June 5 has produced turning points in politics, science, culture, war, law, and technology. This timeline collects notable events recorded for this calendar day.
The list below is generated from public historical datasets and refreshed automatically by date.
Timeline for June 5
2025Nintendo Switch 2
The Nintendo Switch 2 video game console is released worldwide.
2024Boeing Starliner
The Boeing Starliner is launched on its first crewed flight, carrying astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams to the International Space Station.
20222022 Kazakh constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum is held in Kazakhstan following violent protests and civil unrest against the government.
2017Montenegro
Montenegro becomes the 29th member of NATO.
2017Bahrain
Six Arab countries—Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates—cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region.
20162016 Aktobe shootings
Two shootings in Aktobe, Kazakhstan, kill six people.
20152015 Sabah earthquake
An earthquake with a moment magnitude of 6.0 strikes Ranau, Sabah, Malaysia, killing 18 people, including hikers and mountain guides on Mount Kinabalu, after mass landslides that occurred during the earthquake. This is the strongest earthquake to strike Malaysia since 1975.
20122012 transit of Venus
Last transit of Venus until the year 2117.
20092009 Peruvian political crisis
After 65 straight days of civil disobedience, at least 31 people are killed in clashes between security forces and indigenous people near Bagua, Peru.
20092009 Hermosillo daycare center fire
A fire at a day-care center kills 49 people in Hermosillo, Mexico.
2006Serbia
Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
2004Noël Mamère
Noël Mamère, Mayor of Bègles, celebrates marriage for two men for the first time in France.
2003Heat wave
A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50 °C (122 °F) in the region.
2002Space Shuttle Endeavour
Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-111, carrying the Expedition 5 crew to the International Space Station to replace the Expedition 4 crew. Astronaut Franklin Chang-Díaz becomes the second person to have flown on seven spaceflights.
2001Tropical Storm Allison
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 causes $5.5 billion in damages, making Allison the second costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
2000Six-Day War (2000)
The Six-Day War in Kisangani begins in Kisangani, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, between Ugandan and Rwandan forces. A large part of the city is destroyed.
1998Strike action
A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants. The strike lasts seven weeks.
1997Republic of the Congo Civil War (1997–1999)
The Second Republic of the Congo Civil War begins.
1995Bose–Einstein condensate
The Bose–Einstein condensate is first created.
1993Holbeck Hall Hotel
Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK, fall into the sea following a landslide.
1991Space Shuttle Columbia
Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-40, the fifth spacelab mission.
1989Tank Man
The Tank Man halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
1984Operation Blue Star
Operation Blue Star: Under orders from India's prime minister, Indira Gandhi, the Indian Army begins an invasion of the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion.
1983Aleksandr Suvorov (ship)
More than 100 people are killed when the Russian river cruise ship Aleksandr Suvorov collides with a girder of the Ulyanovsk Railway Bridge. The collision caused a freight train to derail, further damaging the vessel, yet the ship remained afloat and was eventually restored and returned to service.
1981Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that five people in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS.
1976Teton Dam
The Teton Dam in Idaho, United States, collapses. Eleven people are killed as a result of flooding.
1975Suez Canal
The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
19751975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum
The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum on membership of the European Economic Community (EEC).
1968Robert F. Kennedy
Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan.
1967Six-Day War
The Six-Day War begins: Israel launches surprise strikes against Egyptian air-fields in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border.
1964DSV Alvin
DSV Alvin is commissioned.
1963Secretary of State for War
The British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, resigns in a sex scandal known as the "Profumo affair".
19631963 demonstrations in Iran
Movement of 15 Khordad: Protests against the arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini by the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In several cities, masses of angry demonstrators are confronted by tanks and paratroopers.
1960Lake Bodom murders
The Lake Bodom murders occur in Finland.
1959Singapore
The first government of Singapore is sworn in.
1956Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
1949Thailand
Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
1947Cold War
Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
1946La Salle Hotel
A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people.
1945Allied Control Council
The Allied Control Council, the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power.
1944Nazi Germany
World War II: More than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day.
1942Kingdom of Bulgaria
World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
1941Chongqing
World War II: Four thousand Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing.
1940World War II
World War II: After a brief lull in the Battle of France, the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the River Somme in Operation Fall Rot ("Case Red").
1917Selective Service Act of 1917
World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
1916Louis Brandeis
Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
1916World War I
World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
1915Constitution of Denmark
Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
1900Second Boer War
Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
1893Lizzie Borden
The trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
18881888 Río de la Plata earthquake
The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
1883Orient Express
The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
1879Zungeni Mountain skirmish
The Zungeni Mountain skirmish took place between British and Zulu forces during the second invasion of the Zulu Kingdom.
1873Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar
Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.
1864American Civil War
American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.
1862Treaty of Saigon (1862)
As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
1851Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly, starts a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper.
1849Denmark
Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy by the signing of a new constitution.
1837Houston
Houston is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
1832June Rebellion
The June Rebellion breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of Louis Philippe.
1829HMS Pickle
HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba.
1817Great Lakes
The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched.
1798Battle of New Ross (1798)
Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread the United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated.
1794Haitian Revolution
Haitian Revolution: Battle of Port-Républicain: British troops capture the capital of Saint-Domingue.
1644Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty's Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor take Beijing during the collapse of the Ming dynasty.
1610Tethys' Festival
The masque Tethys' Festival is performed at Whitehall Palace to celebrate the investiture of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales.
13051304–1305 conclave
Election of Pope Clement V following the death of Pope Benedict XI in the previous year.
1288Battle of Worringen
The Battle of Worringen ends the War of the Limburg Succession, with John I, Duke of Brabant, being one of the more important victors.
1284Battle of the Gulf of Naples
Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles of Salerno.
1257Kraków
Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights.
1086Tutush I
Tutush, brother of Seljuk sultan Malik Shah, defeats Suleiman ibn Qutalmish, the Turkish ruler of Anatolia in the battle of Ain Salm.
830Theodora (wife of Theophilos)
Theodora is crowned Byzantine empress and marries then emperor Theophilos in the Hagia Sophia. She is credited with restoring Christian orthodoxy and icons.
