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 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 209 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 23, 2021 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 27,047,520 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 241 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 3,088 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 5 Historical Events
- 1798 –The Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated.
- 1832 –The June Rebellion breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of Louis-Philippe.
- 1946 –A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois kills 61 people.
- 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.
- 1989 –The Unknown Rebel 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, North Yorkshire, England, fall into the sea following a landslide.
- 1998 –A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants (the strike lasted seven weeks).
- 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?
- 1553 –Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617)
- 1876 –Tony Jackson, American musician (d. 1920)
- 1945 –John Carlos, American athlete
- 1946 –John Bach, Welsh actor
- 1949 –Ken Follett, Welsh author
- 1969 –Brian McKnight, American musician
- 1979 –Fraser Watts, Scottish cricketer
- 1979 –Jason White, American racing driver
- 1979 –Pete Wentz, American musician (Fall Out Boy)
- 1980 –Mike Fisher, Canadian ice hockey player
Who died on June 5?
- 1568 –Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (b. 1522)
- 1825 –Odysseas Androutsos, national hero in the Greek War of Independence (b. 1788)
- 1902 –Louis J. Weichmann, American witness in Abraham Lincoln assassination trial (b. 1842)
- 1920 –Rhoda Broughton, Welsh author (b. 1840)
- 1975 –Paul Keres, Estonian chess player (b. 1916)
- 1998 –Jeanette Nolan, American actress (b. 1911)
- 2002 –Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (The Ramones) (b. 1951)
- 2003 –Jürgen Möllemann, German politician (b. 1945)
- 2009 –Boris Pokrovsky, Russian operatic stage director (b. 1912)
- 2009 –Jeff Hanson, American singer-songwriter (b. 1978)
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