June 5 in History

Historical Events on June 5

1837 Houston is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.

1864 American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.

1917 World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".

1940 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").

1949 Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.

1956 Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.

1959 The first government of the State of Singapore is sworn in.

1968 Robert F. Kennedy, a U.S. presidential candidate, is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, by Sirhan Sirhan, a Palestinian. Kennedy dies the next day.

2006 Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.

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Famous Birthdays on June 5

1878 Pancho Villa

1883 John Maynard Keynes

1898 Federico García Lorca

1958 Avigdor Lieberman

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Famous Deaths on June 5

1900 Stephen Crane

1916 Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener

2004 Ronald Reagan

2012 Ray Bradbury

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