The official independence of Algeria is proclaimed after an eight-year-long war with France. Date: July 5, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 5 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)
Air Canada Flight 621 crashes in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, killing all 109 people on board. Date: July 5, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 5 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: July 5, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 5 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
Juvénal Habyarimana seizes power over Rwanda in a coup d'état. Date: July 5, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 5 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: July 5, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 5 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅…
Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal. Date: July 5, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 5 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today)
Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title. Date: July 5, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 5 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: July 5, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 5 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅…
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). Date: July 5, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 5 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: July 5, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 5 📅 Events on this day in 1984…