Category: This Day In History July 05

Categories: This Day In History July

Note: These categories should be applied only to notable persons/events in history.

This Day in History for July 05

Historic Events:

• 1852: Frederick Douglass, fugitive slave, delivers his 'What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?' speech to the Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society in Rochester, condemns the celebration as hypocritical sham.
• 1934: Lou Gehrig hits record 17th career grand slam in Yankees 8-3 win v Washington, passes Babe Ruth's total.
• 1946: British Open Golf, St Andrews: In first post-WWII Championship, Sam Snead wins his only Open title, 4 strokes clear of runners-up Johnny Bulla & Bobby Locke.

Famous Birthdays:

• 1810: P. T. Phineas Taylor Barnum American showman
• 1872: Édouard Herriot, French politician
• 1889: Jean Cocteau, French poet and writer
• 1902: Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. American politician and ambassador
• 1924: Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and museum curator
• 1928: Warren Oates, American actor

Famous Deaths:

• 1945: John J. Curtin 14th Prime Minister of Australia

Phineas Barnum 05 Jul 1810 Bethel, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States - 07 Apr 1891

John Curtin 08 Jan 1885 Creswick, Colony of Victoria - 05 Jul 1945

Chester Greenwood 04 Dec 1858 Farmington, Maine - 05 Jul 1937

Henry Lodge 05 Jul 1902 Nahant, Essex, Massachusetts, United States - 27 Feb 1985

Rose Soady 05 Jul 1885 Gosford, New South Wales, Australia - 23 May 1978

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