Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/June in aviation/June 5
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- 1967 - Boeing delivers its 1,000th jet airliner, a Boeing 707-120B for American Airlines
- 1967 - June 5-10 - the Six Day War is fought between Israel and her Arab neighbours. In a pre-emptive strike, the Israeli Air Force destroys half of the Egyptian Air Force on the first night. By the end of the six days, 452 Arab aircraft had been destroyed for a loss of 46 Israeli aircraft.
- 1944 - June 5-6 - "D-Day" - the Allied invasion of France is spearheaded by paratrooper drops and assault glider landings.
- 1927 - the Verein für Raumschiffahrt ("Society for spaceship travel") is formed in Germany.
- 1783 unmanned flight of the Montgolfier brothers hot-air-balloon (Montgolfière) in Vivarais, France. The Montgolfiers demonstrate a hot air balloon in public, at Annonay.
