July 5 in History — What Happened on This Day | HeyFYI

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What Happened on July 5?

From 1687 to 1996, July 5 has witnessed pivotal moments across 1 different categories of history.

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Events on July 5

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Science & Medicine

Isaac Newton Publishes Principia Mathematica

Isaac Newton published his landmark Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, laying out his laws of motion and universal gravitation — the foundation of classical mechanics for over 200 years.

Science & Medicine

Dolly the Sheep — First Cloned Mammal Announced

Scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland announced the successful cloning of Dolly the sheep from an adult somatic cell — the first time a mammal had been cloned from an adult cell, transforming the field of genetics.