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July 5 Deaths in History - July 5 Birthdays - July 5 Events
July 5, 2006 Kenneth Lay, American Businessman
July 5, 2004 Syreeta Wright, singer, Don't You Know With You I'm Born Again, dies at 58
July 5, 2004 Rodger Ward, American Celebrity
July 5, 2003 N!xau, bushman/actor, The Gods Must Be Crazy, dies at 59
July 5, 2002 Katy Jurado, actress, High Noon, dies at 78
July 5, 2002 Ted Williams, athlete, last person to hit .400 for a season as a major leaguer, dies at 83
July 5, 1996 Anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer, dies at 91
July 5, 1996 Clyde Wiegand, physicist, dies at 81
July 5, 1996 Lorna Young, salesperson, dies at 44
July 5, 1995 Adrienne Keith Cohen, travel editor, dies at 69
July 5, 1994 Ad Gang, Dutch Liberal Party asst sec of state, dies at 67
July 5, 1993 Harrison E. Salisbury, U.S. journalist (New York Times), dies at 84
July 5, 1993 Harrison Salisbury, American Journalist
July 5, 1992 Georgia Brown, British singer and actress (Love at Stake), dies at 58
July 5, 1991 Howard Nemerow, U.S. poet laureate (Pulitzer), dies
July 5, 1991 Mildred Dunnock, dies at 87
July 5, 1990 Mitch Snyder, homeless advocate, commits suicide by hanging at 46
July 5, 1989 Ernesto Halffter, composer, dies at 84
July 5, 1985 Gerard Schmook, Flemish literature historian/custodian, dies at 86
July 5, 1985 Jack Robertson, South Africa cricket spinner (3 Tests vs. Aust 1935-36), dies
July 5, 1985 Marion Byron, actress (Steamboat Bill Jr), dies at 73
July 5, 1983 Arie Querido, psychiatrist (social psychiatry), dies
July 5, 1983 Harry James, swing-era bandleader/trumpet player, dies at 67
July 5, 1983 Vaclav Trojan, composer, dies at 76
July 5, 1981 Jorge Urrutia Blondel, composer, dies at 75
July 5, 1980 Archibald James Potter, composer, dies at 61
July 5, 1979 Elizabeth Ryan, tennis ace (won 19 Wimbledon titles), dies at 87
July 5, 1979 Judson Laire, actor/singer (Papa-Mama), dies at 76
July 5, 1969 Ben Alexander, dies at 58
July 5, 1969 Tom Mboya, Kenyian economics minister, assassinated in Narobi at 65
July 5, 1969 Walter Gropius, architect/found (Bauhaus school of design), dies at 86
July 5, 1969 Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (Rubinstein-1905), dies at 85
July 5, 1967 Bruce Barton, American Author
July 5, 1963 Daniel Ruyneman, composer, dies at 76
July 5, 1951 James Norman Hall, American Author
July 5, 1950 Kenneth Shadrick, Pvt from WV becomes 1st U.S. fatality in Korean War
July 5, 1950 Salvatore Giuliano, Sicilian bandit, shot by police
July 5, 1948 Carole Landis, U.S. actress (1 Million BC, Topper Returns), dies at 29
July 5, 1948 G Bernanos, writer, dies at 60
July 5, 1948 Peter JM Aalberse, Dutch minister of Labor, dies at 77
July 5, 1944 William Gillies Whittaker, composer, dies at 67
July 5, 1941 Oskar Fried, composer, dies at 69
July 5, 1935 Daniel Plooy, Dutch new testament expert, dies at 58
July 5, 1925 Hjalmar Borgstrom, composer, dies at 61
July 5, 1920 Max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor, dies at 63
July 5, 1911 George J Stoney, Irish physicist, dies at 85
July 5, 1909 Emil Bohn, composer, dies at 70
July 5, 1908 Jonas LI Lie, Norwegian writer (Kommandorens dottre), dies at 74
July 5, 1908 Peter Oliver, English Artist
July 5, 1907 Maria Anna Mahler, Gustav Mahlers eldest daughter, dies at 5
July 5, 1905 Carel V Gerritsen, free thinker, dies
July 5, 1894 Betty Paoli, writer, dies
July 5, 1887 August F Pott, German philological (That Personennamen), dies
July 5, 1886 Henry Gerhard, founder (Social-Democratic Union), dies at 57
July 5, 1884 Victor Masse, composer, dies at 62
July 5, 1883 Frederick Scotson Clark, composer, dies at 42
July 5, 1871 Cristina di Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess, dies
July 5, 1852 Johann Baptist Weigl, composer, dies at 69
July 5, 1803 William Jackson, composer, dies at 73
July 5, 1681 Fjodor Aleksejevitsj, tsar of Russia, dies
July 5, 1626 Stephan Fadinger, Austrian boer leader, dies in battle
July 5, 1539 Antonio M Zaccaria, Italian physician/saint, dies



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