June 5th in History

1257 - Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights.

1832 - The June Rebellion breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of Louis-Philippe I .

1849 - Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy by the signing of a new constitution.

1883 - The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.

1900 - Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.

1915 - Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.

1942 - World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.

1947 - Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.

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, California, by Sirhan Sirhan, a Palestinian. Kennedy dies the next day.

1975 - The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.

1975 - The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum on remaining in the European Economic Community 

1989 - The Unknown Rebel halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

2000 - The Six-Day War in Kisangani begins in Kisangani, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, between Ugandan and Rwandan forces. A large part of the city is destroyed.

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

Famous Birthdays

1341 - Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England 

1660 - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough

1771 - Ernest Augustus I of Hanover, King of Hanover

1850 - Pat Garrett, sheriff, killed Billy the Kid 

1868 - James Connolly,  Irish republican and socialist leader

1898 - Salvatore Ferragamo, shoemaker, founder of Salvatore Ferragamo Italia S.p.A. 

1932 - Dave Gold, businessman, founded 99 Cents Only Stores

1939 - Joe Clark, 16th Prime Minister of Canada

1942 - Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea

1951 - Jill Biden, Second Lady of the United States, wife of Joe Biden

1962 - HI&RH Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este

1967 - Ron Livingston, actor

1986 - Amanda Crew, actress

1992 - Matías Del Pozo, actor

2005 - HE Doña Irene de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón, daughter of HRH Infanta Cristina of Spain