Today in History: July 5, Dolly the sheep born in cloning breakthrough
In the present day is Saturday July the th day of There are days left in the year In current times in history On July Dolly the sheep the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell by scientists at the Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh was born Also on this date In Isaac Newton first published his Principia Mathematica a three-volume work setting out his mathematical principles of natural philosophy Related Articles At July celebration Trump signs tax and spending cut bill At least dead after severe flash floods in Texas Hill Country more than girls missing from summer camp Trump uses term considered antisemitic then insists he didn t know it was Uncertainty of future FEMA accident funding alarms Bay Area urgency planners Opinion Supreme Court s unitary executive theory threatens our balance of power In Venezuela became the first South American country to declare independence from Spain In Frederick Douglass delivered his speech What to the Slave is the Fourth of July at Corinthian Hall in Rochester New York In the Secret Organization Division of the U S Treasury Department was founded in Washington D C with the mission of suppressing counterfeit currency In President Franklin D Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act In Hormel introduced a canned meat product called Spam more than billion cans have been sold since In during World War II Britain and the Vichy cabinet in France broke off diplomatic relations In the Battle of Kursk began during World War II in the weeks that followed the Soviets were able to repeatedly repel the Germans who eventually withdrew in defeat In the modern bikini designed by Frenchman Louis Reard was first modeled in Paris In Larry Doby made his debut with the Cleveland Indians becoming the first Black participant in the American League three months after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in the National League In Elvis Presley recorded his first single That s All Right at Sun Studio in Memphis Tennessee In President Richard Nixon certified the th Amendment to the U S Constitution which lowered the minimum voting age from to In Arthur Ashe became the first Black man to win a Wimbledon singles title defeating Jimmy Connors In Pakistan s army led by General Mohammad Zia ul-Haq seized power from President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ZUL -fih-kahr ah-LEE BOO -toh In Bjorn Borg became the first male participant to win five consecutive Wimbledon singles titles In Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos as an online marketplace for books In a jury in Orlando Florida uncovered Casey Anthony not guilty of murder manslaughter and child abuse in the disappearance and death of her -year-old daughter Caylee In Pope Francis cleared two of the th Century s the majority influential popes to become saints in the Roman Catholic church approving a miracle needed to canonize Pope John Paul II and waiving Vatican rules to honor Pope John XXIII In the current era s Birthdays Julie Nixon Eisenhower is Rock star Huey Lewis is Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Rich Goose Gossage is NFL Hall of Fame receiver James Lofton is Cartoonist Bill Watterson Calvin and Hobbes is Singer-songwriter Marc Cohn is Actor Edie Falco is Actor Jillian Armenante is Actor Kathryn Erbe er-BEE is Actor Michael Stuhlbarg STOOL -bahrg is Rapper RZA RIH -zuh is Author Gary Shteyngart is R B singer Joe is Rapper Royce da is International Tennis Hall of Famer Amelie Mauresmo is Actor Ryan Hansen is Country musician Dave Haywood Lady A is Actor Danay Garcia is Retired soccer participant Megan Rapinoe is Actor Jason Dolley is Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher and designated hitter Shohei Ohtani is
