Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 5
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July 5: Independence Day in Venezuela (1811) and Algeria (1962), Tynwald Day on the Isle of Man.
- 1687 - Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica was first published.
- 1951 - William Shockley invented the junction transistor.
- 1989 - Oliver North was sentenced for his part in the Iran-Contra Affair.