July 5
July 5 is the 187th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 179 days remain until the year's end. It falls in summer (northern hemisphere) and under the astrological sign of Cancer.
External references
Curated jump-off points to the major almanacs, encyclopaedias and primary sources for this date.
Astronomy
On July 5 the Sun's declination is approximately +22.7°. At this latitude the Sun is north of the celestial equator, giving the Northern Hemisphere longer days than nights.
For specific rise/set times at your location, see the U.S. Naval Observatory, or the NASA APOD archive for any imagery published on a July 5.
Position in the year
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)
Events
A selection of widely-documented historical events that took place on this date. Years marked BCE follow standard astronomical convention.
2024 — 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 ↗(2 years ago)more
Sir Keir Rodney Starmer is a British politician and former lawyer who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He served as Leader of the Opposition from 2020 to 2024.
2023 — The last Ariane 5 rocket is launched, carrying the Heinrich Hertz and Syracuse 4B satellites. ↗(3 years ago)more
Ariane 5 is a retired European heavy-lift space launch vehicle operated by Arianespace for the European Space Agency (ESA). It was launched from the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) in French Guiana. It was used to deliver payloads into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO), low Earth orbit (LEO) or further into space.
2022 — British government ministers Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak resign from the second Johnson ministry, beginning the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis. ↗(4 years ago)more
Sir Sajid Javid is a British former politician who served as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from June 2021 to July 2022, having previously served as Home Secretary from 2018 to 2019 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2019 to 2020. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament for Bromsgrove between 2010 and 2024.
2016 — The Juno space probe arrives at Jupiter and begins a 20-month survey of the planet. ↗(10 years ago)more
Juno is a NASA space probe orbiting the planet Jupiter. Built by Lockheed Martin and operated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 5, 2011 UTC, as part of the New Frontiers program.
2012 — The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020 ft). ↗(14 years ago)more
The Shard, also referred to as the Shard London Bridge and formerly London Bridge Tower, is a 95-storey mixed-use development supertall pyramid-shaped skyscraper, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, in Southwark, London, that forms part of The Shard Quarter development.
- 2009 — A series of violent riots break out in Ürümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China. ↗(17 years ago)
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A series of violent riots over several days broke out on 5 July 2009 in Ürümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in northwestern China. The first day's rioting, which involved at least 1,000 Uyghurs, began as a protest, but escalated into violent attacks that mainly targeted Han people.
2009 — The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered in Britain, consisting of more than 1,500 items, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, Staffordshire. ↗(17 years ago)more
The Anglo-Saxons, in some contexts simply called Saxons or the English, were a cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to Germanic settlers who became one of the most important cultural groups in Britain by the 5th century.
2006 — North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan. ↗(20 years ago)more
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).
- 2004 — The first direct Indonesian presidential election is held. ↗(22 years ago)
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Direct election is a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the persons or political party that they want to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the electoral system used.
2003 — The World Health Organization announces that the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak has been contained. ↗(23 years ago)more
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has six regional offices and 150 field offices worldwide.
1999 — U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. ↗(27 years ago)more
William Jefferson Clinton is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979 and as the governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1992.
1997 — Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP A. Thangathurai is shot dead at Sri Shanmuga Hindu Ladies College in Trincomalee. ↗(29 years ago)more
The Sri Lankan civil war was fought in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009. Beginning on 23 July 1983, it was an intermittent insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam led by Velupillai Prabhakaran.
Notable births
1999 — Suzan Lamens, Dutch tennis player ↗(27 years ago)more
Suzan Lamens is a Dutch professional tennis player. Lamens has a best singles ranking of No. 57 by the WTA, achieved on 22 September 2025. Lamens is the current No. 1 Dutch singles player. Lamens has won one singles title on WTA Tour and one WTA 125 singles title.
1999 — Kang Hye-won, South Korean actress and singer ↗(27 years ago)more
Kang Hye-won is a South Korean actress and singer. She is a former member of the South Korean–Japanese girl group Iz*One, formed by CJ E&M through Mnet's 2018 reality competition television show Produce 48.
1998 — Emily Fox, American soccer player ↗(28 years ago)more
Emily Ann Fox is an American professional soccer player who plays as a right back for Women's Super League club Arsenal and the United States national team. Prior to her move to the English club, she played for American teams Racing Louisville and North Carolina Courage.
- 1996 — Aamir Jamal, Pakistani cricketer ↗(30 years ago)
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Aamir Jamal is a Pakistani cricketer who plays as a right-arm fast-medium bowler for the Pakistan national cricket team.
1994 — Jeon Jong-seo, South Korean actress ↗(32 years ago)more
Jeon Jong-seo, also known as Rachel Jun, is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in a leading role in the acclaimed thriller film Burning (2018). She next starred in the film The Call (2020) for which she won the Baeksang Arts Award for Best Actress.
1994 — Shohei Ohtani, Japanese baseball player ↗(32 years ago)more
Shohei Ohtani is a Japanese professional baseball designated hitter and pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "Shotime", he has previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Angels and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
Notable deaths
2024 — Jon Landau, American film producer (born 1960) ↗(2 years ago)more
Jon Landau was an American film producer. Best known for his collaborations with filmmaker James Cameron, he co-produced Cameron's Titanic (1997)—for which he won the Academy Award for Best Picture—as well as Cameron's Avatar film series (2009-2025).
2024 — Bengt I. Samuelsson, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1934) ↗(2 years ago)more
Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson was a Swedish biochemist. He shared with Sune K. Bergström and John R. Vane the 1982 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related substances.
2021 — Raffaella Carrà, Italian singer, dancer, television presenter and actress (born 1943) ↗(5 years ago)more
Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni, known professionally as Raffaella Carrà and sometimes mononymously as Raffaella, was an Italian singer, dancer, actress, television presenter and model. Widely considered a pop culture icon in Europe and Latin America, between the 1970s and 1980s she became a pioneer of feminism and women's rights in the music and televisi...
2021 — Richard Donner, American film director (born 1930) ↗(5 years ago)more
Richard Donner was an American filmmaker. Described as "one of Hollywood's most reliable makers of action blockbusters", Donner directed some of the most financially successful films of the 1970s and 1980s. His career spanning more than six decades crossed genres and influenced trends among filmmakers across the world.
Numerical & calendrical curiosities
| Day-of-year (187) | 11 × 17 · composite (no) |
|---|---|
| Days remaining (179) | 179 |
| Date code DDMMYYYY | 05072026 · no palindrome in next 200 years |
| Sun declination | +22.69° (Cooper approximation) |
| Distance from solstice | 15 days |