From typicallyspanish.com
Spain On This Day - July 5
By m.p.
Jul 5, 2008 - 12:52 PM
1811: Venezuela gains independence from Spain, proclaimed by Simón Bolívar and Francisco de Miranda
1968: The Roman ruins at La Olmeda, Pedrosa de la Vega in Palencia are discovered. They are considered to be one of the most important archaeological finds in the Hispanic Roman World.
Blas Infante, Spanish writer and politician born 1885