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Birthday June 05, 1723 Adam Smith, economist (Wealth of Nations) (baptized) Kirkcaldy Scot |
Birthday June 05, 1819 John Couch Adams, codiscoverer of Neptune |
Birthday June 05, 1878 Francisco (Pancho) Villa, Mexican revolutionary, guerrilla leader |
Birthday June 05, 1883 John Maynard Keynes, in Cambridge England Economist |
Birthday June 05, 1887 Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist (Patterns of Culture) |
Birthday June 05, 1898 Federico Garc¡a Lorca, Spanish poet and dramatist |
Birthday June 05, 1900 Dennis Gabor, invented holography |
Birthday June 05, 1905 Art Donovan, NFL defensive tackle (Baltimore, N.Y. Yanks, Dallas) |
Birthday June 05, 1920 Marion Motley, AAFC, NFL fullback (Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh) |
Birthday June 05, 1928 Tony Richardson, English director (Delicate Balance, Hotel N.H.) |
Birthday June 05, 1929 Robert Lansing |
Birthday June 05, 1934 Bill Moyers, news commentator |
Birthday June 05, 1939 Charles Joseph Clark, (P-C), 16th Canadian prime minister (1979-80) |
Birthday June 05, 1949 Ken Follett is born |
History June 05, 1661 Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College - Cambridge |
History June 05, 1723 Adam Smith, author of The Wealth of Nations, is baptized in Scotland |
History June 05, 1753 Adam Smith Day |
History June 05, 1783 Joseph & Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public balloon flight |
History June 05, 1833 Ada Lovelace (future 1st computer programmer) meets Charles Babbage |
History June 05, 1849 Danish National Day - Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy |
History June 05, 1855 Anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's 1st convention |
History June 05, 1864 Union routs Rebels at the Battle of Piedmont |
History June 05, 1870 Constantinople burns |
History June 05, 1875 Pacific Stock Exchange formally opens |
History June 05, 1888 Cleveland denies widow her husband's military pension |
History June 05, 1916 British War Minister Lord Kitchener drowns |
History June 05, 1917 10 million American men began registering for draft in WW I |
History June 05, 1920 1st rivet driven on Bank of Italy headquarters at 1 Powell |
History June 05, 1922 Discoverer of Klondike Gold dies |
History June 05, 1926 Indians triple play Yankees & win 15-3 |
History June 05, 1933 US goes off gold standard |
History June 05, 1940 1st synthetic rubber tire exhibited Akron Oh |
History June 05, 1940 Battle of France begins in WW II |
History June 05, 1942 FDR warns Japanese against using poison gas |
History June 05, 1944 Allies prepare for D-Day |
History June 05, 1944 1st B-29 bombing raid 1 plane lost; engine failure |
History June 05, 1947 Sec of State George C Marshall outlines `The Marshall Plan' |
History June 05, 1947 George Marshall calls for aid to Europe |
History June 05, 1956 Elvis rocks The Milton Berle Show |
History June 05, 1963 Profumo resigns in sex scandal |
History June 05, 1967 Richard Speck sentenced to death in the electric chair |
History June 05, 1967 Israel Syria Jordan Iraq & Egypt begin 6-Day War |
History June 05, 1967 Six-Day War begins |
History June 05, 1968 Sen Robert F Kennedy assassinated in LA by Sirhan Sirhan |
History June 05, 1968 Bobby Kennedy is assassinated |
History June 05, 1968 Robert Kennedy shot after California primary |
History June 05, 1968 Robert F. Kennedy shot |
History June 05, 1972 U.N. Conference on the Human Environment opens in Stockholm |
History June 05, 1972 If You Had Wings opens |
History June 05, 1972 Laird testifies before Congress |
History June 05, 1975 Suez Canal reopens (after 6 Day War caused it to close) |
History June 05, 1977 Revolution in Seychelles Islands |
History June 05, 1980 Soyuz T-2 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station |
History June 05, 1981 TODAY/PC ran for 1st time |
History June 05, 1982 Conquistador Cielo wins Belmont Stakes by 14 1/2 lengths |
History June 05, 1993 Julie Krone wins the Belmont Stakes |
History June 05, 1998 Autoworkers' union calls strike at GM parts factory |
History June 05, 2004 Ronald Reagan dies |
History June 05, 2004 Jennifer Lopez marries Marc Anthony |
History June 05, 2012 Ray Bradbury, bestselling science fiction author, dies at 91 |