July 5 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for July 5
In the headlines today:

2002	Baseball legend Ted Williams, the last player to bat over .400 for a season, dies of cardiac arrest at age 83.
1996	The sheep known as "Dolly," the world's first mammal cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Scotland. News of the successful clong would not be released to the world until the following year.
1983	Jazz trumpeter and bandleader Harry James dies at age 67.
1975	tennis player Arthur Ashe defeats Jimmy Connors to become the first African-American man to win a Wimbledon singles title.
1975	The Cape Verde Islands gain their independence from Portugal.
1969	The Rolling Stones give a free concert at London's Hyde Park, to celebrate the life of lead guitarist Brian Jones, who died two days prior.
1950	The first US serviceman dies in the Korean War.
1948	The National Health Service Act goes into effect in England.
1947	Larry Doby joins the Cleveland Indians baseball club, becoming the first African-American player in the American League.
1946	The bikini swimsuit debuts at a Paris fashion show.
1943	Actress Betty Grable marries bandleader Harry James.
1884	The German protectorate of Togoland is created in western Africa.
1865	The Secret Service Division of the US Treasury Department is established to stop the flow of counterfeit currency.
1865	The Salvation Army is founded in London.
1811	Venezuela declares its independence from Spain.