Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 5
On July 5:
- 1687 - Isaac Newton's volume no. 1 of his Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica was published for the first time.
- 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.