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July 5th is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 179 days remaining in the year. 1934 • “Bloody Thursday” —— Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco. 1935 • The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor relations in the United States, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. 1937 • Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation. 1951 • William Shockley invents the junction transistor. 1954 • The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin. 1971 • Right to vote: the 26th Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by Trickie Dickie. 1996 • Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell. |