June 5
June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining.
Events:
- 1752 - Benjamin Franklin discovers electricity (kite + key + lightning).
- 1944 - Rome falls to the Allies during World War II. It is the first capital of an Axis nation to fall.
- 1968 - Robert F. Kennedy shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles by Sirhan Sirhan. He died the next day.
Births:
- 1718 - Thomas Chippendale, furniture maker (+ 1779)
- 1723 - Adam Smith, economist (+ 1790)
- 1883 - John Maynard Keynes, economist (+ 1946)
- 1884 - Ralph Benatzky, composer (+ 1957)
- 1898 - Federico García Lorca, lyricist and dramatist (+ 1936)
- 1912 - Josef Neckermann, entrepreneur and dressage equestrian (+ 1992)
- 1925 - Boy Gobert, actor (+ 1986)
- 1934 - Bill Moyers, journalist and muckraker
- 1939 - Joe Clark, sixteenth Prime Minister of Canada
- 1941 - Martha Argerich, Argentinian pianist
- 1941 - Spalding Gray, actor, screenwriter, and monologue artist
Deaths:
- 1921 - Georges Feydeau, French playwright
- 1930 - Pascin, the "Prince of Montparnasse"
Holidays and Observances:
- Feast of Saint Boniface
- Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Núr (Light) - First day of the fifth month of the Bahá'í Calendar
See Also:
June 4 - June 6 - May 5 - July 5 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December