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July 5, 2026
July 5: Fifth of July in New York
Coat of arms of the Regency of Algiers
- 1830 – Algiers surrendered to French invaders, ending the Regency of Algiers (coat of arms pictured).
- 1922 – Brazilian Army rebels took over Fort Copacabana and launched a rebellion in Rio de Janeiro against President Epitácio Pessoa and President-elect Artur Bernardes.
- 1937 – The Hormel Foods Corporation introduced Spam, the canned precooked meat product that would eventually enter into pop culture, folklore, and urban legend.
- 1950 – Korean War: In the first encounter between North Korean and American forces, an unprepared and undisciplined U.S. Army task force was routed at the Battle of Osan.
- 1990 – An explosion at a petrochemical plant in Channelview, Texas, United States, killed 17 people and injured 5 others.
- Greta Arwidsson (b. 1906)
- Gerard 't Hooft (b. 1946)
- Shohei Ohtani (b. 1994)
- Jon Landau (d. 2024)