Jul 1610 John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.
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05 Jul 1626 Battle at Lenz: Rebel Austrian Boers defeated
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05 Jul 1643 1st recorded tornado in US (Essex County, Massachusetts)
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05 Jul 1687 Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
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05 Jul 1750 Slave revolt on Curacao
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05 Jul 1770 The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.
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05 Jul 1775 The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
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05 Jul 1803 The Convention of Artlenburg is signed, leading to the French occupation of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king).
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05 Jul 1808 Battle of Buenos Aires
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05 Jul 1809 The largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, the Battle of Wagram is fought between the French and Austrian Empires.
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05 Jul 1811 Venezuela, 1st South American country to gain independence from Spain
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05 Jul 1811 Venezuela declares independence from Spain.
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05 Jul 1813 War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York commence.
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05 Jul 1814 Americans defeat British and Canadians at Chippewa, Ontario
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05 Jul 1814 War of 1812: Battle of Chippawa – American Major General Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippawa, Ontario.
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05 Jul 1830 France invades Algeria, begins a 40 year conquest
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05 Jul 1832 HMS Beagle / Charles Darwin departs Rio de Janeiro
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05 Jul 1833 Lê Văn Khôi along with 27 soldiers stage a mutiny taking over the Phiên An citadel, developing into the Lê Văn Khôi revolt against Emperor Minh Mạng.
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05 Jul 1833 Admiral Charles Napier vanquishes the navy of the Portuguese usurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
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05 Jul 1834 Provisional government forms in Oregon Country
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05 Jul 1841 Thomas Cook opens 1st travel agency
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05 Jul 1841 Thomas Cook organises the first package excursion, from Leicester to Loughborough
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05 Jul 1843 Committee of 9 appointed to establish civil government in Oregon Country
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05 Jul 1859 Captain N C Brooks discovers Midway Islands
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05 Jul 1861 Battle of Carthage, MO - US General Sigel attacks pro-secessionist
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05 Jul 1863 Battle of Jackson, MS and Battle of Birdsong Ferry, Mississippi
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05 Jul 1865 Secret Service began operating under the Treasury Department
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05 Jul 1871 Trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) and Big Tree, begins
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05 Jul 1878 The coat of arms of the Baku Governorate is established.
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05 Jul 1884 German Consul-General Gustav Nachtigal takes possession of Cameroon
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05 Jul 1884 US Congress accept 2nd Chinese Exclusion Act
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05 Jul 1884 Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
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05 Jul 1891 Hail kills 6 horses in Rapid City, South Dakota
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05 Jul 1900 Compulsory education law passes Dutch 1st Chamber
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05 Jul 1904 Giants 18-game winning streak ends as Phillies win 6-5 in 10 inn
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05 Jul 1913 Queen Wilhelmina meets SDAP-leader Troelstra
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05 Jul 1914 Boston Braves are 15 games back in NL, and win World Series
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05 Jul 1914 Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia
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05 Jul 1915 The Liberty Bell leaves Philadelphia by special train on its way to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. This is the last trip outside Philadelphia that the custodians of the bell intend to permit.
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05 Jul 1919 32nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: S Lenglen beats Chambers (10-8 46 97)
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05 Jul 1919 Red Sox Babe Ruth hits 2 HRs in a game for his 1st of 72 times
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05 Jul 1922 1st general election in the Netherlands
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05 Jul 1922 Uprising of social righteousness in Rio de Janeiro
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05 Jul 1922 Women 1st vote in Dutch elections, Christian parties win
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05 Jul 1924 Military revolt in Sao Paulo Brazil
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05 Jul 1929 42nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (61 62)
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05 Jul 1929 WOWO-AM, Indiana returns to air, 1 day after transmitter burns down
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05 Jul 1930 50th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats W Allison (63 97 64)
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05 Jul 1932 Antonio de Oliveira Salazar becomes Premier / Dictator of Portugal
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05 Jul 1933 German party Catholic Center disbands
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05 Jul 1934 "Bloody Thursday" – Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
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05 Jul 1935 1st "Hawaii Calls" radio program is broadcast
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05 Jul 1935 1st time brothers on opposing teams hit HRs, Tony and Al Cuccunello
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05 Jul 1935 FDR signs National Labor Relations Act
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05 Jul 1935 The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor relations in the United States, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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05 Jul 1937 Chicago Cub Frank Demaree gets 6 hits in 1st game and 2 in 2nd game
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05 Jul 1937 Republican offensive by Brunete in Spain
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05 Jul 1937 Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
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05 Jul 1940 Diplomatic relations broken between Britain and Vichy government in France
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05 Jul 1940 World War II: The United Kingdom and the Vichy France government break off diplomatic relations.
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05 Jul 1941 German occupiers disband political parties
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05 Jul 1941 World War II: Operation Barbarossa: German troops reach the Dnieper River.
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05 Jul 1942 Ian Fleming graduates from a training school for spies in Canada
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05 Jul 1943 Battle of Gulf of Kula
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05 Jul 1943 Battle of Koersk, USSR begins (6,000 tanks)
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05 Jul 1943 Liberator bombers sink U-535 in Gulf of Biskaye
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05 Jul 1943 US invasion fleet (96 ships) sails to Sicily
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05 Jul 1943 World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sails for Sicily (Operation Husky, July 10, 1943).
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05 Jul 1943 World War II: German forces begin a massive offensive against the Soviet Union at the Battle of Kursk, also known as Operation Citadel.
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05 Jul 1944 Harry Crosby takes 1st rocket airplane, MX-324, for maiden flight
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05 Jul 1945 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election
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05 Jul 1945 World War II: The liberation of the Philippines is declared.
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05 Jul 1946 The bikini goes on sale after debuting during an outdoor fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris, France.
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05 Jul 1947 "Barefoot Boy with Cheek" closes at Martin Beck NYC after 108 performances
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05 Jul 1947 54th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne beat Doris Hart (62 64)
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05 Jul 1947 Larry Doby signs with Cleveland Indians-1st black player in AL
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05 Jul 1948 National Health Service Acts creates the national public health systems in the United Kingdom.
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05 Jul 1949 New York Giants purchase Monty Irvin and Henry Thompson, their 1st blacks
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05 Jul 1950 Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel
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05 Jul 1950 Korean War: Task Force Smith: American and North Korean forces first clash, in the Battle of Osan.
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05 Jul 1950 Zionism: The Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.
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05 Jul 1951 Dr William Shockley invents junction transistor (Murray Hill NJ)
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05 Jul 1952 "Of Thee I Sing" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 72 performances
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05 Jul 1952 59th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats L Brough (75 63)
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05 Jul 1953 Jackie Pung wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
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05 Jul 1953 WANC TV channel 21 in Asheville, NC (IND) begins broadcasting
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05 Jul 1954 B-52A bomber made its maiden flight
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05 Jul 1954 The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
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05 Jul 1954 The Andhra Pradesh High Court was established.
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05 Jul 1954 Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right," at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
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05 Jul 1955 English harbor strike ends
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05 Jul 1956 France raises tobacco tax 20% due to war in Algeria
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05 Jul 1957 71st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Lew Hoad beats Ashley J Cooper (62 61 62)
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05 Jul 1957 Tom Graveney scores 258 vs. West Indies at Trent Bridge
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05 Jul 1958 65th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats A Mortimer (86 62)
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05 Jul 1958 J Pengel forms government / Emanuels Premier of Suriname
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05 Jul 1959 Indonesia restores constitution
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05 Jul 1960 Mongolia adopts constitution
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05 Jul 1961 80 die in collisions in Algiers
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05 Jul 1961 KUSD TV channel 2 in Vermillion, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
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05 Jul 1961 St. Louis Cardinal Bill White hits 3 HRs and a double
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05 Jul 1962 96 murder at massacre in Oran, Algeria
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05 Jul 1962 Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule
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05 Jul 1962 Mantle hits 2 homers en route to 4 consecutive homers
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05 Jul 1962 Algeria becomes independent from France.
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05 Jul 1963 1st Beatle tune to hit US charts, Del Shannon "From Me to You" at #87
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05 Jul 1966 National Guard mobilizes in Omaha after 3rd night of rioting
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05 Jul 1966 New York City transit fare rises from 15 cents to 20 cents
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05 Jul 1966 Saturn I rocket launched at Cape Kennedy
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05 Jul 1967 Congo uprising under Belgian mercenary Jean Schramme
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05 Jul 1968 "Manifest of 1000 words" published in Prague
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05 Jul 1968 82nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Tony Roche (63 64 62)
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05 Jul 1968 John Lennon sells his psychedelic painted Rolls-Royce
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05 Jul 1969 83rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats J Newcombe (64 57 64 64)
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05 Jul 1971 26th amendment certified (reduces voting age to 18)
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05 Jul 1971 Right to vote: The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon.
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05 Jul 1972 Pierre Messmer appointed French Premier
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05 Jul 1973 "Live & Let Die, " James Bond film premieres
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05 Jul 1973 Isle of Man begins issuing their own postage stamps
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05 Jul 1973 Maj General Juvenal Habyarimana becomes President of Rwanda
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05 Jul 1973 Rwanda military coup under General Major Habyalimana
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05 Jul 1973 A BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) in Kingman, Arizona, following a fire that broke out as propane was being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, kills eleven firefighters.
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05 Jul 1974 81st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Olga Morzova (60 64)
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05 Jul 1975 89th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Arthur Ashe beats J Connors (61 61 57 64)
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05 Jul 1975 Cape Verde Is gain independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule
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05 Jul 1975 Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
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05 Jul 1975 Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.
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05 Jul 1977 Military coup in Pakistan: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.
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05 Jul 1978 Soyuz 30 spacecraft touches down in Soviet Kazakhstan
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05 Jul 1980 87th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Evonne Goolagong beats C Evert (61 76)
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05 Jul 1981 9th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Jan Stephenson
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05 Jul 1982 Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas
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05 Jul 1982 ICC Trophy record p / ship, 257 Schoonheim / Liffman, Hol vs. Malay
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05 Jul 1983 France invades Algeria
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05 Jul 1983 New Jersey Devils purchase AHL Maine Mariners as their farm team
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05 Jul 1983 Woman gives birth to baby 84 days after brain death (Roanoke, VA)
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05 Jul 1984 Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old "exclusionary rule"-evidence seized with defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials
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05 Jul 1985 Nicholas Mark Sanders (England) begins circumnavigation of globe, covering 13,035 road miles in 78 days, 3 hr, 30 min
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05 Jul 1985 Premier Mugabe wins Zimbabwe elections
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05 Jul 1986 93rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats H Mandlikova (76 63)
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05 Jul 1986 Nancy Reagan cuts red, white and blue ribbon; reopens Statue of Liberty
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05 Jul 1986 Statue of Liberty is reopened after it is refurbished
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05 Jul 1987 101st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pat Cash beats Ivan Lendl (76 62 75)
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05 Jul 1987 Jane Geddes wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
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05 Jul 1987 The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers were born and, in the following years, continued to kill with the tactic.
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05 Jul 1988 Malcolm Marshall takes 7-22 at Old Trafford, England all out 93
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05 Jul 1989 Rod Stewart hits his head while on stage and knocks himself out
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05 Jul 1989 South-African President Pieter Botha visits ANC leader Nelson Mandela
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05 Jul 1989 Toronto Blue Jays are 10 games back in AL, and go on to win AL East
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05 Jul 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 were later overturned.
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05 Jul 1990 Zina Garrison upsets Steffi Graf in Wimbledon semi-finals
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05 Jul 1991 Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins given final approval by owners
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05 Jul 1991 Lillian Cucuzza wins name Florida baseball team contest (Marlins)
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05 Jul 1992 106th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Agassi beats Ivanisevic (67 64 64 16 64)
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05 Jul 1992 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
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05 Jul 1993 Richard Chelimo run world record 10 km (27:07.91)
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05 Jul 1994 Boxer Buster Douglas comes out of a diabetic coma
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05 Jul 1994 US changes refugee policy, by sending Haitian boat people back
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05 Jul 1995 Columbia University beats Hartford College to be 1st US to win Henley Regatta
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05 Jul 1995 The Republic of Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after its independence from the Soviet Union.
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05 Jul 1996 Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
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05 Jul 1997 104th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Jana Novotna
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05 Jul 1997 New York Yanks withdraw Kenny Rogers and Mariano Duncon deal for SD Padre
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05 Jul 1999 Wolverhampton, England is hit by storms, including a tornado. The area was hit again with severe storms on August 1.
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05 Jul 1999 U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
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05 Jul 2004 The first Indonesian presidential election is held.
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05 Jul 2006 North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly failed in mid-air over the Sea of Japan.
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05 Jul 2009 A series of violent riots break out in Ürümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China.
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05 Jul 2009 The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered, consisting of more than 1,500 items, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, in Staffordshire, England.
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05 Jul 2012 The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020 ft).
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