Observance
July 5, 2025-July 5, 2025 -
Global, Global
International Day of Cooperatives
International Cherry Pit Spitting Day
Work Without Your Hands Day
Mechanical Pencil Day
National Bikini Day - is the anniversary of the invention of the bikini in 1946 by a Parisian fashion designer, Louis Reard.
Algeria Independence Day
Armenia Constitution Day
Venezuela Independence Day
1865 – The United States Secret Service begins operation
1934 – "Bloody Thursday": The police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
1945 – The United Kingdom holds its first general election in 10 years, which would be won by Clement Attlee's Labour Party.
1946 – Micheline Bernardini models the first modern bikini at a swimming pool in Paris.
1954 – The BBC broadcasts its first daily television news bulletin.
1971 – The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon.
1975 – Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
1977 – The Pakistan Armed Forces under Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq seize power in Operation Fair Play and begin 11 years of martial law. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown
1980 – Swedish tennis player Björn Borg wins his fifth Wimbledon final and becomes the first male tennis player to win the championships five times in a row (1976–1980)
1994 - Amazon is founded by Jeff Bezos.
2012 – The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020 ft)
Birth Anniversary of Sylvester Graham (1794-1851) - Considered to be the "Father of Vegetarianism."
Birth Anniversary of P. T. Barnum (1810-1891) - Co-founder of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Birth Anniversary of K. Karunakaran, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Kerala (1918) (died 2010)
Death Anniversary of Vaikkom Muhammed Basheer (1994)
Chess - Women’s Chess World Cup (July 5 to 29)
05 Jul 25
00:00 - 23:59
Death Anniversary of Vaikkom Muhammed Basheer (1994) Chess - Women’s Chess World Cup (July 5 to 29)
