June 5 is the 156th day of the year (157th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 209 days remaining until the end of the year.

[edit] Events

• 70 – Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem.
• 1257 – Kraków, Poland receives city rights.
• 1798 – The Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated.
• 1817 – The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched.
• 1829 – HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba.
• 1832 – The June Rebellion breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of Louis-Philippe.
• 1837 – Houston, Texas is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
• 1849 – Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy by the signing of a new constitution.
• 1851 – Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin or, Life Among the Lowly starts a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper.
• 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.
• 1888 – The Rio de la Plata Earthquake takes place.
• 1900 – Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
• 1915 – Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
• 1916 – Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
• 1917 – World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
• 1933 – The U.S. Congress abrogates the United States' use of the gold standard by enacting a joint resolution (48 Stat. 112) nullifying the right of creditors to demand payment in gold.
• 1941 – Four thousand Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing.
• 1942 – World War II: United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
• 1944 – World War II: More than 1000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day.
• 1945 – The Allied Control Council, the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power.
• 1946 – A fire in the LaSalle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois kills 61 people.
• 1947 – Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
• 1956 – Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
• 1959 – The first government of the State of Singapore is sworn in.
• 1963 – British Secretary of State for War John Profumo resigns in a sex scandal known as the Profumo Affair.
• 1963 – Movement of 15 Khordad: Protest against arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini by Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In several cities, masses of angry demonstrators are confronted by tanks and paratroopers.
• 1964 – DSV Alvin is commissioned.
• 1967 – Six-Day War begins: The Israeli air force launches simultaneous pre-emptive attacks on the air forces of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.
• 1968 – U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California by Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan. Kennedy dies the next day.
• 1969 – The International communist conference begins in Moscow.
• 1975 – The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
• 1975 – The United Kingdom holds its first and only country-wide referendum, on remaining in the European Economic Community (EEC).
• 1976 – Collapse of the Teton Dam in Idaho, United States.
• 1977 – A coup takes place in Seychelles.
• 1977 – The Apple II, the first practical personal computer, goes on sale.
• 1981 – The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that five people in Los Angeles, California have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS.
• 1984 – Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi orders an attack on the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion.
• 1989 – The Unknown Rebel halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
• 1995 – The Bose-Einstein condensate is first created.
• 1998 – A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants (the strike lasted seven weeks).
• 2001 – U.S. Senator Jim Jeffords leaves the Republican Party, an act which shifts control of the United States Senate from the Republicans to the Democratic Party.
• 2001 – Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm caused $5.5 billion in damages, making Allison the costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
• 2003 – A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50°C (122°F) in the region.
• 2006 – Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.

[edit] Births

• 1341 – Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (d. 1402)
• 1493 – Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (d. 1555)
• 1523 – Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1573)
• 1553 – Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617)
• 1554 – Elisabeth of Austria, queen consort of Charles IX of France (d. 1592)
• 1640 – Pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715)
• 1660 – Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (d. 1744)
• 1646 – Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (d. 1684)
• 1718 – Thomas Chippendale, English furniture maker (d. 1779)
• 1723 – Adam Smith, Scottish economist (d. 1790)
• 1757 – Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist (d. 1808)
• 1760 – Johan Gadolin, Finnish scientist (d. 1852)
• 1771 – Ernest Augustus I of Hanover (d. 1851)
• 1781 – Christian August Lobeck, German scholar (d. 1860)
• 1819 – John Couch Adams, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1892)
• 1850 – Pat Garrett, American Western lawman (d. 1908)
• 1862 – Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1930)
• 1868 – James Connolly, Irish socialist (d. 1916)
• 1876 – Isaac Heinemann, German-born Israeli scholar and professor of classical literature (d. 1957)
• 1876 – Tony Jackson, American musician (d. 1920)
• 1878 – Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1923)
• 1879 – Robert Mayer, German-born philanthropist (d. 1985)
• 1879 – René Pottier, French cyclist (d. 1907)
• 1883 – John Maynard Keynes, English economist (d. 1946)
• 1884 – Ralph Benatzky, Czech composer (d. 1957)
• 1894 – Roy Thomson, Lord Thomson of Fleet, English publisher (d. 1976)
• 1895 – William Boyd (actor), American actor (d. 1972)
• 1898 – Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian shoemaker (d. 1960)
• 1898 – Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, lyricist and dramatist (d. 1936)
• 1899 – Otis Barton, American deep-sea diver, inventor and actor (d. 1992)
• 1900 – Dennis Gabor, Hungarian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
• 1905 – John Abbott, British actor (d. 1996)
• 1905 – Jock Cameron, South African cricketer, Wisden COY 1936 (d. 1935)
• 1912 – Dean Amadon, American ornithologist (d. 2003)
• 1916 – Eddie Joost, American baseball player and manager
• 1919 – Richard Scarry, American author/illustrator (d. 1994)
• 1920 – Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American author (d. 1974)
• 1923 – Jorge Daponte, Argentine racing driver (d. 1963)
• 1923 – Daniel Pinkham, American composer, organist, and harpsichordist (d. 2006)
• 1925 – Art Donovan, American football star
• 1928 – Robert Lansing, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1928 – Tony Richardson, British film director (d. 1991)
• 1930 – Alifa Rifaat, Egyptian writer (d. 1996)
• 1931 – Jacques Demy, French film director (d. 1990)
• 1931 – Jerzy Prokopiuk, Polish philosopher, antroposopher
• 1932 – Christy Brown, Irish author (d. 1981)
• 1934 – Bill Moyers, American journalist
• 1936 – Connie Hines, American actress
• 1937 – Hélène Cixous, French writer, poet
• 1938 – Karin Balzer, German hurdler
• 1939 – Joe Clark, sixteenth Prime Minister of Canada
• 1939 – Margaret Drabble, English novelist
• 1941 – Martha Argerich, Argentine pianist
• 1941 – Erasmo Carlos, Brazilian singer and songwriter
• 1941 – Spalding Gray, American actor and writer (d. 2004)
• 1941 – Robert Kraft, American owner of the New England Patriots
• 1942 – Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Equatoguinean politician
• 1943 – Matthew Lesko, American author
• 1944 – Colm Wilkinson, Irish singer
• 1945 – John Carlos, American athlete
• 1945 – Patrick Head, English F1 technical director and team co-owner (WilliamsF1)
• 1946 – John Bach, Welsh actor
• 1946 – Freddie Stone, American guitarist (Sly & the Family Stone)
• 1947 – Laurie Anderson, American performance artist
• 1947 – Tom Evans, English musician (Badfinger) (d. 1983)
• 1949 – Ken Follett, Welsh author
• 1950 – J. J. Bittenbinder, American television host and author
• 1950 – Ronnie Dyson, American singer and actor (d. 1990)
• 1950 – Abraham Sarmiento, Jr., Filipino journalist & political activist (d. 1977)
• 1951 – Suze Orman, American financial advisor, writer, and television personality.
• 1951 – Jill Biden, American educator and wife of Vice President Joe Biden
• 1952 – Carole Fredericks, American singer (d. 2001)
• 1952 – Daniel Katzen, American classical musician
• 1952 – Nicko McBrain, English drummer (Iron Maiden)
• 1953 – Kathleen Kennedy, American film producer
• 1954 – Haluk Bilginer, Turkish actor
• 1955 – Edino Nazareth Filho, Brazilian football player
• 1956 – Richard Butler, English singer (The Psychedelic Furs)
• 1956 – Kenny G, American saxophonist
• 1958 – Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, President of the Comoros
• 1959 – Robert Lloyd, English musician (The Nightingales)
• 1960 – Leslie Hendrix, American actress
• 1960 – Margo Lanagan, Australian author
• 1961 – Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (d. 1999)
• 1961 – Anthony Burger, American musician and singer (d. 2006)
• 1962 – Princess Astrid of Belgium
• 1962 – Jeff Garlin, American comedian
• 1963 – Joe Rudán, Hungarian heavy metal singer
• 1964 – Karl Sanders, American musician (Nile)
• 1964 – Lisa Cholodenko, American filmmaker
• 1964 – Rick Riordan, American author
• 1965 – Sandrine Piau, French soprano
• 1967 – Joe DeLoach, American athlete
• 1967 – Ray Lankford, American baseball player
• 1967 – Ron Livingston, American actor
• 1969 – Brian McKnight, American musician
• 1970 – Martin Gelinas, Canadian hockey player
• 1971 – Susan Lynch, Northern Irish actress
• 1971 – Takaya Tsubobayashi, Japanese racing driver
• 1971 – Mark Wahlberg, American rapper and actor
• 1971 – Miyuki Komatsu, Japanese actress
• 1972 – Mike Bucci, American professional wrestler
• 1972 – Chuck Klosterman, American journalist
• 1972 – Pavel Kotla, Polish conductor
• 1973 – Lamon Brewster, American boxer
• 1973 – Jenn Rivell, American actress
• 1973 – Daniel Gildenlöw, Swedish musician and songwriter
• 1973 – Gella Vandecaveye, Belgian judoka
• 1973 – Galilea Montijo, Mexican actress
• 1974 – Chad Allen, American actor
• 1974 – Russ Ortiz, American baseball player
• 1975 – Žydrūnas Ilgauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1975 – Sandra Stals, Belgian athlete
• 1976 – Giannis Giannoulis, Greek basketball player
• 1976 – Torry Holt, American football player
• 1976 – Ross Noble, English comedian
• 1976 – Aesop Rock, American hip-hop artist
• 1976 – Jack Ross, Scottish footballer
• 1977 – Kristin Gore, American author and screenwriter
• 1977 – Christian Martucci, American musician
• 1977 – Nourhanne, Lebanese singer
• 1977 – Navi Rawat, American actress
• 1977 – Liza Weil, American actress
• 1978 – Fernando Meira, Portuguese football player
• 1979 – David Bisbal, Spanish singer
• 1979 – Fraser Watts, Scottish cricketer
• 1979 – Pete Wentz, American musician (Fall Out Boy)
• 1979 – Jason White, American NASCAR driver
• 1980 – Yasser Latif Hamdani, Pakistani constitutional lawyer
• 1980 – Sutee Suksomkit, Thai football player
• 1980 – Mike Fisher, Canadian ice hockey Player (Ottawa Senators)
• 1981 – Jade Goody, British television personality (d. 2009)
• 1981 – Sebastien Lefebvre, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
• 1982 – Dallas Cook, American musician (Suburban Legends)
• 1982 – Baron Geisler, Filipino actor
• 1983 – Bill Bray, American baseball player
• 1983 – Marques Colston, American football player
• 1985 – Kenny De Ketele, Belgian cyclist
• 1987 – Charlie Clements, English actor
• 1989 – Megumi Nakajima, Filipina-Japanese voice actress & singer
• 1992 – Emily Seebohm, Australian swimmer
• 1995 – Troye Sivan, South African/Australian actor and singer
• 1995 – Rebecca Flint, Manx singer/dancer known as Beckii Cruel
• 2005 – Irene Urdangarín y de Borbón, granddaughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain

[edit] Deaths

• 535 – Epiphanius of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople
• 1017 – Emperor Sanjō of Japan (b. 976)
• 1118 – Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester (b. 1049)
• 1296 – Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (b. 1245)
• 1316 – King Louis X of France (b. 1289)
• 1383 – Dmitry Konstantinovich, Russian prince (b. 1324)
• 1568 – Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (b. 1522)
• 1625 – Orlando Gibbons, English composer (b. 1583)
• 1667 – Pietro Sforza Pallavicino, Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1607)
• 1688 – Constantine Phaulkon, Greek adventurer (b. 1667)
• 1716 – Roger Cotes, English mathematician (b. 1682)
• 1722 – Johann Kuhnau, German composer, organist, and harpsichordist (b. 1660)
• 1738 – Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (b. 1659)
• 1791 – Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born colonial governor (b. 1718)
• 1816 – Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (b. 1741)
• 1825 – Odysseas Androutsos, hero in the Greek War of Independence (b. 1788)
• 1826 – Carl Maria von Weber, German composer (b. 1786)
• 1866 – John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer (b. 1815)
• 1900 – Stephen Crane, American author (b. 1871)
• 1902 – Louis J. Weichmann, American witness in Abraham Lincoln assassination trial (b. 1842)
• 1906 – Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (b. 1842)
• 1910 – O. Henry, American author (b. 1862)
• 1913 – Chris von der Ahe, German-born baseball pioneer (b. 1851)
• 1916 – Lord Horatio Kitchener, British field marshal (b. 1850)
• 1920 – Rhoda Broughton, Welsh author (b. 1840)
• 1921 – Georges Feydeau, French playwright (b. 1862)
• 1930 – Pascin, Bulgarian painter (b. 1885)
• 1967 – Arthur Biram, Israeli philosopher and educator, and Israel Prize recipient (b. 1878)
• 1975 – Paul Keres, Estonian chess player (b. 1916)
• 1976 – Violet Wilkey, American actress (b. 1903)
• 1993 – Conway Twitty, American musician (b. 1933)
• 1998 – Jeanette Nolan, American actress (b. 1911)
• 1998 – Sam Yorty, American mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1909)
• 1999 – Mel Tormé, American singer, composer, and actor (b. 1925)
• 2000 – Don Liddle, American baseball player (b. 1925)
• 2001 – Pedro Laín Entralgo, Spanish medical researcher and humanist (b. 1908)
• 2002 – Gwen Plumb, Australian actress (b. 1912)
• 2002 – Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (The Ramones) (b. 1951)
• 2003 – Jürgen Möllemann, German politician (b. 1945)
• 2003 – Manuel Rosenthal, French composer and conductor (b. 1904)
• 2004 – Iona Brown, British violinist and conductor (b. 1941)
• 2004 – Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States (b. 1911)
• 2005 – Susi Nicoletti, German actress (b. 1918)
• 2005 – Adolfo Aguilar Zínser, Mexican politician (b. 1949)
• 2006 – Frederick Franck, American artist and writer (b. 1909)
• 2007 – Povel Ramel, Swedish entertainer (b. 1922)
• 2009 – Boris Pokrovsky, Russian operatic stage director (b. 1912)
• 2009 – Jeff Hanson, American singer-songwriter (b. 1978)

[edit] Holidays and observances

• World Environment Day
• Bahá'í Faith: Feast of Núr (First day of the fifth month of the Bahá'í calendar.)
• Denmark: Constitution Day and Father's Day
• Equatorial Guinea: President's Day
• Iran: Khordad Movement Anniversary
• New Zealand, Yemen: Arbor Day
• Seychelles: Liberation Day
• Suriname: Indian Arrival Day
• Saint Boniface (d. 754)
• Saint Valeria

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