July 5 - This Day in History

July 5 : General Interest
1946: Bikini introduced

On July 5, 1946, French designer Louis Reard unveils a daring two-piece swimsuit at the Piscine Molitor, a popular swimming pool in Paris... read more


American Revolution
1775 : Congress adopts Olive Branch Petition
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-adopts-olive-branch-petition


Automotive
1990 : Automotive safety expert Amos Neyhart dies at age 91
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/automotive-safety-expert-amos-neyhart-dies-at-age-91


Civil War
1861 : Union and Rebel forces clash at Carthage, Missouri
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-carthage-missouri


Cold War
1959 : U.S. visitors to Soviet exhibition in New York express their feelings
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-visitors-to-soviet-exhibition-in-new-york-express-their-feelings


Crime
1921 : Sox accused of throwing World Series
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sox-accused-of-throwing-world-series


Disaster
1970 : Pilot error causes crash in Toronto
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pilot-error-causes-crash-in-toronto


General Interest
1865 : Salvation Army founded
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/salvation-army-founded

1950 : First U.S. fatality in the Korean War
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-us-fatality-in-the-korean-war

1996 : First successful cloning of a mammal
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-successful-cloning-of-a-mammal

2003 : World Health Organization declares SARS contained worldwide
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-health-organization-declares-sars-contained-worldwide


Hollywood
1963 : Edie Falco born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/edie-falco-born


Literary
1880 : George Bernard Shaw quits his job
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-bernard-shaw-quits-his-job


Music
1954 : Elvis Presley records "That's All Right (Mama)"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/elvis-presley-records-quotthats-all-right-mamaquot


Old West
1896 : Bill Doolin escapes from jail
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bill-doolin-escapes-from-jail


Presidential
1865 : Conspirators court-martialed for plotting to kill Lincoln, Grant and Andrew Johnson
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/conspirators-court-martialed-for-plotting-to-kill-lincoln-grant-and-andrew-johnson


Sports
1975 : Ashe becomes first black man to win Wimbledon
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ashe-becomes-first-black-man-to-win-wimbledon


Vietnam War
1966 : Governors express support for U.S. global commitments
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/governors-express-support-for-us-global-commitments


World War I
1914 : Germany gives Austria-Hungary blank check assurance
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-gives-austria-hungary-blank-check-assurance


World War II
1940 : United States passes Export Control Act
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/united-states-passes-export-control-act