WikiPedia:Selected anniversaries/July 5

1687 - Isaac Newton's volume no. 1 of his Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica was published for the first time.
1811 - Venezuela declared its independence from Spain.
1951 - William Shockley invented the junction transistor.
1962 - Algeria became independent from France.
1989 - Oliver North was sentenced for his part in the Iran-Contra Affair.

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