What Happened on Jun 5

Raymond Got (Clement V) elected Pope

Pope Clement V (About 1264 – April 20, 1314), born Raymond Bertrand de Got (also occasionally spelled de Gouth and de Goth), was Pope from 1305 to... Read more

First Installment Of Uncle Tom's Cabin Is Published

On June 5, 1851, Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly began to appear in serial form in the Washington National Era, an abolitionist weekly.... Read more

Battle of Old River Lake

Other Names: Ditch Bayou, Lake Chicot, Lake Village, Furlough, Fish Bayou, Grand Lake Location: Chicot County Campaign: Expedition to Lake... Read more

Battle of Piedmont - Confederates Defeated on March to Staunton

Significance: On 5 June 1864, the US army of General David Hunter crushed the smaller Confederate army at Piedmont, killing the CS commander... Read more

Livy Clemens (Mark Twain's Wife) Dies

Olivia and Samuel moved to Buffalo, New York, where they lived in a house purchased for them by Olivia’s father Jervis. Life was difficult for them... Read more

Wayne Boring Is Born

Wayne Boring (born June 5, 1905, Minnesota; died February, 1987, Pompano Beach, Florida) was an American comic book artist best known for his work... Read more

Arabia Declares Independence from Turkey (the Ottoman Empire) and Establishes the Kingdom of Hejazi

Arab Forces, 40,000 Sherif Hussein Emir Abdullah Emir Fei sal Emir Zeid Emir Shalan Emir Idrissi Turkish Forces, 10,000 Khaleb... Read more

First Asian Country Indonesia (Dutch East Indies) at the 1938 FIFA World Cup

Indonesia, under the name Dutch East Indies, was the first Asian team to participate in the World Cup when they qualified to the 1938 tournament. A... Read more

Agatha Christie publishes Murder Is Easy

Murder is Easy is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on June 5, 1939 and in the... Read more

Smederevo Fortress Explosion

Smederevo, a fortress on the Danube downstream from Belgrade, was built between 1428 and 1430 during the reign of Despot Djuradj Brankovic, the... Read more

Liberation of Rome

The people of Rome have crowded onto the streets to welcome the victorious Allied troops. The first American soldiers, members of the 5th Army,... Read more

Operation Tonga Begins

Operation Tonga was the codename given to the airborne operation undertaken by the British 6th Airborne Division between 5 June and 7 June 1944 as... Read more

Elvis Presley releases Pot Luck

Pot Luck with Elvis is the fifteenth album by Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2523, in June of 1962. Recording... Read more

The Six-Day War

The Six-Day War of June 5-10, 1967 was a war between the Israel army and the armies of the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. It is... Read more

Loss of the USS Scorpion

On 1 February 1967, SCORPION entered the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for another extended overhaul. In late October, she commenced refresher training... Read more

Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated

Shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968 and following a short victory speech in the Embassy Room ballroom of The Ambassador Hotel, Senator Robert F.... Read more

Street Fighter Alpha Released in the Japanese Arcade

Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams, known as Street Fighter Zero (ストリートファイター ゼロ, Sutorīto Faitā Zero) in Japan, Asia, South America and Spain,... Read more

1996 NBA Finals - Bulls Defeat Sonics

In the playoffs, the Bulls lost only three games in four series, defeating Gary Payton, Shawn Kemp, head coach George Karl and their Seattle... Read more

Mel Tormé Dies

Mel Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, known for his jazz singing. He was also a jazz... Read more

Blue Öyster Cult releases Curse of the Hidden Mirror

Curse of the Hidden Mirror is an album by rock band Blue Öyster Cult released in 2001. The only single from the record was the poorly received... Read more

"Essence" Is Released

Essence is Lucinda Williams' sixth album. It was released in 2001 (see 2001 in music). The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 28, selling... Read more

The Cult release Beyond Good and Evil

Beyond Good and Evil is the seventh studio album by English rock band The Cult. Released in 2001, it marked their first new recording in six and a... Read more

2002 NBA Finals - Lakers Defeat Nets

Shaq, MJ only players to win three straight Finals MVPs EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Shaq got his three-peat, too. Shaquille O'Neal,... Read more

FDA Approves Daiichi-Sankyo's Benicar HCT to Lower Hypertension

Benicar HCT belongs to a class of drugs called angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs), also called antihypertensives, or angiotensin II receptor... Read more

Metallica releases St. Anger

St. Anger is the eighth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica. Released on June 5, 2003, this album marks the longest time span... Read more