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, 2024 is the 187th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 179 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Friday.
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
- 1316 –Battle of Manolada between the Burgundian and Majorcan claimants of the Principality of Achaea
- 1811 –Venezuela declares independence from Spain.
- 1814 –War of 1812: Battle of Chippawa – American Major General Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippawa, Ontario.
- 1833 –Admiral Charles Napier defeats the navy of the Portuguese usurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
- 1878 –The coat of arms of the Baku governorate is established.
- 1941 –World War II: German troops reach the Dnieper River.
- 1943 –World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sails for Sicily (Operation Husky, July 10, 1943).
- 1950 –Zionism: the Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.
- 1973 –Catastrophic BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) in Kingman, Arizona, following a fire that broke out as propane is being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, kills 11 firefighters.
- 1995 –Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after their independence from the Soviet Union.
Who were born on July 5?
- 1794 –Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist (d. 1851)
- 1805 –Robert FitzRoy, British naval officer and meteorologist (d. 1865)
- 1829 –Ignacio Mariscal, Mexican writer and diplomat (d. 1910)
- 1832 –Pavel Chistyakov, Russian painter (d. 1919)
- 1860 –Robert Bacon, American politician (d. 1919)
- 1895 –Gordon Jacob, English composer (d. 1984)
- 1918 –George Rochberg, American composer (d. 2005)
- 1957 –Doug Wilson, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 –Kip Gamblin, Australian dancer and actor
- 1981 –Gianne Albertoni, Brazilian model
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