On This Day for July 5 - Israel's Law of Return passed, Cecil Rhodes is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. July 05 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Cecil Rhodes READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1950 Israel's Law of Return passed READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2009: Swiss tennis player Roger Federer won a record-setting 15th Grand Slam singles title as he defeated Andy Roddick at the Wimbledon Championships. [Take our quiz about Wimbledon.] 2002: American baseball player Ted Williams , who was the last player to hit .400 in Major League Baseball (.406 in 1941), died in Inverness, Florida. [Test your knowledge of America's favourite pastime.] 1996: Dolly, a female Finn Dorset sheep, was born near Edinburgh, becoming the first successfully cloned mammal; her birth was not publicly revealed until the following year. 1989: The first episode of Seinfeld (then called The Seinfeld Chronicles) aired on NBC, and the sitcom later became a landmark of American popular culture. [ Sort fact from fiction in our pop culture quiz.] 1975: Arthur Ashe defeated Jimmy Connors in four sets of tennis at the 89th Wimbledon Championships. [ Test your knowledge of tennis.] 1971: The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was certified, granting suffrage to citizens age 18 years and older. [ Take our quiz about amendments to the U.S. Constitution.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1853 Cecil Rhodes prime minister of Cape Colony 1963 Edie Falco American actress 1810 P.T. Barnum American showman 1889 Jean Cocteau French poet and artist 1940 Chuck Close American artist 1801 David Farragut United States admiral SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2020 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help