Page 7: Historical Events In July - 05

1969  On July - 05 rod Laver wins his 4th Wimbeldon championship   

1969  On July - 05 rolling Stones play a free concert in London's Hyde Park   

1969  Ben Alexander, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1970  Air Canada DC-8 crashes 7 miles from Toronto's airport killing 109 on July - 05.   

1970  On this day in history an Air Canada DC-8 en route from Montreal to Los Angeles makes a heavy landing at Malton AIrport, bounces and loses one starboard engine; in the pilot's attempt to take off and land again the other starboard engine falls off and the aircraft crashes 10 km west of Malton (Pearson International Airport) ; all 109 aboard killed.   

1971  On July - 05 26th amendment certified (reduces voting age to 18)   

1973  "Live &Let Die," James Bond film premiers on July - 05.   

1973  Isle of Man begins issuing their own postage stamps on July - 05.   

1975  Arthur Ashe wins men's single championship at Wimbeldon on July - 05.   

1975  On July - 05 cape Verde Is gain independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule   

1977  On this day in history pakistan's army, led by Gen Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, seizes power   

1977  Pakistans leader, Mr Bhutto, deposed by the military on July - 05.   

1978  Soyuz 30 spacecraft touches down in Soviet Kazakhstan on July - 05.   

1979  Elizabeth Ryan, tennis ace (won 19 Wimbledon titles), dies at 87 on July - 05.   

1980  Archibald James Potter, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1981  Jorge Urrutia Blondel, composer, dies at 75 on July - 05.   

1982  On this day in history an Oklahoma City bank goes into receivership. Its receiver, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., begins paying off $271 million in insured deposits as examiners uncover a morass of bad loans to wildcat drillers and others made by Penn Square, based in a shopping center   

1982  Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas on July - 05.   

1983  In Turkey a 6.1 quake resulted in 5 people killed and 25 injured in the Biga area on this day in history.   

1983  Woman gives birth to baby 84 days after brain death (Roanoke, VA) on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history arie Querido, psychiatrist (social psychiatry), dies   

1985  117ø F (47ø C), St George, Utah (state rec) (103ø spread, UT 1985) on July - 05.   

1985  Nicholas Mark Sanders (England) begins circumnavigation of the globe, covering 13,035 road miles in 78 days, 3 hr, 30 min on July - 05.   

1985  On this day in history gerard Schmook, Flemish literature historian/custodian, dies at 86   

1986  Nancy Reagan cuts red, white &blue ribbon; reopens Statue of Liberty on July - 05.   

1987  On July - 05 australian Pat Cash wins men's singles at Wimbledon   

1989  On July - 05 rod Stewart hits his head while on stage &knocks himself out   

1989  Ernesto Halffter, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1990  On July - 05 mitch Snyder, homeless advocate, commits suicide by hanging at 46   

1991  Ottawa seizes Bank of Credit and Commerce Canada's assets and closes all four branches; result of international money-laundering investigation on July - 05.   

1991  Howard Nemerow, US poet laureate (Pulitzer), dies on July - 05.   

1992  On July - 05 georgia Brown, British singer/actress (Love at Stake), dies at 59   

1993  Harrison E Salisbury, US journalist (NY Times), dies at 84 on July - 05.   

1994  A report of provincial inquiry says Montreal police force poorly supervised, badly trained and racist on July - 05.   

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1321  On this day in history birth of joan of The Tower, Queen consort of Scotland (d. 1362)   

1546  On this day in history birth of johann Steuerlein, composer   

1586  Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist (d. 1647) was born on this day in history.   

1653  Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (d. 1726) was born on this day in history.   

1654  Antonio Maria Pacchioni, composer was born on this day in history.   

1675  Mary Walcott, American accuser at the Salem witch trials was born on July - 05.   

1717  Pedro III of Portugal, consort of Maria I of Portugal (d. 1786) was born on this day in history.   

1718  Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Viceroy of Ireland (d. 1794) was born on July - 05.   

1316  Death of Infante Ferdinand of Majorca (b. 1278) on this day in history.   

1375  On July - 05 death of charles III of Alençon, French archbishop (b. 1337)   

1472  On July - 05 death of charles of Artois, Count of Eu, French military leader (b. 1394)   

1539  On this day in history antonio M Zaccaria, Italian physician/saint, dies   

1626  Stephan Fadinger, Austrian boer leader, dies in battle on July - 05.   

1666  On July - 05 death of albert VI of Bavaria (b. 1584)   

1676  On this day in history death of carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (b. 1613)   

1681  Fjodor Aleksejevitsj, tsar of Russia, dies on this day in history.