Phantis:Selected anniversaries/July 5
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- 1928: Eleftherios Venizelos' Liberal Party won the national elections.
- 1965: Maria Callas appeared for the last time in an opera, at Covent Garden in London, in "Tosca" directed by Franco Zefirelli.
- 1994: The European Court declared the importation of products from Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus "illegal and contrary to EU legislation".
- 1998: Greek-American Pete Sampras won his 5th successive Wimbledon title, equalling the record set by Bjorn Borg.