Birthdates Which Occur on June 5:
1664 Mustafa II sultan of Turkey (1695-1703)
1665 Nicolas Bernier composer
1686 Cristoph Raupach composer
1695 Johann Conrad Schlaun German barok architect
1718 Thomas Chippendale England, furniture maker (baptized)
1723 Adam Smith Kirkcaldy Scot, economist (Wealth of Nations) (baptized)
1736 Corneille F de Nelis Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp
1759 Theodor Zwetler composer
1760 Johan Gadolin Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium)
1771 Ernst August duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51)
and Willem F count of Bylandt, Dutch military officer
1798 Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov composer
1813 Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton composer
1819 John Couch Adams English astronomer (co-discover Neptune)
1823 George Thorndike Angell Mass, lawyer (ASPCA)
1825 Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry Georgia, educator (Rep-Ala, 1857-61)
1826 Ivar Christian Hallstrom composer
1827 Beverly Holcombe Robertson Brig General (Confederate Army)
1831 Marcus Joseph Wright Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1922
1862 Allvar Gullstrand Swedish physician (Nobel 1911)
1863 Arthur Somervell composer
1867 Max Friedl„nder German art historian (Altniederl„ndische Malerei)
1874 Jack Chesbro baseball pitcher (NY Yankees - won 41 in 1904)
1875 Stanislav K Neumann Czech poet (Francouzsk Revoluce)
1877 Johan W Albarda 1st Dutch socialist minister (1939-45)
1878 Franklyn Farnum actor (Cowboy & Bandit, Scarlet Car, Frontier Days)
and [Francisco] Pancho Villa Mexico, revolutionary/guerrilla leader
1879 Adolf Wiklund composer
1882 Igor F Stravinsky Oranienbaum Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [OS]
1883 John Maynard Keynes Cambridge England, economist/math/journalist
1884 Ivy Compton-Burnett novelist
1885 Georges Mandel [Louis Rothschild], French Foreign minister (-1940)
1887 Ruth Benedict US, anthropologist (Patterns of Culture)
1888 Raden Mas Nato Suroto Indonesia, poet (Melatiknoppen)
1892 Alexander Loudon diplomat (Washington)
1893 Albert M„hl German writer (Hart vull Drift)
1895 August Baeyens Flemish composer (Coriolanus)
and William Boyd Ohio, cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy)
1898 Federico Garc¡a Lorca Spain, poet/dramatist (Blood Wedding)
19-- Eric Stacy rocker (Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It's Over)
and Howard Platt Chicago Ill, actor (Sanford & Son, Empire)
and Jorge Felix Cuba, actor^
and Mark Withers Nimmonsberg NY, actor (Peter-Kaz)
and Nicolette Goulet actress (Meredith Bauer-Guiding Light)
and Titi Soto Cuba, spanish singer
1900 Barbara Gooden novelist
and Dennis Gabor inventor (holography (3D laser photography)) [or Jan 5]
1901 Anastasia N Romanova great ruler of Russia/daughter of last tsar
1905 Art Donovan NFL defensive tackle (Balt, NY Yanks, Dallas)
and John Abbott London, actor (Smogasboard)
1906 Kenneth Anderson deputy comptroller (British GPO)
and Margaret Rawlings actress (Roman Holiday)
and Viscount Rochdale British CEO
1907 Rudolf Peieris physicist
1908 Jack Jacob senior master of British Supreme Court
1909 Alfred Uhl composer
1911 Arthur Vick vice chancelor (Queens University, Belfast)
and Charles Fletcher physician/CEO (ASH)
1912 Adrisan Morri‰n Dutch literary (An Untidy Man)
and Josef Neckermann German FR, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1968)
1913 Friedrich Wildgans composer
1914 Beatrice de Cardi archeaeologist
and Rose Hill singer/actress^
and Stan Jones Douglas Az, actor (Sheriff of Cochise)
1915 Alfred Kazin US writer/literature critic (Inmost Leaf)
and Lancelot Ware founder (MENSA)
1916 Eddie Joost baseball player
1917 Carel van Dillen resistance fighter
1918 Branimir Sakac composer
1919 Akeo Watanabe Tokyo Japan, conductor (Nippon Phil Orch 1956-68)
1920 Cornelius Ryan US historian/writer (Italians: Face of a Nation)
and Kurt Edelhagen West German jazz pianist
and Marion Motley AAFC, NFL fullback (Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh)
1923 Daniel Rogers Pinkham Lynn Massachusetts, composer (Signs of Zodiac)
1925 Bill Hayes Harvey Ill, actor (Your Show of Shows, Days of our Life)
and Dorothy Claire LaPorte Ind, singer (Winchell & Mahoney)
and William L Dickinson (Rep-R-AL, 1965- )
1928 Robert Lansing SD Calif, actor (12 O'Clock High, Equalizer, Automan)
and Tony Richardson England, director (Delicate Balance, Hotel NH)
1930 Nikolay Nikolayevich Sidel'nikov composer
and Robert Buchanan founder (Center for History of Tech Bath University)
1931 Jacques Demy France, director (Lola, Magic Donkey)
and John Dellow commisioner (London Metropolitan Police)
1932 A R Dawson rugby player
and Christy Brown Dublin, novelist (My Left Foot, Down All the Days)
1934 Bill D Moyers Hugo Okla, news commentator (Bill Moyers' Journal)
and F Curtis Michel LaCrosse Wisconsin, astronaut
1935 Peter Schat Dutch composer (Labyrint, Houdini, Symposion)
1936 Barry Wilson deputy chief (British Defense Staff)
1937 Stanley Lunetta composer
1938 Karin Balzer German DR, hurdler (Olympic-gold-1968)
and Marion Chapman smallest known premature baby to survive (280 g)
1939 Joe Clark [Charles Joseph], (P-C) 16th Canadian PM (1979-80)
and Ken Follett spy author (Eye of the Needle)
and Margaret Drabble British author (Needle's Eye)
1940 Moira Anderson singer
1941 Duane Duke Sims baseball player
and Floyd Butler rocker
and Jeffrey Rooker Labour MP
and Martha Argerich Buenos Aires Argentina, pianist (debut 1949)
and Spaulding Gray RI, actor (Beaches, Clara's Heart, Heavy Petting)
1942 Charles Dodge composer
and Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo pres of Equatoriaal Guinee (1979- )
1943 Bill Hopkins composer
1944 Chris Finnegan UK, middleweight boxing champ (Olympic-gold-1968)
and Tommie Smith US sprinter (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jan 5]
1945 Don Reid Va, country singer (Statler Bros-Flowers on the Wall)
and John Carlos track star (Olympic bronze 1968); gave black power salute
and Klaus Wyborny
and Spencer Batiste conservative MP
1946 Fred Stone rock guitarist (Sly & Family Stone-Stand)
and Fuzzy Fuscaldo rocker (Capt Beefheart)
and Gillian Hills Cairo Egypt, actress (Blow-up, Clockwork Orange)
and Michael Monarch rocker (Steppenwolf)
and Stefania Sandrelli Viareggio Italy, actress (Afredo, Key)
1947 David Hare playwright
and Eric Molobi South Africa, ANC-activist
and Laurie Anderson composer
and Tom Evans Liverpool, rock bassist/vocalist (Badfinger)
1948 Frank Estersmith Australia, rocker (Air Supply)
1950 Adrian Cosma Romania, team handball (Olympic-silver-1976)
and Ronnie Dyson US, singer (Hair, All over your face)
1954 Nicko McBrain English hard rock drummer (Iron Maiden-Powerslave)
and Phil Neale cricketer
1955 Nancy Stafford Fla, Miss Florida (1977)/actress (Joan-St Elsewhere)
1956 Kenny G saxophonist (Duotones)
and Richard A Searfoss Mount Clemons Mich, Mjr USAF/Astronaut (STS 58)
1959 Michael Winans gospel singer (Winans)
1961 Teri Nunn Calif, rock vocalist (Berlin-You Take my Breathe Away)
1962 Astrid Belgian princess/daughter of Albert II
1964 Mags rocker (Fuzzbox-Into Rescue)
1966 Billy Spiers baseball player
1967 Joe Deloach US, 200m runner (Olympic-gold-1988)
and Ray Lankford baseball player
1971 Marky Mark [Wahlberg], Mass, rap singer
1974 Chad Allen Lazzari Cerritos Cal, actor (David-Our House, My 2 Dads)
and Chassity Lazzari Cerritos Cal, actress
Deaths Which Occured June 5:
221 -BC- Chu Yuan China's poet drowns
754 Boniface [Winfrid], English saint/archbishop (Dokkum), dies at 79
Eoda English speaking bishop of Utrecht, murdered
1288 Hendrik VI earl of Luxembourg/Laroche (1281-88), dies in battle
1443 Ferdinand Portuguese saint/slave to Fez, dies
1568 Lamoraal earl of Egmont/prince of Gavere, beheaded
Philips van Montmorency count of Horne admiral/statesman, beheaded
Willem Key painter, dies at about 47
1625 Orlando Gibbons English organist/composer (Silver Swan), dies at 41
1667 Pietro Sforza Italian theologist (Assertiones Theologicae), dies
1722 Johann Kuhnau composer, dies at 62
1816 Giovanni Paisiello Italian composer (Serva Padrona), dies at 76
1826 Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber composer (Oberon), dies at 39
1852 Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki composer, dies at 45
1861 John Garland US Union colonel/brig-general, dies in battle
Tomas Genoves y Lapetra composer, dies at 55
1864 William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones Conf brig-gen, dies in battle at 39
1868 Anselm Huttenbrenner composer, dies at 73
1880 Jacobus J Cremer painter/author (Betuwsche Novellen), dies at 52
1885 Julius Benedict composer, dies at 80
1894 Immanuel Faisst composer, dies at 70
1900 Stephen Crane author (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 28
1908 Luca Fumagalli composer, dies at 71
1915 Brzeska sculptor, dies
1916 Horatio H Kitchener British General (Sudan), drowns at 65
1919 Eugen Levin‚ head of 2nd Bavarian soviet republic, assassinated
1921 Georges Feydeau French playwright (Chat and Poche), dies at 58
1923 George H Breitner impressionist painter, dies at 65
1927 Paul Lacombe composer, dies at 89
1930 Jules Pascin [Julius Pincas], Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist, dies
1939 El˜ah Beardsworth world quick shaving champion, dies
Frank Van de Goes writer/marxist theorist, dies
1944 Riccardo Zandonai composer, dies at 61
1953 Bill Tilden tennis champ, dies at 60
Roland Young actor (David Copperfield, Irene, Dulcy), dies at 65
William Farnum actor (Drifter, Scarlet Letter), dies at 76
1966 Natacha Rambova costume designer, dies at 69
1967 Edna Park Edwards entertainer, dies at 72^
1970 "Jopie" Pengel [Johan A], premier Suriname (1963-69), dies
Jay Irving cartoonist (Draw Me a Laugh), dies at 69
1973 Max Terhune actor (Range Justice, Night Riders), dies at 82
1976 Jean Paul Getty US oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83
Walter Field entertainer, dies at 101^
1977 "Sleepy" John Estes rocker (Electric), dies at 74
1978 John Meulenhoff publisher, dies at 71
1979 Pauline Offner Zen Theravadin nun, dies at 53
1980 Lauritz Lauritzen German politician, dies
1981 Philo McCullough actor (Branded, Ridin' Thru), dies
1984 Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale Indies Sikh leader
1988 Clarence M Pendleton chairman of comm on Civil Rights (1981-88) dies
1990 J Zeldenrust pathology-anatomy, dies
1992 Laurence Naismith actor (Scrooge, Gypsy Girl), dies at 83
Max Lerner US writer/columnist (NY Post), dies at 88
1993 Conway Twitty country singer (Linda on My Mind), dies at 59
Holidays Which Occur June 5:
Colombia Thanksgiving Day
Denmark Constitution Day (1849, 1953)
Seychelles Liberation Day (Anniversary of Coup) (1977)
Suriname Hindoestanen (Immigration Day)
World Meteorology Day
Religious Observances on June 5:
Christian Feast of St Sancho
Christian Feast of St Tudno
Christian Feast of St Dorotheus of Tyre
RC Feast of St Boniface of Mainz/Crediton, martyr to Dokkum
754 RC, Luth, Ang Mem of St Boniface, bishop/martyr/apostle to Germany
Things to Remember for June 5:
Black Music-National Rose Month-Pest Control Month-Dairy Month
Flower-rose & honeysuckle Gem-moonstone, pearl & alexandrite
National Accordion Month-National Tennis Month
National Adopt-a-Cat-Vacation-American Rivers Month
Ragweed Control-Zoo & Aquarium-Gay Pride Month
12 Days Zeta Perseid meteor shower
16 Days Astrological sign: Gemini
World Environment Day
[Ancient Rome] Nonae Juni‘
Highlights in History Which Occur June 5:
70 Titus & his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem
754 Friezen murders bishop Boniface & over 50 companions
1288 Battle of Woeringen: Reinald I vs Jan I
1305 Bordeaux's archbishop Bertrand the Got elected Pope Clement V
1507 England & Netherlands sign trade agreement
1625 Spanish troops under Sp¡nola conquer Breda
1632 Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Roermond
1661 Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge
1716 England & Emperor Karel VI signs military treaty
1752 Prince Willem van Orange becomes Knight of Garter
1783 Joseph & Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public balloon flight
1794 Congress prohibits citizens from serving in foreign armed forces
1805 1st recorded tornado in "Tornado Alley" (Southern Illinois)
1806 1st trotter to break 3 minute mile (Yankee)
and Batavian Republic becomes Kingdom of Holland
1808 -6] Battle at Wagram: French army beats Austrians
1827 Turks capture Acropolis & takes Athens during Greek War of Independ
1833 Ada Lovelace (future 1st computer programmer) meets Charles Babbage
1848 Statue of prince Willem the Silent unveiled
1849 Danish National Day-Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy
1855 Anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's 1st convention
1857 Walter Woodbury & James Page open photo studio in Batavia (Djakarta)
1861 Federal marshals seize arms & gunpower at Du Pont works DE
1863 Battle of Franklin's Crossing, VA (Deep Run)
and CSS "Alabama" captures "Tailsman" in Mid Atlantic
1864 Battle of Piedmont, VA (Augusta City)
1869 3rd Belmont Stakes, Fenian wins
1870 Constantinople in fire; 900 die
1872 Republican National Convention meets (Phila)
1873 Sultan Bargash closes slave market of Zanzibar
1875 Pacific Stock Exchange formally opens
1876 Bananas become popular in US, at Centennial Exposition in Phila
1882 Storm & floods hits Bombay; about 100,000 die
1884 William Sherman refuses Republican presidential nomination saying
"I will not accept if nominated & will not serve if elected"
1885 J Palisa discovers asteroid #248 Lameia
1888 Democrats nominate Grover Cleveland for president
1899 Alfred Dreyfus' acquitted
1900 Lord Roberts' army occupies Pretoria
1910 J Helffrich discovers asteroids #699 Hela & #700 Auravictrix
1911 Red Sox Joe Wood strikes out 3 pinch hitters in 9th for 5-4 win
1912 US marines invade Cuba (3nd time)
1913 Dutch Disability laws go into effect
1917 10 million US men begin registering for draft in WW I
1920 1st rivet driven on Bank of Italy headquarters at 1 Powell
1925 Willie MacFarlane wins US Open golf tournament
1926 Indians triple-play Yankees & win 15-3
1929 Ramsey MacDonald forms minority Labour govt in Britain
1931 Jules Renkin becomes premier of Belgium
1933 US goes off gold standard
1934 1st formal meeting of Baker Street Irregulars (NYC)
1937 A Bohrmann discovers asteroid #1455 Mitchella
and Charles Kurtsinger on War Admiral wins 69th Belmont Stakes (2:28.6)
and Henry Ford introduces 32 hour work week
1940 1st synthetic rubber tire exhibited Akron Oh
and American Negro Theater organizes
and Battle of France begins in WW II
and Gen Von Bock starts German offensive in Somme
and General De Gaulle becomes under minister of Defense
and Gov of Suriname & Neth Antilles refuse entry to Jewish refugees
and Netherlands rations petroleum
1941 Sandor Szabo beats B Nagurski in St Louis, to become wrestling champ
1942 British offensive in North Africa under general Ritchie
and Elwood Ordnance Plant near Joliet Illinois kills 54
and USA declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary & Romania
1943 German occupiers arrest Leuven University students
and Johnny Longden on Count Fleet wins 75th Belmont Stakes (2:28.2)
1944 1st B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure
and Allies march into Rome
and Fieldmarshal Rommel goes on vacation
and General Eisenhower decides invasion set for June 6
and King Victor Emmanuel abdicates the throne for his son Umberto
1945 Opera "Peter Grimes of Benjamin Britten," premieres in London
and USA, UK, USSR, France declare supreme authority over Germany
1946 Fire at LaSalle Hotel cocktail lounge kills 61 (Chicago Ill)
1947 Sec of State George C Marshall outlines "Marshall Plan"
1950 US Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation
1952 1st sporting event televised nationally-Walcott vs Charles boxing
Jersey Joe Walcott beats Ezzard Charles for heavyweight boxing title
1953 Denmark adopts a new constitution
and US Senate rejects China PR membership to UN
1954 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Ecclesiae fastos
1955 NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550' HR off Chicago Billy Pierce
1956 Fed court rules racial segregation on Montgomery buses anti-Const
1957 NY narcotics investigator, Dr Herbert Berger, urges AMA to
investigate use of stimulating drugs by athletes
1963 Princess Mar˜ke changes her name to Christina
and State of siege proclaimed in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini arrested
1964 Davie Jones & King Bees debut "I Can't Help Thinking About Me",
group disbands but Davie Jones goes on to success as David Bowie
1965 L¢pez Arellano becomes president of Honduras
1966 Cin Red Leo Cardenas hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader
1967 6 day war between Israel & Arab neighbors begin
and Murderer Richard Speck sentenced to death in electric chair
and WSBE TV channel 36 in Providence, RI (PBS) begins broadcasting
Royal Canadian Mint ordered to start converting 10› & 25› coins to
and pure nickel as soon as possible
1968 12:16AM PST-Sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies next day
1969 Dutch Antilles govt of Crown forms
and Race riot in Hartford Connecticut
1970 KPAX TV channel 8 in Missoula, MT (CBS) begins broadcasting
1972 "If You Had Wings" opens
and UN Conference on Human Environment opens in Stockholm
and Yugoslav president Tito visits USSR
1975 British population agrees to European Common Market membership
and Egypt president Sadat reopens Suez Canal (closed since 1967)
1976 Bold Forbes wins Belmont Stakes
and Teton Dam in Idaho burst causing $1 billion damage (14 die)
1977 1st personal computer, Apple II, goes on sale
and 31st Tony Awards: Shadow Box & Annie win
and Coup in Seychelles (National Day)
and Trailblazers beat 76ers for NBA championship, 4 games to 2
1979 Seychelles adopts constitution
1980 Soyuz T-2 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
1981 Center of Disease Control reports of a pneumonia affecting gays (AIDS)
and George Harrison releases "Somewhere in England"
and TODAY/PC runs for 1st time
1982 Conquistador Cielo wins Belmont Stakes by 14« lengths
and Waterfront streetcar begins operating in Seattle
1983 37th Tony Awards: Torch Song Trilogy & Cats win
and Yannich Noah becomes 1st Frenchman to win French Open since WW II
1984 Indira Gandhi orders attack on Sikh's holiest site (Golden Temple)
1986 SD Padre Steve Garvey ejected for 1st time
1987 "Nightline" presents it's 1st "Town Meeting" the subject is AIDS &
the show runs until 3:47 AM
1988 Russian orthodox church celebrates 1,000th anniversary
1989 Billy Smith, last original NY Islander, retires
and Paul McCartney releases "Flowers in the Dirt"
and Toronto Blue Jays Skydome stadium opens, Mil Brewers win 5-3
1990 S African troops plunder Mandela's dwelling
1991 Mikhail Gorbachev receives his 1990 Nobel Peace Prize
and Space Shuttle STS 40 (Columbia 12) launched
1993 Liberian Charles Taylors rebellion kills 550 fugitives
and Singer Mariah Carey weds Tommy Mottola, CEO (Sony Music)
and Somali warlord Aidids murders 23 Pakistani
8239 -BC- presumed origin of Mayan Era of Creation
1805 1st recorded tornado in 'Tornado Alley' , Southern Illinois.
1942 Elwood Ordnance Plant near Joliet, Illinois kills 54.
1946 Fire behind a false wall in the cocktail lounge flashes through
the lobby, killing 61. (LaSalle Hotel, Chicago, Ill.)
Your Special Reminders for June 5:
156th day of year with 209 days left (Numerology = 2)
and 1925 99øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1945 47øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
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