On this day...

July 5

1841 The Thomas Cook travel agency was founded in Leicestershire

1954 The BBC’s first television news bulletin was broadcast

1974 Tennis player Chris Evert won her first Wimbledon title beating Russian Olga Morzova

1977 Cork Fianna Fáil man Jack Lynch was elected Taoiseach.

1979 Singer and songwriter Shane Filan, of Westlife was born in Sligo

1980 At Wimbledon, Björn Borg defeated John McEnroe (whose family roots go back to Killucan) to win his 5th straight Wimbledon crown

1989 The pilot episode of the long-running tv comedy "Seinfield" was broadcast

1994 Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com in Bellevue, Washington

2012 London’s 309.6m high "The Shard", the tallest building in Europe, opened

2019 The British horseracing commentator John McCririck, died at 79