What happend on 5th July

04.07
06.07
1971

Right to vote: the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon.

1970

An Air Canada DC-8 crashes near Toronto International Airport killing 108 people.

1962

Algeria becomes independent from France.

1958

First ascent of Gasherbrum I, 11th highest peak on the earth

1954

Andhra Pradesh High Court is established.

1954

The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.

1954

Elvis Presley has his first commercial recording session. He sang That's All Right (Mama) and Blue Moon of Kentucky. Widely considered to be the birth of Rock and Roll.

1951

William Shockley invents the junction transistor.

1950

Korean War: Task Force Smith

1950

Zionism: The Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.