About June 5
June 5, 2023 is the 156th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 209 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
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Gemini is the sun 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 250 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On June 5
- 70 –Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem.
- 1832 –The June Rebellion breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of Louis-Philippe.
- 1837 –Houston, Texas is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
- 1849 –Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy by the signing of a new constitution.
- 1917 –World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as “Army registration day”.
- 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.
- 1945 –The Allied Control Council, the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power.
- 1947 –Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
- 1949 –Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first Thai female member of Thailand’s Parliament.
- 1963 –British Secretary of State for War John Profumo resigns in a sex scandal known as the Profumo Affair.
- 1963 –Movement of 15 Khordad: Protest against arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini by Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In several cities, masses of angry demonstrators are confronted by tanks and paratroopers.
- 1964 –DSV Alvin is commissioned.
- 1975 –The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
- 1975 –The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum, on remaining in the European Economic Community (EEC).
- 1976 –Collapse of the Teton Dam in Idaho, United States.
- 1977 –A coup takes place in Seychelles.
- 1977 –The Apple II, one of the first personal computers, goes on sale.
- 1993 –Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, fall into the sea following a landslide.
- 2001 –Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm caused $5.5 billion in damages, making Allison the costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
- 2003 –A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50°C (122°F) in the region.
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