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| July 5th |
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| About July 5th is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 179 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1935 - John Gilmore, crime author, journalist 1936 - Shirley Knight, actress (The Dark at the Top of the Stairs) 1951 - Roger Wicker, U.S. Senator 1956 - James Lofton, Hall of Fame wide receiver Deaths 1998 - Sid Luckman, Hall of Fame quarterback 2002 - Ted Williams, Hall of Fame baseball player Events 1865 - The Christian Mission, later to become the Salvation Army, is founded by William and Catherine Booth. 1946 - The bikini is first introduced by French fashion designer Louis Reard. 1975 - Arthur Ashe defeats the heavily favored Jimmy Connors to become the first black man to win Wimbledon. 2000 - President Bill Clinton announces his invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafatto to come to Camp David to continue their Middle East peace negotiations. 2003 - The World Health Organization announces that all person-to-person transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) has ceased. |
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