On this day in history - Today, July, 5

Today in History

• 1996 World's first live cloned mammal is born

  Dolly the Sheep, a domestic ship was cloned using cells from an adult sheep by a team led by Ian Wil

• 1995 Armenian Constitution is adopted

  A nation-wide referendum led to the approval and adoption of Armenia's constitution. The country had

• 1975 Cape Verde gains independence from Portugal

  The Island country had come under Portuguese colonial control in the late 15th century.

• 1973 Coup in Rwanda

  Then Army Chief of Staff, Juvénal Habyarimana, staged a coup and overthrew the President, Grégoire K

• 1811 Venezuela declares independence from Spain

  Under the leadership of Francisco de Miranda, Venezuela declared its independence from Spain. This