Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: July 5
July 5, 2025 is the 186th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 179 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Cancer is your zodiac sign. Ruby is your modern birthstone. Ruby is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: July 5
- 1295 –Scotland and France form an alliance, the so-called “Auld Alliance”, against England.
- 1770 –The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.
- 1809 –The Battle of Wagram, the largest of the Napoleonic Wars.
- 1811 –Venezuela declares independence from Spain.
- 1833 –Admiral Charles Napier defeats the navy of the Portuguese usurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
- 1962 –Algeria becomes independent from France.
- 1975 –Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.
- 1977 –Military coup in Pakistan: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.
- 1987 –First instance of the LTTE using suicide attacks on Sri Lankan Army. The Black Tigers are born, and in the following years continue to use the tactic to deadly effect.
- 1996 –Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
Who were born on July 5?
- 1745 –Carl Arnold Kortum, German physician (d. 1824)
- 1895 –Gordon Jacob, English composer (d. 1984)
- 1899 –Marcel Achard, French playwright, screenwriter and author (d. 1974)
- 1901 –Sergey Obraztsov, Soviet puppet master (d. 1992)
- 1910 –Georges Vedel, French public law professor (d. 2002)
- 1939 –Booker Edgerson, American football player
- 1956 –James Lofton, American football player and coach
- 1971 –Derek McInnes, Scottish footballer
- 1979 –Tim Coly, German rugby player
- 1989 –Georgios Efrem, Greek-Cypriot footballer
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