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 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 209 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 23, 2020 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 442,032 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.
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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 252 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 2,723 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 5 Historical Events
- 70 –Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem.
- 1817 –The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched.
- 1837 –Houston, Texas is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
- 1883 –The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
- 1900 –Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
- 1956 –Elvis Presley introduces his new single, “Hound Dog”, on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
- 1963 –British Secretary of State for War John Profumo resigns in a sex scandal known as the Profumo Affair.
- 1964 –DSV Alvin is commissioned.
- 1975 –The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum, on remaining in the European Economic Community (EEC).
- 1993 –Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, fall into the sea following a landslide.
Who were born on June 5?
- 1757 –Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist (d. 1808)
- 1883 –John Maynard Keynes, English economist (d. 1946)
- 1919 –Richard Scarry, American author/illustrator (d. 1994)
- 1930 –Alifa Rifaat, Egyptian writer (d. 1996)
- 1931 –Connie Hines, American actress (d. 2009)
- 1931 –Jerzy Prokopiuk, Polish philosopher, antroposopher
- 1951 –Suze Orman, American financial advisor, writer, and television personality
- 1964 –Lisa Cholodenko, American filmmaker
- 1976 –Ross Noble, English comedian
- 1977 –Kristin Gore, American author and screenwriter
Who died on June 5?
- 1316 –King Louis X of France (b. 1289)
- 1667 –Pietro Sforza Pallavicino, Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1607)
- 1916 –Lord Horatio Kitchener, British field marshal (b. 1850)
- 1947 –Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish actor and film director (b. 1884)
- 1976 –Violet Wilkey, American actress (b. 1903)
- 1993 –Conway Twitty, American musician (b. 1933)
- 1996 –Acharya Kuber Nath Rai,Indian Writer(b.1933)
- 1999 –Mel Tormé, American singer, composer, and actor (b. 1925)
- 2001 –Pedro Laín Entralgo, Spanish medical researcher and humanist (b. 1908)
- 2009 –Jeff Hanson, American singer-songwriter (b. 1978)
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