July 5 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on July 5, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♋︎ Cancer
Jun 21 – Jul 22
Birth stone
Ruby
Birth flower
Larkspur
How common
#342 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous July 5 birthdays
P. T. Barnum · American showman and politician1810
W. J. M. Rankine · Civil engineer1820
Cecil Rhodes · British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa1853
Herbert Spencer Gasser · American physiologist1888
Jean Cocteau · French writer and film director1889
John Howard Northrop · American biochemist1891
Ernst Mayr · German-American evolutionary biologist1904
Georges Pompidou · President of France from 1969 to 19741911
Shirley Knight · American actress1936
Gerard 't Hooft · Dutch theoretical physicist1946
Horacio Cartes · 49th President of Paraguay1956
Veronica Guerin · Irish crime reporter1959
Edie Falco · American actress1963
Susan Wojcicki · American business executive1968
RZA · American rapper, record producer and actor1969
Hernán Crespo · Argentine footballer1975
Amélie Mauresmo · French tennis player1979
Alberto Gilardino · Italian association football player1982
Megan Rapinoe · American soccer player1985
Dejan Lovren · Croatian association football player1989
On this day in history
1922Brazilian Army rebels took over Fort Copacabana and launched a rebellion in Rio de Janeiro against President Epitácio Pessoa and President-elect Artur Bernardes.
1950Korean War: In the first encounter between North Korean and American forces, an unprepared and undisciplined U.S. Army task force was routed at the Battle of Osan.
1989United States National Security Council member Oliver North was given a suspended sentence, probation, and community service for his part in the Iran–Contra affair.
2004Indonesia held its first direct presidential elections, which resulted in the election of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as President of Indonesia after the second round on September 20.
1999U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
2006The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting hours after North Korea reportedly tested at least seven ballistic missiles.
2009The Staffordshire Hoard, the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered, consisting of more than 1,500 items (examples pictured), was found near Hammerwich in Staffordshire.
2012The Shard in London was inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 m (1,020 ft), but was surpassed by Moscow's Mercury City Tower four months later.
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