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, 1,717,545,600 seconds 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 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 1942 –World War II: United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
- 1945 –The Allied Control Council, the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power.
- 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.
- 1977 –A coup takes place in Seychelles.
- 1984 –Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi orders an attack on the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion.
Who were born on June 5?
- 1523 –Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1573)
- 1850 –Pat Garrett, American Western lawman (d. 1908)
- 1876 –Tony Jackson, American musician (d. 1920)
- 1902 –Arthur Powell Davies, American religious minister (d. 1957)
- 1920 –Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American author (d. 1974)
- 1950 –J. J. Bittenbinder, American television host and author
- 1959 –Robert Lloyd, English musician (The Nightingales)
- 1973 –Lamon Brewster, American boxer
- 1974 –P-Nut, American bassist (311)
- 1982 –Dallas Cook, American musician (Suburban Legends)
Who died on June 5?
- 301 –Sima Lun, Chinese usurper
- 535 –Epiphanius of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople
- 1667 –Pietro Sforza Pallavicino, Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1607)
- 1910 –O. Henry, American author (b. 1862)
- 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)
- 1998 –Jeanette Nolan, American actress (b. 1911)
- 2007 –Povel Ramel, Swedish entertainer (b. 1922)
- 2009 –Jeff Hanson, American singer-songwriter (b. 1978)
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