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 157th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 209 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 23, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 477,096 hours 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 ‘hectapentacontaheptagon’ day.
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 238 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 4,184 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 5 Historical Events
- 1817 –The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched.
- 1832 –The June Rebellion breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of Louis-Philippe.
- 1945 –The Allied Control Council, the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power.
- 1947 –Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
- 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.
- 1975 –The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum, on remaining in the European Economic Community (EEC).
- 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.
- 2006 –Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
Who were born on June 5?
- 1646 –Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (d. 1684)
- 1771 –Ernest Augustus I of Hanover (d. 1851)
- 1850 –Pat Garrett, American Western lawman (d. 1908)
- 1898 –Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian shoemaker (d. 1960)
- 1938 –Karin Balzer, German hurdler
- 1952 –Daniel Katzen, American classical musician
- 1962 –Princess Astrid of Belgium
- 1964 –Lisa Cholodenko, American filmmaker
- 1971 –Mark Wahlberg, American rapper and actor
- 1986 –Vernon Gholston, American football player
Who died on June 5?
- 535 –Epiphanius of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople
- 754 –Saint Boniface, an 8th century English missionary, bishop and martyr
- 1383 –Dmitry Konstantinovich, Russian prince (b. 1324)
- 1791 –Sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born colonial governor (b. 1718)
- 1826 –Carl Maria von Weber, German composer (b. 1786)
- 1866 –John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer (b. 1815)
- 1913 –Chris von der Ahe, German-born baseball pioneer (b. 1851)
- 1976 –Violet Wilkey, American actress (b. 1903)
- 1993 –Conway Twitty, American musician (b. 1933)
- 2004 –Iona Brown, British violinist and conductor (b. 1941)
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