5TH
JULY
NATIONAL DAY OF VENEZUELA.
FEAST DAY OF
"ST ANTONY-MARY ZACCARIA; & ST
ATHANASIUS THE ATHONITE." |
| 5TH |
649 |
"ST MARTIN I" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 5TH |
767 |
"CONSTANTINE" BEGINS HIS
REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 5TH |
1805 |
JUDGE ADVOCATE ATKINS, STATES THAT SINCE ABORIGINES HAVE
NEITHER RELIGION NOR MORALS, THEY CANNOT GIVE EVIDENCE. |
| 5TH |
1805 |
JUDGE-ADVOCATE, "ATKINS"
STATES THAT SINCE ABORIGINES HAVE NEITHER RELIGION OR MORALS, THEY CANNOT GIVE EVIDENCE. |
| 5TH |
1870 |
30 HOUSES AND BUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED AND 1 LIFE LOST IN A
FIRE IN BOURKE ST, MELBOURNE. |
| 5TH |
1918 |
AUSTRALIAN & AMERICAN TROOPS UNDER
"MONASH" CAPTURE HAMEL. |
| 5TH |
1925 |
SWEDISH-U.S ACTRESS, "GRETA GARBO" ARRIVES IN NEW
YORK ON HER WAY TO STARDOM IN HOLLYWOOD. |
| 5TH |
1945 |
AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER, "JOHN
CURTIN" DIES SUDDENLY, & "F.M. FORDE" IS SWORN IN NEXT DAY AS TEMPORARY
PRIME MINISTER. |
| 5TH |
1946 |
BIKINI SWIMSUITS DESIGNED BY "LOUIS REARD" ARE
MODELLED IN PARIS FOR THE FIRST TIME AND NAMED AFTER THE BIKINI ATOLL WHERE THE FRENCH
ATOMIC BOMB TEST HAD JUST BEEN HELD. |
| 5TH |
1954 |
TATTERSALL’S LOTTERIES TRANSFER
FROM HOBART TO MELBOURNE. |
| 5TH |
1954 |
"ELVIS PRESLEY’S" FIRST COMMERCIAL RECORDING
SESSION TAKES PLACE AT SUN RECORDS IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE; HE RECORDED "THAT’S
ALL RIGHT." |
| 5TH |
1965 |
"MARIA CALLAS" AT THE AGE OF
41, GAVE HER LAST STAGE PERFORMANCE SINGING ‘TOSCA’ AT COVENT GARDEN, LONDON. |
| 5TH |
1967 |
POSTCODE SYSTEM IS INTRODUCED IN AUSTRALIA. |
| 5TH |
1968 |
"JOHN LENNON" SELLS HIS
PSYCHEDELIC PAINTED ROLLS-ROYCE. |
| 5TH |
1969 |
"ROD LAVER" WINS HIS 4TH WIMBLEDON TITLE. |
| 5TH |
1969 |
250.000 PEOPLE ATTENDED A FREE CONCERT
BY THE ROLLING STONES IN HYDE PARK, LONDON, TWO DAYS AFTER THE DEATH OF GUITARIST,
"BRIAN JONES." |
| 5TH |
1970 |
AIR CANADA DC-8 CRASHES 7 MILES FROM TORONTO AIRPORT, KILLING
109. |
| 5TH |
1975 |
"ARTHUR ASHE" BECOMES THE
FIRST BLACK MAN TO WIN THE WIMBLEDON SINGLES FINAL. |
| 5TH |
1980 |
"BJORN BORG" WON HIS FIFTH WIMBLEDON SINGLES
CHAMPIONSHIP. |
| 5TH |
1983 |
A BABY GIRL IS BORN TO A WOMAN WHO HAS
BEEN BRAIN DEAD FOR 84 DAYS IN ROANAKE, VANCOUVER. |
| 5TH |
1987 |
"PAT CASH" UPSETS NUMBER 1 SEED "IVAN
LENDL" & WINS WIMBLEDON TITLE. |
| 5TH |
1989 |
ROCKER, "ROD STEWART" HITS
HIS HEAD WHILE ON STAGE KNOCKING HIMSELF OUT. |
| 5TH |
1989 |
U.S. ARMY COLONEL "OLIVER NORTH" WAS FINED $150,000
FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR. |
| 5TH |
1996 |
MOST AUSTRALIAN STATES &
TERRITORIES REJECT A TRIAL OF LEGAL HEROIN FOR USERS. |
| 5TH |
1996 |
PORT ARTHUR GUNMAN, "MARTIN BRYANT" IS OFFICIALLY
CHARGED WITH 35 MURDERS & 19 ATTEMPTED MURDERS. |
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