July 5th (1969) was a Saturday. It's the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 179 days left to the end of the year.
Famous Birthdays on July 5 in 1969
» RZA, American rapper, producer, actor, and director (Wu-Tang Clan and Gravediggaz)
» Ansgar Brinkmann, German footballer
» Jenji Kohan, American screenwriter and producer
» Armin Kõomägi, Estonian author and screenwriter
» John LeClair, American ice hockey player
July 5th Famous Deaths for 1969
» Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist and educator (b. 1884)
» Walter Gropius, German architect, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building and Werkbund Exhibition (1914) named Werkbund Exhibition (b. 1883)
» Tom Mboya, Kenyan politician, 1st Minister of Justice (Kenya) called Minister of Justice for Kenya (b. 1930)
» Leo McCarey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1898)
July 5th Holidays in History
» 1934 West Coast waterfront strike known as Bloody Thursday (International Longshore and Warehouse Union)
» Christian Feast Day:
» Anthony Maria Zaccaria, priest (d. 1539)
» Zoe of Rome (Roman Catholic Church)
» July 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» X-Day (Church of the SubGenius) named X-Day (Church of the SubGenius)
» Constitution Day (Armenia)
» Independence Day, celebrating the independence of Algeria from France in 1962.
» Independence Day, celebrating the independence of Cape Verde from Portugal in 1975.
» Independence Day, celebrating the independence of Venezuela from Spain in 1811.
» Saints Cyril and Methodius e.g Saints Cyril and Methodius Day (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
» Tynwald Day, if July 5 is on a weekend, the holiday is the following Monday. (Isle of Man)
» Emancipation Day, celebrating the emancipation of enslaved Africans in New York City in 1827.