Today is July 5

Here is what happened today.

1998	53rd US Women's Open Golf Championship at Blackwolf Run GC, Kohler WI
1997	New York Yankees withdraw Kenny Rogers and Mariano Duncon deal for SD Padre
1997	104th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Jana Novotna
1996	New York Yankee John Weteland ties Lee Smith's record of 19 consecutive saves
1996	A's scores 13 in 1st vs Angels
1995	Columbia U beats Hartferd College to be 1st U.S. to win Henley Regatta
1994	U.S. changes refugee policy, by sending Haitian boat people back
1994	Boxer Buster Douglas comes out of a diabetic coma
1993	Richard Chelimo run world record 10 km (27:07.91)
1993	Kurd guerrilla's murder 32 villager in East Turkey
1993	A's Rickey Henderson is 2nd to hit leadoff homers in doubleheader
1992	Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
1992	106th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Agassi beats Ivanisevic (67 64 64 16 64)
1992	Sixto Duran Ballen elected president of Ecuador
1991	France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1991	Lillian Cucuzza wins name Florida baseball team contest (Marlins)
1991	Colorado Rockies & Florida Marlins given final approval by owners
1991	Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins given final approval by owners
1990	Zina Garrison upsets Steffi Graf in Wimbledon semi-finals
1989	South-African President Pieter Botha visits ANC leader Nelson Mandela
1989	Toronto Blue Jays are 10 games back in AL, and go on to win AL East
1989	Barry Bond's HR sets father-son (Bobby) HR record at 408
1989	Toronto Blue Jays are 10 games back in AL, & go on to win AL East
1989	South-African Pres Pieter Botha visits ANC leader Nelson Mandela
1989	Rod Stewart hits his head while on stage & knocks himself out
1989	Mark McGwire's gets 100th HR, 2nd fastest (1400 at bats) (to Kiner)
1989	Rod Stewart hits his head while on stage and knocks himself out
1988	Malcolm Marshall takes 7-22 at Old Trafford, England all out 93
1987	A's Mark McGwire is 1st rookie to hit 30 home runs before All Star break
1987	101st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pat Cash beats Ivan Lendl (76 62 75)
1987	A's Mark McGwire is 1st rookie to hit 30 HRs before All Star break
1987	Jane Geddes wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
1986	Statue of Liberty is reopened after it is refurbished
1986	Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 10K woman's record (30:13.74)
1986	93rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats H Mandlikova (76 63)
1986	Nancy Reagan cuts red, white & blue ribbon; reopens Statue of Liberty
1986	Nancy Reagan cuts red, white and blue ribbon; reopens Statue of Liberty
1985	Premier Mugabe wins Zimbabwe elections
1985	117 degrees F (47 degrees C), St. George, Utah (state rec) (103 degrees spread, UT 1985)
1985	117øF (47øC), St George, Utah (state rec) (103ø spread, UT 1985)
1985	Nicholas Mark Sanders (England) begins circumnavigation of globe, covering 13,035 road miles in 78 days, 3 hr, 30 min
1984	Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old "exclusionary rule"-evidence seized with defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials
1983	Woman gives birth to baby 84 days after brain death in Roanoke, Virginia
1983	France invades Algeria
1983	NJ Devils purchase AHL Maine Mariners as their farm team
1983	Woman gives birth to baby 84 days after brain death (Roanoke, VA)
1983	New Jersey Devils purchase AHL Maine Mariners as their farm team
1982	ICC Trophy record p/ship, 257 Schoonheim/Liffman, Hol vs. Malay
1982	ICC Trophy record p/ship, 257 Schoonheim/Liffman, Hol v Malay
1982	Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas
1981	U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
1981	USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1981	Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ã from memory
1981	Premier Begin's Likud party wins Israeli elections
1981	9th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Jan Stephenson
1980	94th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bj”rn B”rg beats McEnroe (16 75 63 67 86)
1980	94th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats McEnroe (16 75 63 67 86)
1980	87th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Evonne Goolagong beats C Evert (61 76)
1978	Soyuz 30 spacecraft touches down in Soviet Kazakhstan
1978	U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
1978	USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1977	Pakistan's army, led by Gen Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, seizes power
1975	Cape Verde Is gain independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule
1975	89th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Arthur Ashe beats J Connors (61 61 57 64)
1974	81st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Olga Morzova (60 64)
1973	Test Cricket umpiring debut of H D "Dickie" Bird v NZ at Leeds
1973	Maj Gen Juvenal Habyarimana becomes president of Rwanda
1973	Isle of Man begins issuing their own postage stamps
1973	"Live & Let Die," James Bond film premieres
1973	Test Cricket umpiring debut of H D "Dickie" Bird vs. NZ at Leeds
1973	"Live and Let Die," James Bond film premieres
1973	Rwanda military coup under general-major Habyalimana
1972	Pierre Messmer appointed French premier
1971	Simon Gray's "Butley," premieres in London
1971	26th amendment certified (reduces voting age to 18)
1971	26th amendment certified, reduces voting age to 18
1970	Air Canada DC-8 crashes 7 miles from Toronto's airport killing 109
1970	25th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young
1970	25th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young
1969	Rolling Stones play a free concert in London's Hyde Park
1969	83rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats J Newcombe (64 57 64 64)
1968	John Lennon sells his psychedelic painted Rolls-Royce
1968	Phila 76'ers trade Wilt Chamberlain to LA Lakers
1968	82nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Tony Roche (63 64 62)
1968	Philadelphia 76'ers trade Wilt Chamberlain to Los Angeles Lakers
1968	"Manifest of 1000 words" published in Prague
1967	Congo uprising under Belgian mercenary Jean Schramme
1966	New York City transit fare rises from 15 cents to 20 cents
1966	Saturn I rocket launched at Cape Kennedy
1966	NYC transit fare rises from 15› to 20›
1966	National Guard mobilizes in Omaha after 3rd night of rioting
1963	1st Beatle tune to hit U.S. charts, Del Shannon "From Me to You" at #87
1963	1st Beatle tune to hit US charts, Del Shannon "From Me to You" at #87
1962	96 murder at massacre in Oran, Algeria
1962	Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule
1962	Mantle hits 2 homers en route to 4 consecutive homers
1961	KUSD TV channel 2 in Vermillion, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
1961	80 die in collisions in Algiers
1961	St Louis Cardinal Bill White hits 3 HRs & a double
1961	St. Louis Cardinal Bill White hits 3 home runs and a double
1960	Mongolia adopts constitution
1959	Ben-Gurion's Israeli govt resigns
1959	Jack Gelber's "Connection," premieres in New York City
1959	Ben-Gurion's Israeli government resigns
1959	Jack Gelber's "Connection," premieres in NYC
1959	Indonesia restores constitution
1958	J Pengel forms government/Emanuels premier of Suriname
1958	65th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats A Mortimer (86 62)
1958	J Pengel forms govt/Emanuels premier of Suriname
1957	Tom Graveney scores 258 v West Indies at Trent Bridge
1957	71st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Lew Hoad beats Ashley J Cooper (62 61 62)
1957	Tom Graveney scores 258 vs. West Indies at Trent Bridge
1956	France raises tobacco tax 20% due to war in Algeria
1955	English harbor strike ends
1954	Last day of Test Cricket for Khalid Hassan aged 16 yrs, 356 days
1954	B-52A bomber made its maiden flight
1953	Jackie Pung wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
1953	WANorth Carolina TV channel 21 in Asheville, North Carolina (IND) begins broadcasting
1953	WANC TV channel 21 in Asheville, NC (IND) begins broadcasting
1952	"Of Thee I Sing" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 72 performances
1952	"Of Thee I Sing" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 72 performances
1952	59th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats L Brough (75 63)
1951	Dodgers sweep the Giants & lead by 7« games (Giants will win pennant)
1951	Dr William Shockley invents junction transistor (Murray Hill NJ)
1951	Dr. William Shockley invents junction transistor (Murray Hill NJ)
1951	Dodgers sweep the Giants and lead by 7 games (Giants will win pennant)
1950	Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel
1949	New York Giants purchase Monty Irvin and Henry Thompson, their 1st blacks
1949	NY Giants purchase Monty Irvin & Henry Thompson, their 1st blacks
1948	Britain's National Health Service Act begins
1947	"Barefoot Boy with Cheek" closes at Martin Beck NYC after 108 perfs
1947	"Barefoot Boy with Cheek" closes at Martin Beck New York City after 108 performances
1947	54th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne beat Doris Hart (62 64)
1947	Larry Doby signs with Cleveland Indians-1st black player in AL
1946	Louis Reard's bikini swimsuit design debuts at Paris fashion show
1945	Labour Party wins British parliamentary election
1944	Harry Crosby takes 1st rocket airplane, MX-324, for maiden flight
1943	U.S. invasion fleet of 96 ships sails to Sicily
1943	Battle of Koersk, U.S.S.R. begins (6,000 tanks)
1943	Liberator bombers sink U-535 in Gulf of Biskaye
1943	US invasion fleet (96 ships) sails to Sicily
1943	Battle of Gulf of Kula
1943	Battle of Koersk, USSR begins (6,000 tanks)
1942	1st performance of Heitor Villa-Lobos' Choros 6/9/11
1942	Ian Fleming graduates from a training school for spies in Canada
1941	German occupiers disband political parties
1940	Diplomatic relations broken between Britain & Vichy govt in France
1940	Diplomatic relations broken between Britain and Vichy government in France
1938	Herb Caen's 1st column in SF Chronicle
1938	Herb Caen's 1st column in San Francisco Chronicle
1937	Joe DiMaggio's 1st grand slammer
1937	Chicago Cub Frank Demaree gets 6 hits in 1st game and 2 in 2nd game
1937	117 degrees F (47 degrees C), Medicine Lake, Montana (state record)
1937	Republican offensive by Brunete in Spain
1937	117øF (47øC), Medicine Lake, Montana (state record)
1937	Chicago Cub Frank Demaree gets 6 hits in 1st game & 2 in 2nd game
1936	120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Gannvalley, South Dakota (state record)
1936	120øF (49øC), Gannvalley, South Dakota (state record)
1935	Chicago Cubs are 10« games back in NL, & go on to win the pennant
1935	FDR signs National Labor Relations Act
1935	1st time brothers on opposing teams hit HRs, Tony and Al Cuccunello
1935	Franklin D. Roosevelt signs National Labor Relations Act
1935	Chicago Cubs are 10 games back in NL, and go on to win the pennant
1935	1st time brothers on opposing teams hit HRs, Tony & Al Cuccunello
1935	1st "Hawaii Calls" radio program is broadcast
1933	German party Catholic Center disbands
1932	Antonio de Oliveira Salazar becomes premier/dictator of Portugal
1930	50th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats W Allison (63 97 64)
1929	42nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (61 62)
1929	WOWO-AM, Indiana returns to air, 1 day after transmitter burns down
1924	Military revolt in Sao Paulo Brazil
1922	Women 1st vote in Dutch elections, Christian parties win
1922	1st general election in Netherlands
1922	Uprising of social righteousness in Rio de Janeiro
1919	Red Sox Babe Ruth hits 2 HRs in a game for his 1st of 72 times
1919	32nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: S Lenglen beats Chambers (10-8 46 97)
1919	Red Sox Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs in a game for his 1st of 72 times
1914	Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia
1914	Boston Braves are 15 games back in NL, & win World Series
1914	Boston Braves are 15 games back in NL, and win World Series
1913	Queen Wilhelmina meets SDAP-leader Troelstra
1904	Giants 18-game winning streak ends as Phillies win 6-5 in 10 inn
1902	Australia won the one and only Test Cricket played at Sheffield
1902	Australia won the one & only Test Cricket played at Sheffield
1900	Compulsory education law passes Dutch 1st Chamber
1891	Hail kills 6 horses in Rapid City, SD
1884	US Congress accept 2nd Chinese Exclusion Act
1884	German consul-general Gustav Nachtigal takes possession of Cameroon
1884	U.S. Congress accept 2nd Chinese Exclusion Act
1871	Trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) & Big Tree, begins
1871	Trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) and Big Tree, begins
1865	Secret Service began operating under the Treasury Department
1865	Great Britain delegate's world 1st maximum speed laws
1864	Battle of Smith's Expedition, MS (Tupelo, Harrisburg)
1864	Battle of Smith's Expedition, Mississippi (Tupelo, Harrisburg)
1863	Battle of Jackson, MS & Battle of Birdsong Ferry, MS
1863	Battle of Jackson, Mississippi and Battle of Birdsong Ferry, Mississippi
1861	Battle of Carthage, Missouri - U.S. Gen Sigel attacks pro-secessionist
1861	Battle of Carthage, MO - US Gen Sigel attacks pro-secessionist
1859	Capt N C Brooks discovers Midway Islands
1859	Capt N. C. Brooks discovers Midway Islands
1843	Committee of 9 appointed to establish civil government in Oregon Country
1843	Committee of 9 appointed to establish civil govt in Oregon Country
1841	Thomas Cook opens 1st travel agency
1834	Provisional government forms in Oregon Country
1832	HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs Rio de Janeiro
1830	France invades Algeria, begins a 40 year conquest
1814	Americans defeat British & Canadians at Chippewa, Ontario
1814	Americans defeat British and Canadians at Chippewa, Ontario
1811	Venezuela, 1st South American country to gain independence from Spain
1809	-6) Battle of Wagram - Napoleon beats archduke Charles
1808	Battle of Buenos Aires
1791	Jose Maria Narvaez discovers Point Grey (now Vancouver BC)
1791	Jos‚ Mar¡a Narv ez discovers Point Grey (now Vancouver BC)
1750	Slave revolt on Curacao
1750	Slave revolt on Cura‡ao
1687	Isaac Newton's PRINCIPIA published by Royal Society in England
1643	1st recorded tornado in US (Essex County, Massachusetts)
1643	1st recorded tornado in U.S. (Essex County, Massachusetts)
1626	Battle at Lenz: Rebel Austrian Boers defeated
1596	English fleet under the earl of Essex plunder Cadiz
1450	Pope Nicolas V names Walraven van Meurs bishop of M?nster
1450	Pope Nicolas V names Walraven van Meurs bishop of Munster
1436	German emperor Sigismund signs peace with Hussieten
1295	Scotland and France sign anti-English covenant
1295	Scotland & France sign anti-English covenant
1294	Pietro del Murrone elected as Pope Coelestinus V
1054	Brightest supernova (Crab Nebula) 1st reported
767	Duke of Nepi names his brother (leek) Pope Constantine II
649	St Martin I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
649	St. Martin I begins his reign as Catholic Pope

These people died on July 5

1996	Lorna Young, salesperson, dies at 44
1996	Clyde Wiegand, physicist, dies at 81
1996	Anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer, dies at 91
1995	Adrienne Keith Cohen, travel editor, dies at 69
1994	Ad Gang, Dutch Liberal Party asst sec of state, dies at 67
1993	Harrison E Salisbury, US journalist (NY Times), dies at 84
1992	Georgia Brown, British singer/actress (Love at Stake), dies at 58
1991	Howard Nemerow, US poet laureate (Pulitzer), dies
1991	Mildred Dunnock, dies at 87
1990	Mitch Snyder, homeless advocate, commits suicide by hanging at 46
1989	Ernesto Halffter, composer, dies at 84
1985	Marion Byron, actress (Steamboat Bill Jr), dies at 73
1985	Jack Robertson, S Afr cricket spinner (3 Tests v Aust 1935-36), dies
1985	Gerard Schmook, Flemish literature historian/custodian, dies at 86
1983	Arie Querido, psychiatrist (social psychiatry), dies
1983	Harry James, swing-era bandleader/trumpet player, dies at 67
1983	Vaclav Trojan, composer, dies at 76
1981	Jorge Urrutia Blondel, composer, dies at 75
1980	Archibald James Potter, composer, dies at 61
1979	Judson Laire, actor/singer (Papa-Mama), dies at 76
1979	Elizabeth Ryan, tennis ace (won 19 Wimbledon titles), dies at 87
1969	Ben Alexander, dies at 58
1969	Tom Mboya, Kenyian economics minister, assassinated in Narobi at 65
1969	Walter Gropius, architect/found (Bauhaus school of design), dies at 86
1969	Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (Rubinstein-1905), dies at 85
1963	Daniel Ruyneman, composer, dies at 76
1950	Salvatore Giuliano, Sicilian bandit, shot by police
1950	Kenneth Shadrick, Pvt from WV becomes 1st US fatality in Korean War
1948	Peter JM Aalberse, Dutch minister of Labor, dies at 77
1948	G Bernanos, writer, dies at 60
1948	Carole Landis, US actress (1 Million BC, Topper Returns), dies at 29
1944	William Gillies Whittaker, composer, dies at 67
1941	Oskar Fried, composer, dies at 69
1938	John McIlwraith, cricketer (Tests for Australia), dies
1935	Dani‰l Plooy, Dutch new testament expert, dies at 58
1925	Hjalmar Borgstrom, composer, dies at 61
1920	Max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor, dies at 63
1920	John Shuter, cricketer (scored 28 in only Test for England 1888), dies
1913	Alfred Lyttelton, cricketer (Eng wk 1880-84 demon lob bowler), dies
1911	George J Stoney, Irish physicist, dies at 85
1909	Emil Bohn, composer, dies at 70
1908	Jonas LI Lie, Norwegian writer (Kommandírens díttre), dies at 74
1907	Maria Anna Mahler, Gustav Mahlers eldest daughter, dies at 5
1905	Carel V Gerritsen, free thinker, dies
1894	Betty Paoli, writer, dies
1887	August F Pott, German philological (That Personennamen), dies
1886	Henry Gerhard, founder (Social-Democratic Union), dies at 57
1884	Victor Masse, composer, dies at 62
1883	Frederick Scotson Clark, composer, dies at 42
1871	Cristina di Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess, dies
1852	Johann Baptist Weigl, composer, dies at 69
1851	Juanita, Mexican, lynched by Calif gold diggers
1803	William Jackson, composer, dies at 73
1681	Fjodor Aleksejevitsj, tsar of Russia, dies
1626	Stephan Fadinger, Austrian boer leader, dies in battle
1539	Antonio M Zaccaria, Italian physician/saint, dies

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