June 5th. TODAY IN HISTORY

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.


70 – Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem.

1257 – Kraków, Poland receives city rights.

1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, captures Charles of Salermo.

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.

1862 – As 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.

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.

1883 – The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.

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 La Salle 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.

1949 – Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first Thai female member of Thailand's Parliament.

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 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 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, one of the first personal computers, 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.

1993 – Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, fall into the sea following a landslide.

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 – 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.

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)
• 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 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)
• 1830 – Carmine Crocco, Italian brigand (d. 1905)
• 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)
• 1877 – Willard Miller, American sailor (d. 1959)
• 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, American actor (d. 1972)
• 1895 – William Roberts, British painter (d. 1980)
• 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)
• 1902 – Arthur Powell Davies, American religious minister (d. 1957)
• 1905 – John Abbott, British actor (d. 1996)
• 1905 – Jock Cameron, South African cricketer, Wisden COY 1936 (d. 1935)
• 1908 – Ravi Narayana Reddy, Indian communist leader (d.1991)
• 1912 – Dean Amadon, American ornithologist (d. 2003)
• 1916 – Eddie Joost, American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)
• 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 – Connie Hines, American actress (d. 2009)
• 1931 – Jerzy Prokopiuk, Polish philosopher, antroposopher
• 1932 – Christy Brown, Irish author (d. 1981)
• 1934 – Bill Moyers, American journalist
• 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, musician and composer
• 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
• 1954 – Nancy Stafford, American actress
• 1955 – Edino Nazareth Filho, Brazilian football player
• 1956 – Richard Butler, English singer (The Psychedelic Furs)
• 1956 – Kenny G, American saxophonist
• 1958 – Avigdor Lieberman, Israeli politician
• 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)
• 1961 – Aldo Costa, Italian engineer
• 1962 – Princess Astrid of Belgium
• 1962 – Jeff Garlin, American comedian
• 1963 – Joe Rudán, Hungarian heavy metal singer
• 1964 – Lisa Cholodenko, American filmmaker
• 1964 – Rick Riordan, American author
• 1964 – Karl Sanders, American musician (Nile)
• 1965 – Michael E. Brown, American astronomer
• 1965 – Sandrine Piau, French soprano
• 1967 – Matt Bullard, American basketball player
• 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 – Miyuki Komatsu, Japanese actress
• 1971 – Susan Lynch, Northern Irish actress
• 1971 – Takaya Tsubobayashi, Japanese racing driver
• 1971 – Mark Wahlberg, American rapper and actor
• 1972 – Mike Bucci, American professional wrestler
• 1972 – Chuck Klosterman, American journalist
• 1972 – Pavel Kotla, Polish conductor
• 1973 – Lamon Brewster, American boxer
• 1973 – Daniel Gildenlöw, Swedish musician and songwriter
• 1973 – Galilea Montijo, Mexican actress
• 1973 – Gella Vandecaveye, Belgian judoka
• 1974 – Chad Allen, American actor
• 1974 – Russ Ortiz, American baseball player
• 1974 – P-Nut, American bassist (311)
• 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 – Stefanos Kotsolis, Greek footballer
• 1979 – Jason White, American racing driver
• 1980 – Mike Fisher, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 – Sutee Suksomkit, Thai football player
• 1980 – Brandi Shearer, American musician
• 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
• 1984 – Robert Barbieri, Canadian-born Italian rugby player
• 1985 – Ekaterina Bychkova, Russian tennis player
• 1985 – Kenny De Ketele, Belgian cyclist
• 1986 – Christian Baracat, German rugby player
• 1986 – Dave Bolland, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 – Amanda Crew, Canadian actress
• 1986 – Vernon Gholston, American football player
• 1987 – Charlie Clements, English actor
• 1987 – Marcus Thornton, American basketball player
• 1988 – Alessandro Salvi, Italian footballer
• 1989 – Megumi Nakajima, Filipina-Japanese voice actress & singer
• 1991 – Sören Bertram, German footballer
• 1992 – Joazhiño Arroe, Peruvian footballer
• 1992 – Emily Seebohm, Australian swimmer
• 1995 – Troye Sivan, South African/Australian actor and singer
• 2005 – Irene Urdangarín y de Borbón, granddaughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain

Deaths

• 301 – Sima Lun, Chinese usurper
• 535 – Epiphanius of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople
• 754 – Saint Boniface, an 8th century English missionary, bishop and martyr
• 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 – Sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born colonial governor (b. 1718)
• 1816 – Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (b. 1741)
• 1819 – Bodawpaya, King of Burma (b. 1745)
• 1825 – Odysseas Androutsos, national 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)
• 1947 – Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish actor and film director (b. 1884)
• 1967 – Arthur Biram, Israeli philosopher and educator, and Israel Prize recipient (b. 1878)
• 1972 – Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
• 1975 – Paul Keres, Estonian chess player (b. 1916)
• 1976 – Violet Wilkey, American actress (b. 1903)
• 1993 – Conway Twitty, American musician (b. 1933)
• 1996 – Acharya Kuber Nath Rai, Indian Writer (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 – Jeff Hanson, American singer-songwriter (b. 1978)
• 2009 – Boris Pokrovsky, Russian operatic stage director (b. 1912)
• 2011 – Leon Botha, South African artist and entertainer (b. 1985)