Replaying Wednesday, July 5, 1978

The July 5, 1978 was a Wednesday under the star sign of . It was the 185 day of the year. President of the United States was Jimmy Carter.

If you were born on this day, you are 47 years old. Your last birthday was on the Saturday, July 5, 2025, 364 days ago. Your next birthday is on Sunday, July 5, 2026, in 0 days. You have lived for 17,531 days, or about 420,760 hours, or about 25,245,615 minutes, or about 1,514,736,900 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

  • Shohei Ohtani (baseball player, born July 5, 1994)
  • Susan Wojcicki (businessperson, manager, born July 5, 1968)
  • P. V. Sindhu (badminton player, born July 5, 1995)
  • Ji Chang-uk (actor, film actor, television actor, born July 5, 1987)
  • Robin Gosens (association football player, born July 5, 1994)
  • Megan Rapinoe (association football player, born July 5, 1985)
  • P. T. Barnum (autobiographer, businessperson, circus performer, politician, showman, slaveholder, writer, born July 5, 1810)
  • Hernán Crespo (association football manager, association football player, born July 5, 1975)
  • RZA (actor, film actor, film director, filmmaker, guitarist, musician, pianist, rapper, record producer, screenwriter, born July 5, 1969)
  • Edie Falco (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born July 5, 1963)
  • Ali Ansarian (actor, association football player, presenter, born July 5, 1977)
  • Rakesh Jhunjhunwala (businessperson, trader, born July 5, 1960)
  • Michael Stuhlbarg (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born July 5, 1968)
  • Tuba Büyüküstün (actor, film actor, born July 5, 1982)
  • James Burke (drug trafficker, screenwriter, born July 5, 1931)
  • Adam Cole (professional wrestler, born July 5, 1989)
  • Jean Cocteau (actor, ceramicist, composer, designer, film director, illustrator, jewelry designer, librettist, novelist, painter, photographer, playwright, poet, postage stamp designer, prosaist, screenwriter, voice actor, writer, born July 5, 1889)
  • Giovanni Simeone (association football player, born July 5, 1995)
  • Cecil John Rhodes (colonizer, economist, entrepreneur, explorer, philanthropist, politician, born July 5, 1853)
  • Huey Lewis (actor, film actor, musician, singer, singer-songwriter, street artist, born July 5, 1950)
  • Gianfranco Zola (association football manager, association football player, born July 5, 1966)
  • Georges Pompidou (banker, politician, born July 5, 1911)
  • Gilles Lellouche (actor, film actor, film director, screenwriter, born July 5, 1972)
  • Mike Richards (game show host, guest host, television presenter, television producer, born July 5, 1975)
  • Joe Lycett (LGBTI rights activist, comedian, sculptor, television presenter, writer, born July 5, 1988)
  • Clara Zetkin (editor, feminist, journalist, peace activist, politician, suffragette, teacher, writer, born July 5, 1857)
  • Chikao Ōtsuka (actor, seiyū, born July 5, 1929)
  • Keiko Fuji (actor, singer, born July 5, 1951)
  • Robbie Robertson (actor, film actor, film score composer, guitarist, record producer, recording artist, screenwriter, singer, singer-songwriter, born July 5, 1943)
  • Geeta Kapur (choreographer, dancer, born July 5, 1973)
  • Claudia Wells (actor, entrepreneur, film actor, television actor, born July 5, 1966)
  • Liberty Phoenix (actor, television actor, born July 5, 1976)
  • Dejan Lovren (association football player, born July 5, 1989)
  • Róisín Murphy (composer, fashion designer, music video director, record producer, singer, songwriter, born July 5, 1973)
  • Kathryn Erbe (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born July 5, 1965)
  • Pauly D (actor, club DJ, disc jockey, television actor, television personality, born July 5, 1980)
  • Ryan Hansen (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born July 5, 1981)
  • Mohammad Gharib (physician, born July 5, 1909)
  • Alberto Gilardino (association football player, born July 5, 1982)
  • Katherine Helmond (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born July 5, 1929)
  • Yojiro Noda (actor, composer, guitarist, lyricist, singer-songwriter, born July 5, 1985)
  • Pruitt Taylor Vince (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born July 5, 1960)
  • Zayed Khan (film actor, model, television actor, born July 5, 1980)
  • Alberto Moreno (association football player, born July 5, 1992)
  • Mary Maxwell Gates (businessperson, teacher, born July 5, 1929)
  • Warren Oates (film actor, rancher, stage actor, television actor, born July 5, 1928)
  • Nardwuar (disc jockey, journalist, radio personality, singer, born July 5, 1968)
  • Bill Watterson (cartoonist, comics artist, comics writer, born July 5, 1958)
  • Yeon Woo-jin (actor, film actor, model, television actor, born July 5, 1984)
  • Yang Shangkun (politician, revolutionary, born July 5, 1907)
  • Sơn Tùng M-TP (actor, film director, recording artist, singer, songwriter, born July 5, 1994)
  • Amélie Mauresmo (tennis coach, tennis player, born July 5, 1979)
  • Charlie Austin (association football player, born July 5, 1989)
  • Julie Nixon Eisenhower (writer, born July 5, 1948)
  • Chen Xiao (actor, singer, television actor, born July 5, 1987)
  • Nandamuri Kalyan Ram (actor, film producer, born July 5, 1978)
  • Yu Yamada (actor, fashion model, model, singer, tarento, born July 5, 1984)
  • Žydrūnas Savickas (powerlifter, strongman, born July 5, 1975)
  • Kellen Moore (American football coach, American football player, born July 5, 1988)
  • Shane Filan (singer, songwriter, television presenter, born July 5, 1979)
  • Thomas Stamford Raffles (botanist, ornithologist, politician, traveler, born July 5, 1781)
  • Nuno Gomes (association football player, born July 5, 1976)
  • Shirley Knight (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born July 5, 1936)
  • François Arnaud (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born July 5, 1985)
  • Avigdor Lieberman (chief executive officer, politician, born July 5, 1958)
  • Ai Sugiyama (tennis player, born July 5, 1975)
  • Ram Vilas Paswan (politician, born July 5, 1946)
  • Laurence Ferrari (journalist, news presenter, writer, born July 5, 1966)
  • Milburn Stone (actor, film actor, television actor, born July 5, 1904)
  • Piermario Morosini (association football player, born July 5, 1986)
  • Chuck Close (drawer, graphic artist, painter, photographer, printmaker, born July 5, 1940)
  • Richie Incognito (American football player, born July 5, 1983)
  • Guru Hargobind (guru, born July 5, 1595)
  • Babe Paley (journalist, socialite, born July 5, 1915)
  • Marc Cohn (singer, singer-songwriter, born July 5, 1959)
  • Prince Henri d’Orléans (military personnel, born July 5, 1908)
  • Tess Holliday (make-up artist, model, born July 5, 1985)
  • José Millán Astray (military personnel, politician, spanish legionary, born July 5, 1879)
  • Jamie (composer, singer, born July 5, 1997)
  • Geneviève Grad (actor, film actor, singer, born July 5, 1944)
  • Hedi Slimane (designer, grand couturier, photographer, born July 5, 1968)
  • Danay García (actor, film actor, model, born July 5, 1984)
  • Ashkan Dejagah (association football player, born July 5, 1986)
  • Veronica Guerin (accountant, association football player, journalist, writer, born July 5, 1958)
  • Philippe Gilbert (sport cyclist, born July 5, 1982)
  • Ronald D. Moore (actor, basketball player, blogger, film director, manufacturer, screenwriter, showrunner, television producer, writer, born July 5, 1964)
  • Mac Dre (musician, rapper, born July 5, 1970)
  • Chris Cline (businessperson, born July 5, 1958)
  • Giancarlo Magalli (actor, screenwriter, television presenter, born July 5, 1947)
  • Javed Ali (singer, born July 5, 1982)
  • Joe (record producer, singer, singer-songwriter, born July 5, 1973)
  • Piotr Nowak (association football manager, association football player, born July 5, 1964)
  • Mario Vaquerizo (music journalist, born July 5, 1974)
  • Pavel Nakhimov (naval officer, born July 5, 1802)
  • John Wood (film actor, stage actor, born July 5, 1930)
  • Michael A. Hess (lawyer, politician, born July 5, 1952)
  • Márcio Amoroso (association football player, born July 5, 1974)
  • Ken Akamatsu (mangaka, born July 5, 1968)
  • Georgios Grivas-Digenis (biographer, partisan, soldier, born July 5, 1898)
  • Lætitia Milot (actor, film actor, model, born July 5, 1980)
  • Negrita Jayde (bodybuilder, born July 5, 1958)
  • Jonás Gutiérrez (association football player, born July 5, 1983)
  • David Farragut (military officer, born July 5, 1801)
  • İsmail YK (actor, singer, born July 5, 1978)
  • Paul Smith (dressmaker, fashion designer, born July 5, 1946)
  • Moritz Führmann (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born July 5, 1978)
  • Gus Bradley (American football player, head coach, born July 5, 1966)
  • Fabián Ríos (actor, model, television actor, born July 5, 1980)
  • Kumiko Ogura (badminton player, born July 5, 1983)
  • Ashwin Kakumanu (actor, born July 5, 1987)
  • Stiliyan Petrov (association football player, born July 5, 1979)
  • Jason Dolley (actor, film actor, television actor, born July 5, 1991)
  • Bizarre (musician, rapper, singer, born July 5, 1976)
  • Ish Smith (basketball player, born July 5, 1988)
  • Manuel II Palaiologos (politician, writer, born June 27, 1350)
  • Gordon G. Chang (journalist, jurist, lawyer, born July 5, 1951)
  • Mia Couto (biologist, children's writer, journalist, novelist, poet, writer, born July 5, 1955)
  • Roger Wicker (lawyer, military officer, politician, public defender, born July 5, 1951)
  • Bahareh Afshari (actor, born July 5, 1984)
  • Ryūichi Kosugi (owarai tarento, born July 5, 1973)
  • Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (diplomat, journalist, military officer, politician, born July 5, 1902)
  • Joe Barry (American football coach, head coach, born July 5, 1970)
  • Joe Brown (judge, lawyer, born July 5, 1947)
  • Jenji Kohan (film director, manufacturer, screenwriter, showrunner, television producer, born July 5, 1969)
  • Mike Cahill (cinematographer, film director, film editor, film producer, screenwriter, born July 5, 1979)
  • Malcolm Smith (American football player, born July 5, 1989)
  • Todd Akin (politician, born July 5, 1947)
  • Ed O'Ross (actor, film actor, television actor, voice actor, born July 5, 1949)
  • Reiko Kusamura (actor, born July 5, 1940)
  • Don Stark (actor, comedian, film director, singer, television actor, voice actor, born July 5, 1954)
  • Brooke Hayward (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born July 5, 1937)
  • Hamed Komaily (actor, born July 5, 1982)
  • Owen Gray (singer, born July 5, 1939)
  • Blas Infante (journalist, jurist, musicologist, politician, writer, born July 5, 1885)
  • Nick O'Malley (bassist, vocalist, born July 5, 1985)
  • Alexander Radulov (ice hockey player, born July 5, 1986)
  • Kristine Carlson (writer, born July 5, 1963)
  • Yasuhiro Ichiba (baseball player, born July 5, 1982)
  • K. Karunakaran (politician, trade unionist, born July 5, 1918)
  • Jerry Sags (professional wrestler, born July 5, 1964)
  • Inayat Khan (musician, philosopher, teacher, writer, born July 5, 1882)
  • Michael O'Neill (association football manager, association football player, born July 5, 1969)
  • Mumtaj (actor, model, born July 5, 1980)
  • Ernst Mayr (biologist, curator, ornithologist, philosopher, university teacher, writer, zoologist, born July 5, 1904)
  • Vinod Raj (actor, film actor, born July 5, 1967)
  • Sean O'Pry (model, born July 5, 1989)
  • Zlatko Saračević (handball coach, handball player, born July 5, 1961)
  • Michael Blake (non-fiction writer, novelist, screenwriter, writer, born July 5, 1945)
  • Goose Gossage (baseball player, born July 5, 1951)
  • Robert FitzRoy (explorer, meteorologist, naval officer, politician, born July 5, 1805)

5th of July 1978 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on July 5, 1978

LONDON'S OBSERVER REPORTED IN PERIL; Respected Sunday Paper Believed to Be Shaky Despite Infusion of Capital From the U.S. Reading Time: a Half Hour A Meeting Over Dinner New Blood Brought In Who's in Charge?

Date: 05 July 1978

By R.W. Apple Jr. Special to The New York Times

R. Apple

London Observer is reptdly in financial peril; so far it has failed to make needed gains on Sunday Times, its principal rival; labor troubles have also reptdly besieged paper; history of paper noted (M)

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Brief Urges a Rehearing On Police Search Ruling

Date: 06 July 1978

Natl Assn of Broadcasters says it has joined with several other news orgns in filing 'friend of ct' brief with Sup Ct for rehearing on Ct's ruling on police searches of newspaper files (S)

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Financial Weaknesses Denied by the Owners Of London Observer

Date: 06 July 1978

owners of London Observer deny rept; Thornton Bradshaw, pres of Atlantic Richfield, parent co, says rept is without foundation; Atlantic chmn Robert O Anderson also comments (S)

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Legacy of the '78 Supreme Court: Shift on Prosecutors and the Press; 78 Supreme Court Legacy: Shift Against Prosecutors and the Press First Amendment Immunity Discrimination Environment Miscellaneous

Date: 06 July 1978

By WARREN WEAVER Jr. Special to The New York Times

Warren WEAVER

Survey of '78 Sup Ct actions notes its decisions on discrimination cases (S)

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WHITE HOUSE BRIEFS 4 SOVIET REPORTERS; Session Reviewing Credentials Is in Apparent Response to Libel Proceedings in Moscow Credentials Provide Easy Access

Date: 06 July 1978

By MARTIN TOLCHIN Special to The New York Times

Martin Special

White House summons 4 Soviet journalists to meeting to rev their credentials in apparent response to judicial proceedings against Amer reporters; it is 1st such session at White House in at least 6 yrs; Soviet journalists met with deputy press sec Walter Wurfel; 8 others who are accredited to White House are due to be summoned later; press sec Jody Powell comments; Soviet journalists are Vitaly Gan (Tass), Melor Sturua (Izvestia), Gennadi Vasilyev (Pravda) (S)

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Baloney Pictures

Date: 06 July 1978

Ed on 'baloney pictures' of Mayor Koch, term dubbed by Al Smith for photos of politicians at public events

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News Summary; International

Date: 06 July 1978

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News Summary; International National Metropolitan

Date: 06 July 1978

Article on Dr Charles M Unkovic and Dr Roger Handberg Jr of Fla Technological Univ, Orlando, survey of stereotypical Southern sheriff; says he is white, middle-aged, ill-educated and a home-town boy; survey tends to reinforce stereotype, but Profs Handberg and Unkovic found that, like much else in changing South, it is fading; illus of Leon County, Fla, Sheriff Ken Katsaris with 2 of his deputies (M)

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News Summary; International National Metropolitan

Date: 05 July 1978

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News Summary; International National Metropolitan

Date: 05 July 1978

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