July 5

1687 – Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, a work in three books written in Latin, stating Newton’s laws of motion, forming the foundation of classical mechanics, Newton’s law of universal gravitation; and a derivation of Johannes Kepler’s laws of planetary motion.

1775 – The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition, a final attempt by the colonists to avoid going to war with Britain during the American Revolution.

1813 – The British raid Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York during the War of 1812

1814 – American troops under Major General Jacob Brown defeat British troops under General Phineas Riall at Chippawa, Ontario during the War of 1812

1859 – The U.S. discovers and claims Midway Atoll – ‘midway’ between San Francisco and Tokyo.

1865 – The United States Secret Service begins operation.

1915 – The Liberty Bell leaves Philadelphia en route to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.

1935 – The National Labor Relations Act is signed into law

1937 – Spam® is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.

1943 – During World War II, the fleet for Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily sails from Tunisia.

1950 –  American forces of Task Force Smith engage North Korean forces during the Korean War.
The Israeli Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.

1954 – Elvis Presley records his first single, “That’s All Right”, at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.

1971 – The 26th Amendment to the Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is ratified

1973 – A boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) in Kingman, Arizona, following a fire that broke out as propane was being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, kills 11 firefighters.

1984 – In the case of United States v. Leon, the States Supreme Court establishes a ‘good faith’ exception from the Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule against use of evidence obtained through defective warrants in criminal trials.

1989 –Marine Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North is sentenced to a 3 year suspended prison term, 2 years probation, $150,000 in fines and 1,200 hours community service for his part in the Iran–Contra affair. The conviction is later overturned on appeal

1994 – Jeff Bezos founds Amazon.

1999 – President Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

2016 – The Nasa space probe, Juno, arrives at Jupiter and begins a 20 month orbital survey of the planet.