June 5

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.

Events

• 70 – Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem.
• 1257 – Kraków, in 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 the 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 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 Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức 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; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
• 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.
• 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").
• 1941 – World War II: Four thousand Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing.
• 1942 – World War II: The 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, the 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 – The British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, resigns in a sex scandal known as the Profumo affair.
• 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.
• 1964 – DSV Alvin is commissioned.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 – The collapse of the Teton Dam in Idaho, in the United States.
• 1977 – A coup takes place in Seychelles.
• 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.
• 1984 – The Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, orders an attack on the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion.
• 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.
• 1993 – Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, in 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 lasts seven weeks.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 2009 – A fire at a day-care center kills at least 40 people in Hermosillo, Mexico.
• 2012 – The last transit of Venus of the 21st century begins.

Births

• 1341 – Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, English son of Edward III of England (d. 1402)
• 1493 – Justus Jonas, German religious reformer (d. 1555)
• 1523 – Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1573)
• 1640 – Pu Songling, Chinese author (d. 1715)
• 1646 – Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian philosopher (d. 1684)
• 1660 – Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (d. 1744)
• 1723 – Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (d. 1790)
• 1757 – Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist and philosopher (d. 1808)
• 1760 – Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (d. 1852)
• 1771 – Ernest Augustus I of Hanover (d. 1851)
• 1781 – Christian Lobeck, German scholar (d. 1860)
• 1819 – John Couch Adams, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1892)
• 1830 – Carmine Crocco, Italian soldier and criminal (d. 1905)
• 1850 – Pat Garrett, American sheriff (d. 1908)
• 1862 – Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)
• 1868 – James Connolly, Scottish-Irish general (d. 1916)
• 1870 – Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (d. 1935)
• 1876 – Isaac Heinemann, German-Israeli scholar and educator (d. 1957)
• 1877 – Willard Miller, Canadian-American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1959)
• 1878 – Pancho Villa, Mexican general (d. 1923)
• 1879 – Robert Mayer, German-English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1985)
• 1879 – René Pottier, French cyclist (d. 1907)
• 1892 – Jaan Kikkas, Estonian weightlifter (d. 1944)
• 1883 – John Maynard Keynes, English economist (d. 1946)
• 1884 – Ralph Benatzky, Czech-Austrian composer (d. 1957)
• 1884 – Ivy Compton-Burnett, English author (d. 1969)
• 1894 – Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian-English publisher (d. 1976)
• 1895 – William Boyd, American actor and producer (d. 1972)
• 1895 – William Roberts, English painter (d. 1980)
• 1898 – Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian shoe designer, founded Salvatore Ferragamo Italia S.p.A. (d. 1960)
• 1898 – Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (d. 1936)
• 1899 – Otis Barton, American diver, engineer, and actor, designed the bathysphere (d. 1992)
• 1900 – Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
• 1902 – Arthur Powell Davies, American minister, author, and activist (d. 1957)
• 1905 – John Abbott, English-American actor (d. 1996)
• 1905 – Wayne Boring, American illustrator (d. 1987)
• 1905 – Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (d. 1935)
• 1906 – Helmut Maandi, Estonian politician (d. 1990)
• 1908 – Ravi Narayana Reddy, Indian politician (d. 1991)
• 1910 – Herb Vigran, American actor (d. 1986)
• 1912 – Dean Amadon, American ornithologist (d. 2003)
• 1916 – Eddie Joost, American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)
• 1919 – Richard Scarry, American-Swiss author and illustrator (d. 1994)
• 1920 – Marion Motley, American football player (b. 1999)
• 1920 – Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American journalist and author (d. 1974)
• 1922 – Paul Couvret, Dutch-Australian pilot and politician (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Jorge Daponte, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1963)
• 1923 – Roger Lebel, Canadian actor (d. 1994)
• 1923 – Daniel Pinkham, American organist and composer (d. 2006)
• 1925 – Art Donovan, American football player and radio host (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Bill Hayes, American actor and singer
• 1926 – Paul Soros, Hungarian-American engineer and businessman (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Robert Lansing, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1928 – Tony Richardson, English-American director and producer (d. 1991)
• 1930 – Alifa Rifaat, Egyptian author (d. 1996)
• 1931 – Yves Blais, Canadian politician (d. 1998)
• 1931 – Jacques Demy, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
• 1931 – Jerzy Prokopiuk, Polish anthropologist and philosopher
• 1932 – Christy Brown, Irish-English painter and author (d. 1981)
• 1932 – Dave Gold, American businessman, founded the 99 Cents Only Stores (d. 2013)
• 1933 – Bata Živojinović, Serbian actor and politician
• 1934 – Bill Moyers, American journalist, 13th White House Press Secretary
• 1937 – Hélène Cixous, French author, poet, and critic
• 1938 – Karin Balzer, German hurdler
• 1939 – Joe Clark, Canadian journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Canada
• 1939 – Margaret Drabble, English author and critic
• 1939 – L. R. Wright, Canadian author (d. 2001)
• 1941 – Martha Argerich, Argentinian pianist
• 1941 – Erasmo Carlos, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 1941 – Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 1941 – Robert Kraft, American businessman, founded The Kraft Group
• 1942 – Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Equatoguinean politician, 2nd President of Equatorial Guinea
• 1944 – Whitfield Diffie, American cryptographer
• 1944 – Colm Wilkinson, Irish-Canadian tenor and actor
• 1945 – John Carlos, American runner and football player
• 1945 – Patrick Head, English businessman co-founded Williams F1
• 1945 – André Lacroix, Canadian-American ice hockey player
• 1946 – John Bach, Welsh actor
• 1946 – Freddie Stone, American singer, guitarist, and pastor (Sly and the Family Stone)
• 1946 – John Du Cann, English guitarist (d. 2001)
• 1947 – Laurie Anderson, American singer-songwriter and violinist
• 1947 – Tom Evans, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Badfinger) (d. 1983)
• 1947 – David Hare, English playwright and director
• 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 and activist (d. 1977)
• 1951 – Suze Orman, American financial adviser, author, and television host
• 1952 – Carole Fredericks, American singer (Fredericks Goldman Jones) (d. 2001)
• 1952 – Daniel Katzen, American horn player and educator
• 1952 – Nicko McBrain, English drummer (Iron Maiden, Pat Travers, Streetwalkers, and Trust)
• 1952 – Sarah Thomas, English actress
• 1953 – Kathleen Kennedy, American film producer, co-founded Amblin Entertainment
• 1954 – Haluk Bilginer, Turkish actor
• 1954 – Nancy Stafford, American model and actress
• 1955 – Edino Nazareth Filho, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1956 – Richard Butler, English singer-songwriter (The Psychedelic Furs and Love Spit Love)
• 1956 – Kenny G, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (The Love Unlimited Orchestra)
• 1958 – Avigdor Lieberman, Moldavian-Israeli politician, Deputy leaders of Israel
• 1958 – Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, Comorian politician, President of Comoros
• 1959 – Robert Lloyd, English singer (The Nightingales and The Prefects)
• 1960 – Boris Dugan, Estonian footballer and coach
• 1960 – Leslie Hendrix, American actress
• 1961 – Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (d. 1999)
• 1961 – Anthony Burger, American singer and pianist (The Kingsmen Quartet) (d. 2006)
• 1961 – Aldo Costa, Italian engineer
• 1962 – Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este
• 1962 – Jeff Garlin, American comedian, actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1962 – Tõnis Lukas, Estonian politician
• 1963 – Joe Rudán, Hungarian singer and bassist (Pokolgép and P. Mobil)
• 1964 – Lisa Cholodenko, American director and screenwriter
• 1964 – Rick Riordan, American author
• 1964 – Karl Sanders, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Nile)
• 1965 – Michael E. Brown, American astronomer and author
• 1965 – Sandrine Piau, French soprano
• 1965 – Alfie Turcotte, American ice hockey player
• 1967 – Matt Bullard, American basketball player
• 1967 – Joe DeLoach, American sprinter
• 1967 – Ray Lankford, American baseball player
• 1967 – Ron Livingston, American actor
• 1969 – Brian McKnight, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1970 – Martin Gélinas, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1971 – Miyuki Komatsu, Japanese actress
• 1971 – Susan Lynch, Irish actress
• 1971 – Takaya Tsubobayashi, Japanese race car driver
• 1971 – Mark Wahlberg, American model, actor, producer, and rapper (Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch)
• 1972 – Mike Bucci, American wrestler
• 1972 – Chuck Klosterman, American journalist and author
• 1972 – Pavel Kotla, Polish conductor
• 1973 – Lamon Brewster, American boxer
• 1973 – Daniel Gildenlöw, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Pain of Salvation and The Flower Kings)
• 1973 – Galilea Montijo, Mexican actress
• 1973 – Gella Vandecaveye, Belgian martial artist
• 1974 – Chad Allen, American actor and producer
• 1974 – Russ Ortiz, American baseball player
• 1974 – Nina Conti, English actress, comedian and ventriloquist
• 1975 – Žydrūnas Ilgauskas, Lithuanian-American basketball player
• 1975 – Dmitri Kurakin, Estonian-German ice dancer
• 1975 – Sandra Stals, Belgian runner
• 1975 – Duncan Patterson, English musician, best known for his work as a member of Anathema and Antimatter
• 1976 – Giannis Giannoulis, Canadian basketball player
• 1976 – Torry Holt, American football player and sportscaster
• 1976 – Ross Noble, English comedian and actor
• 1976 – Aesop Rock, American rapper and producer (The Weathermen and Hail Mary Mallon)
• 1976 – Jack Ross, Scottish footballer
• 1977 – Jesdaporn Pholdee, Thai actor
• 1977 – Kristin Gore, American author and screenwriter
• 1977 – Christian Martucci, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Black President, The Strychnine Babies, and The Chelsea Smiles)
• 1977 – Navi Rawat, American actress
• 1977 – Liza Weil, American actress
• 1978 – Fernando Meira, Portuguese footballer
• 1979 – David Bisbal, Spanish singer-songwriter
• 1979 – Stefanos Kotsolis, Greek footballer
• 1979 – Fraser Watts, Scottish cricketer
• 1979 – Pete Wentz, American singer-songwriter, bass player, actor, and fashion designer (Fall Out Boy, Black Cards, and Arma Angelus)
• 1979 – Jason White, American race car driver
• 1980 – Mike Fisher, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 – Brandi Shearer, American singer-songwriter
• 1980 – Sutee Suksomkit, Thai footballer
• 1981 – Jade Goody, English nurse and author (d. 2009)
• 1981 – Sébastien Lefebvre, Canadian singer and musician (Simple Plan)
• 1982 – Ryan Dallas Cook, American trombonist (Suburban Legends) (d. 2005)
• 1982 – Baron Geisler, Filipino actor
• 1983 – Bill Bray, American baseball player
• 1983 – Marques Colston, American football player
• 1984 – Robert Barbieri, Canadian-Italian rugby player
• 1984 – Cécilia Cara, French actress and singer
• 1985 – Jeremy Abbott, American figure skater
• 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 – Ellary Porterfield, American actress
• 1989 – Megumi Nakajima, Filipino-Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1990 – Sophie Lowe, English-Australian actress
• 1990 – Junior Hoilett, Canadian soccer player
• 1991 – Sören Bertram, German footballer
• 1992 – Joazhiño Arroe, Peruvian footballer
• 1992 – Emily Seebohm, Australian swimmer
• 1995 – Beckii Cruel, English singer and dancer
• 1995 – Troye Sivan, Australian actor and singer
• 2005 – Irene Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish daughter of Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca

Deaths

• 301 – Sima Lun, Chinese usurper (b. 249)
• 535 – Patriarch Epiphanius of Constantinople
• 567 – Pope Theodosius I of Alexandria
• 754 – Saint Boniface, 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, English son of Henry III of England (b. 1245)
• 1316 – Louis X of France (b. 1289)
• 1383 – Dmitry of Suzdal (b. 1324)
• 1568 – Lamoral, Count of Egmont (b. 1522)
• 1625 – Orlando Gibbons, English organist and 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 organist and composer (b. 1660)
• 1738 – Isaac de Beausobre, French pastor (b. 1659)
• 1791 – Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-Canadian general and politician, 22nd Governor of Quebec (b. 1718)
• 1816 – Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (b. 1741)
• 1819 – Bodawpaya, Burmese king (b. 1745)
• 1825 – Odysseas Androutsos, Greek soldier (b. 1788)
• 1826 – Carl Maria von Weber, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1786)
• 1866 – John McDouall Stuart, Scottish explorer (b. 1815)
• 1900 – Stephen Crane, American author (b. 1871)
• 1902 – Louis J. Weichmann, American clerk, 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-American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1916 – Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish field marshal (b. 1850)
• 1920 – Rhoda Broughton, Welsh author (b. 1840)
• 1921 – Georges Feydeau, French playwright (b. 1862)
• 1930 – Pascin, Bulgarian-French painter (b. 1885)
• 1947 – Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish-American actor and director (b. 1884)
• 1967 – Arthur Biram, Israeli philologist, philosopher, and educator (b. 1878)
• 1970 – Herman Kruusenberg, Estonian wrestler (b. 1898)
• 1975 – Paul Keres, Estonian chess player (b. 1916)
• 1976 – Violet Wilkey, American actress (b. 1903)
• 1993 – Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1933)
• 1996 – Acharya Kuber Nath Rai, Indian scholar (b. 1933)
• 1997 – J. Anthony Lukas, American journalist and author (b. 1933)
• 1998 – Jeanette Nolan, American actress (b. 1911)
• 1998 – Sam Yorty, American captain and politician, 37th Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1909)
• 1999 – Mel Tormé, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1925)
• 2000 – Don Liddle, American baseball player (b. 1925)
• 2001 – Pedro Laín Entralgo, Spanish medical researcher (b. 1908)
• 2002 – Gwen Plumb, Australian actress (b. 1912)
• 2002 – Dee Dee Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Ramones) (b. 1951)
• 2003 – Jürgen Möllemann, German politician (b. 1945)
• 2003 – Manuel Rosenthal, French composer and conductor (b. 1904)
• 2004 – Iona Brown, English violinist and conductor (b. 1941)
• 2004 – Ronald Reagan, American actor and politician, 40th President of the United States (b. 1911)
• 2005 – Adolfo Aguilar Zínser, Mexican politician (b. 1949)
• 2005 – Susi Nicoletti, German actress (b. 1918)
• 2006 – Frederick Franck, Dutch-American painter, sculptor, and author (b. 1909)
• 2007 – Povel Ramel, Swedish singer, pianist, and author (b. 1922)
• 2009 – Jeff Hanson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1978)
• 2009 – Boris Pokrovsky, Russian director (b. 1912)
• 2011 – Leon Botha, South African painter and DJ (b. 1985)
• 2012 – Ray Bradbury, American author (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Lucky Diamond, American dog (b. 1997)
• 2012 – Caroline John, English actress (b. 1940)
• 2012 – Hal Keller, American baseball player (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Mihai Pătraşcu, Romanian-American computer scientist (b. 1982)
• 2012 – Athinodoros Prousalis, Greek actor (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Charlie Sutton, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1924)
• 2013 – James Bottomley, English diplomat (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Don Bowman, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1937)
• 2013 – Takkō Ishimori, Japanese voice actor (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Franz Kelch, German singer (b. 1915)
• 2013 – Helen McElhone, Scottish politician (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Stanisław Nagy, Polish cardinal (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Lonappan Nambadan, Indian politician (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, Irish politician (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Michel Ostyn, Belgian physiologist and physician (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Katherine Woodville, English-American actress (b. 1938)

Holidays and observances

• Arbor Day (New Zealand)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Boniface (Roman Catholic Church)
  • June 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Constitution Day and Father's Day (Denmark)
• Feast of Núr, the first day of the fifth month of the Bahá'í calendar. (Bahá'í Faith)
• Indian Arrival Day (Suriname)
• Khordad Movement Anniversary (Iran)
• Liberation Day (Seychelles)
• President's Day (Equatorial Guinea)
• World Environment Day (International)

External links

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