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On This Day · The 186th day of the year

July 5

As calendar dates go, July 5 keeps a short memory — its record stays close to the present. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where politics and nation-building recur.

♋ZodiacCancer ◈BirthstoneRuby ❀Birth flowerLarkspur

Cancer is the sign for July 5 — read more on the Cancer page, or see July's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on July 5?

July 5 is the 186th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1841 and 2012. Famous people born on July 5 include Hedi Slimane, Georges Pompidou and Ernst Mayr.

Released on July 5

Movies, games, albums & shows

2023

  • TV Fireworks of My Heart
  • TV My Happy Marriage

2022

  • TV Love Like the Galaxy

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1841

    Thomas Cook

  2. 1940

    World War II

  3. 1945

    United Kingdom

  4. 1950

    Korean War

  5. 1954

    Elvis Presley

  6. 1973

    Juvénal Habyarimana

  7. 1995

    Armenia

  8. 2006

    North Korea

  9. 2009

    July 2009 Ürümqi riots

  10. 2012

    The Shard

Famous birthday twins

Born on July 5

Hedi Slimane

b. 1968

Georges Pompidou

b. 1911

Ernst Mayr

b. 1904

Gianfranco Zola

b. 1966

Willem Drees

b. 1886

Caryn Navy

b. 1953

Cecil Rhodes

b. 1853

Viktor Kulikov

b. 1921

Deaths

  • 2024Vic Seixas
  • 1969Wilhelm Backhaus
  • 1969Walter Gropius
  • 1945John Curtin
  • 1927Albrecht Kossel
  • 1920Max Klinger

Holidays & observances

  • —Bloody Thursday (International Longshore and Warehouse Union)
  • —Christian feast day: Anthony Maria Zaccaria, priest (died 1539)
  • —Christian feast day: Cyril and Methodius (a public holiday in Czech Republic and Slovakia)
  • —Christian feast day: Wexford Martyrs (Roman Catholic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Zoe of Rome (Roman Catholic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: July 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —Fifth of July (New York), historic celebration of the abolition of slavery in New York in 1827.
  • —Independence Day (Algeria), celebrating the independence of Algeria from France in 1962.

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