📜 This Day in History

July 5

• 1830Algiers surrendered to French invaders, ending the Regency of Algiers.
• 1937The Hormel Foods Corporation introduced Spam, the canned precooked meat product that would eventually enter into pop culture, folklore, and urban legend.
• 1950Korean War: In the first encounter between North Korean and American forces, an unprepared and undisciplined U.S. Army task force was routed at the Battle of Osan.
• 1989United States National Security Council member Oliver North was given a suspended sentence, probation, and community service for his part in the Iran–Contra affair.
• 2006The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting hours after North Korea reportedly tested at least seven ballistic missiles.
• 2012The Shard in London was inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 m (1,020 ft), but was surpassed by Moscow's Mercury City Tower four months later.

Born on this day

• 1853Cecil Rhodes, English-South African businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (died 1902)
• 1857Clara Zetkin, German theorist and activist (died 1933)
• 1889Jean Cocteau, French novelist, poet, and playwright (died 1963)
• 1911Georges Pompidou, French banker and politician, 19th President of France (died 1974)