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...
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2026
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Kang Hye-won
Kang Hye-won, South Korean actress and singer
On July 5, 1996, Dolly the sheep was announced as the first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell, marking a breakthrough in...
"To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone."
Reba McEntire
Ariane 5
The last Ariane 5 rocket is launched, carrying the Heinrich Hertz and Syracuse 4B satellites.
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Reba McEntire
"To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone."
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Tynwald Day
Tynwald Day, if July 5 is on a weekend, the holiday is the following Monday. (Isle of Man)
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July 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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July 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Cyril and Methodius
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Cyril and Methodius (a public holiday in Czech Republic and Slovakia)
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1934 West Coast waterfront strike
Bloody Thursday (International Longshore and Warehouse Union)
2024
2 yrs ago
Died
2024
Bengt I. Samuelsson
Bengt I. Samuelsson, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1934)
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2024
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
2023
3 yrs ago
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2023
Ariane 5
The last Ariane 5 rocket is launched, carrying the Heinrich Hertz and Syracuse 4B satellites.
2022
4 yrs ago
On This Day
2022
Sajid Javid
British government ministers Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak resign from the second Johnson ministry, beginning the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.
2021
5 yrs ago
Died
2021
Raffaella Carrà
Raffaella Carrà, Italian singer, dancer, television presenter and actress (born 1943)
