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