July 5th, 1956

Born on July 5th, 1956

Age in days, weeks and months
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What 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, 1954

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

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.

July 5th, 2022

British government ministers Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak resign from the second Johnson ministry, beginning the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.

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

Born on July 5th, 1956

67

Horacio Cartes

49th President of Paraguay

*July 5th, 1956, Asunción

67

James Lofton

American football wide receiver, television color commentator, long jumper, masters athlete

*July 5th, 1956, Fort Ord

67

Monique Evans

Brazilian television personality

*July 5th, 1956, Rio de Janeiro

67

Ali Marie Matheson

Screenwriter

*July 5th, 1956, Los Angeles

67

Terry Chimes

Musician (drummer and percussionist) and chiropractor

*July 5th, 1956, London

67

Velimir Petković

German handball player and handball coach

*July 5th, 1956, Banja Luka

67

Christine Neugebauer-Maresch

Austrian university teacher

*July 5th, 1956, Vienna

67

Gaétan Barrette

Canadian politician

*July 5th, 1956, La Tuque

67

Sheila Walsh

British musician

*July 5th, 1956, Ayr

67

Louis Herthum

American actor and producer

*July 5th, 1956, Baton Rouge

67

Patsy Pease

American actress

*July 5th, 1956, Charlotte

67

Angela Bullock

Actress

*July 5th, 1956, Harlem

67

Billy Jenkins

American musician

*July 5th, 1956, London Borough of Bromley

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

65

Dominique Nicolas

French musician

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

30

Sandra Le Grange

Badminton player

*July 5th, 1993, Johannesburg

60

Edie Falco

American actress

*July 5th, 1963, Brooklyn

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

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

57

Laurence Ferrari

French journalist

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

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

54

Marc-Olivier Fogiel

French television producer and journalist

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

89

Katherine Helmond

American actress (1929–2019)

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

65

Avigdor Lieberman

Israeli politician, member of the Knesset

*July 5th, 1958, Chișinău

63

Jindra Nečasová Nardelli

Czech composer

*July 5th, 1960, Prague

82

Anke Fuchs

German politician (1937–2019)

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

66

Doug Wilson

Ice hockey player from Canada

*July 5th, 1957, Ottawa

64

Peter McNamara

Australian tennis player (1955-2019)

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

Same year
Born in 1956

68

Peter Hook

English musician

*February 13th, 1956, Salford

67

Charles M. Huber

German actor and politician

*December 3rd, 1956, Munich

68

Sheila McCarthy

Canadian actress

*January 1st, 1956, Toronto

67

Stephan Barratt-Due

Norwegian musician

*June 1st, 1956, Oslo

67

Tom Hanks

American actor and film producer (born 1956)

*July 9th, 1956, Concord

67

Theresa May

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019

*October 1st, 1956, Eastbourne

68

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

60

Carrie Fisher

American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)

*October 21st, 1956, Burbank †December 27th, 2016, UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center

23

Ian Curtis

British musician (1956–1980)

*July 15th, 1956, Stretford †May 18th, 1980, Macclesfield

67

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

Norwegian politician

*August 23rd, 1956, Kvam Municipality

67

Ulrike Meyfarth

German former high jumper

*May 4th, 1956, Frankfurt

67

Martyn Ware

English musician

*May 19th, 1956, Sheffield

68

Gunnar Brands

German classical archaeologist

*March 30th, 1956, Duisburg

67

Justus Carrière

German actor

*May 16th, 1956, Schwerin

68

Michel Houellebecq

French writer

*February 26th, 1956, Saint-Pierre

68

Bryan Cranston

American actor, director, and producer

*March 7th, 1956, Hollywood

62

Minken Fosheim

Norwegian actress (1956-2018)

*March 20th, 1956, Oslo †June 7th, 2018, Oslo

68

Imelda Staunton

English actress (born 1956)

*January 9th, 1956, London

67

Andreas Bornschein

German association football player

*November 29th, 1956, Leipzig

67

Han Jian

Chinese badminton player

*July 6th, 1956, Liaoning

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Leap year

Yes: 1956 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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