This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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Births:  
 
06/05/1664 Mustafa II, sultan of Turkey (1695-1703) 
06/05/1665 Nicolas Bernier, composer 
06/05/1686 Cristoph Raupach, composer 
06/05/1718 Thomas Chippendale, England, furniture maker (baptized) 
06/05/1723 Adam Smith, Kirkcaldy Scot, economist (Wealth of Nations) (baptized)

06/05/1759 Theodor Zwetler, composer 
06/05/1760 Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium) 
06/05/1771 Ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51) 
06/05/1771 Willem F Graaf van Bylandt, military man 
06/05/1798 Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer 
06/05/1813 Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, composer 
06/05/1819 John Couch Adams, English astronomer (co-discover Neptune) 
06/05/1823 George Thorndike Angell, Mass, lawyer (ASPCA) 
06/05/1825 Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry, Georgia, educator (Rep-Ala, 1857-61) 
06/05/1826 Ivar Christian Hallstrom, composer 
06/05/1827 Beverly Holcombe Robertson, Brig General (Confederate Army) 
06/05/1831 Marcus Joseph Wright, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1922 
06/05/1862 Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish physician (Nobel 1911) 
06/05/1863 Arthur Somervell, composer 
06/05/1867 Max Friedl„nder, German art historian (Altniederl„ndische Malerei) 
06/05/1874 Jack Chesbro, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees - won 41 in 1904) 
06/05/1877 Johan W Albarda, 1st SDAP-minister (1939-45) 
06/05/1878 Franklyn Farnum, actor (Cowboy & Bandit, Scarlet Car, Frontier Days)

06/05/1878 [Francisco] Pancho Villa, Mexico, revolutionary/guerrilla leader 
06/05/1879 Adolf Wiklund, composer 
06/05/1882 Igor F Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [OS

06/05/1883 John Maynard Keynes, Cambridge England, economist/math/journalist 
06/05/1884 Ivy Compton-Burnett, novelist 
06/05/1885 Georges Mandel, [Louis Rothschild], French Foreign minister (-1940) 
06/05/1887 Ruth Benedict, US, anthropologist (Patterns of Culture) 
06/05/1888 Raden Mas Nato Suroto, Indonesia, poet (Melatiknoppen) 
06/05/1892 Alexander Loudon, diplomat (Washington) 
06/05/1893 Albert M„hl, German writer (Heart vull Drift) 
06/05/1895 August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Coriolanus) 
06/05/1895 William Boyd, Ohio, cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy) 
06/05/1898 Federico Garc¡a Lorca, Spain, poet/dramatist (Blood Wedding) 
06/05/1900 Barbara Gooden, novelist 
06/05/1900 Dennis Gabor, inventor (holography (3D laser photography)) 
06/05/1901 Anastasia N Romanova, great ruler of Russia/daughter of last tsar 
06/05/1905 Art Donovan, NFL defensive tackle (Balt, NY Yanks, Dallas) 
06/05/1905 John Abbott, London, actor (Smogasboard) 
06/05/1906 Kenneth Anderson, deputy comptroller (British GPO) 
06/05/1906 Margaret Rawlings, actress (Roman Holiday) 
06/05/1906 Viscount Rochdale, British CEO 
06/05/1907 Rudolf Peieris, physicist 
06/05/1908 Jack Jacob, senior master of British Supreme Court 
06/05/1909 Alfred Uhl, composer 
06/05/1911 Arthur Vick, vice chancelor (Queens University, Belfast) 
06/05/1911 Charles Fletcher, physician/CEO (ASH) 
06/05/1912 Adrian Morri‰n, literary (1 Untidy Man) 
06/05/1912 Josef Neckermann, German FR, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1968)

06/05/1913 Friedrich Wildgans, composer 
06/05/1914 Beatrice de Cardi, archeaeoligist 
06/05/1914 Rose Hill, singer/actress 
06/05/1914 Stan Jones, Douglas Az, actor (Sheriff of Cochise) 
06/05/1915 Alfred Kazin, US writer/literature critic (Inmost Leaf) 
06/05/1915 Lancelot Ware, founder (MENSA) 
06/05/1916 Eddie Joost, baseball player 
06/05/1918 Branimir Sakac, composer 
06/05/1919 Akeo Watanabe, Tokyo Japan, conductor (Nippon Phil Orch 1956-68) 
06/05/1920 Cornelius Ryan, US historian/writer (Italians: Face of a Nation) 
06/05/1920 Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist 
06/05/1920 Marion Motley, AAFC, NFL fullback (Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh) 
06/05/1923 Daniel Rogers Pinkham, Lynn Massachusetts, composer (Signs of Zodiac

06/05/1925 Bill Hayes, Harvey Ill, actor (Your Show of Shows, Days of our Life)

06/05/1925 Dorothy Claire, LaPorte Ind, singer (Winchell & Mahoney) 
06/05/1925 William L Dickinson, (Rep-R-AL, 1965-  ) 
06/05/1928 Robert Lansing, SD Calif, actor (12 O'Clock High, Equalizer, Automan

06/05/1928 Tony Richardson, England, director (Delicate Balance, Hotel NH) 
06/05/1930 Nikolay Nikolayevich Sidel'nikov, composer 
06/05/1930 Robert Buchanan, founder (Center for History of Tech Bath University

06/05/1931 Jacques Demy, France, director (Lola, Magic Donkey) 
06/05/1931 John Dellow, commisioner (London Metropolitan Police) 
06/05/1932 A R Dawson, rugby player 
06/05/1932 Christy Brown, Dublin, novelist (My Left Foot, Down All the Days) 
06/05/1934 Bill D Moyers, Hugo Okla, news commentator (Bill Moyers' Journal) 
06/05/1934 F Curtis Michel, LaCrosse Wisconsin, astronaut 
06/05/1935 Misha Mengelberg, composer 
06/05/1935 Peter Schat, composer 
06/05/1935 Peter Treasure, opera composer (Labyrint, Houdine, Symposion) 
06/05/1936 Barry Wilson, deputy chief (British Defense Staff) 
06/05/1937 Stanley Lunetta, composer 
06/05/1937 Waylon Jennings, Littlefield Tx, country singer (Dukes of Hazzard) 
06/05/1938 Karin Balzer, German DR, hurdler (Olympic-gold-1968) 
06/05/1938 Marion Chapman, smallest known premature baby to survive (280 g) 
06/05/1939 Joe Clark, [Charles Joseph], (P-C) 16th Canadian PM (1979-80) 
06/05/1939 Ken Follett, spy author (Eye of the Needle) 
06/05/1939 Margaret Drabble, British author (Needle's Eye) 
06/05/1940 Moira Anderson, singer 
06/05/1941 Duane Duke Sims, baseball player 
06/05/1941 Jeffrey Rooker, Labour MP 
06/05/1941 Martha Argerich, Buenos Aires Argentina, pianist (debut 1949) 
06/05/1941 Spalding Gray, actor (Beaches, Clara's Heart, Heavy Petting) 
06/05/1942 Charles Dodge, composer 
06/05/1942 Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, pres of Equatoriaal Guinee (1979-  ) 
06/05/1943 Bill Hopkins, composer 
06/05/1944 Chris Finnegan, UK, middleweight boxing champ (Olympic-gold-1968) 
06/05/1944 Tommie Smith, US sprinter (Olympic-gold-1968); gave black power salu

06/05/1945 Don Reid, Va, country singer (Statler Bros-Flowers on the Wall) 
06/05/1945 John Carlos, track star (Olympic bronze 1968); gave black power salu

06/05/1945 John Wesley Carlos, NYC, 200m runner (Olympic-bronze-1968) 
06/05/1945 Spencer Batiste, conservative MP 
06/05/1946 Fred Stone, rock guitarist (Sly & Family Stone-Stand) 
06/05/1946 Gillian Hills, Cairo Egypt, actress (Blow-up, Clockwork Orange) 
06/05/1946 Michael Monarch, rocker (Steppenwolf) 
06/05/1946 Stefania Sandrelli, Viareggio Italy, actress (Key) 
06/05/1947 David Hare, playwright 
06/05/1947 Eric Molobi, South Africa, ANC-activist 
06/05/1947 Laurie Anderson, composer 
06/05/1950 Adrian Cosma, Romania, team handball (Olympic-silver-1976) 
06/05/1950 Ronnie Dyson, US, singer (Hair, All over your face) 
06/05/1954 Nicko McBrain, English hard rock drummer (Iron Maiden-Powerslave) 
06/05/1954 Phil Neale, cricketer 
06/05/1955 Nancy Stafford, Fla, Miss Florida (1977)/actress (Joan-St Elsewhere)

06/05/1956 Kenny G, saxophonist (Duotones) 
06/05/1956 Richard A Searfoss, Mount Clemons Mich, Mjr USAF/Astronaut (STS 58) 
06/05/1959 Michael Winans, gospel singer (Winans) 
06/05/1961 Terri Nunn, Calif, singer (Berlin-You Take my Breathe Away) 
06/05/1962 Astrid, Belgian princess/daughter of Albert II 
06/05/1964 Mags, rocker (Fuzzbox-Into Rescue) 
06/05/1966 Billy Spiers, baseball player 
06/05/1967 Joe Deloach, US, 200m runner (Olympic-gold-1988) 
06/05/1967 Ray Lankford, baseball player 
06/05/1971 Marky Mark, [Wahlberg], Mass, rap singer 
06/05/1974 Chad Allen Lazzari, Cerritos Cal, actor (David-Our House, My 2 Dads)

06/05/1974 Chassity Lazzari, Cerritos Cal, actress 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
06/05/ 221 -BC- Chu Yuan, China's poet drowns 
06/05/ 754 Boniface, [Winfrid], English saint/archbishop (Dokkum), dies at 79 
06/05/ 754 Eoda, English speaking bishop of Utrecht, murdered 
06/05/1288 Hendrik VI, earl of Luxembourg/Laroche (1281-88), dies in battle 
06/05/1443 Ferdinand, Portuguese saint/slave to Fez, dies 
06/05/1568 Lamoraal, earl of Egmont/prince of Gavere, beheaded 
06/05/1568 Philips van Montmorency count of Horne, admiral/statesman, beheaded 
06/05/1568 Willem Key, painter, dies at about 47 
06/05/1625 Orlando Gibbons, English organist/composer (Silver Swan), dies at 41

06/05/1667 Pietro Sforza, Italian theologist (Assertiones Theologicae), dies 
06/05/1722 Johann Kuhnau, composer, dies at 62 
06/05/1816 Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Serva Padrona), dies at 76 
06/05/1826 Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber, composer (Oberon), dies at 39 
06/05/1852 Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki, composer, dies at 45 
06/05/1861 John Garland, US Union colonel/brig-general, dies in battle 
06/05/1861 Tomas Genoves y Lapetra, composer, dies at 55 
06/05/1864 William Edmonson 'Grumble' Jones, Conf brig-gen, dies in battle at 3

06/05/1868 Anselm Huttenbrenner, composer, dies at 73 
06/05/1885 Julius Benedict, composer, dies at 80 
06/05/1894 Immanuel Faisst, composer, dies at 70 
06/05/1900 Stephen Crane, author (Red Badge of Courage), dies 
06/05/1908 Luca Fumagalli, composer, dies at 71 
06/05/1915 Brzeska, sculptor, dies 
06/05/1916 Horatio H Kitchener, British General (Sudan), drowns at 65 
06/05/1919 Eugen Levin‚, head of 2nd Bavarian soviet republic, assassinated 
06/05/1923 George H Breitner, impressionist painter, dies at 65 
06/05/1927 Paul Lacombe, composer, dies at 89 
06/05/1930 Jules Pascin, [Julius Pincas], Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist, dies

06/05/1939 El˜ah Beardsworth, world quick shaving champion, dies 
06/05/1939 Frank Van de Goes, writer/marxist theorist, dies 
06/05/1944 Riccardo Zandonai, composer, dies at 61 
06/05/1953 Bill Tilden, tennis champ, dies at 60 
06/05/1953 Roland Young, actor (David Copperfield, Irene, Dulcy), dies at 65 
06/05/1953 William Farnum, actor (Drifter, Scarlet Letter), dies at 76 
06/05/1966 Natacha Rambova, costume designer, dies at 69 
06/05/1967 Edna Park Edwards, entertainer, dies at 72 
06/05/1970 'Jopie' Pengel, [Johan A], premier Suriname (1963-69), dies 
06/05/1970 Jay Irving, cartoonist (Draw Me a Laugh), dies at 69 
06/05/1973 Max Terhune, actor (Range Justice, Night Riders), dies at 82 
06/05/1976 Jean Paul Getty, US oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83 
06/05/1976 Walter Field, entertainer, dies at 101 
06/05/1978 John Meulenhoff, publisher, dies at 71 
06/05/1979 Pauline Offner, Zen Theravadin nun, dies at 53 
06/05/1980 Lauritz Lauritzen, German politician, dies 
06/05/1981 Philo McCullough, actor (Branded, Ridin' Thru), dies 
06/05/1984 Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indies Sikh leader 
06/05/1988 Clarence M Pendleton, chairman of comm on Civil Rights (1981-88) die

06/05/1990 J Zeldenrust, pathology-anatomy, dies 
06/05/1992 Laurence Naismith, actor (Scrooge, Gypsy Girl), dies 
06/05/1992 Max Lerner, US writer/columnist (NY Post), dies at 88 
06/05/1993 Conway Twitty, country singer (Linda on My Mind), dies at 59 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
06/05/  70 Titus & his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem 
06/05/ 754 Friezen murders bishop Boniface & over 50 companions 
06/05/1288 Battle of Woeringen: Reinald I vs Jan I 
06/05/1305 Bordeaux's archbishop Bertrand the Got elected Pope Clement V 
06/05/1507 England & Netherlands sign trade agreement 
06/05/1625 Spanish troops under Sp¡nola conquer Breda 
06/05/1632 Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Roermond 
06/05/1661 Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge 
06/05/1783 Joseph & Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public balloon flight 
06/05/1794 Congress prohibits citizens from serving in foreign armed forces 
06/05/1805 1st recorded tornado in 'Tornado Alley' (Southern Illinois) 
06/05/1806 1st trotter to break 3 minute mile (Yankee) 
06/05/1806 Batavian Republic becomes Kingdom of Holland 
06/05/1808 -6] Battle at Wagram: French army beats Austrians 
06/05/1827 Turks capture Acropolis & takes Athens during Greek War of Independ 
06/05/1833 Ada Lovelace (future 1st computer programmer) meets Charles Babbage 
06/05/1848 Statue of prince Willem the Silent unveiled 
06/05/1849 Danish National Day-Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy 
06/05/1855 Anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's 1st convention

06/05/1857 Walter Woodbury & James Page open photo studio in Batavia (Djakarta)

06/05/1861 Federal marshals seize arms & gunpower at Du Pont works DE 
06/05/1863 Battle of Franklin's Crossing, VA (Deep Run) 
06/05/1863 CSS 'Alabama' captures 'Tailsman' in Mid Atlantic 
06/05/1864 Battle of Piedmont, VA (Augusta City) 
06/05/1869 3rd Belmont Stakes, Fenian wins 
06/05/1870 Constantinople in fire; 900 die 
06/05/1872 Republican National Convention meets (Phila) 
06/05/1875 Pacific Stock Exchange formally opens 
06/05/1876 Bananas become popular in US, at Centennial Exposition in Phila 
06/05/1882 Storm & floods hits Bombay; about 100,000 die 
06/05/1885 J Palisa discovers asteroid #248 Lameia 
06/05/1888 Democrats nominate Grover Cleveland for president 
06/05/1899 Alfred Dreyfus' acquitted 
06/05/1900 Lord Roberts' army occupies Pretoria 
06/05/1910 J Helffrich discovers asteroids #699 Hela & #700 Auravictrix 
06/05/1911 Red Sox Joe Wood strikes out 3 pinch hitters in 9th for 5-4 win 
06/05/1912 US marines invade Cuba (3nd time) 
06/05/1913 Dutch Disability laws go into effect 
06/05/1917 10 million US men begin registering for draft in WW I 
06/05/1920 1st rivet driven on Bank of Italy headquarters at 1 Powell 
06/05/1925 Willie MacFarlane wins US Open golf tournament 
06/05/1926 Indians triple-play Yankees & win 15-3 
06/05/1929 2nd British Labour govt of MacDonald forms 
06/05/1929 Ramsey MacDonald forms minority Labour govt in Britain 
06/05/1931 Jules Renkin becomes premier of Belgium 
06/05/1933 US goes off gold standard 
06/05/1934 1st formal meeting of Baker Street Irregulars (NYC) 
06/05/1937 A Bohrmann discovers asteroid #1455 Mitchella 
06/05/1937 Charles Kurtsinger on War Admiral wins 69th Belmont Stakes (2:28.6) 
06/05/1937 Henry Ford introduces 32 hour work week 
06/05/1940 1st synthetic rubber tire exhibited Akron Oh 
06/05/1940 American Negro Threater organizes 
06/05/1940 Battle of France begins in WW II 
06/05/1940 Gen Von Bock starts German offensive in Somme 
06/05/1940 General De Gaulle becomes under minister of Defense 
06/05/1940 Gov of Suriname & Neth Antilles refuse entry to Jewish refugees 
06/05/1940 Netherlands rations petroleum 
06/05/1941 Sandor Szabo beats B Nagurski in St Louis, to become wrestling champ

06/05/1942 British offensive in North Africa under general Ritchie 
06/05/1942 Elwood Ordnance Plant near Joliet Illinois kills 54 
06/05/1942 USA declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary & Romania 
06/05/1943 German occupiers arrest Leuven University students 
06/05/1943 Johnny Longden on Count Fleet wins 75th Belmont Stakes (2:28.2) 
06/05/1944 1st B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure 
06/05/1944 King Victor Emanuel abdicates the throne for his son Umberto 
06/05/1945 London: 1st performance opera Peter Grimes of Benjamin Britten 
06/05/1945 USA, UK, USSR, France declare supreme authority over Germany 
06/05/1946 Fire at LaSalle Hotel cocktail lounge kills 61 (Chicago Ill) 
06/05/1947 Sec of State George C Marshall outlines 'Marshall Plan' 
06/05/1950 US Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation 
06/05/1953 Denmark adopts a new constitution 
06/05/1953 US Senate rejects China PR membership to UN 
06/05/1955 NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550' HR off Chicago Billy Pierce 
06/05/1956 Fed court rules racial segregation on Montgomery buses anti-Const 
06/05/1963 Princess Mar˜ke changes her name to Christina 
06/05/1963 State of siege proclaimed in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini arrested 
06/05/1966 Cin Red Leo Cardenas hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader 
06/05/1967 6 day war between Israel & Arab neighbors begin 
06/05/1967 Murderer Richard Speck sentenced to death in electric chair 
06/05/1967 WSBE TV channel 36 in Providence, RI (PBS) begins broadcasting 
06/05/1968 12:16AM PST-Sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies next day 
06/05/1969 Race riot in Hartford Connecticut 
06/05/1970 KPAX TV channel 8 in Missoula, MT (CBS) begins broadcasting 
06/05/1972 'If You Had Wings' opens 
06/05/1972 UN Conference on Human Environment opens in Stockholm 
06/05/1972 Yugoslav president Tito visits USSR 
06/05/1975 British population agrees to European Common Market membership 
06/05/1975 Egypt president Sadat reopens Suez Canal (closed since 1967) 
06/05/1975 Suez Canal reopens (after 6 Day War caused it to close) 
06/05/1976 Bold Forbes wins Belmont Stakes 
06/05/1976 Teton Dam in Idaho burst causing $1 billion damage (14 die) 
06/05/1977 1st personal computer, Apple II, goes on sale 
06/05/1977 Coup in Seychelles (National Day) 
06/05/1977 Trailblazers beat 76ers for NBA championship, 4 games to 2 
06/05/1979 Seychelles adopts constitution 
06/05/1980 Soyuz T-2 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station 
06/05/1981 Center of Disease Control reports of a pneumonia affecting gays (AID

06/05/1981 George Harrison releases 'Somewhere in England' 
06/05/1981 TODAY/PC runs for 1st time 
06/05/1982 Conquistador Cielo wins Belmont Stakes by 14« lengths 
06/05/1982 Waterfront streetcar begins operating in Seattle 
06/05/1983 Yannich Noah becomes 1st Frenchman to win French Open since WW II 
06/05/1984 Indira Gandhi orders attack on Sikh's holiest site (Golden Temple) 
06/05/1986 SD Padre Steve Garvey ejected for 1st time 
06/05/1988 Russian orthodox church celebrates 1,000th anniversary 
06/05/1989 Billy Smith, last original NY Islander, retires 
06/05/1989 Paul McCartney releases 'Flowers in the Dirt' 
06/05/1989 Toronto Blue Jays Skydome stadium opens, Mil Brewers win 5-3 
06/05/1991 Mikhail Gorbachev recieves his 1990 Nobel Peace Prize 
06/05/1991 Space Shuttle STS 40 (Columbia 12) launched 
06/05/1993 Liberian Charles Taylors rebellion kills 550 fugitives 
06/05/1993 Singer Mariah Carey weds Tommy Mottola, CEO (Sony Music) 
06/05/1993 Somali warlord Aidids murders 23 Pakistani 
06/05/8239 -BC- presumed origin of Mayan Era of Creation 
  
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