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This is a list of selected July 5 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
Tynwald Day on the Isle of Man; no footnotes
; Saints Cyril and Methodius Day in the Czech Republic and Slovakia unreferenced section
1775 – The Second Continental Congress of Britain's Thirteen Colonies adopted the Olive Branch Petition in the hopes of avoiding war with Great Britain. unreferenced section
1934 – Police opened fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco. refimprove
1937 – The Hormel Foods Corporation introduced Spam, the canned precooked meat product that would eventually enter into pop culture, folklore, and urban legend. cleanup
1954BBC News aired its first televised news broadcast from leased studios within Alexandra Palace in London. date needs to be verified
1962The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, aired on Irish television for the first time. expansion
1987 – The Black Tigers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam made its first suicide bombing against the Sri Lanka Army in Nelliady, Sri Lanka. accuracy, unreferenced section
1989United States National Security Council member Oliver North was sentenced for his part in the Iran–Contra affair. insufficient inline citations

Eligible

July 5: Independence Day in Algeria (1962), Cape Verde (1975) and Venezuela (1811)

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