What are the important events that happened on June 5? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
June 5: Facts & Myths About This Day
June 5 is the 156th day of the year 2017 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 209 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 23, 2017 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 24,943,680 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectapentacontahexagon’ day.
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Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 259 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 1,627 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 5 Historical Events
- 1829 –HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba.
- 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.
- 1941 –Four thousand Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing.
- 1945 –The Allied Control Council, the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power.
- 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.
- 1964 –DSV Alvin is commissioned.
- 1975 –The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
- 1977 –A coup takes place in Seychelles.
- 1977 –The Apple II, one of the first personal computers, goes on sale.
- 2003 –A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50°C (122°F) in the region.
Who were born on June 5?
- 1760 –Johan Gadolin, Finnish scientist (d. 1852)
- 1931 –Jerzy Prokopiuk, Polish philosopher, antroposopher
- 1941 –Spalding Gray, American actor and writer (d. 2004)
- 1947 –Tom Evans, English musician (Badfinger) (d. 1983)
- 1950 –J. J. Bittenbinder, American television host and author
- 1952 –Nicko McBrain, English drummer (Iron Maiden)
- 1975 –Žydrūnas Ilgauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1984 –Robert Barbieri, Canadian-born Italian rugby player
- 1986 –Amanda Crew, Canadian actress
- 1986 –Dave Bolland, Canadian ice hockey player
Who died on June 5?
- 301 –Sima Lun, Chinese usurper
- 1017 –Emperor Sanjō of Japan (b. 976)
- 1118 –Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester (b. 1049)
- 1316 –King Louis X of France (b. 1289)
- 1625 –Orlando Gibbons, English composer (b. 1583)
- 1906 –Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (b. 1842)
- 1930 –Pascin, Bulgarian painter (b. 1885)
- 2002 –Gwen Plumb, Australian actress (b. 1912)
- 2004 –Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States (b. 1911)
- 2007 –Povel Ramel, Swedish entertainer (b. 1922)
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