July 5th, 1996

Born on July 5th, 1996

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What happened on July 5th, 1996?

July 5th, 1996

Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_(sheep)

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, 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.

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

Born on July 5th, 1996

6

Dolly

Cloned female sheep

*July 5th, 1996, The Roslin Institute †February 14th, 2003, The Roslin Institute

27

Diontae Johnson

American football player (born 1996)

*July 5th, 1996, Ruskin

27

Rodrigo Tarín

Spanish association football player

*July 5th, 1996, Chiva

27

Lucas Scholl

German association football player

*July 5th, 1996, Munich

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

30

Sandra Le Grange

Badminton player

*July 5th, 1993, Johannesburg

54

Ansgar Brinkmann

German footballer

*July 5th, 1969, Vechta

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Moritz Führmann

German actor

*July 5th, 1978, Kassel

77

Gerard 't Hooft

Dutch theoretical physicist

*July 5th, 1946, Den Helder

60

Edie Falco

American actress

*July 5th, 1963, Brooklyn

51

Gilles Lellouche

French actor, film director and screenwriter

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

55

Michael Stuhlbarg

American actor

*July 5th, 1968, Long Beach

34

Dejan Lovren

Croatian association football player

*July 5th, 1989, Zenica

29

Robin Gosens

German-Dutch footballer

*July 5th, 1994, Emmerich am Rhein

28

Hyuk

South Korean actor and singer

*July 5th, 1995, Daejeon

41

Alberto Gilardino

Italian association football player

*July 5th, 1982, Biella

58

Kathryn Erbe

American actress

*July 5th, 1965, Newton

38

Megan Rapinoe

American soccer player

*July 5th, 1985, Redding

54

Marc-Olivier Fogiel

French television producer and journalist

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

41

Tuba Büyüküstün

Turkish actress and model

*July 5th, 1982, Istanbul

34

Giorgos Efrem

Cypriot footballer

*July 5th, 1989, Limassol

40

Jonás Gutiérrez

Argentine footballer

*July 5th, 1983, Buenos Aires

57

Laurence Ferrari

French journalist

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

89

Katherine Helmond

American actress (1929–2019)

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

Same year
Born in 1996

28

Dove Cameron

American actress and singer

*January 15th, 1996, Bainbridge Island

27

Lauren Jauregui

American singer

*June 27th, 1996, Miami

27

Luke Hemmings

Australian singer and guitarist

*July 16th, 1996, Freemans Reach

27

Kungs

French DJ, record producer and musician

*December 17th, 1996, Aix-en-Provence

27

Jenifer Brening

German singer

*December 15th, 1996, Zehlendorf

27

Lili Reinhart

American actress

*September 13th, 1996, Cleveland

27

Ruben Jille

Dutch badminton player

*July 11th, 1996, Nieuwegein

27

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo

Indonesian badminton player

*August 2nd, 1996, Banyuwangi

28

Summer Walker

American R&B singer

*April 11th, 1996, Atlanta

28

Dawid Kwiatkowski

Polish singer-songwriter

*January 1st, 1996, Gorzów Wielkopolski

27

Nico Dannowski

Badminton player

*December 1st, 1996, Ebersbach-Neugersdorf

27

Duki

Argentine rapper

*June 24th, 1996, Almagro

28

Mabel

English singer and songwriter

*February 19th, 1996, Alhaurín el Grande

27

Aden Foyer

Norwegian record producer and DJ

*September 8th, 1996, Asker

28

Wakana Nagahara

Japanese badminton player

*January 9th, 1996, Hokkaido

27

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

Indonesian badminton player

*October 20th, 1996, Cimahi City

28

Muhammad Rian Ardianto

Badminton player

*February 13th, 1996, Bantul

28

Huang Kaixiang

Badminton player

*January 15th, 1996, Nanping

28

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

28

Zheng Yu

Chinese badminton player

*February 7th, 1996, Shandong

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 5th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on July 5th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on July 5th, 1996
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1996 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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