General Events and Observations of July 5

1316: Infante Ferdinand of Majorca (b. 1278)
1375: Charles III of Alençon, French archbishop (b. 1337)
1472: Charles of Artois, Count of Eu, French military leader (b. 1394)
1539: St. Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Italian saint (b. 1502)
1666: Albert VI of Bavaria (b. 1584)
1676: Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (b. 1613)
1715: Charles Ancillon, French Huguenot pastor (b. 1659)
1719: Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Irish general (b. 1641)
1773: Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian and philologist (b. 171
1833: Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor (b. 1765)
1859: Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist (b. 1777)
1862: Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist (b. 1800)
1904: Abai Kunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet (b. 1845)
1908: Jonas Lie, Norwegian author (b. 1833)
1920: Max Klinger, German artist (b. 1857)
1927: Albrecht Kossel, German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in
1929: Henry Lincoln Johnson, Member of 369th regiment (aka Harlem Hell Fi
1932: Sasha Cherny, Russian poet (b. 1880)
1945: John Curtin, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)
1948: Carole Landis, American actress (b. 1919)
1948: Georges Bernanos, French writer (b. 1888)
1957: Charles Sherwood Noble, American-born inventor
1965: Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican diplomat and international playboy (b.
1966: George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
1969: Leo McCarey, American film director (b. 1898)
1969: Tom Mboya, Kenyan politician (b. 1930)
1969: Walter Gropius, German architect (b. 1883)
1969: Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (b. 1884)
1975: Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano (b. 1892)
1983: Harry James, American musician (b. 1916)
1991: Howard Nemerov, American poet (b. 1920)
1996: Erik Wickberg, The Salvation Army general (b. 1904)
1997: Mrs. Miller, American singer (b. 1907)
1998: Sid Luckman, American football player (b. 1916)
2001: Ernie K-Doe, American singer (b. 1936)
2002: Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (b. 1924)
2002: Ted Williams, American baseball player (b. 1918)
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)
2005: Shirley Goodman, American singer (b. 1936)
2006: Kenneth Lay, American businessman (b. 1942)
2007: George Melly, British jazz & blues musician (b. 1926)
2007: Kerwin Mathews, American actor (b. 1926)
2007: Régine Crespin, French operatic soprano (b. 1927)

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