July 5, 1954

The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.

My history score: 9

[9trogue]

July 5, 1975
Cape Verde Is gain independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule

My history score: 2
started counting a new set of 7

[goldie0608]

July 5, 1975 - Arthur Ashe became the first black man to win a Wimbledon singles title when he defeated Jimmy Connors.

My history score - 8

[radietaip]

July 5, 1992

Sixto Durán Ballén elected president of Ecuador

My history score: 2 (resetting my score for round 2)

[pspstacy]

July 5 1954 - Elvis Presley's first commercial recording session took place in Memphis, TN. He recorded "That's All Right (Mama)" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky."

my post count is 2

[pspstacy]

All July 4th posts are valid

[yousofine]

5 July 2003
SARS is declared "contained" by the WHO

My history score: 9

[jennyjenjen]

July 5, 1946 - the bikini was introduced for the first time at a swimming pool in Paris. That summer was the first war-free summer in Europe, and fashions expressed the liberated mood of the people. Because the suit was daring, the designer found an exotic dancer to wear the first suit in public. Americans did not begin to wear bikinis until the early 1960s.

My history score: 9/2

[Hizzytee]

5 July, 2007 - Rwanda Genocide Major Sentenced
Bernard Ntuyahaga, a former army major in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide was convicted of murdering ten United Nations peacekeepers who were from Belgium. He was sentenced to twenty years in prison by a Belgian court.

History score 9/2

[ms772]

July 5, 1606 – Abbas I of Safavid Empire getting back Ganja from Ottoman.

History score 2 (9)

[LadyNimue]

July 5 1921 - Sox accused of throwing World Series
The jury acquitted all of the accused players and then celebrated with them at a nearby restaurant.

History score: 2 (9)

[TigerToLily]

July 5, 1943
The Battle of Kursk, the largest tank battle in history, begins.

My history score: 2 (9)

[BrightEyes4evr]

July 5, 1922 Women 1st vote in Dutch elections, Christian parties win

My History Score - Set 2: 2

Sets completed:1

How do you want us to score this - continue counting up or separate after 7 are completed????

[pspstacy]

All posts up till now have been counted ..,

Yes please reset your score after your 7 have been counted .. thank you

[gijoe6891]

July 5 2009 – The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered in England, consisting of more than 1,500 items, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, Staffordshire.

My history score 2