The 186th day of 2024 is today, Saturday, July 5. The year has 179 days remaining.
Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell by researchers at the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute, was born on July 5, 1996.
Isaac Newton’s Principia Mathematica, a three-volume treatise outlining his mathematical principles of natural philosophy, was originally published in 1687.
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The first South American nation to declare its independence from Spain was Venezuela in 1811.
Frederick Douglass gave his lecture, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” at Rochester, New York’s Corinthian Hall in 1852.
The goal of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Secret Service Division, established in Washington, D.C., in 1865, was to combat counterfeit money.
The National Labor Relations Act was enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935.
More over 9 billion cans of Hormel’s canned meat product, Spam, have been sold since its 1937 launch.
During World War II, Britain severed diplomatic ties with the Vichy regime in France in 1940.
World War II’s Battle of Kursk started in 1943, and in the weeks that followed, the Soviets successfully repelled the Germans, who ultimately withdrew in defeat.
Frenchman Louis Reard created the modern bikini, which was first modeled in Paris in 1946.
Three months after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in the National League, Larry Doby made his debut with the Cleveland Indians in 1947, becoming the first Black player in the American League.
That’s All Right, Elvis Presley’s debut single, was recorded at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1954.
The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which reduced the minimum voting age from 21 to 18, was approved by President Richard Nixon in 1971.
Arthur Ashe defeated Jimmy Connors in 1975 to become the first Black man to win a Wimbledon singles title.
In 1977, President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (ZUL -fih-kahr ah-LEE BOO -toh) was overthrown by the Pakistani army under the command of General Muhammad Zia ul-Haq.
The first man to win five straight Wimbledon singles titles was Bjorn Borg in 1980.
Jeff Bezos established Amazon as an online book marketplace in 1994.
In 2011, a jury in Orlando, Florida, acquitted 25-year-old Casey Anthony of murder, manslaughter, and child abuse in connection with the death and disappearance of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in 2008.
Pope Francis approved a miracle required to canonize Pope John Paul II and waived Vatican regulations to commemorate Pope John XXIII in 2013, allowing two of the most significant popes of the 20th century to become saints in the Roman Catholic church.
- Julie Nixon Eisenhower is 77.
- Rock star Huey Lewis is 75.
- Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Rich Goose Gossage is 74.
- NFL Hall of Fame receiver James Lofton is 69.
- Cartoonist Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes) is 67.
- Singer-songwriter Marc Cohn is 66.
- Actor Edie Falco is 62.
- Actor Jillian Armenante is 61.
- Actor Kathryn Erbe (er-BEE ) is 60.
- Actor Michael Stuhlbarg (STOOL -bahrg) is 57.
- Rapper RZA (RIH -zuh) is 56.
- Author Gary Shteyngart is 53.
- R&B singer Joe is 52.
- Rapper Royce da 5 9 is 48.
- International Tennis Hall of Famer Amelie Mauresmo is 46.
- Actor Ryan Hansen is 44.
- Country musician Dave Haywood (Lady A) is 43.
- Actor Danay Garcia is 41.
- Retired soccer player Megan Rapinoe is 40.
- Actor Jason Dolley is 34.
- Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher and designated hitter Shohei Ohtani is 31.
