Today in History

    What happened on the 5th of June in history?

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    • 1661
      Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College - Cambridge
    • 1753
      Adam Smith Day
    • 1783
      Joseph & Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public balloon flight
    • 1833
      Ada Lovelace (future 1st computer programmer) meets Charles Babbage
    • 1849
      Danish National Day - Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy
    • 1855
      Anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's 1st convention
    • 1875
      Pacific Stock Exchange formally opens
    • 1917
      10 million American men began registering for draft in WW I
    • 1920
      1st rivet driven on Bank of Italy headquarters at 1 Powell
    • 1926
      Indians triple play Yankees & win 15-3
    • 1933
      US goes off gold standard
    • 1940
      1st synthetic rubber tire exhibited Akron Oh
    • 1940
      Battle of France begins in WW II
    • 1944
      1st B-29 bombing raid 1 plane lost; engine failure
    • 1947
      Sec of State George C Marshall outlines `The Marshall Plan'
    • 1967
      Israel Syria Jordan Iraq & Egypt begin 6-Day War
    • 1967
      Richard Speck sentenced to death in the electric chair
    • 1968
      Sen Robert F Kennedy assassinated in LA by Sirhan Sirhan
    • 1972
      If You Had Wings opens
    • 1972
      U.N. Conference on the Human Environment opens in Stockholm
    • 1975
      Suez Canal reopens (after 6 Day War caused it to close)
    • 1977
      Revolution in Seychelles Islands
    • 1980
      Soyuz T-2 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
    • 1981
      TODAY/PC ran for 1st time
    • 1982
      Conquistador Cielo wins Belmont Stakes by 14 1/2 lengths