Tuesday, June 5, 2012

June 5th in History


1595 - Henry IV's(of France) army defeated the Spanish at the Battle of Fontaine-Francaise. 

1752 - Benjamin Franklin flew a kite for the first time to demonstrate that lightning was a form of electricity. 

1794 - The U.S. Congress prohibited citizens from serving in any foreign armed forces. 

1827 - Athens fell to the Ottomans. 

1884 - U.S. Civil War General William T. Sherman refused the Republican presidential nomination, saying, "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected." 

1917 - American men began registering for the World War I draft.

1933 - President Roosevelt signed the bill that took the U.S. off of the gold standard. 

1940 - During World War II, the Battle of France began when Germany began an offensive in Southern France. 

1942 - In France, Pierre Laval congratulated French volunteers that were fighting in the U.S.S.R. with Germans. 

1944 - The first B-29 bombing raid hit the Japanese rail line in Bangkok, Thailand. 

1947 - U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall gave a speech at Harvard University in which he outlined the Marshall Plan. 

1956 - Premier Nikita Khrushchev denounced Josef Stalin to the Soviet Communist Party Congress. 

1967 - The Six Day War between Israel and Egypt, Syria and Jordan began. 

1975 - Egypt reopened the Suez Canal to international shipping, eight years after it was closed because of the 1967 war with Israel. 

1981 - In the U.S., the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that five men in Los Angeles were suffering from a rare pneumonia found in patients with weakened immune systems. They were the first recognized cases of what came to be known as AIDS. 

Famous Birthdays:

1723 - Adam Smith, Author

1883 - John Maynard Keynes, Economist

1916 - Eddie Joost, Baseball player

1925 - William "Bill" Foster Hayes III, Actor

1928 - Tony Richardson, Director, producer

1945 - Don Reid, Musician

1956 - Kenny G, Musician










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