June 5 in History
What happened on June 5 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on june 5 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on june 5 in history.
?>2004
Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan dies at age 93. Reagan was the 40th president of the United States.
1973
Doris A. Davis becomes the first African-American woman to govern a city in a major metropolitan area when she is elected mayor of Compton, California.
1968
Sirhan Sirhan shoots Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy after Kennedy’s victory in the pivotal California primary election.
1967
The Six-Day War between Israel and Egypt, Syria and Jordan begins.
1956
Premier Nikita Khrushchev denounces Josef Stalin to the Soviet Communist Party Congress.
1947
Secretary of State George C. Marshall outlines “The Marshall Plan,” a program intended to assist European nations, including former enemies, to rebuild their economies.
1944
The first B-29 bombing raid strikes the Japanese rail line in Bangkok, Thailand.
1940
The German army begins its offensive in Southern France.
1900
British troops under Lord Roberts seize Pretoria from the Boers.
1880
Wild woman of the west Myra Maybelle Shirley marries Sam Starr even though records show she was already married to Bruce Younger.
1872
The Republican National Convention, the first major political party convention to include blacks, commences.
1863
The Confederate raider CSS Alabama captures the Talisman in the Mid-Atlantic.
1856
U.S. Army troops in the Four creeks region of California, head back to quarters, officially ending the Tule River War. Fighting, however, will continue for a few more years.
1851
Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes the first installment of Uncle Tom’s Cabin in The National Era.
1827
Athens falls to Ottoman forces.
1794
The U.S. Congress prohibits citizens from serving in any foreign armed forces.
1783
Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier make the first public balloon flight.
1637
American settlers in New England massacre a Pequot Indian village.
1595
Henry IV’s army defeats the Spanish at the Battle of Fontaine-Francaise.
1568
Ferdinand, the Duke of Alba, crushes the Calvinist insurrection in Ghent.
1099
Members of the First Crusade witness an eclipse of the moon and interpret it as a sign they will recapture Jerusalem.