On This Day: What happened on 05 July?

Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 05 July, throughout history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.

ON THIS DAY: 05 JULY

2018 | The European Union Copyright Directive was postponed until 10 September 2018, due to a majority of votes in the EU Parliament preferred to hold back the voting.

2009 | A series of violent riots broke out in ÿrümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China.

2009 | The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered in England which consisted of more than 1 500 items, was found near the village of Hammerwich, close to Lichfield, Staffordshire.

2004 | The first Indonesian presidential election was conducted.

1997 | Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP A. Thangathurai was assassinated at Sri Shanmuga Hindu Ladies College in Trincomalee.

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BIRTHDAYS 

1971 | Scottish footballer and manager, Derek McInnes. 

1853 | English-South African businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, Cecil Rhodes, died in 1902. 

1982 | Brazilian footballer, Fabrício de Souza. 

1942 | German footballer, coach, and manager, Hannes Löhr, died in 2016. 

1988 | Albanian footballer, Samir Ujkani. 

ON THIS DAY: DEATHS

2012 | Baron Marshall of Knightsbridge, English businessman and politician, Colin Marshall, 79.

2010 | Canadian ice hockey player and radio host, Bob Probert, 45.

2012 | Belgian cyclist, Rob Goris, 30.

2006 | American actress, Amzie Strickland, 87.

2007 | English singer-songwriter and critic, George Melly, 81.

SPORTS 

2000 | On this day, Germany get the better of England in the vote to host the 2006 World Cup Finals in Zurich. 

ENTERTAINMENT 

2008 | On this day, Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl” hit number 1 in the US, and it stayed for seven weeks in the chart of hot 100. 

AFRICA FACT 

The Zambezi River is the fourth-longest river in Africa covering an area of 1 390 000km².