July 5th, 1954

Born on July 5th, 1954

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What happened on July 5th, 1954?

July 5th, 1954

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

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July 5th, 1954

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley

What else happened on July 5th?

July 5th, 2012

The Shard (pictured) in London was inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 m (1,020 ft), but was surpassed by Moscow's Mercury City Tower four months later.

July 5th, 2006

The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting hours after North Korea reportedly tested at least seven ballistic missiles.

July 5th, 2004

Indonesia held its first direct presidential elections, which resulted in the election of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as President of Indonesia after the second round on September 20.

July 5th, 1989

United States National Security Council member Oliver North was given a suspended sentence, probation, and community service for his part in the Iran–Contra affair.

July 5th, 1973

Juvénal Habyarimana (pictured) orchestrated a bloodless coup d'état of the Rwandan government and began a totalitarian dictatorship.

July 5th, 1969

The Rolling Stones performed at a free festival in Hyde Park, London, in front of at least a quarter of a million fans, two days after the death of founder Brian Jones.

July 5th, 1950

Korean War: In the first encounter between North Korean and American forces, an unprepared and undisciplined U.S. Army task force was routed at the Battle of Osan.

July 5th, 1946

Named after Bikini Atoll, the site of the nuclear-weapons test Operation Crossroads in the Marshall Islands, the modern bikini was introduced at a fashion show in Paris.

July 5th, 1944

Second World War: Canadian troops defeated the last German counterattacks against Carpiquet, Normandy, France.

July 5th, 1937

The Hormel Foods Corporation introduced Spam, the canned precooked meat product that would eventually enter into pop culture, folklore, and urban legend.

July 5th, 1922

Brazilian Army rebels took over Fort Copacabana and launched a rebellion in Rio de Janeiro against the president of Brazil.

July 5th, 1852

Frederick Douglass gave his speech known as "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?", arguing that positive statements about liberty, citizenship, and freedom, were an offense to the enslaved population of the United States because of their lack of those things.

July 5th, 1841

Thomas Cook, the founder of the British travel company Thomas Cook & Son, organised his first excursion, escorting about 500 people from Leicester to Loughborough.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 5th

Born on July 5th, 1954

69

Katherine Borowitz

American actress

*July 5th, 1954, Chicago

69

Debra McGrath

Canadian actress

*July 5th, 1954, Toronto

69

Don Stark

American actor

*July 5th, 1954, New York City

69

Jimmy Crespo

American musician

*July 5th, 1954, Brooklyn

69

Hamdeen Sabahi

Egyptian journalist

*July 5th, 1954, Baltim

69

Randy Credico

American comedian and political candidate

*July 5th, 1954, Pomona

69

Tadeusz Wielecki

Polish composer

*July 5th, 1954, Warsaw

69

Wayne Hale

NASA official

*July 5th, 1954, Clovis

69

John Wright

New Zealand cricketer

*July 5th, 1954, Darfield

69

Gary Warren

English actor (born 1954)

*July 5th, 1954, Neasden

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 5th?

54

Ansgar Brinkmann

German footballer

*July 5th, 1969, Vechta

77

Gerard 't Hooft

Dutch theoretical physicist

*July 5th, 1946, Den Helder

30

Sandra Le Grange

Badminton player

*July 5th, 1993, Johannesburg

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

60

Edie Falco

American actress

*July 5th, 1963, Brooklyn

65

Dominique Nicolas

French musician

*July 5th, 1958, 14th arrondissement of Paris

45

Moritz Führmann

German actor

*July 5th, 1978, Kassel

55

Michael Stuhlbarg

American actor

*July 5th, 1968, Long Beach

58

Kathryn Erbe

American actress

*July 5th, 1965, Newton

51

Gilles Lellouche

French actor, film director and screenwriter

*July 5th, 1972, Savigny-sur-Orge

83

Shirley Knight

American actress (1936-2020)

*July 5th, 1936, Goessel †April 22nd, 2020, San Marcos

90

Michael Heltau

German actor and singer, living in Austria

*July 5th, 1933, Ingolstadt

89

Katherine Helmond

American actress (1929–2019)

*July 5th, 1929, Galveston †February 23rd, 2019, Los Angeles

57

Laurence Ferrari

French journalist

*July 5th, 1966, Aix-les-Bains

54

Marc-Olivier Fogiel

French television producer and journalist

*July 5th, 1969, Neuilly-sur-Seine

67

Horacio Cartes

49th President of Paraguay

*July 5th, 1956, Asunción

82

Anke Fuchs

German politician (1937–2019)

*July 5th, 1937, Hamburg †October 14th, 2019, Wilhelmshaven

70

Jörg Tauss

German politician

*July 5th, 1953, Stuttgart

63

Jindra Nečasová Nardelli

Czech composer

*July 5th, 1960, Prague

64

Peter McNamara

Australian tennis player (1955-2019)

*July 5th, 1955, Melbourne †July 20th, 2019, Sonthofen

Same year
Born in 1954

69

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

69

Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021

*July 17th, 1954, Eimsbüttel

69

Lim Swee Say

Former Singaporean politician

*July 13th, 1954, Singapore

70

Rudolf Simek

Austrian philologist and Germanist

*February 21st, 1954, Eisenstadt

70

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President of the Republic of Turkey since 2014

*February 26th, 1954, Kasımpaşa

69

Lorraine Bracco

American actress

*October 2nd, 1954, Brooklyn

70

Jackie Chan

Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)

*April 7th, 1954, Victoria Peak

67

Shinzō Abe

Prime Minister of Japan from 2006–2007 and 2012–2020 (1954-2022)

*September 21st, 1954, Shinjuku †July 8th, 2022, Nara Medical University Hospital

58

Hugo Chávez

President of Venezuela, 1999–2002 and 2002–2013

*July 28th, 1954, Sabaneta †March 5th, 2013, Hospital Militar de Caracas

69

Uli Stielike

German association football player and manager

*November 15th, 1954, Ketsch

69

Karl-Heinz Körbel

German association football player and manager

*December 1st, 1954, Dossenheim

69

Sven-Erik Bucht

Swedish politician

*December 28th, 1954, Karungi

70

Eckhardt Rehberg

German politician

*April 3rd, 1954, Ribnitz-Damgarten

69

Emir Kusturica

Bosnian film director, actor and musician

*November 24th, 1954, Sarajevo

69

Caroline Cossey

English model and actress

*August 31st, 1954, Brooke

69

Kathy Kinney

American actress

*November 3rd, 1954, Stevens Point

69

Petra Uhlig

East German handball player

*July 22nd, 1954, Penig

69

Alexander Lukashenko

President of Belarus since 1994

*August 30th, 1954, Kopyś

70

Isabelle McEwen

Canadian film director

*January 6th, 1954, Montreal

69

Renate Franz

German journalist and sport historian

*November 18th, 1954, Solingen

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No: With 365 days 1954 is a normal year and no leap year.

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