TODAY IN HISTORY JULY 5

THE HISTORY OF JULY 5

WORLD EVENTS

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1776  The Declaration of Independence was first printed – 200 copies to be distributed to the states

1810  P.T. Barnum was born – Barnum & Bailey Circus

1811  Venezuela declares independence from Spain – 1^st South American country to do so

1841  Thomas Cook opened the first travel agency

1865  The Salvation Army was founded in London by William Booth

1943  The largest tank battle in history began as German tanks attacked Soviet forces – the battle of Kursk

1946  The bikini bathing suit made its debut in Paris – introduced by designer Louis Reard

1947  Strange debris was found near Roswell, New Mexico – alien crash? – military said it was a crashed weather balloon

1950  Singer Huey Lewis was born

1950  Private Kenneth Shadrick became the first U.S. causality in the Korean War

1954  Elvis Presley had his 1^st commercial recording session in Memphis – “That’s All Right Mama”

1963  Actress Edie Falco was born – Mrs. Tony Soprano

1986  The Statue of Liberty reopened after refurbishing

1991  The operations of Credit and Commerce International were shut down – charged with fraud, drug money laundering, and illegal activities in the U.S.

1996  A cloned lamb named Dolly was born in Scotland – 1^st cloned animal

2001  An FBI agent in Arizona wrote the department suggesting that al Qaeda could be using terrorists to be trained as pilots

2006  The state government of New Jersey was shutdown over budget battles and casino patrons were forced to leave the casino floors in Atlantic City

SPORTS HISTORY on JULY 5

2005  Manny Ramirez hits his 20^th grand slam – trails only Lou Gehrig with 23

2004  Eric Gagne’s streak of 84 consecutive saves ends – 30 more than prior record

2003  Serena Williams beats sister Venus at Wimbledon

2002  Ted Williams dies at age 83 – hit .406 in 1941 and .344 lifetime

2001  Braves pitcher Greg Maddux gets his 250^th win – ends season with 15 or more wins for the 14^th year in a row

1999  Randy Johnson loses his 3^rd game in a row – in the 3 games Arizona had not scored a run, and he had 43 strikeouts in the 3 starts

1998  Boston beats White Sox 15-14 – Boston had 20 hits, Chicago 12

1998  Roger Clemens gets his 3,000^th strikeout – ends at 4,672       

1998  Juan Gonzalez becomes the 2^nd MLB player in history to have over 100 RBI before the All-Star break (Hank Greenberg 103 in 1935)

1998  NYY win and are 61-20 – best MLB record in history after 81 games

1996  Angels score 3 runs in the 1^st, A’s score 13 in the bottom of the 1^st – highest scoring 1^st inning by 2 teams in MLB history

1996  Indians are shut out for the 1^st time this season – lose 7-0 to Chicago

1993  Oakland’s Rickey Henderson leads off both games of a double header with a HR – 1^st time since 1913 this had occurred

1992  Dream Team wins final game of the Basketball Tournament of America 127 to 80 over Venezuela – they won all 6 games by a 51.5 margin

1975  Arthur Ashe wins 89^th Men’s Wimbledon Open

1968  Rod Laver wins Wimbledon

1937  Joe DiMaggio hit his 1^st grand slam

1919  Babe Ruth hit 2 HRs in a game for the 1^st time – ended doing it 72 times

#1 SONGS on JULY 5

1961  Tossin’ and Turnin’ – Bobby Lewis

1964  I Get Around – The Beach Boys

1965  (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones

1966  Paperback Writer – The Beatles

1968  This Guy’s in Love with You – Herb Alpert

1970  Mama Told Me Not to Come – Three Dog Night

1971  It’s Too Late/I Feel the Earth Move – Carole King

1972  Lean on Me – Bill Withers

1973  Will It Go Round in Circles – Billy Preston

1974  Rock the Boat – The Hues Corporation

1975  Love Will Keep Us Together – The Captain & Tennille

1976  Afternoon Delight – The Standard Vocal Band

1979  Ring My Bell – Anita Ward

1981  Bette Davis Eyes – Kim Carnes

1982  Don’t You Want Me – The Human League

1983  Every Breath You Take – The Police

1984  When Doves Cry – Prince

1985  Sussudio – Phil Collins

1986  There’ll Be Sad Songs – Billy Ocean

1990  Step by Step – New Kids on the Block

1991  Rush Rush – Paula Abdul

1992  Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-a-Lot

1994  I Swear – All-4-One

1995  Waterfalls – TLC

1997  I’ll Be Missing You – Puff Daddy & Faith Evans

1998  The Boy is Mine – Brandy & Monica

1999  If You Had My Love – Jennifer Lopez