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5 June

On This Day: 5 June

English missionary St. Boniface – 'The Apostle of Germany' – is murdered, with 53 companions, by a band of pagans at Dokkum in Frisia Click to show or hide the answer
Isaac Newton is admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge Click to show or hide the answer
Louis Napoleon is declared King of the Netherlands Click to show or hide the answer
The June Rebellion – a Republican attempt to overthrow the monarchy of Louis Philippe – breaks out in Paris Click to show or hide the answer
Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy by the signing of a new constitution Click to show or hide the answer
The first instalment of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly, is published in the US abolitionist newspaper The National Era Click to show or hide the answer
The first regularly scheduled Orient Express leaves Paris Click to show or hide the answer
The signing of the Treaty of Saigon cedes parts of southern Vietnam to France, but the mandarin Trương Định refuses to recognise it, choosing to fight on against the Europeans in defiance of Emperor Tự Đức Click to show or hide the answer
In the Second Boer War, Pretoria – capital of the South African Republic – falls to General Buller Click to show or hide the answer
French artist and sculptor Henri Gaudier–Brzeska, aged 23, is killed in action in the trenches at Neuville–Saint–Vaast in northern France Click to show or hide the answer
Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage Click to show or hide the answer
Lord Kitchener, on his way to Russia for talks with the Tsar, is lost at sea when HMS Hampshire strikes a mine off Orkney Click to show or hide the answer
The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out Click to show or hide the answer
Ramsay MacDonald forms a minority Labour government Click to show or hide the answer
Congress nullifies the right of creditors to demand payment in gold, abrogating the USA's use of the gold standard Click to show or hide the answer
Four thousand residents of Chongqing, China's capital during its war with Japan (1937–45), are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during three hours of bombing by the Japanese Click to show or hide the answer
The USA declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania Click to show or hide the answer
More than 1,000 RAF bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast, in preparation for the D–Day landings Click to show or hide the answer
The Allied Control Commission assumes authority over Germany Click to show or hide the answer
US Secretary of State George C. Marshall outlines his plan to assist Europe, in a speech at Harvard University Click to show or hide the answer
Elvis Presley scandalises the audience with his suggestive hip movements as he introduces his new single Hound Dog on The Milton Berle Show Click to show or hide the answer
Secretary of State for War John Profumo resigns from office, from the House, and from the Privy Council, after admitting that he "misled" Parliament over his relationship with "call girl" Christine Keeler Click to show or hide the answer
In several cities across Iran, angry demonstrations against the arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini by the Shah are confronted by tanks and paratroopers Click to show or hide the answer
Israel launches surprise "pre–emptive" strikes against Egyptian airfields, in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border – beginning the Six–Day War Click to show or hide the answer
Senator Robert Francis Kennedy is shot by Palestinian immigrant Sirhan Sirhan in Los Angeles, after giving a speech to celebrate his win in the California Primary; he dies 25 hours later Click to show or hide the answer
Alan Mullery is the first footballer to be sent off while representing England (v. Yugoslavia, in the European Championship semi–finals – Yugoslavia score in the 87th minute to win 1–0) Click to show or hide the answer
The Duke of Windsor is buried at Frogmore Click to show or hide the answer
In its first referendum, the UK votes 2 to 1 in favour of remaining in the EEC Click to show or hide the answer
The Suez Canal is re–opened to all but Israeli shipping, having been closed since the Six–Day war of 1967 Click to show or hide the answer
The Teton Dam, in Idaho, collapses – causing widespread flooding and killing over 100 Click to show or hide the answer
The Apple II – the first personal computer – goes on sale Click to show or hide the answer
US immunologist Michael Gottlieb reports that five people in Los Angeles have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems; these turn out to be the first recognised cases of AIDS Click to show or hide the answer
More than 100 lives are lost when the Volga cruise ship Aleksandr Suvorov collides with a railway bridge in the city of Ulyanovsk. The ship was further damaged when a goods train derailed, but remained afloat and was eventually restored and returned to service Click to show or hide the answer
Australian sailor Kay Cottee (aged 34) sails into Sydney in her 37–foot yacht Blackmores First Lady, to complete the first solo circumnavigation by a female Click to show or hide the answer
At the culmination of the Tiananmen Square protests, an unidentified man halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour Click to show or hide the answer
Iran demands that Salman Rushdie be handed over to British Muslims Click to show or hide the answer
Mikhail Gorbachev receives the Nobel Peace Prize for 1990 Click to show or hide the answer
South Africa repeals the Land Acts of 1913 and 1916 and the 1950 Group Areas Act Click to show or hide the answer
Three years after privatisation, figures show that the number of people in Britain having their water supplies cut off for failing to pay their bills has almost trebled in a year Click to show or hide the answer
Parts of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough fall into the sea following a landslide Click to show or hide the answer
Pascal Lissouba, President of the Congo, anticipating a coup, orders the detention of his predecessor Denis Sassou Nguesso – precipitating the Republic's Second Civil War (which would end two years later in a victory for Sassou) Click to show or hide the answer
HM Government announces that Dounreay, the first station to generate electricity from nuclear power, will carry out no more active work and will be dismantled Click to show or hide the answer
Rolls Royce shareholders vote overwhelmingly to accept Volkswagen's £430 million offer Click to show or hide the answer
Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper–Texas coastline, causing $5.5 billion in damages – the second costliest tropical storm in US history Click to show or hide the answer
Manchester's Ricky Hatton wins the IBF light–welterweight title when defending champion Kostya Tszyu of Australia retires at the end of the 11th round Click to show or hide the answer
Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, following Montenegro's similar declaration two days earlier – marking the final demise of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Click to show or hide the answer

© Haydn Thompson 2019