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Events on July 5

• 1687 Isaac Newton’s Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy is published.
• 1832 In the German Confederation, the use of political badges is prohibited by law. This specifically targets black-red-gold as a symbol of national conviction. In addition, in response to the Hambach Festival, freedom of the press, freedom of association, and freedom of assembly are severely curtailed.
• 1933 The German Centre Party dissolves itself after the NSDAP’s persecution and terrorization of its members, becoming the last of the bourgeois parties to do so.
• 1943 During the Second World War, Operation Citadel, the Battle of the Kursk Salient, begins on the Eastern Front.
• 1946 At the Molitor swimming pool in Paris, the modern bikini, worn by Micheline Bernardini and created by fashion designer Louis Réard, is presented. The fashion proposal causes a scandal, and many bathing resorts worldwide ban the public wearing of two-piece swimsuits.
• 1954 Truck driver Elvis Presley records the old blues song That’s All Right, Mama at Sun Studio in Memphis and thereby begins his career as a rock ’n’ roll star.
• 1969 At the free open-air concert in London’s Hyde Park, The Rolling Stones commemorate their band founder Brian Jones, who died two days earlier at the age of 27.
• 1975 Arthur Ashe wins the singles tennis tournament at Wimbledon as the first Black man.
• 1994 Entrepreneur Jeff Bezos founds the online mail-order company Amazon.com, Inc.
• 1996 Dolly the sheep, the first cloned mammal, is born in Scotland.
• 2005 The Freedom Memorial erected the previous year in memory of the victims of the East German border regime at the former Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled despite fierce protests, and the site is cleared.
• 2015 The USA wins the seventh edition of the Women’s Football World Championship by defeating the then-reigning world champions Japan 5:2 in the final.

Born on July 5

• 1853 Cecil Rhodes, founder of the state of Rhodesia
• 1880 Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer
• 1893 Gustav Tweer, German stunt pilot and aviation pioneer
• 1920 Rosemarie Springer, German horse trainer
• 1932 Gyula Horn, Hungarian politician
• 1941 Margot Hellwig, German folk music singer
• 1950 Huey Lewis, American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer
• 1960 Heio von Stetten, German actor
• 1980 Hannes Reichelt, Austrian ski racer
• 1982 Alberto Gilardino, Italian footballer

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „5. Juli“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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