About June 5

June 5, 2025 is the 156th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 209 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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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 257 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On June 5

  • 1257 –
    Kraków, Poland receives city rights.
  • 1798 –
    The Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated.
  • 1817 –
    The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched.
  • 1837 –
    Houston, Texas is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
  • 1862 –
    As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Truong Dinh decides to defy Emperor Tu Duc of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
  • 1888 –
    The Rio de la Plata Earthquake takes place.
  • 1915 –
    Denmark amends its constitution to allow women’s suffrage.
  • 1917 –
    World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as “Army registration day”.
  • 1942 –
    World War II: United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
  • 1944 –
    World War II: More than 1000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day.
  • 1946 –
    A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois kills 61 people.
  • 1947 –
    Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
  • 1959 –
    The first government of the State of Singapore is sworn in.
  • 1967 –
    Six-Day War begins: The Israeli air force launches simultaneous pre-emptive attacks on the air forces of Egypt and Syria.
  • 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.
  • 1995 –
    The Bose-Einstein condensate is first created.
  • 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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