Holiday / observanceJuly 5

Fifth of July (New York)

Fifth of July (New York), historic celebration of the abolition of slavery in New York in 1827.

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When
July 5
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Holiday / observanceA holiday, feast day, awareness day or national day observed every year on this date.
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The Fifth of July is a historic celebration of an Emancipation Day in New York, marking the culmination of the state's 1827 abolition of slavery after a gradual legislative process. State law passed under Governor Daniel D. Tompkins a decade earlier had designated Independence Day, the Fourth of July, as when abolition would take effect, but the danger of racist violence led African Americans to celebrate on the following day instead.

July 5 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

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  6. 2012The Shard
  7. 2016Juno (spacecraft)
  8. 2022Sajid Javid
  9. 2023Ariane 5
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