Today in History
5 July
232 births · 90 deaths · 62 events recorded
Notable Births
All 232 ›
Suzan Lamens
b. 1999
Dutch tennis player (born 1999)
Kang Hye-won
b. 1999
South Korean actress and singer (born 1999)
Emily Fox
b. 1998
American soccer player (born 1998)
Jeon Jong-seo
b. 1994
South Korean actress (born 1994)
Shohei Ohtani
b. 1994
Japanese baseball player (born 1994)
Jorge Polanco
b. 1993
Dominican baseball player (born 1993)
Megan Rapinoe
b. 1985
American soccer player
Veronica Guerin
b. 1958
Irish crime reporter (1959–1996)
Notable Deaths
All 90 ›
Jon Landau (film producer)
d. 2024
American film producer (1960–2024)
Bengt I. Samuelsson
d. 2024
Swedish biochemist (1934–2024)
Vic Seixas
d. 2024
American tennis player (1923–2024)
Raffaella Carrà
d. 2021
Italian singer and actress (1943–2021)
Richard Donner
d. 2021
American filmmaker (1930–2021)
Nick Cordero
d. 2020
Canadian actor and singer (1978–2020)
Uffe Haagerup
d. 2015
Danish mathematician (1949–2015)
Gerrit Komrij
d. 2012
Dutch writer
On This Day in History
All 62 ›
2024
Keir Starmer is appointed Prime Minister by Charles III, becoming the first Labour prime minister since Gordon Brown in 2010 and the first one to win a general election since Tony Blair at the 2005 general election
Keir Starmer
2023
The last Ariane 5 rocket is launched, carrying the Heinrich Hertz and Syracuse 4B satellites.
Ariane 5
2022
British government ministers Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak resign from the second Johnson ministry, beginning the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.
Sajid Javid
2016
The Juno space probe arrives at Jupiter and begins a 20-month survey of the planet.
Juno (spacecraft)
2012
The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020 ft).
The Shard
2009
A series of violent riots break out in Ürümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China.
July 2009 Ürümqi riots
2009
The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered in Britain, consisting of more than 1,500 items, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, Staffordshire.
Anglo-Saxons
2006
North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan.
North Korea