July 5

Events

 * 1951 - The invention of the junction transistor was announced by Dr. William Shockley

Births

 * 1879 – Wanda Landowska, Polish harpsichordist (d. 1959)
 * 1880 – Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist (d. 1940)
 * 1913 – Smiley Lewis, American musician (d. 1966)
 * 1918 – George Rochberg, American composer (d. 2005)
 * 1924 – János Starker, Hungarian cellist
 * 1938 – Ronnie Self, American rock singer and songwriter (d. 1981)
 * 1943 – Robbie Robertson, Canadian guitarist (The Band)
 * 1950 – Huey Lewis, American musician (Huey Lewis and the News)
 * 1950 – Michael Monarch, American guitarist (Steppenwolf)
 * 1951 – Keiko Fuji, Japanese enka singer
 * 1954 – Jimmy Crespo, American guitarist (Aerosmith)
 * 1959 – Marc Cohn, American singer and songwriter
 * 1961 – Isabelle Poulenard, French soprano
 * 1961 – Patrizia Scianca, Italian voice actress
 * 1963 – Russ Lorenson, American singer and actor
 * 1965 – Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli jazz pianist
 * 1968 – Kenji Ito, Japanese composer
 * 1969 – RZA, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan)
 * 1970 – Mac Dre, American rapper (d. 2004)
 * 1973 – Bengt Lagerberg, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)
 * 1973 – Róisín Murphy, Irish musician
 * 1975 – Gunnar H. Thomsen, Faroese musician (Týr)
 * 1976 – Bizarre, American rapper (D12)
 * 1979 – Shane Filan, Irish musician (Westlife)
 * 1980 – Jason Wade, American musician (Lifehouse)
 * 1985 – Nick O'Malley, British musician (Arctic Monkeys)
 * 1989 – Joseph King, American musician (Canvas)