Tynwald Day

Tynwald Day, if July 5 is on a weekend, the holiday is the following Monday. (Isle of Man)

July 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day:
July 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Zoe of Rome

Christian feast day:
Zoe of Rome (Roman Catholic Church)

Wexford Martyrs

Christian feast day:
Wexford Martyrs (Roman Catholic Church)

Cyril and Methodius

Christian feast day:
Cyril and Methodius (a public holiday in Czech Republic and Slovakia)

1934 West Coast waterfront strike

Bloody Thursday (International Longshore and Warehouse Union)

Vic Seixas

Vic Seixas, American tennis player (born 1923)

Bengt I. Samuelsson

Bengt I. Samuelsson, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1934)

Jon Landau (film producer)

Jon Landau, American film producer (born 1960)

Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer is appointed Prime Minister by Charles III, becoming the first Labour prime minister since Gordon Brown in 2010 and the first one to win a general election since Tony Blair at the 2005 general election

Ariane 5

The last Ariane 5 rocket is launched, carrying the Heinrich Hertz and Syracuse 4B satellites.

Sajid Javid

British government ministers Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak resign from the second Johnson ministry, beginning the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.

Richard Donner

Richard Donner, American film director (born 1930)

Raffaella Carrà

Raffaella Carrà, Italian singer, dancer, television presenter and actress (born 1943)

Nick Cordero

Nick Cordero, Canadian actor and singer (born 1978)