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The poplifugia, a day sacred to Jupiter, was a festival of ancient Rome celebrated on July 5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poplifugia __________________

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The Staffordshire Hoard was found in a field near the village of Hammerwich on 5 July 2009
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t32444202/anglo-saxon-hoard/

The London Wireless Club was inaugurated in West Hampstead on 5 July 1913
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Society_of_Great_Britain

The "Auld Alliance" was formed between Scotland and France in 1295
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Alliance

Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, by Sir Isaac Newton, was first published 5 July 1687.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophi%C3%A6_Naturalis_Principia_Mathematica

Gasherbrum I was first climbed on July 5, 1958 by an eight-man American expedition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasherbrum_I

Point Wilson was discovered by Europeans on July 5, 1790
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Wilson

Midway Atoll was sighted on July 5, 1859, by Captain N.C. Middlebrooks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midway_Atoll#Nineteenth_century

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The modern bikini was introduced in Paris on 5 July 1946 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini#History The "Hood" nuclear test on 5 July 1957, was the largest atmospheric test ever conducted within the United States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca_Flat#Operation_Plumbbob __________________

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Saturn 1B AS-203 was launched on July 5, 1966, from Cape Canaveral Kennedy Space Centre Launch Complex 37B.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIwhRSoeZSE

The Kosmos 230 satellite was launched by the Soviet Union in 1968
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_230

The China Ministry of Aerospace Industry was founded on July 5, 1988.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Ministry_of_Aerospace_Industry

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Terence Thomas "Tom" Henricks is a retired colonel in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_T._Henricks

Dorothy Elizabeth Levitt, (born Dorothy Elizabeth Levi; 5 January 1882, died 17 May 1922) was a motorina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Levitt

Dolly (5 July 1996 - 14 February 2003) was a female domestic sheep
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_the_Sheep

Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy (5 July 1805 - 30 April 1865) was the captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's famous voyage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_FitzRoy

Jean Godin des Odonais (July 5, 1713 - March 1, 1792) was a French cartographer and naturalist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Godin_des_Odonais

Gerardus (Gerard) 't Hooft (born July 5, 1946, Den Helder, Netherlands) is a Dutch theoretical physicist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43732063/gerard-t-hooft/

William John Macquorn Rankine (5 July 1820 - 24 December 1872) was a Scottish physicist and mathematician.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Macquorn_Rankine

Andrew Ellicott Douglass (July 5, 1867 - March 20, 1962) was an American astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._E._Douglass

Harry Hemley Plaskett FRS (July 5, 1893 - January 26, 1980) was a Canadian astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Hemley_Plaskett

James Breen (5 July 1826 - 25 August 1866) was an Irish astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Breen_(astronomer)

Louise Freeland Jenkins (July 5, 1888 - May 9, 1970) was an American astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Freeland_Jenkins

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NGC 6117 was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth on the 5th July 1864.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57992973/ngc-6117/

NGC 6367 was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan on the 5th July 1880.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57992969/ngc-6367/

NGC 6753 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 5th July 1836.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57992963/ngc-6753/

NGC 6796 was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on the 5th July 1885.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57992959/ngc-6796/

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Meteorites The Maromandia (L6 chondrite) meteorite fell in Mahajanga, Madagascar, on the 5th July, 2002. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t54257159/maromandia-meteorite/ __________________

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