Birthdays
Phineas Taylor Barnum
Turns 55 on this date
David Glasgow Farragut
Turns 64 on this date
John Henry Lease
Turns 33 on this date
Lemuel Gregory Olmsted
Turns 57 on this date
Jesse Bowman Young
Turns 21 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In London, Parliament passes the world's first speed limits on public roads | 07/05/1865 |
| Crime/Disasters | In Washington, President Andrew Johnson approves the sentences passed down to the Lincoln conspirators | 07/05/1865 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The new United States Secret Service goes into operation for the Treasury Department | 07/05/1865 |