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What happend on 5. June in History
In our data base we found 293 events happened on 5. June:
• 70: Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem. [category: Events]
• 301: Sima Lun, Chinese usurper of the Jin Dynasty (b. 249) [category: Deaths]
• 535: Patriarch Epiphanius of Constantinople [category: Deaths]
• 567: Patriarch Theodosius I of Alexandria [category: Deaths]
• 754: Saint Boniface, English missionary, bishop, and martyr [category: Deaths]
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• 1017: Emperor Sanjō of Japan (b. 976) [category: Deaths]
• 1118: Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester (b. 1049) [category: Deaths]
• 1257: Kraków, Poland receives city rights. [category: Events]
• 1283: Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, captures Charles of Salermo. [category: Events]
• 1296: Edmund Crouchback, English son of Henry III of England (b. 1245) [category: Deaths]
• 1316: Louis X of France (b. 1289) [category: Deaths]
• 1341: Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, English son of Edward III of England (d. 1402) [category: Births]
• 1383: Dmitry of Suzdal (b. 1324) [category: Deaths]
• 1493: Justus Jonas, German Lutheran reformer (d. 1555) [category: Births]
• 1523: Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1573) [category: Births]
• 1553: Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617) [category: Births]
• 1568: Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (b. 1522) [category: Deaths]
• 1625: Orlando Gibbons, English composer (b. 1583) [category: Deaths]
• 1640: Pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715) [category: Births]
• 1646: Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (d. 1684) [category: Births]
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• 1660: Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (d. 1744) [category: Births]
• 1667: Pietro Sforza Pallavicino, Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1607) [category: Deaths]
• 1688: Constantine Phaulkon, Greek adventurer (b. 1667) [category: Deaths]
• 1716: Roger Cotes, English mathematician (b. 1682) [category: Deaths]
• 1718: Thomas Chippendale, English furniture designer and author (d. 1779) [category: Births]
• 1722: Johann Kuhnau, German composer and musician (b. 1660) [category: Deaths]
• 1738: Isaac de Beausobre, French pastor (b. 1659) [category: Deaths]
• 1757: Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist (d. 1808) [category: Births]
• 1760: Johan Gadolin, Finnish scientist (d. 1852) [category: Births]
• 1771: Ernest Augustus I of Hanover (d. 1851) [category: Births]
• 1781: Christian Lobeck, German scholar (d. 1860) [category: Births]
• 1791: Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-Canadian politician, 22nd Governor of Quebec (b. 1718) [category: Deaths]
• 1798: The Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated. [category: Events]
• 1816: Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (b. 1741) [category: Deaths]
• 1817: The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched. [category: Events]
• 1819: John Couch Adams, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1892) [category: Births]
• 1819: Bodawpaya, Burmese king (b. 1745) [category: Deaths]
• 1825: Odysseas Androutsos, Greek soldier (b. 1788) [category: Deaths]
• 1826: Carl Maria von Weber, German composer (b. 1786) [category: Deaths]
• 1829: HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba. [category: Events]
• 1830: Carmine Crocco, Italian brigand and soldier (d. 1905) [category: Births]
• 1832: The June Rebellion breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of Louis-Philippe. [category: Events]
• 1837: Houston, Texas is incorporated by the Republic of Texas. [category: Events]
• 1849: Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy by the signing of a new constitution. [category: Events]
• 1850: Pat Garrett, American sheriff, killed Billy the Kid (d. 1908) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1862: Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1866: John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer (b. 1815) [category: Deaths]
• 1868: James Connolly, Irish socialist leader and general (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1870: Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1876: Isaac Heinemann, German-Israeli scholar and educator (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1876: Tony Jackson, American singer, pianist, and composer (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1877: Willard Miller, American sailor (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1878: Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1923) [category: Births]
• 1879: René Pottier, French cyclist (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1879: Robert Mayer, German philanthropist (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1883: John Maynard Keynes, English economist (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1883: The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris. [category: Events]
• 1884: Ralph Benatzky, Czech composer (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1888: The Rio de la Plata Earthquake takes place. [category: Events]
• 1894: Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian-English publisher (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1895: William Boyd, American actor (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1895: William Roberts, English painter (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1898: Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, lyricist, and dramatist (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1898: Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian shoemaker, founder of Salvatore Ferragamo Italia S.p.A. (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1899: Otis Barton, American engineer, diver, and author, designed the bathysphere (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1900: Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English engineer and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1900: Stephen Crane, American author (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1900: Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria. [category: Events]
• 1902: Arthur Powell Davies, American minister, activist, and author (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1902: Louis J. Weichmann, American clerk, witness in Abraham Lincoln assassination trial (b. 1842) [category: Deaths]
• 1905: Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1905: John Abbott, English actor (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1906: Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (b. 1842) [category: Deaths]
• 1908: Ravi Narayana Reddy, Indian philanthropist and social reformer, co-founder of the Communist Party of India (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1910: O. Henry, American author (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1912: Dean Amadon, American ornithologist (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1913: Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman (b. 1851) [category: Deaths]
• 1915: Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage. [category: Events]
• 1916: Eddie Joost, American baseball player and manager (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1916: Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, English field marshal (b. 1850) [category: Deaths]
• 1916: Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court. [category: Events]
• 1917: World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day". [category: Events]
• 1919: Richard Scarry, American author and illustrator (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1920: Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American author (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1920: Rhoda Broughton, Welsh author (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1921: Georges Feydeau, French playwright (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1923: Daniel Pinkham, American composer and musician (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1923: Jorge Daponte, Argentine race car driver (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1925: Art Donovan, American football player [category: Births]
• 1928: Robert Lansing, American actor (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1928: Tony Richardson, English director (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1930: Alifa Rifaat, Egyptian writer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1930: Pascin, Bulgarian painter (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Jacques Demy, French director (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1931: Jerzy Prokopiuk, Polish anthropologist and philosopher [category: Births]
• 1932: Christy Brown, Irish author (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1934: Bill Moyers, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1937: Hélène Cixous, French philosopher, educator, writer, and poet [category: Births]
• 1938: Karin Balzer, German hurdler [category: Births]
• 1939: Joe Clark, Canadian politician, 16th Prime Minister of Canada [category: Births]
• 1939: Margaret Drabble, English novelist [category: Births]
• 1941: Erasmo Carlos, Brazilian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1941: Martha Argerich, Argentine pianist [category: Births]
• 1941: Robert Kraft, American businessman, founded The Kraft Group [category: Births]
• 1941: Spalding Gray, American actor and writer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1941: Four thousand Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing. [category: Events]
• 1942: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Equatoguinean politician, President of Equatorial Guinea [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania. [category: Events]
• 1943: Matthew Lesko, American author [category: Births]
• 1944: Colm Wilkinson, Irish-Canadian tenor and actor [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1945: John Carlos, American football player [category: Births]
• 1945: Patrick Head, English businessman co-founder of Williams F1 [category: Births]
• 1945: The Allied Control Council, the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power. [category: Events]
• 1946: Freddie Stone, American singer, guitarist, and pastor (Sly & the Family Stone) [category: Births]
• 1946: John Bach, Welsh actor [category: Births]
• 1946: A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois kills 61 people. [category: Events]
• 1947: David Hare, English playwright and director [category: Births]
• 1947: Laurie Anderson, American singer, musician, and composer [category: Births]
• 1947: Tom Evans, English singer-songwriter and musician (Badfinger) (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1947: Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish actor and director (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe. [category: Events]
• 1949: Ken Follett, Welsh author [category: Births]
• 1949: Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first Thai female member of Thailand's Parliament. [category: Events]
• 1950: Abraham Sarmiento, Jr., Filipino journalist and activist (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1950: J. J. Bittenbinder, American television host and author [category: Births]
• 1950: Ronnie Dyson, American singer and actor (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1951: Jill Biden, American educator, wife of Joe Biden [category: Births]
• 1951: Suze Orman, American financial advisor, author, and television host [category: Births]
• 1952: Carole Fredericks, American singer (Fredericks Goldman Jones) (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1952: Daniel Katzen, American horn player and educator [category: Births]
• 1952: Nicko McBrain, English drummer (Iron Maiden, Pat Travers, Streetwalkers, and Trust) [category: Births]
• 1953: Kathleen Kennedy, American film producer, co-founded Amblin Entertainment [category: Births]
• 1954: Haluk Bilginer, Turkish actor [category: Births]
• 1954: Nancy Stafford, American actress [category: Births]
• 1955: Edino Nazareth Filho, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1956: Kenny G, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (The Love Unlimited Orchestra) [category: Births]
• 1956: Richard Butler, English singer-songwriter (The Psychedelic Furs and Love Spit Love) [category: Births]
• 1956: Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements. [category: Events]
• 1958: Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, Comorian politician, President of Comoros [category: Births]
• 1958: Avigdor Lieberman, Israeli politician [category: Births]
• 1959: Robert Lloyd, English singer (The Nightingales and The Prefects) [category: Births]
• 1959: The first government of the State of Singapore is sworn in. [category: Events]
• 1960: Leslie Hendrix, American actress [category: Births]
• 1960: Margo Lanagan, Australian author [category: Births]
• 1961: Aldo Costa, Italian engineer [category: Births]
• 1961: Anthony Burger, American singer and pianist (The Kingsmen Quartet) (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1961: Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1962: Jeff Garlin, American comedian, actor, director, and writer [category: Births]
• 1962: Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este [category: Births]
• 1963: Joe Rudán, Hungarian singer and bassist (Pokolgép and P. Mobil) [category: Births]
• 1963: British Secretary of State for War John Profumo resigns in a sex scandal known as the Profumo Affair. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1964: Karl Sanders, American singer-songwriter and musician (Nile) [category: Births]
• 1964: Lisa Cholodenko, American writer and director [category: Births]
• 1964: Rick Riordan, American author [category: Births]
• 1964: DSV Alvin is commissioned. [category: Events]
• 1965: Michael E. Brown, American astronomer [category: Births]
• 1965: Sandrine Piau, French soprano [category: Births]
• 1967: Joe DeLoach, American sprinter [category: Births]
• 1967: Matt Bullard, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1967: Ray Lankford, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1967: Ron Livingston, American actor [category: Births]
• 1967: Arthur Biram, Israeli philosopher and educator (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Six-Day War begins: The Israeli air force launches simultaneous pre-emptive attacks on the air forces of Egypt and Syria. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1969: Brian McKnight, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer [category: Births]
• 1969: The International communist conference begins in Moscow. [category: Events]
• 1970: Martin Gelinas, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1971: Mark Wahlberg, American model, actor, producer, and rapper (Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch) [category: Births]
• 1971: Miyuki Komatsu, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Susan Lynch, Irish actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Takaya Tsubobayashi, Japanese race car driver [category: Births]
• 1972: Chuck Klosterman, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1972: Mike Bucci, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1972: Pavel Kotla, Polish conductor [category: Births]
• 1973: Daniel Gildenlöw, Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Pain of Salvation and The Flower Kings) [category: Births]
• 1973: Galilea Montijo, Mexican actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Gella Vandecaveye, Belgian judoka [category: Births]
• 1973: Lamon Brewster, American boxer [category: Births]
• 1974: Chad Allen, American actor [category: Births]
• 1974: P-Nut, American bassist (311) [category: Births]
• 1974: Russ Ortiz, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Sandra Stals, Belgian runner [category: Births]
• 1975: Žydrūnas Ilgauskas, Lithuanian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Paul Keres, Estonian chess player (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War. [category: Events]
• 1975: The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum, on remaining in the European Economic Community (EEC). [category: Events]
• 1976: Aesop Rock, American rapper, songwriter, musician, and producer (The Weathermen and Hail Mary Mallon) [category: Births]
• 1976: Giannis Giannoulis, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Jack Ross, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Ross Noble, English comedian [category: Births]
• 1976: Torry Holt, American football player [category: Births]
• 1976: Violet Wilkey, American actress (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Collapse of the Teton Dam in Idaho, United States. [category: Events]
• 1977: Christian Martucci, American singer-songwriter and musician (Black President, The Strychnine Babies, and The Chelsea Smiles) [category: Births]
• 1977: Kristin Gore, American author and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1977: Liza Weil, American actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Navi Rawat, American actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Nourhanne, Lebanese singer [category: Births]
• 1977: A coup takes place in Seychelles. [category: Events]
• 1977: The Apple II, one of the first personal computers, goes on sale. [category: Events]
• 1978: Fernando Meira, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: David Bisbal, Spanish singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1979: Fraser Watts, Scottish cricketer [category: Births]
• 1979: Jason White, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1979: Pete Wentz, American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and fashion designer (Fall Out Boy, Black Cards, and Arma Angelus) [category: Births]
• 1979: Stefanos Kotsolis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Brandi Shearer, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1980: Mike Fisher, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1980: Sutee Suksomkit, Thai footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Jade Goody, English nurse, author, and contestant on Big Brother (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1981: Sebastien Lefebvre, French-Canadian singer and musician (Simple Plan) [category: Births]
• 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 (first recognized cases of AIDS) [category: Events]
• 1982: Baron Geisler, Filipino actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Ryan Dallas Cook, American trombone player (Suburban Legends) (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1983: Bill Bray, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Marques Colston, American football player [category: Births]
• 1984: Robert Barbieri, Canadian-Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1984: Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi orders an attack on the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion. [category: Events]
• 1985: Ekaterina Bychkova, Russian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1985: Kenny De Ketele, Belgian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1986: Amanda Crew, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Christian Baracat, German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1986: Dave Bolland, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1986: Vernon Gholston, American football player [category: Births]
• 1987: Charlie Clements, English actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Marcus Thornton, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1988: Alessandro Salvi, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Ellary Porterfield, American actress [category: Births]
• 1989: Megumi Nakajima, Filipino-Japanese voice actress and singer [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1990: Junior Hoilett, Canadian soccer player [category: Births]
• 1990: Sophie Lowe, English-Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1991: Jack Stanley, English actor [category: Births]
• 1991: Sahara Garey, American actress [category: Births]
• 1991: Sören Bertram, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Emily Seebohm, Australian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1992: Joazhiño Arroe, Peruvian footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Matías Del Pozo, Argentine actor [category: Births]
• 1993: Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, fall into the sea following a landslide. [category: Events]
• 1995: Beckii Cruel, English singer and dancer [category: Births]
• 1995: Troye Sivan, Australian actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1995: The Bose-Einstein condensate is first created. [category: Events]
• 1996: Yuya Ozeki, Japanese actor [category: Births]
• 1996: Acharya Kuber Nath Rai, Indian writer (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Jeanette Nolan, American actress (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Sam Yorty, American politician, 37th Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 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). [category: Events]
• 1999: Mel Tormé, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Don Liddle, American baseball player (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Pedro Laín Entralgo, Spanish medical researcher (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2002: Dee Dee Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bassist (Ramones) (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Gwen Plumb, Australian actress (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Jürgen Möllemann, German politician (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Manuel Rosenthal, French composer and conductor (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50°C (122°F) in the region. [category: Events]
• 2004: Iona Brown, English violinist and conductor (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Ronald Reagan, American actor and politician, 40th President of the United States (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Irene Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish daughter of Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca [category: Births]
• 2005: Adolfo Aguilar Zínser, Mexican politician (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Susi Nicoletti, German actress (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Frederick Franck, American artist and writer (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. [category: Events]
• 2007: Povel Ramel, Swedish singer, pianist, composer, and author (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Boris Pokrovsky, Russian director (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Jeff Hanson, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1978) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: After 65 straight days of civil disobedience, at least 31 people are killed in clashes between security forces and indigenous people near Bagua, Peru. [category: Events]
• 2011: Leon Botha, South African painter and DJ (b. 1985) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Athinodoros Prousalis, Greek actor (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Caroline John, English actress (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Charlie Sutton, Australian footballer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Hal Keller, American baseball player and executive (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Lucky Diamond, American dog model (b. 1997) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mihai Pătraşcu, Romanian computer scientist (b. 1982) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ray Bradbury, American author (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• _: Arbor Day (New Zealand) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Boniface (Roman Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Constitution Day and Father's Day (Denmark) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Feast of Núr, the first day of the fifth month of the Bahá'í calendar. (Bahá'í Faith) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Indian Arrival Day (Suriname) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: June 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Khordad Movement Anniversary (Iran) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Liberation Day (Seychelles) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: President's Day (Equatorial Guinea) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Environment Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]