What do cabbage patch dolls, your own self and your favorite bottle of beer have in common? Hmm…if you said “They all have a born-on date!” then your own self would also be correct! If you were born on July 5th of any year then follow along as we look at who shares your birthday as well as historical events and other facts specific to your own personal born on date!
General information about July 5th birthdays:
If you were born on July 5th of any standard year then you were born on the 186th day of the calendar year. If you happen to have been born during a leap year then you were born on the 187th day of that calendar year. If you are a U.S. citizen and your July 5th birthday occurred in 1993 or any year earlier, then you are legally able to obtain a valid state drivers license once you have met all educational requirements to do so. Any person born on July 5th of 1991 or any year earlier is legally able to purchase cigarettes or smoke in public and any person born on July 5th of 1988 or any year earlier is legally able to purchase or consume alcoholic beverages while living or traveling in the U.S.
If your birthday falls on July 5th of 1959 or any year earlier, then it means you have been conquering and exploring this world for a half a century or longer and are now allowed to start asking in the U.S. about senior discounts at a multitude of commercial businesses, events and services! Different companies set the eligibility age higher if their policy calls for it but age 50 is the lowest beginning age of eligibility in the U.S. A great site to check out senior discount deals at is listed below.
Astrological data for July 5th birthdays:
In accordance with Western Astrology, those born on July 5th are born under Cancer, the sign of the Crab which is of Water Element, of Fixed Quality and ruled planetarily by the silvery white Moon. The constellation of Cancer holds some well known stars or star clusters such as the Kwan Kei cluster (Bright Fire), Praesepe or Beehive Cluster(the manger) and Asellus Borealis(the northern donkey). Cancerian folk are often described as very intuitive, home loving and deeply sentimental though they do need the attention and social interaction through community situations or individuals that they feel comfortable with and that they feel understands them or they will quickly “clam up” and retreat into their Crab shell never to be enticed out again for fear of repeated hurt-whether real or imagined in nature. Most Cancerian souls love to take care and provide a safe home or environment for others and they are fabulous hosts with warm homes you are invited into or lost souls wandering and depressing to be around if those needs are somehow not available. They love to do anything inside or out that has to do with the home, and often there is a prominent water feature on or near their property. Cancerians are usually very cheery, loyal and resourceful but often times inside very insecure which can cause struggle in relationships because there natural protective Cancer tendencies allow it remain inside until it manifests as a point of no return break instead of open communication that could have easily fixed it prior. Cancer folk tend to be very creative in any field they choose and also are easily influenced by the mother/mother figure in their life(male or female) or by the lack of at a very deep level as well as tend to be very adept at mothering others-for better or for worse benefit wise of both parties. They keep everything and refuse to throw out even their old tennis shoes that they outgrew in high school unless of course for the benefit of another then without question. Cooking, music and water recreation are oft times hobbies and pursuits of those born under the sign of Cancer. If you wish to gain a greater understanding of Western Astrology (or Chinese Astrology dependent upon your birth year) visit this informative link courtesy of Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrological_sign
Find your Cancer glyph at the bottom of the page when you are done to check out your Cancer specific traits. Famous fellow Cancerians include Robin Williams, John Quincy Adams, Ernest Hemingway, Princess Diana, Lindsay Lohan, Henry VIII, Meryl Streep, George Michael, Louis Armstrong, Prince William, Dalai Lama, David Spade, Cyndi Lauper, Helen Keller, Kris Kristofferson, Tobey Maguire, Rembrandt, James Cagney, Sly Stallone, Liv Tyler, Jerry Hall, Tom Cruise, George W. Bush, Jimmy Smits, Edward VIII-Duke of Windsor, Ringo Starr, Henry David Thoreau, Jack Dempsey, Sir Edmund Hillary, 50 Cent, Ingmar Bergman Anjelica Huston, Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Carlos Santana, David Hasselhoff, Nelson Mandela, Giorgio Armani, Ross Perot, Georges Pompidou, and Linda Rondstat. Countries “born” under the sign of Cancer are the United States of America, Yugoslavia, Canada, Holland, Scotland and New Zealand. States “born” under the sign of Cancer are New York, New Hampshire, Missouri, Wyoming and Idaho.
If you are interested in current daily/weekly forecasts for the Cancer sign stop by the link below for each day of your astrological year!
http://www.bridgettwalther.com/daily.asp?sign=Gemini
Birthstone/Birth Flower specifics for July 5th birthdays:
The birthstone most commonly associated with your July 5th birthday is the glowing Ruby, root of which is found in Latinized “ruber” meaning “red”. Pearl and Moonstone are also less common stones for July births. It symbolizes courage, devotion, integrity, happiness and strength. The clarity of the ruby’s red color is reputed to energetically induce prosperity and enhance energy as well as to energetically effect and possibly lessen blood diseases and infections and for increasing metabolism and mind alertness. Rubies are found heavily in Asia Minor and Northern Africa but are also found in the South Eastern United States. The deep red ruby color accounts for the most popular of the precious gems desired but ironically the lighter a ruby’s “redness” is(some rare times even a translucent violet)-the higher the clarity of that particular stone, similar to sapphires and emeralds. The red of the ruby often was used in early Christianity to denote fire and today still signifies the powerful intercession of the Holy Spirit and Pentecost. The ruby’s hardness is second only to that of the diamond.
For those of you born on July 5rd your birth flower is The Water Lily. Alternate and less common is The Blue Larkspur. Water lilies root deep in soil beneath a body of water but its full blooms float and open on the surface. There are two main groups of water lilies-tropical and hardy. A very temperamental flower, the lily is always “picky” about its surrounding climate with some varieties preferring the cool northern latitudes of Alaska and Canada, blooming only during the day while the more well known ones indigenous to warm tropical climates-this variety blooms both day and night and is fully fragrant. The Water Lily seed has an amazing fertility range with seeds remaining plantable and viable, surviving for up to 2000 years. The Larkspur is a clustering blue garden flower, gathered in a long fat dolphin shaped shaft upon its lengthy stem. Called Lark’s Heel by Shakespeare the clusters draw butterflies and bumble bees when in bloom like magnets. It is a beautiful flower for arrangements and grows throughout Northern America but is also toxic to farm animals when ingested in very large amounts (as with free grazing) so no tossing it on anyone’s salad even though it would take a truckload to make a human even sick-just look and enjoy its beauty! Unique fact: though it is toxic on a level-it also is/was used in many cultures to counteract the poison of a scorpion sting allowing the victim to escape the local muscular paralysis that accompanied the sting. The Larkspur symbolically means from Roman times an open heart and ardent attachment.
http://www.birthstones.org.uk/index.htm
Important historical events which have occurred on July 5th:
649 – St Martin I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
767 – Duke of Nepi names his brother (leek) Pope Constantine II
1295 – Scotland and France form an alliance, the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England.
1596 – English fleet under the earl of Essex plunder Cadiz
1643 – 1st recorded tornado in US (Essex County, Massachusetts)
1687 – Isaac Newton’s PRINCIPIA published by Royal Society in England
1750 – Slave revolt on Curacao
1775 – US Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
1791 – Jose Maria Narvaez discovers Point Grey (now Vancouver BC)
1803 – The convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king).
1811 – Venezuela, 1st South American country to gain independence from Spain
1813 – War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin.
1814 – Americans defeat British & Canadians at Chippewa, Ontario
1830 – France invades Algeria, begins a 40 year conquest
1832 – HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs Rio de Janeiro
1841 – Thomas Cook opens 1st travel agency
1843 – Committee of 9 appointed to establish civil govt in Oregon Country
1859 – Capt N C Brooks discovers Midway Islands
1865 – Great Britain delegate’s world 1st maximum speed laws
1865 – Secret Service began operating under the Treasury Department
1871 – Trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) & Big Tree, begins
1884 – US Congress accept 2nd Chinese Exclusion Act
1902 – Australia won the one & only Test Cricket played at Sheffield
1913 – Queen Wilhelmina meets SDAP-leader Troelstra
1914 – Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia
1919 – Red Sox Babe Ruth hits 2 HRs in a game for his 1st of 72 times
1922 – 1st general election in Netherlands
1922 – Women 1st vote in Dutch elections, Christian parties win
1934 – “Bloody Thursday” – Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
1935 – Chicago Cubs are 10½ games back in NL, & go on to win the pennant
1935 – FDR signs National Labor Relations Act
1937 – Joe DiMaggio’s 1st grand slammer
1937 – Spam, the luncheon meat, was introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
1938 – Herb Caen’s 1st column in SF Chronicle
1940 – Diplomatic relations broken between Britain & Vichy govt in France
1942 – Ian Fleming graduates from a training school for spies in Canada
1944 – Harry Crosby takes 1st rocket airplane, MX-324, for maiden flight
1945 – Labour Party wins British parliamentary election
1945 – World War II: Liberation of the Philippines declared.
1946 – Louis Reard’s bikini swimsuit design debuts at Paris fashion show
1948 – Britain’s National Health Service Act begins
1954 – B-52A bomber made its maiden flight
1954 – The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
1956 – France raises tobacco tax 20% due to war in Algeria
1959 – Ben-Gurion’s Israeli govt resigns
1959 – Indonesia restores constitution
1966 – NYC transit fare rises from 15 cents to 20 cents
1966 – National Guard mobilizes in Omaha after 3rd night of rioting
1966 – Saturn I rocket launched at Cape Kennedy
1968 – “Manifest of 1000 words” published in Prague
1968 – John Lennon sells his psychedelic painted Rolls-Royce
1968 – Phila 76’ers trade Wilt Chamberlain to LA Lakers
1969 – Rolling Stones play a free concert in London’s Hyde Park
1970 – Air Canada DC-8 crashes 7 miles from Toronto’s airport killing 109
1971 – 26th amendment certified (reduces voting age to 18)
1972 – Pierre Messmer appointed French premier
1973 – “Live & Let Die,” James Bond film premieres
1973 – Isle of Man begins issuing their own postage stamps
1973 – Rwanda military coup under general-major Habyalimana
1975 – Cape Verde Is gain independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule
1977 – Pakistan’s army, led by Gen Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, seizes power
1978 – Soyuz 30 spacecraft touches down in Soviet Kazakhstan
1981 – Premier Begin’s Likud party wins Israeli elections
1981 – Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of π (Pi) from memory
1982 – Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas
1983 – NJ Devils purchase AHL Maine Mariners as their farm team
1983 – Woman gives birth to baby 84 days after brain death (Roanoke, VA)
1985 – Premier Mugabe wins Zimbabwe elections
1985 – Nicholas Mark Sanders (England) begins circumnavigation of globe, covering 13,035 road miles in 78 days, 3 hr, 30 min
1986 – 93rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats H Mandlikova (76 63)
1986 – Nancy Reagan cuts red, white & blue ribbon; reopens Statue of Liberty
1987 – A’s Mark McGwire is 1st rookie to hit 30 HRs before All Star break
1989 – Barry Bond’s HR sets father-son (Bobby) HR record at 408
1989 – Mark McGwire’s gets 100th HR, 2nd fastest (1400 at bats) (to Kiner)
1989 – Rod Stewart hits his head while on stage & knocks himself out
1989 – South-African Pres Pieter Botha visits ANC leader Nelson Mandela
1989 – Toronto Blue Jays are 10 games back in AL, & go on to win AL East
1991 – Colorado Rockies & Florida Marlins given final approval by owners
1991 – France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1991 – Lillian Cucuzza wins name Florida baseball team contest (Marlins)
1992 – 106th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Agassi beats Ivanisevic (67 64 64 16 64)
1992 – Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
1993 – Richard Chelimo run world record 10 km (27:07.91)
1994 – The United States announced it would refuse further unrestricted immigration from Haiti.
1995 – Columbia U beats Hartford College to be 1st US to win Henley Regatta
2003 – SARS is declared to be contained by the WHO.
2004 – First Indonesian presidential election by the nation.
2006 – North Korea launched at least two short-range Nodong-2 missiles, one SCUD missile and one long-range Taepodong-2 missile.
2006 – Emergency United Nations Security Council meeting held at the U.N in New York City because of the North Korean missile tests a day before.
Famous passings on July 5th:
1316 – Infante Ferdinand of Majorca (b. 1278)
1539 – Antonio M Zaccaria, Italian physician/saint, dies
1681 – Fjodor Aleksejevitsj, tsar of Russia, dies
1719 – Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Irish general (b. 1641)
1833 – Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor (b. 1765)
1851 – Juanita, Mexican, lynched by Calif gold diggers
1852 – Johann Baptist Weigl, composer, dies at 69
1859 – Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist (b. 1777)
1862 – Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist (b. 1800)
1871 – Cristina di Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess, dies
1904 – Abai Kunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet (b. 1845)
1905 – Carel V Gerritsen, free thinker, dies
1911 – George J Stoney, Irish physicist, dies at 85
1920 – Max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor, dies at 63
1927 – Albrecht Kossel, German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1853)
1932 – Sasha Cherny, Russian poet (b. 1880)
1945 – John Curtin, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)
1950 – Kenneth Shadrick, Pvt from WV becomes 1st US fatality in Korean War
1957 – Charles Sherwood Noble, American-born inventor
1966 – George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
1969 – Walter Gropius, architect/found (Bauhaus school of design), dies at 86
1969 – Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (Rubinstein-1905), dies at 85
1969 – Leo McCarey, American film director (b. 1898)
1975 – Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano (b. 1892)
1979 – Elizabeth Ryan, tennis ace (won 19 Wimbledon titles), dies at 87
1979 – Judson Laire, actor/singer (Papa-Mama), dies at 76
1980 – Archibald James Potter, composer, dies at 61
1983 – Harry James, swing-era bandleader/trumpet player, dies at 67
1990 – Mitch Snyder, homeless advocate, commits suicide by hanging at 46
1991 – Howard Nemerow, US poet laureate (Pulitzer), dies
1996 – Clyde Wiegand, physicist, dies at 81
1996 – Erik Wickberg, The Salvation Army general (b. 1904)
2002 – Ted Williams, baseball hall of famer and last player to bat over.400 in a single season (Boston Red Sox) dies at 84
2002 – Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (b. 1924)
2003 – Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1979)
2004 – Hugh Shearer, Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1923)
2004 – Rodger Ward, American race car driver (b. 1921)
2005 – James Stockdale, U.S. Navy vice admiral (b. 1923)
2007 – Kerwin Mathews, American actor (b. 1926)
2007 – George Melly, British jazz & blues musician (b. 1926)
Famous Births on July 5th:
1321 – Joan of The Tower, Queen consort of Scotland (d. 1362)
1546 – Johann Steuerlein, composer
1675 – Mary Walcott, American accuser at the Salem witch trials
1717 – Pedro III of Portugal, consort of Maria I of Portugal (d. 1786)
1718 – Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Viceroy of Ireland (d. 1794)
1729 – Claudio M da Costa, Brazilian poet
1755 – Sarah Kemble Siddons, Brecon England, tragic actress (Fatal Marriage)
1794 – Sylvester Graham, developed graham cracker
1805 – Robert Fitz Roy, British naval officer and scientist (d. 1865)
1810 – Phineas Taylor Barnum, Bethel Conn, circus promoter (Barnum & Bailey)
1820 – William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish engineer and physicist (d. 1872)
1828 – Paul J C Gabriel, painter/water colors painter/etcher
1853 – Cecil John Rhodes, South Africa, politician/diamond merchant
1857 – Clara Zetkin, German women’s rights advocate/communist
1860 – Robert Bacon, American politician (d. 1919)
1867 – Andrew Ellicott Douglass, Dendrochronologer (study of tree rings)
1868 – William H Singer, US painter/collector (Singer Museum, Laren)
1874 – Gerhard von Keussler, composer
1877 – Wanda A Landowska, Warsaw Poland, harpsichordist (Musique Ancienne)
1878 – Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/conductor/composer
1882 – Inayat Khan, Indian sufi (d. 1927).
1885 – Andre Lhote, French painter/art historian (Traité du paysage)
1886 – Felix Timmermans, Flemish writer/painter/cartoonist (Pallieter)
1889 – Jean Cocteau, France, writer/artist/director (Le Potamak, Orphée)
1891 – John Northrop, US, biochemist, crystallized enzymes (Nobel 1946)
1891 – Tin Ujević, Croatian poet (d. 1955)
1899 – Marcel Achard, French screen/playwright (Jean de la Lune)
1901 – Sergey Obraztsov, Soviet puppet master (d. 1992)
1902 – Frank Waters, writer
1902 – Henry Cabot Lodge, (Sen-R)/ambassador (VP candidate 1960)
1904 – Ernst Mayr, American biologist (d. 2005)
1905 – Myles Horton, American educator and Civil Rights Movement teacher (d. 1990)
1909 – Andrei Gromyko, USSR, diplomat/USSR President (1985-89) [7/18 NS]
1910 – Robert K Meston, US sociologist (functionalism)
1911 – Georges Pompidou, banker/premier/president France
1913 – Smiley Lewis, Louisiana, vocalist (I Hear You Knockin’)
1917 – Glenn Reeves, Massillon OH, actor (Defending Your Life)
1920 – Mary Louise Hancock, American politician and activist
1928 – Warren Oates, Depoy Ky, actor (East of Eden, Stoney Burke)
1929 – Katherine Helmond, Galveston Tx, actress (Soap, Mona-Who’s the Boss)
1929 – Mary Maxwell Gates, philanthropist/mother of Bill Gates
1929 – Tony Lock, cricketer (highly successful England slow lefty bowler)
1930 – Yutaka Makino, composer
1931 – James “Jimmy the Gent” Burke, criminal
1932 – Edgar Louis Vanderstegen Millington Drake, painter
1932 – Billy Laughlin, American actor (d. 1948)
1933 – Terence Cooper, Northern Ireland, actor (Casino Royale)
1935 – Edward McInnes, German scholar
1935 – John Gilmore, American true crime author
1936 – Shirley Knight, Goessei Kansas, actress (Endless Love, Secrets)
1936 – James Mirrlees, Scottish economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1937 – Brooke Hayward, LA Calif, author (Haywire)
1938 – Stanley Joel Silverman, composer
1940 – Chuck Close, American painter and photographer
1941 – Barbara Frischmuth, writer
1944 – Robbie Robertson, [Jamie], Toronto Canada, rock guitarist (Band)
1945 – Jeffrey Kramer, NYC, actor (Ted Stein-Struck by Lightning)
1945 – Humberto Benítez Treviño, Mexican Politician and Attorney General of México.
1946 – Pierre-Marc Johnson, Québécois lawyer, physician and politician
1946 – Paul Smith, British fashion designer
1946 – Gerardus ‘t Hooft, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laurete
1950 – Huey Lewis, rocker
1950 – Michael Monarch, LA Calif, rock guitarist (Steppenwolf)
1951 – Geert Jan Hessing, Dutch rock drummer (Catapult)
1951 – Richard “Goose” Gossage, relief pitcher (Yankees, Padres, A’s)
1951 – Keiko Fuji, Japanese enka singer
1952 – David Dreier, (Rep-R-Calif, 1981- )
1952 – Michael Don McNabb, composer
1952 – Terence Tom Henricks, Bryan Oh, USAF/astronaut (STS 44, 55, 70, 78)
1954 – Jimmy Crespo, American guitarist (Aerosmith)
1955 – Michael Gismondi, rock saxophonist (Michael Stanley Band)
1956 – James Lofton, NFL wide reciever (Bills, Packers, Raiders)
1957 – David Pinkney , British Touring Car Racer
1957 – Doug Wilson, Canadian hockey player
1958 – Meredith Ann Pierce, US, sci-fi author (Darkangel)
1958 – Patsy Pease, Winston-Salem NC, actress (Kimberly-Days of Our Lives)
1958 – Tzipi Livni, Israeli politician
1958 – Paul Daniel, British opera and symphony conductor
1958 – Bill Watterson, American cartoonist
1959 – Marc Cohn, singer (Walking in Memphis)
1960 – Brad Loree, Canadian actor and stunt performer
1961 – Isabelle Poulenard, French soprano
1963 – Edie Falco, American actress
1963 – Russ Lorenson, American singer and actor
1964 – Mark H Lascells, grandson of English princess Mary
1965 – Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli jazz pianist
1966 – Kathryn Erbe, American actress
1966 – Susannah Doyle, British actress
1968 – Nate Singleton, NFL wide receiver (SF 49ers)
1968 – Kenji Ito, Japanese composer
1969 – John Oostendorp, Iowa City Iowa, 220 lbs greco-roman wrestler (Oly-96)
1969 – Jenji Kohan, American television writer and producer
1970 – Mac Dre, American rapper (d. 2004)
1972 – Robert Esmie, Jamaica, Canadian 4X100m runner (Olympics-gold-96)
1972 – Letha Weapons, porn actress
1973 – Christy Rowe, St Paul Minn, soccer defender (Olympics-96)
1973 – Michael Sykora, Pardubice CZE, NHL defenseman (Sharks, Oly-gold-98)
1973 – Róisín Murphy, Irish musician
1976 – Nuno Gomes, Portuguese footballer
1980 – Eva Green, French actress
1980 – Jason Wade, American musician (Lifehouse)
1981 – Ryan Hansen, American actor
1982 – Alberto Gilardino, Italian footballer
1982 – Philippe Gilbert, Belgian cyclist
1983 – Zheng Jie, Chinese tennis player
1984 – Yu Yamada, Ryukyuan model, actress and singer
1985 – Stephanie McIntosh, Australian pop singer and actress
1985 – Nick O’Malley, British musician (Arctic Monkeys)
1989 – Joseph King, American musician (Canvas)
1991 – Jason Dolley, American actor
1996 – Dolly the sheep, first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell born in Scotland
Holidays/Observances for July 5th:
Catholics around the globe celebrate annually in July during the month long observance honoring Most Precious Blood of Jesus. July 5th is also the Roman Catholic feast day of St. Antonio Maria Zaccaria, 16th century Milanese priest and confessor. Independence Day is celebrated annually on July 5th in the countries of Algeria, Cape Verde and Venezuela while Armenia celebrates Constitution Day. On Isle of Man, Tynwald Day is a yearly holiday on July 5th unless the 5th falls on a weekend day whence the holiday is moved to the following Monday.
Hope this look at what makes your birthday of July 5th special and historically unique has been informative-perhaps even that cabbage patch doll stored in a box in your attic from two decades(or three) ago would enjoy checking their “born on” date out too! Feel free to click on any of the resource links for additional specifics and extra info about any of the categories we looked into above that are relative to your July 5th celebration of birth. Oh…and by the way-have a happy birthday!
Sources:
http://www.wikipedia.org/
http://www.catholic.org/saints/f_day/jul.php
http://www.history.com/
http://www.timeanddate.com/
http://www.historyorb.com/today/
