Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 5
July 5: Tynwald Day on the Isle of Man.
- 1687 - Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica was first published.
- 1811 - Venezuela declared its independence from Spain.
- 1951 - William Shockley invented the junction transistor.
- 1962 - Algeria became independent from France.
- 1989 - Oliver North was sentenced for his part in the Iran-Contra Affair.