July 5th

First Indonesian presidential election by the people - first round (eventually won by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono).

Baseball great Ted Williams died.

Dolly, the first sheep cloned from adult cells, was born.

Armenian Constitution is adopted. A nation-wide referendum led to the approval and adoption of Armenia's constitution. The country had gained its independence after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Arthur Ashe became the first black man to win a Wimbledon singles title when he defeated Jimmy Connors.

Coup in Rwanda. Then Army Chief of staff, Juvénal Habyarimana, staged a coup and overthrew the President, Grégoire Kayibanda. Habyarimana then held the post of president for 20 years.

Elvis Presley recorded "That's All Right," his first commercial record.

The bikini swimsuit made its debut at a Paris fashion show.

US Secret Service begins operating under the Treasury Department.

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.

Venezuelan Declaration of Independence: 7 provinces declare themnselves independent of Spain.

Isaac Newton's great work PRINCIPIA published by Royal Society in England. Outlines his laws of motion and universal gravitation.