Today is Monday, July 5, the 186th day of 2010. There are 179 days left in the year.
1687 _ Isaac Newton's PRINCIPIA published by Royal Society in England
1811 _ Venezuela, first South American country to gain independence from Spain
1841 _ Thomas Cook opens first travel agency
1935 _ President Franklin Roosevelt signs the National Labor Relations Act
1946 _ Louis Reard's bikini swimsuit design debuts at Paris fashion show
1962 _ Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule
1963 _ First Beatle tune to hit U.S. charts, Del Shannon ``From Me to You" at No. 87
1969 _ Rod Laver wins his fourth Wimbledon championship
1969 _ Rolling Stones play a free concert in London's Hyde Park
1971 _ 26th amendment certified (reduces voting age to 18)