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On this day: July 5

POSTED: 02:38 PM PDT Jun 27, 2012 UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Jul 04, 2012

Perhaps history's greatest showman is born, a war begins and two of man's greatest inventions are unveiled, all on this day in history.

OTD July 5 - Larry Doby — 8 / 20

1947: Larry Doby signs a contract with the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first black player in the American League. (Jackie Robinson had broken the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League 11 weeks earlier.)

OTD July 5 - PT Barnum

OTD July 5 - Venezuelan independence

OTD July 5 - Salvation Army William Booth

OTD July 5 - FDR National Labor Relations Act

OTD July 5 - Spam

OTD July 5 - Robbie Robertson

OTD July 5 - bikini

OTD July 5 - Larry Doby

OTD July 5 - Battle of Osan

OTD July 5 - Huey Lewis

OTD July 5 - Elvis Sun Records

OTD July 5 - Edie Falco

OTD July 5 - 26th amendment

OTD July 5 - Arthur Ashe

OTD July 5 - Oliver North

OTD July 5 - Armenian flag

OTD July 5 - Dolly the sheep

OTD July 5 - Taliban

OTD July 5 - Ted Williams

OTD July 5 - Roger Federer

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