Events for July 05
July 5, 1940
1,800 million pounds of Gold sails from the River Clyde
As German forces overran Europe in the spring of 1940, massive gold shipments began arriving in the United States from England, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Norway for safekeeping.
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Sir Bevil Grenville, died
Sir Bevil Grenville (1596-1643), Royalist soldier in the English Civil War, was educated at Exeter College, Oxford.
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July 5, 1828
Daniel O’Connell wins the Clare election
Daniel O’Connell won the Clare by-election on July 5, 1828, in what became a pivotal moment in Irish and British political history. O’Connell, often referred to as “The Liberator,” was a leading Irish political leader who campaigned for Catholic emancipation—the right of Catholics to sit in the British Parliament, hold public office, and participate fully in public life.
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