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.
Events
Up to 1950
70 - Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle of the Wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem .
1224 - The University of Naples is founded.
1257 - Krakow receives city rights.
1283 - Battle of the Gulf of Naples : Roger of Lauria , admiral to King Peter III of Aragon , captures Charles II of Naples .
1654 - Queen Christina I of Sweden abdicates (leaves) the throne and secretly converts to Roman Catholicism .
1806 - Louis Bonaparte becomes regent of the Netherlands .
1817 - The first Great Lakes steamer, Frontenac , is launched.
1829 - HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship , Voladora , off Cuba .
1832 - The June Rebellion breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of Louis-Philippe .
1837 - Houston, Texas is incorporated as part of the then-Republic of Texas .
1849 – Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy .
1851 - Harriet Beecher Stowe 's serial Uncle Tom's Cabin starts a 10-month run in the 'National Era' newspaper .
1862 - The Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France . The guerrilla, Huong Dinh , continues to fight against the Europeans , against the order of Emperor Tu Duc .
1864 - American Civil War : Battle of Piedmont, Virginia - Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia , taking nearly 1,000 prisoners .
1870 - Fire rips through Pera, a part of Constantinople (present-day Istanbul ), destroying over 3,000 houses and killing around 1,300 people.
1883 - The first regularly-scheduled Orient Express leaves Paris .
1888 - An earthquake of over magnitude 5 strikes the Rio de la Plata region between Argentina and Uruguay .
1900 - Second Boer War : British soldiers take Pretoria .
1915 – Denmark amends its constitution to give women the right to vote.
1916 - Louis Brandeis is sworn in as Justice of the United States Supreme Court .
1917 - World War I : Conscription into the military , for the war, begins in the United States .
1924 - The first fax to be sent across the Atlantic Ocean is sent by Ernst Alexanderson .
1941 - 4,000 Chongqing residents choke to death in a bomb shelter during the bombing of Chongqing .
1942 - World War II : The United States declares war on Bulgaria , Hungary and Romania .
1944 - World War II : Over 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries in Normandy , in preparation for the D-Day landings the next day.
1945 - The Allied Control Council , the military occupation governing body of Germany after World War II , officially takes control.
1946 - A fire at the Fort de la Salle Hotel in Chicago kills 61 people.
1947 – George Marshall calls for aid to war-torn Europe .
1949 - Thailand 's first female Member of Parliament , Orapin Chaiyakin , is elected.
1951 – 2000
1953 - Denmark 's Constitution is reformed, allowing a woman to become monarch . Future Queen, Margrethe II of Denmark , becomes next-in-line to the throne.
1956 - Elvis Presley introduces the famous Hound Dog single.
1959 - The first government of the State of Singapore is sworn in.
1963 – British politician John Profumo resigns in a sex scandal.
1963 - Mass protests occur in Iran against Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini is arrested.
1967 – The Six-Day War begins, fought between Israel and its neighbours.
1968 - Robert F. Kennedy is shot in Los Angeles , California , by Sirhan Sirhan . Kennedy dies the next day as a result of his injuries.
1969 - The International Communist Conference begins on Moscow .
1975 - Egypt 's Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War .
1975 - The United Kingdom holds a referendum on membership of the European Economic Community , with a majority voting to stay part of the organization.
1976 - The Teton Dam in Idaho collapses, killing 11 people.
1977 – A coup occurs in the Seychelles .
1981 - The first cases of what would later be known as AIDS , are reported.
1984 - Operation Blue Star : Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi orders a storming of the Golden Temple in Amritsar , the holiest place in the Sikh religion .
1989 – The Unknown Rebel halts a line of tanks in an act of defiance at the Chinese government's violent crackdown at Tiananmen Square in Beijing .
1998 – A seven-week strike begins at General Motors .
1998 - Ethiopia and Eritrea start fighting a border war.
2000 - Sumatra is hit by a magnitude 7.9 earthquake , killing over 100 people.
2000 - A 6-day war begins in Kisangani , Democratic Republic of the Congo between Rwandan and Ugandan forces.
From 2001
Births
Up to 1900
1341 – Edmund of Langley , a younger son of King Edward III of England (d. 1402 )
1493 – Justus Jonas , German Protestant reformer (d. 1555 )
1553 - Bernardino Baldi , Italian mathematician (d. 1617 )
1606 – Pierre Corneille , French playwright (d. 1684 )
1640 - Pu Songling , Chinese writer (d. 1715 )
1646 - Elena Cornaro Piscopia , Italian mathematician (d. 1684 )
1660 - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (d. 1744 )
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 chemist , physicist and mineralogist (d. 1852 )
1771 – Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (d. 1851 )
1781 – Christian August Lobeck , German classical scholar (d. 1860 )
1791 - Salim bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (d. 1856 )
1805 - Samuel Adams , Governor of Arkansas (d. 1850 )
1806 - Magnus Eiriksson , Icelandic theologian and writer (d. 1881 )
1819 – John Couch Adams , English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1892 )
1830 - Carmine Crocco , Italian guerrilla (d. 1905 )
1850 – Pat Garrett , American Western lawman (d. 1908 )
1862 – Allvar Gullstrand , Swedish ophthalmologist , won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1930 )
1868 - James Connolly , Scottish-Irish socialist leader and general (d. 1916 )
1868 - William W. Brandon , 37th Governor of Alabama (d. 1934 )
1876 – Tony Jackson , American musician (d. 1920 )
1878 – Pancho Villa , Mexican revolutionary (d. 1923 )
1879 – Robert Mayer , philanthropist (d. 1985 )
1883 – John Maynard Keynes , English economist (d. 1946 )
1884 – Ralph Benatzky , composer (d. 1957 )
1884 - Frederick Lorz , American long-distance runner (d. 1914 )
1892 - Jaan Kikkas , Estonian weightlifter (d. 1944 )
1894 – Roy Thomson , Lord Thomson of Fleet, English publisher (d. 1976 )
1895 – William Boyd , American actor (d. 1972 )
1898 – Federico García Lorca , Spanish lyricist and dramatist (d. 1936 )
1898 - Salvatore Ferragamo , Italian shoemaker (d. 1960 )
1899 - Otis Barton , American engineer and diver (d. 1992 )
1899 - Theippan Maungwa , Burmese writer (d. 1942 )
1900 – Dennis Gabor , Hungarian-born physicist (d. 1979 )
1901 – 1950
1902 - Arthur Powell Davies , American minister, author and activist (d. 1957 )
1906 - Eraldo Monzeglio , Italian footballer (d. 1981 )
1908 - Navi Naryana Reddy , Indian philanthropist and social reformer (d. 1991 )
1912 – Josef Neckermann , German entrepreneur and dressage equestrian (d. 1992 )
1914 - Beatrice De Cardi , British archaeologist
1919 – Richard Scarry , American children's writer (d. 1994 )
1921 - Sheila Sim , British actress (d. 2016 )
1925 – Art Donovan , American football player (d. 2013 )
1925 – Boy Gobert , actor (d. 1986 )
1926 - Camillo Cibin , Italian papal bodyguard (d. 2009 )
1926 - Gurgen Dalibaltayan , Armenian colonel-general (d. 2015 )
1928 – Robert Lansing , American actor (d. 1994 )
1928 – Tony Richardson , British actor (d. 1991 )
1930 - Alifa Rifaat , Egyptian writer (d. 1996 )
1931 – Jacques Demy , French playwright (d. 1990 )
1931 - Jerzy Prokopiuk , Polish anthropologist and philosopher
1932 – Christy Brown , Irish writer (d. 1981 )
1933 - William Kahan , Canadian mathematician
1934 – Bill Moyers , American journalist
1934 - Vilhjalmur Einarsson , Icelandic athlete
1935 - Helmut Benthaus , German footballer
1938 – Karin Balzer , East German hurdler
1939 – Joe Clark , sixteenth Prime Minister of Canada
1939 – Margaret Drabble , English novelist
1941 – Martha Argerich , Argentine pianist
1941 – Spalding Gray , American actor, screenwriter, and monologue artist (d. 2004 )
1941 - Robert Kraft , American businessman
1942 – Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo , President of Equatorial Guinea
1944 - Massimo Cacciari , Italian philosopher and politician
1944 – Tommie Smith , American athlete
1945 - Patrick Head , English businessman
1946 - Stefania Sandrelli , Italian actress
1947 – Kevin Schon , American actor
1947 – Laurie Anderson , American performance artist , actress, composer
1949 – Ken Follett , Welsh writer
1951 – 1975
1952 – Nicko McBrain , English musician (Iron Maiden )
1953 - Kathleen Kennedy , American movie producer
1954 - Simon Hopkinson , English food writer
1955 – Edinho , Brazilian footballer
1956 – Kenny G , American musician
1958 – Ahmed Abdallah Sambi , former President of the Comoros
1959 - Robert Lloyd , English singer
1960 - Julie Kirkbride , English politician
1961 - Anthony Burger , American singer and pianist (d. 2006 )
1961 - Mary Kay Bergman , American voice actress (d. 1999 )
1962 – Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este
1962 - Jeff Garlin , American actor, comedian and producer
1965 - Sandrine Piau , French soprano
1965 - Bob Probert , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2010 )
1967 – Joe DeLoach , American athlete
1968 - Ed Vaizey , English lawyer and politician
1970 – Martin Gelinas , Canadian ice hockey player
1971 – Mark Wahlberg ("Marky Mark"), American singer and actor
1971 - Miyuki Komatsu , Japanese actress
1972 – Mike Bucci (Nova, Simon Dean), American professional wrestler
1973 - Andy McLaren , Scottish footballer
1974 - Chad Allen , American actor
1974 - Nina Conti , English ventriloquist and actress
1975 - Anna Nova , German pornographic actress
From 1976
1976 - Ross Noble , English comedian
1976 - Aesop Rock , American rapper , musician , songwriter and producer
1978 - Fernando Meira , Portuguese footballer
1979 – David Bisbal , Spanish singer
1979 - François Sagat , French actor
1979 - David Weir , British Paralympic athlete
1979 – Pete Wentz , American musician (Fall Out Boy )
1981 – Jade Goody , British TV personality (d. 2009 )
1981 – Sebastien Lefebvre , Canadian musician (Simple Plan )
1982 - Zvjezdan Misimovic , Bosnia and Herzegovina footballer
1984 – Mark Wilson , Scottish footballer
1985 - Jeremy Abbott , American figure skater
1985 - Ekaterina Bychkova , Russian tennis player
1985 - Rubén de la Red , Spanish footballer
1986 - Dave Bolland , Canadian ice hockey player
1986 - Amanda Crew , Canadian actress
1987 - Charlie Clements , English actor
1987 - Marcus Thornton , American basketball player
1989 - Megumi Nakajima , Japanese voice actress
1990 - Sophie Lowe , English-Australian movie actress
1990 - Junior Hoilett , Canadian footballer
1991 - Martin Braithwaite , Danish footballer
1992 - Emily Seebohm , Australian swimmer
1993 - Laura Giuliani , Italian footballer
1995 - Beckii Cruel , British dancer and singer
1997 - Kieran Tierney , Scottish footballer
1998 - Yulia Lipnitskaya , Russian figure skater
2005 - Irene Urdangarin y Borbon , Spanish royal
Deaths
Up to 1900
301 - Sima Lun , Chinese usurper of the Jin Dynasty (b. 249 )
535 - Patriarch Epiphanius of Constantinople
567 - Patriarch Theodosius I of Alexandria
754 - Saint Boniface , English missionary, bishop and martyr
1017 - Emperor Sanjo of Japan (b. 976 )
1296 - Edmund Crouchback , son of Henry III of England (b. 1245 )
1316 – King Louis X of France (b. 1289 )
1568 - Lamoral, Count Egmont , Flemish soldier and statesman (b. 1522 )
1625 – Orlando Gibbons , English composer (b. 1583 )
1667 - Pietro Sforza Pallavicino , Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1607 )
1688 - Constantin Phaulkon , Greek adventurer (b. 1647 )
1716 - Roger Cotes , English mathematician (b. 1682 )
1722 - Johann Kuhnau , German composer and musician (b. 1660 )
1791 - Frederick Haldimand , 22nd Governor of Quebec (b. 1718 )
1816 - Giovanni Paisiello , Italian composer (b. 1741 )
1819 - Bodawpaya , King of Burma (b. 1745 )
1826 - Carl Maria von Weber , German pianist , composer and conductor (b. 1786 )
1857 - Henry Hubbard , Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1784 )
1866 – John McDouall Stuart , Australian explorer (b. 1815 )
1900 – Stephen Crane , American writer (b. 1871 )
1901 – 2000
1904 - Sami Frasheri , Albanian writer (b. 1850 )
1906 – Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann , German philosopher (b. 1842 )
1910 - O. Henry , American author (b. 1862 )
1916 – Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener , British field marshal (b. 1850 )
1921 - Georges Feydeau , French playwright (b. 1862 )
1930 - Pascin , Bulgarian painter (b. 1885 )
1947 - Nils Olof Chrisander , Swedish actor and director (b. 1884 )
1967 - Arthur Biram , Israeli philologist , philosopher and educator (b. 1878 )
1975 - Paul Keres , Estonian painter (b. 1916 )
1979 - Heinz Erhardt , German actor and comedian (b. 1909 )
1991 - Heo Jong-suk , Korean writer , poet , journalist and Communist activist (b. 1902 )
1993 – Conway Twitty , American musician (b. 1933 )
1998 - Jeanette Nolan , American actress (b. 1911 )
1998 - Sam Yorty , 37th Mayor of Los Angeles , California (b. 1909 )
1999 - Mel Tormé , American jazz musician (b. 1925 )
2000 - Don Liddle , American baseball player (b. 1925 )
2000 – Franco Rossi , Italian movie director and producer (b. 1919 )
From 2001
2001 - Pedro Lain Estralgo , Spanish medical researcher (b. 1908 )
2002 – Dee Dee Ramone , American musician (The Ramones ) (b. 1951 )
2003 - Juergen Moellemann , German politician (b. 1944 )
2003 - Manuel Rosenthal , French composer and conductor (b. 1904 )
2004 – Ronald Reagan , American actor and politician, 40th President of the United States (b. 1911 )
2007 – Povel Ramel , Swedish entertainer (b. 1922 )
2008 - Eugenio Montejo , Venezuelan poet (b. 1938 )
2012 - Barry Unsworth , British author (b. 1930 )
2012 - Ray Bradbury , American writer (b. 1920 )
2013 - Stanislaw Nagy , Polish cardinal (b. 1921 )
2014 - Reiulf Steen , Norwegian politician and diplomat (b. 1933 )
2014 - Don Davis , American musician , songwriter and producer (b. 1938 )
2015 - Alan Bond , Australian businessman (b. 1938 )
2015 - Jerry Collins , New Zealand rugby player (b. 1980 )
2015 - Tariq Aziz , Iraqi politician (b. 1936 )
2015 - Jane Briggs Hart , American aviator (b. 1921 )
2015 - Sadun Boro , Turkish sailor (b. 1928 )
2015 - Giacomo Furia , Italian actor (b. 1925 )
2015 - Kazuo Chiba , Japanese Aikido teacher (b. 1940 )
2016 - Manohar Aich , Indian bodybuilder (b. 1914 )
2016 - Gianluca Buonanno , Italian politician (b. 1966 )
2016 - Jerome Bruner , American psychologist (b. 1915 )
2016 - Jarbas Passarinho , Brazilian politician (b. 1920 )
2017 - Kathryn Stripling Byer , American poet (b. 1944 )
2017 - Andy Cunningham , British magician, puppeteer and actor (b. 1950 )
2017 - Helen Dunmore , British writer (b. 1952 )
2017 - Marilyn Hall , Canadian-born American television producer and philanthropist (b. 1927 )
2017 - Giuliano Sarti , Italian footballer (b. 1933 )
2017 - Cheick Tioté , Ivorian footballer (b. 1986 )
2018 - Brian Browne , Canadian jazz pianist and composer (b. 1937 )
2018 - Pierre Carniti , Italian politician and trade unionist (b. 1936 )
2018 - Denman , Irish-bred racehorse (b. 2000 )
2018 - Feng Ting-kuo , Taiwanese politician (b. 1990 )
2018 - Kate Spade , American fashion designer (b. 1962 )
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