History of 5 July
- 1991 – Regulators shut down the Pakistani-managed Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) in eight countries. The charge was fraud, drug money laundering and illegal infiltration into the U.S. banking system.
- 1995 – The U.S. Justice Department decided not to take antitrust action against Ticketmaster.
- 1998 – Japan joined U.S. and Russia in space exploration with the launching of the Planet-B probe to Mars.
- 2000 – Jordanian security agents shot and killed a Syrian hijacker after he threw a grenade that exploded and wounded 15 passengers aboard a Royal Jordanian airliner.
- 2000 – 10 Bengal tigers, including 7 rare white tigers, died at the Nandankanan Zoo in India. The tigers died of trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness).
- 2000 – Euan Blair, the oldest son of British prime minister Tony Blair, was arrested after police found him drunk and lying on the ground in London’s Leicester Square.
- 2004 – The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the World Trade Center site in New York City.
- 2004 – Greece beats Portugal in the UEFA Euro 2004 Final and becomes European Champion for first time in its history.
- 2005 – The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.
- 2006 – Space Shuttle program: Discovery launches STS-121 to the International Space Station. The event gained wide media attention as it was the only shuttle launch in the program’s history to occur on the United States’ Independence Day.
- 2009 – The Statue of Liberty’s crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure due to security concerns following the September 11 attacks.
- 2009 – The first of four days of bombings begins on the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao.
- 2012 – The discovery of particles consistent with the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider is announced at CERN.
- 2015 – Chile claims its first title in international soccer by defeating Argentina in the 2015 Copa América Final.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Dedé, Angolan footballer
- 1981 – Brock Berlin, American football player
- 1981 – Christoph Preuß, German footballer
- 1981 – Francisco Cruceta, Dominican baseball player
- 1981 – Will Smith, American football player (d. 2016)
- 1982 – Vladimir Boisa, Georgian basketball player
- 1982 – Vladimir Gusev, Russian cyclist
- 1982 – Jeff Lima, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1982 – Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino, American model, author and television personality
- 1983 – Melanie Fiona, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1983 – Amantle Montsho, Botswanan sprinter
- 1983 – Miguel Pinto, Chilean footballer
- 1983 – Amol Rajan, Indian-English journalist
- 1983 – Mattia Serafini, Italian footballer
- 1984 – Jin Akanishi, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1984 – Miguel Santos Soares, Timorese footballer
- 1985 – Kane Tenace, Australian footballer
- 1985 – Dimitrios Mavroeidis, Greek basketball player
- 1985 – Wason Rentería, Colombian footballer
- 1986 – Ömer Aşık, Turkish basketball player
- 1986 – Nguyen Ngoc Duy, Vietnamese footballer
- 1986 – Rafael Arévalo, Salvadoran tennis player
- 1986 – Willem Janssen, Dutch footballer
- 1986 – Terrance Knighton, American football player
- 1986 – Marte Elden, Norwegian skier
- 1987 – Wude Ayalew, Ethiopian runner
- 1987 – Guram Kashia, Georgian footballer
- 1988 – Angelique Boyer, French-Mexican actress
- 1989 – Benjamin Büchel, Liechtenstein footballer
- 1990 – Jake Gardiner, American ice hockey player
- 1990 – Richard Mpong, Ghanaian footballer
- 1990 – Naoki Yamada, Japanese footballer
- 1990 – Ihar Yasinski, Belarusian footballer
- 1992 – Ángel Romero, Paraguayan footballer
- 1992 – Óscar Romero, Paraguayan footballer
- 1993 – Tom Barkhuizen, English footballer
- 1995 – Post Malone, American singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer
- 1999 – Moa Kikuchi, Japanese musician
- 2003 – Polina Bogusevich, Russian singer