Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 5
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July 5: Independence Day in Venezuela (1811), Algeria (1962) and Cape Verde (1975); Saints Cyril and Methodius Day in the Czech Republic and Slovakia; Tynwald Day on the Isle of Man.
- 1687 - Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica by Isaac Newton (pictured) was first published.
- 1865 - The world's first maximum speed law was enacted in England.
- 1935 - The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor relations in the United States, was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- 1937 - Hormel Foods Corporation introduced the canned meat product Spam.
- 1954 - Elvis Presley makes his first recordings with the song That's All Right.