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5 July 2014 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 5 July 2014 was a Saturday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Fancy” by Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX.
- Top Film of 2014
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2014 was Transformers: Age of Extinction.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “Sunday Night Football” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2014–15 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 5 July is Cancer.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 5 July 2014 fell in the Year of the Horse.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for July is Ruby.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 5 July 2014 was First Quarter.
On this day: 5 July
- 2009 The Staffordshire Horde, the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered in Britain, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, Staffordshire.
- 2012 The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020 ft).
- 2016 The Juno space probe arrives at Jupiter and begins a 20-month survey of the planet.
- 2022 British government ministers Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak resign from the second Johnson ministry, beginning the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.
- 2023 The last Ariane 5 rocket is launched, carrying the Heinrich Hertz and Syracuse 4B satellites.
Famous people born on July 5
- Sombr, American singer and songwriter (born 2005)
- Shohei Ohtani, Japanese baseball player (born 1994)
- Edie Falco, American actress (born 1963)
- Ji Chang-wook, South Korean actor[citation needed] (born 1987)
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Events of 2014 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2014 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- February 7 – The Lego Movie is released in theaters.
- July 26 – Henry Danger debuts on Nickelodeon.
- August 1 – Guardians of the Galaxy, directed by James Gunn, is released by Marvel Studios as the tenth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
Life in the US in 2014
President
Barack Obama
Gas (per gallon)
$3.37
Loaf of Bread
$1.98
Average House
$285,900
Weekly Wage
$796
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