What happened on June 5? There are more than 259 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About June 5
June 5 is the 157th day of the year 2024. There are 209 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday. This day falls under the 23rd week of the year 2024.
On this day in Lakewood, California 90711 sunrise will occur at 05:41 AM and sunset will occur at 08:02 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Gemini. The modern birthstone for this month is Pearl while the mystical birthstone is Moonstone.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 238 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For June 5
- 70Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem.
- 1257Kraków, Poland receives city rights.
- 1798The Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated.
- 1817The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched.
- 1829HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba.
- 1832The June Rebellion breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of Louis-Philippe.
- 1837Houston, Texas is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
- 1849Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy by the signing of a new constitution.
- 1851Harriet 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.
- 1862As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Truong Dinh decides to defy Emperor Tu Duc of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
- 1864American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.
- 1883The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
- 1888The Rio de la Plata Earthquake takes place.
- 1900Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
- 1915Denmark amends its constitution to allow women’s suffrage.
- 1916Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
- 1917World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as “Army registration day”.
- 1933The 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.
- 1941Four thousand Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing.
- 1942World War II: United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
- 1944World 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.
- 1945The Allied Control Council, the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power.
- 1946A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois kills 61 people.
- 1947Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
- 1949Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first Thai female member of Thailand’s Parliament.
- 1956Elvis Presley introduces his new single, “Hound Dog”, on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
- 1959The first government of the State of Singapore is sworn in.
- 1963British Secretary of State for War John Profumo resigns in a sex scandal known as the Profumo Affair.
- 1963Movement 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.
- 1964DSV Alvin is commissioned.
- 1967Six-Day War begins: The Israeli air force launches simultaneous pre-emptive attacks on the air forces of Egypt and Syria.
- 1968U.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.
- 1969The International communist conference begins in Moscow.
- 1975The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
- 1975The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum, on remaining in the European Economic Community (EEC).
- 1976Collapse of the Teton Dam in Idaho, United States.
- 1977A coup takes place in Seychelles.
- 1977The Apple II, one of the first personal computers, goes on sale.
- 1981The 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.
- 1984Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi orders an attack on the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion.
- 1989The Unknown Rebel halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
- 1993Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, fall into the sea following a landslide.
- 1995The Bose-Einstein condensate is first created.
- 1998A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants (the strike lasted seven weeks).
- 2001Tropical 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.
- 2003A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50°C (122°F) in the region.
- 2006Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
Who Were Born On June 5?
- 1341Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (d. 1402)
- 1493Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (d. 1555)
- 1523Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1573)
- 1553Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617)
- 1554Elisabeth of Austria, queen consort of Charles IX of France (d. 1592)
- 1640Pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715)
- 1646Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (d. 1684)
- 1660Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (d. 1744)
- 1718Thomas Chippendale, English furniture maker (d. 1779)
- 1723Adam Smith, Scottish economist (d. 1790)
- 1757Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist (d. 1808)
- 1760Johan Gadolin, Finnish scientist (d. 1852)
- 1771Ernest Augustus I of Hanover (d. 1851)
- 1781Christian August Lobeck, German scholar (d. 1860)
- 1819John Couch Adams, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1892)
- 1850Pat Garrett, American Western lawman (d. 1908)
- 1862Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1930)
- 1868James Connolly, Irish socialist (d. 1916)
- 1876Isaac Heinemann, German-born Israeli scholar and professor of classical literature (d. 1957)
- 1876Tony Jackson, American musician (d. 1920)
- 1877Willard Miller, American sailor (d. 1959)
- 1878Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1923)
- 1879René Pottier, French cyclist (d. 1907)
- 1879Robert Mayer, German-born philanthropist (d. 1985)
- 1883John Maynard Keynes, English economist (d. 1946)
- 1884Ralph Benatzky, Czech composer (d. 1957)
- 1894Roy Thomson, Lord Thomson of Fleet, English publisher (d. 1976)
- 1895William Boyd, American actor (d. 1972)
- 1895William Roberts, British painter (d. 1980)
- 1898Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, lyricist and dramatist (d. 1936)
- 1898Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian shoemaker (d. 1960)
- 1899Otis Barton, American deep-sea diver, inventor and actor (d. 1992)
- 1900Dennis Gabor, Hungarian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
- 1902Arthur Powell Davies, American religious minister (d. 1957)
- 1905Jock Cameron, South African cricketer, Wisden COY 1936 (d. 1935)
- 1905John Abbott, British actor (d. 1996)
- 1912Dean Amadon, American ornithologist (d. 2003)
- 1916Eddie Joost, American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)
- 1919Richard Scarry, American author/illustrator (d. 1994)
- 1920Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American author (d. 1974)
- 1923Daniel Pinkham, American composer, organist, and harpsichordist (d. 2006)
- 1923Jorge Daponte, Argentine racing driver (d. 1963)
- 1925Art Donovan, American football star
- 1928Robert Lansing, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1928Tony Richardson, British film director (d. 1991)
- 1930Alifa Rifaat, Egyptian writer (d. 1996)
- 1931Connie Hines, American actress (d. 2009)
- 1931Jacques Demy, French film director (d. 1990)
- 1931Jerzy Prokopiuk, Polish philosopher, antroposopher
- 1932Christy Brown, Irish author (d. 1981)
- 1934Bill Moyers, American journalist
- 1937Hélène Cixous, French writer, poet
- 1938Karin Balzer, German hurdler
- 1939Joe Clark, sixteenth Prime Minister of Canada
- 1939Margaret Drabble, English novelist
- 1941Erasmo Carlos, Brazilian singer and songwriter
- 1941Martha Argerich, Argentine pianist
- 1941Robert Kraft, American owner of the New England Patriots
- 1941Spalding Gray, American actor and writer (d. 2004)
- 1942Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Equatoguinean politician
- 1943Matthew Lesko, American author
- 1944Colm Wilkinson, Irish singer
- 1945John Carlos, American athlete
- 1945Patrick Head, English F1 technical director and team co-owner (WilliamsF1)
- 1946Freddie Stone, American guitarist (Sly & the Family Stone)
- 1946John Bach, Welsh actor
- 1947Laurie Anderson, American performance artist
- 1947Tom Evans, English musician (Badfinger) (d. 1983)
- 1949Ken Follett, Welsh author
- 1950Abraham Sarmiento, Jr., Filipino journalist & political activist (d. 1977)
- 1950J. J. Bittenbinder, American television host and author
- 1950Ronnie Dyson, American singer and actor (d. 1990)
- 1951Jill Biden, American educator and wife of Vice President Joe Biden
- 1951Suze Orman, American financial advisor, writer, and television personality
- 1952Carole Fredericks, American singer (d. 2001)
- 1952Daniel Katzen, American classical musician
- 1952Nicko McBrain, English drummer (Iron Maiden)
- 1953Kathleen Kennedy, American film producer
- 1954Haluk Bilginer, Turkish actor
- 1954Nancy Stafford, American actress
- 1955Edino Nazareth Filho, Brazilian football player
- 1956Kenny G, American saxophonist
- 1956Richard Butler, English singer (The Psychedelic Furs)
- 1958Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, President of the Comoros
- 1958Avigdor Lieberman, Israeli politician
- 1959Robert Lloyd, English musician (The Nightingales)
- 1960Leslie Hendrix, American actress
- 1960Margo Lanagan, Australian author
- 1961Aldo Costa, Italian engineer
- 1961Anthony Burger, American musician and singer (d. 2006)
- 1961Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (d. 1999)
- 1962Jeff Garlin, American comedian
- 1962Princess Astrid of Belgium
- 1963Joe Rudán, Hungarian heavy metal singer
- 1964Karl Sanders, American musician (Nile)
- 1964Lisa Cholodenko, American filmmaker
- 1964Rick Riordan, American author
- 1965Michael E. Brown, American astronomer
- 1965Sandrine Piau, French soprano
- 1967Joe DeLoach, American athlete
- 1967Matt Bullard, American basketball player
- 1967Ray Lankford, American baseball player
- 1967Ron Livingston, American actor
- 1969Brian McKnight, American musician
- 1970Martin Gelinas, Canadian hockey player
- 1971Mark Wahlberg, American rapper and actor
- 1971Miyuki Komatsu, Japanese actress
- 1971Susan Lynch, Northern Irish actress
- 1971Takaya Tsubobayashi, Japanese racing driver
- 1972Chuck Klosterman, American journalist
- 1972Mike Bucci, American professional wrestler
- 1972Pavel Kotla, Polish conductor
- 1973Daniel Gildenlöw, Swedish musician and songwriter
- 1973Galilea Montijo, Mexican actress
- 1973Gella Vandecaveye, Belgian judoka
- 1973Lamon Brewster, American boxer
- 1974Chad Allen, American actor
- 1974P-Nut, American bassist (311)
- 1974Russ Ortiz, American baseball player
- 1975Žydrūnas Ilgauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1975Sandra Stals, Belgian athlete
- 1976Aesop Rock, American hip-hop artist
- 1976Giannis Giannoulis, Greek basketball player
- 1976Jack Ross, Scottish footballer
- 1976Ross Noble, English comedian
- 1976Torry Holt, American football player
- 1977Christian Martucci, American musician
- 1977Kristin Gore, American author and screenwriter
- 1977Liza Weil, American actress
- 1977Navi Rawat, American actress
- 1977Nourhanne, Lebanese singer
- 1978Fernando Meira, Portuguese football player
- 1979David Bisbal, Spanish singer
- 1979Fraser Watts, Scottish cricketer
- 1979Jason White, American racing driver
- 1979Pete Wentz, American musician (Fall Out Boy)
- 1980Brandi Shearer, American musician
- 1980Mike Fisher, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980Sutee Suksomkit, Thai football player
- 1981Jade Goody, British television personality (d. 2009)
- 1981Sebastien Lefebvre, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
- 1982Baron Geisler, Filipino actor
- 1982Dallas Cook, American musician (Suburban Legends)
- 1983Bill Bray, American baseball player
- 1983Marques Colston, American football player
- 1984Robert Barbieri, Canadian-born Italian rugby player
- 1985Ekaterina Bychkova, Russian tennis player
- 1985Kenny De Ketele, Belgian cyclist
- 1986Amanda Crew, Canadian actress
- 1986Christian Baracat, German rugby player
- 1986Dave Bolland, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986Vernon Gholston, American football player
- 1987Charlie Clements, English actor
- 1988Alessandro Salvi, Italian footballer
- 1989Megumi Nakajima, Filipina-Japanese voice actress & singer
- 1992Emily Seebohm, Australian swimmer
- 1992Joazhiño Arroe, Peruvian footballer
- 1995Troye Sivan, South African/Australian actor and singer
- 2005Irene Urdangarín y de Borbón, granddaughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain
Who Died On June 5?
- 301Sima Lun, Chinese usurper
- 535Epiphanius of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople
- 754Saint Boniface, an 8th century English missionary, bishop and martyr
- 1017Emperor Sanjō of Japan (b. 976)
- 1118Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester (b. 1049)
- 1296Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (b. 1245)
- 1316King Louis X of France (b. 1289)
- 1383Dmitry Konstantinovich, Russian prince (b. 1324)
- 1568Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (b. 1522)
- 1625Orlando Gibbons, English composer (b. 1583)
- 1667Pietro Sforza Pallavicino, Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1607)
- 1688Constantine Phaulkon, Greek adventurer (b. 1667)
- 1716Roger Cotes, English mathematician (b. 1682)
- 1722Johann Kuhnau, German composer, organist, and harpsichordist (b. 1660)
- 1738Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (b. 1659)
- 1791Sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born colonial governor (b. 1718)
- 1816Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (b. 1741)
- 1819Bodawpaya, King of Burma (b. 1745)
- 1825Odysseas Androutsos, national hero in the Greek War of Independence (b. 1788)
- 1826Carl Maria von Weber, German composer (b. 1786)
- 1866John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer (b. 1815)
- 1900Stephen Crane, American author (b. 1871)
- 1902Louis J. Weichmann, American witness in Abraham Lincoln assassination trial (b. 1842)
- 1906Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (b. 1842)
- 1910O. Henry, American author (b. 1862)
- 1913Chris von der Ahe, German-born baseball pioneer (b. 1851)
- 1916Lord Horatio Kitchener, British field marshal (b. 1850)
- 1920Rhoda Broughton, Welsh author (b. 1840)
- 1921Georges Feydeau, French playwright (b. 1862)
- 1930Pascin, Bulgarian painter (b. 1885)
- 1947Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish actor and film director (b. 1884)
- 1967Arthur Biram, Israeli philosopher and educator, and Israel Prize recipient (b. 1878)
- 1975Paul Keres, Estonian chess player (b. 1916)
- 1976Violet Wilkey, American actress (b. 1903)
- 1993Conway Twitty, American musician (b. 1933)
- 1996Acharya Kuber Nath Rai,Indian Writer(b.1933)
- 1998Jeanette Nolan, American actress (b. 1911)
- 1998Sam Yorty, American mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1909)
- 1999Mel Tormé, American singer, composer, and actor (b. 1925)
- 2000Don Liddle, American baseball player (b. 1925)
- 2001Pedro Laín Entralgo, Spanish medical researcher and humanist (b. 1908)
- 2002Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (The Ramones) (b. 1951)
- 2002Gwen Plumb, Australian actress (b. 1912)
- 2003Jürgen Möllemann, German politician (b. 1945)
- 2003Manuel Rosenthal, French composer and conductor (b. 1904)
- 2004Iona Brown, British violinist and conductor (b. 1941)
- 2004Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States (b. 1911)
- 2005Adolfo Aguilar Zínser, Mexican politician (b. 1949)
- 2005Susi Nicoletti, German actress (b. 1918)
- 2006Frederick Franck, American artist and writer (b. 1909)
- 2007Povel Ramel, Swedish entertainer (b. 1922)
- 2009Boris Pokrovsky, Russian operatic stage director (b. 1912)
- 2009Jeff Hanson, American singer-songwriter (b. 1978)
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