July 5 in history — What Happened Today in History

Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.

Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after its independence from the Soviet Union.

Jeff Bezos founds Amazon.

Iran–Contra affair: Oliver North is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell to a three-year suspended prison term, two years probation, $150,000 in fines and 1,200 hours community service. His convictions are later overturned.

Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic.

The United States Supreme Court gives its United States v. Leon decision providing a good-faith exception from the Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule against use of evidence obtained through defective warrants in criminal trials.

Swedish tennis player Björn Borg wins his fifth Wimbledon final and becomes the first male tennis player to win the championships five times in a row (1976–1980).

The Pakistan Armed Forces under Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq seize power in Operation Fair Play and begin 11 years of martial law. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.

Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.

Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.

A boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) in Kingman, Arizona, following a fire that broke out as propane was being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, kills eleven firefighters.

Juvénal Habyarimana seizes power over Rwanda in a coup d'état.

The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon.

Air Canada Flight 621 crashes in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, killing all 109 people on board.

The official independence of Algeria is proclaimed after an eight-year-long war with France.

The BBC broadcasts its first daily television news bulletin.

Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.

Korean War: Task Force Smith: American and North Korean forces first clash, in the Battle of Osan.

The Knesset of Israel passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to the Land of Israel.

National Health Service Acts create the national public health system in the United Kingdom.

Micheline Bernardini models the first modern bikini at a swimming pool in Paris.

The United Kingdom holds its first general election in 10 years, which would be won by Clement Attlee's Labour Party.

World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sails for Sicily (Operation Husky, July 10, 1943).

World War II: German forces begin a massive offensive against the Soviet Union at the Battle of Kursk, also known as Operation Citadel.

World War II: Operation Barbarossa: German troops reach the Dnieper river.

World War II: Foreign relations of Vichy France are severed with the United Kingdom.

The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor relations in the United States, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

"Bloody Thursday": The police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.

Jorge Polanco, Dominican baseball player

Alberto Moreno, Spanish footballer

Chiara Scholl, American tennis player

Jason Dolley, American actor, musician and Twitch streamer

Abeba Aregawi, Ethiopian-Swedish runner

Adam Cole, American wrestler

Georgios Efrem, Cypriot footballer

Samir Ujkani, Albanian footballer

Ish Smith, American basketball player

Ji Chang-wook, South Korean actor[citation needed]

Safiq Rahim, Malaysian footballer

Alexander Kristoff, Norwegian cyclist

Cam Talbot, Canadian ice hockey player

William Tebeau, American engineer, first African-American man to graduate from Oregon State University (born 1925)

Lambert Jackson Woodburne, South African admiral (born 1939)

Rob Goris, Belgian cyclist (born 1982)

Gerrit Komrij, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (born 1944)

Ruud van Hemert, Dutch actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1938)

Cy Twombly, American-Italian painter, sculptor, and photographer (born 1928)

Bob Probert, Canadian ice hockey player and radio host (born 1965)

Hasan Doğan, Turkish businessman (born 1956)

Régine Crespin, French soprano (born 1927)

George Melly, English singer-songwriter and critic (born 1926)

Gert Fredriksson, Swedish canoe racer (born 1919)

Thirunalloor Karunakaran, Indian poet and scholar (born 1924)

Kenneth Lay, American businessman (born 1942)