Every yearJuly 5
Everything July 5 celebrates
5 national, international, and world observances are on the calendar for July 5 every year, and 3 more land on it in some years.
| # | Observance | Category | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Bikini DayLead | Celebration | |
| 02 | Mechanical Pencil Day | Tech | |
| 03 | National Apple Turnover Day | Food | |
| 04 | National Graham Cracker Day | Food | |
| 05 | National Workaholics Day | Celebration |
These are set by a rule rather than a fixed date, so they only land on July 5 in some years.
National Build a Scarecrow Day — 2026
Born on July 5
Historic figures
- Georges Pompidou1911–1974French banker and politician, 19th President of France
- Jean Cocteau1889–1963French novelist, poet, and playwright
- Clara Zetkin1857–1933German theorist and activist
- Cecil Rhodes1853–1902English-South African businessman and politician
- P. T. Barnum1810–1891American businessman
- John Howard Northrop1891–1987American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- W. J. M. Rankine1820–1872Scottish mechanical engineer
- Veronica Guerin1959–1996Irish journalist
- Peter III of Portugal1717–1786Portuguese king
- Ernst Mayr1904–2005German-American biologist and ornithologist
Celebrities & public figures
- Hernán Crespob. 1975Argentinian footballer and coach
- Megan Rapinoeb. 1985American soccer player
- Edie Falcob. 1963American actress
- Shohei Ohtanib. 1994Japanese baseball player
- RZAb. 1969American rapper
- Sombrb. 2005American singer and songwriter
- Michael Stuhlbargb. 1968American actor
- Gianfranco Zolab. 1966Italian footballer and coach
- Amélie Mauresmob. 1979French-Swiss tennis player
- Ji Chang-wookb. 1987South Korean actor[citation needed]
Birth dates from Wikidata; names link to Wikipedia.
This page covers July 5 in any year. For one year in particular — the weekday, and which moveable observances landed on it — see July 5, 2027.
Today Celebrates tracks daily national, international and world observances all year.