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Events on the 5th of June in history

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05 Jun 0070 Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem
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05 Jun 1970 Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem.
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05 Jun 0754 Friezen murders Bishop Boniface and over 50 companions
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05 Jun 0754 Boniface, Anglo-Saxon missionary, is killed by a band of pagans at Dokkum in Frisia.
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05 Jun 1257 Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights.
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05 Jun 1283 Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, captures Charles of Salermo.
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05 Jun 1288 Battle of Woeringen: Reinald I vs. Jan I
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05 Jun 1507 England and Netherlands sign trade agreement
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05 Jun 1625 The city of Breda surrenders to the Spanish tercios under general Ambrosio Spinola.
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05 Jun 1632 Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Roermond
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05 Jun 1661 Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge
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05 Jun 1716 England and Emperor Karel VI signs military treaty
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05 Jun 1752 Prince Willem van Orange becomes Knight of Garter
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05 Jun 1783 Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public balloon flight
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05 Jun 1794 Congress prohibits citizens from serving in foreign armed forces
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05 Jun 1798 The Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread the United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated.
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05 Jun 1805 1st recorded tornado in "Tornado Alley" (Southern Illinois)
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05 Jun 1806 1st trotter to break 3 minute mile (Yankee)
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05 Jun 1806 Batavian Republic becomes Kingdom of Holland
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05 Jun 1817 The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched.
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05 Jun 1827 Turks capture Acropolis and takes Athens during Greek War of Independ
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05 Jun 1829 HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba.
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05 Jun 1832 The June Rebellion breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of Louis Philippe.
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05 Jun 1833 Ada Lovelace (future 1st computer programmer) meets Charles Babbage
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05 Jun 1837 Houston is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
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05 Jun 1846 Telegraph line opens between Philadelphia and Baltimore
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05 Jun 1848 Statue of Prince Willem the Silent unveiled
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05 Jun 1849 Danish National Day-Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy
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05 Jun 1849 Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy by the signing of a new constitution.
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05 Jun 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.
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05 Jun 1857 Walter Woodbury and James Page open photo studio in Batavia (Djakarta)
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05 Jun 1861 Federal marshals seize arms and gunpower at Du Pont works Delaware
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05 Jun 1862 As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
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05 Jun 1863 CSS "Alabama" captures "Tailsman" in Mid Atlantic
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05 Jun 1864 Battle of Piedmont, VA (Augusta City)
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05 Jun 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.
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05 Jun 1870 Constantinople in fire; 900 die
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05 Jun 1872 Republican National Convention meets (Philadelphia)
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05 Jun 1873 Sultan Bargash closes slave market of Zanzibar
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05 Jun 1875 Pacific Stock Exchange formally opens
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05 Jun 1876 Bananas become popular in US, at Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia
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05 Jun 1879 13th Belmont: George Evans aboard Spendthrift wins in 2:42.75
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05 Jun 1882 Storm and floods hits Bombay; about 100,000 die
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05 Jun 1883 The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
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05 Jun 1884 William Sherman refuses Republican presidential nomination saying "I will not accept if nominated & will not serve if elected"
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05 Jun 1886 20th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Inspector B wins in 2:41
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05 Jun 1888 Democrats nominate Grover Cleveland for President
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05 Jun 1888 The Rio de la Plata Earthquake takes place.
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05 Jun 1900 Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
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05 Jun 1907 Automatic washer and dryer are introduced
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05 Jun 1911 Red Sox Joe Wood strikes out 3 pinch hitters in 9th for 5-4 win
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05 Jun 1912 US marines invade Cuba (3nd time)
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05 Jun 1913 Dutch Disability laws go into effect
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05 Jun 1915 47th Belmont: George Byrne aboard The Finn wins in 2:18.6
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05 Jun 1915 Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
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05 Jun 1916 Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
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05 Jun 1917 10 million US men begin registering for draft in WWI
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05 Jun 1917 World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
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05 Jun 1920 1st rivet driven on Bank of Italy headquarters at 1 Powell
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05 Jun 1925 29th US Golf Open: Willie Macfarlane shoots a 291 at Worcester Country Club - Massachusetts
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05 Jun 1926 Indians triple-play Yankees and win 15-3
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05 Jun 1927 3rd French Mens Tennis: R Lacoste beats B Tilden (64 46 57 63 11-9)
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05 Jun 1927 Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard and 200-yard free-style swim record
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05 Jun 1929 Ramsey MacDonald forms minority Labour government in Britain
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05 Jun 1931 Jules Renkin becomes Premier of Belgium
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05 Jun 1933 Gold standard abolished
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05 Jun 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.
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05 Jun 1934 1st formal meeting of Baker Street Irregulars (NYC)
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05 Jun 1937 69th Belmont: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 2:28.6
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05 Jun 1937 Henry Ford initiates 32 hour work week
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05 Jun 1940 1st synthetic rubber tire exhibited Akron, Ohio
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05 Jun 1940 American Negro Theater organizes
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05 Jun 1940 Battle of France begins in WWII
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05 Jun 1940 Gen Von Bock starts German offensive in Somme
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05 Jun 1940 General De Gaulle becomes under Minister of Defense
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05 Jun 1940 Gov of Suriname and Netherlands Antilles refuse entry to Jewish refugees
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05 Jun 1940 Netherlands rations petroleum
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05 Jun 1940 World War II: After a brief lull in the Battle of France, the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the River Somme in Operation Fall Rot ("Case Red").
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05 Jun 1941 Sandor Szabo beats B Nagurski in St. Louis, to become wrestling champ
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05 Jun 1941 World War II: Four thousand Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing.
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05 Jun 1942 British offensive in North Africa under general Ritchie
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05 Jun 1942 Elwood Ordnance Plant near Joliet Illinois kills 54
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05 Jun 1942 USA declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania
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05 Jun 1942 World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
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05 Jun 1943 75th Belmont: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 2:28.2
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05 Jun 1944 1st B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure
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05 Jun 1944 1st British gliders touched down on French soil for D-Day
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05 Jun 1944 Allies march into Rome
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05 Jun 1944 Field Marshal Rommel goes on vacation
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05 Jun 1944 General Eisenhower decides invasion set for June 6
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05 Jun 1944 King Victor Emmanuel abdicates the throne for his son Umberto
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05 Jun 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.
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05 Jun 1945 Opera "Peter Grimes of Benjamin Britten, " premieres in London
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05 Jun 1945 USA, UK, USSR, France declare supreme authority over Germany
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05 Jun 1945 The Allied Control Council, the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power.
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05 Jun 1946 Fire at LaSalle Hotel cocktail lounge kills 61 (Chicago Ill)
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05 Jun 1946 A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people.
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05 Jun 1947 Sec of State George C Marshall outlines "Marshall Plan"
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05 Jun 1947 Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
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05 Jun 1948 Phillies Richie Ashburn sets NL rookie consecut hitting streak at 23
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05 Jun 1949 Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
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05 Jun 1950 US Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation
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05 Jun 1952 1st sporting event televised nationally-Walcott vs. Charles boxing
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05 Jun 1952 Jersey Joe Walcott beats Ezzard Charles in 15 for hw boxing title
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05 Jun 1953 Denmark adopts a new constitution
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05 Jun 1953 US Senate rejects China PR membership to UN
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05 Jun 1954 "Your Show Of Shows, " last airs on NBC-TV
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05 Jun 1954 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Ecclesiae fastos
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05 Jun 1955 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
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05 Jun 1956 "Milton Berle Show, " last airs on NBC-TV
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05 Jun 1956 Fed court rules racial segregation on Montgomery buses anti-Const
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05 Jun 1956 Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
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05 Jun 1957 New York narcotics investigator, Dr Herbert Berger, urges AMA to investigate use of stimulating drugs by athletes
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05 Jun 1959 Bob Dylan graduates Hibbing HS in Minnesota
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05 Jun 1959 The first government of the State of Singapore is sworn in.
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05 Jun 1960 "George Gobel Show, " last airs on CBS-TV
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05 Jun 1960 Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Wolverine Golf Open
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05 Jun 1963 Princess Marijke changes her name to Christina
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05 Jun 1963 State of siege proclaimed in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini arrested
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05 Jun 1963 The British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, resigns in a sex scandal known as the "Profumo affair".
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05 Jun 1963 Movement of 15 Khordad: Protests against the arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini by the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In several cities, masses of angry demonstrators are confronted by tanks and paratroopers.
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05 Jun 1964 DSV Alvin is commissioned.
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05 Jun 1965 "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and Pharaohs hits #2
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05 Jun 1965 97th Belmont: John Sellers aboard Hail to All wins in 2:28.6
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05 Jun 1966 Cin Red Leo Cardenas hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader
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05 Jun 1966 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Clayton Federal Golf Invitational
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05 Jun 1967 6 day war between Israel and Arab neighbors begin
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05 Jun 1967 Murderer Richard Speck sentenced to death in electric chair
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05 Jun 1967 Royal Canadian Mint ordered to start converting 10 cent and 25 cent coins to pure nickel as soon as possible
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05 Jun 1967 WSBE TV channel 36 in Providence, RI (PBS) begins broadcasting
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05 Jun 1967 The Six-Day War begins: Israel launches surprise strikes against Egyptian air-fields in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border.
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05 Jun 1968 12:16AM PST-Sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies next day
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05 Jun 1968 Robert F. Kennedy, a U.S. presidential candidate, is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, by Sirhan Sirhan, a Palestinian. Kennedy dies the next day.
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05 Jun 1969 Dutch Antilles government of Kroon resigns
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05 Jun 1969 Race riot in Hartford Connecticut
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05 Jun 1969 The International communist conference begins in Moscow.
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05 Jun 1970 KPAX TV channel 8 in Missoula, MT (CBS) begins broadcasting
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05 Jun 1971 103rd Belmont: Walter Blum aboard Pass Catcher wins in 2:30.6
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05 Jun 1972 "If You Had Wings" opens
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05 Jun 1972 UN Conference on Human Environment opens in Stockholm
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05 Jun 1972 Yugoslav President Tito visits USSR
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05 Jun 1973 43rd French Mens Tennis: Ilse Nastase beats Nikki Pilic (63 63 60)
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05 Jun 1975 48th National Spelling Bee: Hugh Tosteson wins spelling incisor
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05 Jun 1975 British population agrees to European Common Market membership
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05 Jun 1975 Egypt President Sadat reopens Suez Canal (closed since 1967)
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05 Jun 1975 The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
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05 Jun 1975 The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum on remaining in the European Economic Community (EEC).
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05 Jun 1976 "Bigfoot" by Bro Smith hits #57
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05 Jun 1976 108th Belmont: Angel Cordero Jr aboard Bold Forbes wins in 2:29
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05 Jun 1976 Teton Dam in Idaho burst causing $1 billion damage (14 die)
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05 Jun 1976 The Teton Dam in Idaho, United States, collapases.
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05 Jun 1977 1st personal computer, Apple II, goes on sale
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05 Jun 1977 31st NBA Championship: Port Trailblazers beat Philadelphia 76er, 4 games to 2
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05 Jun 1977 31st Tony Awards: Shadow Box and Annie win
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05 Jun 1977 Coup in Seychelles (National Day)
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05 Jun 1977 A coup takes place in Seychelles.
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05 Jun 1979 Seychelles adopts constitution
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05 Jun 1980 Soyuz T-2 carries 2 Cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
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05 Jun 1981 Center of Disease Control reports of a pneumonia affecting gays (AIDS)
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05 Jun 1981 George Harrison releases "Somewhere in England"
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05 Jun 1981 TODAY / PC runs for 1st time
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05 Jun 1981 The "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 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.
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05 Jun 1982 114th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Conquistador Cielo wins in 2:28
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05 Jun 1982 52nd French Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Andrea Jaeger (76 61)
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05 Jun 1982 Waterfront streetcar begins operating in Seattle
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05 Jun 1983 37th Tony Awards: Torch Song Trilogy and Cats win
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05 Jun 1983 53rd French Mens Tennis: Yannick Noah beats Mats Wilander (62 75 76)
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05 Jun 1983 Alice Miller wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic
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05 Jun 1984 The Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, orders an attack on the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion.
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05 Jun 1986 SD Padre Steve Garvey ejected for 1st time
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05 Jun 1987 Dwight Gooden returns from drug rehabilitation and allows wins game
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05 Jun 1988 58th French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Henri Leconte (75 62 61)
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05 Jun 1988 Laura Davies wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
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05 Jun 1988 Russian orthodox church celebrates 1,000th anniversary
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05 Jun 1989 23rd Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton and Randy Travis
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05 Jun 1989 Billy Smith, last original New York Islander, retires
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05 Jun 1989 Paul McCartney releases "Flowers in the Dirt"
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05 Jun 1989 Toronto Blue Jays Skydome stadium opens, Mil Brewers win 5-3
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05 Jun 1989 The Tank Man halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
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05 Jun 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev receives his 1990 Nobel Peace Prize
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05 Jun 1991 Space Shuttle STS 40 (Columbia 12) launched
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05 Jun 1993 125th Belmont: Julie Krone aboard Colonial Affair wins in 2:29.8
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05 Jun 1993 63rd French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats M J Fernandez (46 62 64)
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05 Jun 1993 Liberian Charles Taylors rebellion kills 550 fugitives
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05 Jun 1993 Singer Mariah Carey weds Tommy Mottola, CEO (Sony Music)
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05 Jun 1993 Somali warlord Aidids murders 23 Pakistani
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05 Jun 1993 Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, in North Yorkshire, England, fall into the sea following a landslide.
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05 Jun 1994 64th French Mens Tennis: S Bruguera beats A Berasategui (63 75 26 61)
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05 Jun 1994 64th French Womens Tennis: A Sanchez Vicario beats M Pierce (64 64)
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05 Jun 1994 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic
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05 Jun 1995 29th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Reba McEntire
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05 Jun 1995 The Bose–Einstein condensate is first created.
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05 Jun 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Memphis TN on WMFS 92.9 FM
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05 Jun 1998 A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants. The strike lasts seven weeks.
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05 Jun 2000 The Six-Day War in Kisangani begins in Kisangani, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, between Ugandan and Rwandan forces. A large part of the city is destroyed.
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05 Jun 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 causes $5.5 billion in damages, making Allison the costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
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05 Jun 2003 A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50°C (122°F) in the region.
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05 Jun 2006 Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
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05 Jun 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.
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