June 5
1783 - Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier gave the first successful balloon flight demonstration.
1794 - Congress passed the Neutrality Act, which prohibited Americans from taking part in any military action against a country that was at peace with the United States.
1884 - Civil War hero Gen. William T. Sherman refused the Republican nomination for president with the words, "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected."
1933 - The United States went off the gold standard.
1947 - Sen. George Marshall proposed a plan (which came to be known as the Marshall Plan) to help Europe recover financially from the effects of World War II.
1950 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in Henderson v. United States, struck down racially segregated railroad dining cars.
1967 - War erupted in the Middle East, as Israel, anticipating a possible attack by its Arab neighbors, launched a series of airfield strikes that destroyed nearly the entire Egyptian air force; Syria, Jordan and Iraq immediately entered the conflict which came to be known as the Six-Day War.
1968 - Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot by an assassin after claiming victory in California's Democratic presidential primary at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles; assassin Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was arrested at the scene. (He died the following day.)
1975 - Egypt reopened the Suez Canal to international shipping, eight years after it was closed due to the war with Israel.
1976 - Fourteen people were killed when the Teton Dam in Idaho burst.
1981 - The Centers for Disease Control published the first report about the disease that would later come to be known as AIDS.
2002 - 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her Salt Lake City, Utah home. (Smart was found alive by police in a Salt Lake City suburb in March 2003. One kidnapper, Brian David Mitchell, was sentenced to life in prison without parole; the other, Wanda Barzee, was released from prison in September 2018.)
2004 - Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, died at age 93 in Los Angeles after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease.
2006 - More than 50 National Guardsmen from Utah became the first unit to work along the U.S.-Mexico border as part of a crackdown by President George W. Bush.
2013 - The British newspaper "Guardian" published the first of many stories based on leaks by Edward Snowden about the top-secret surveillance activities of the National Security Agency.
2017 - Bill Cosby went on trial in Norristown, Pennsylvania, on charges he drugged and sexually assaulted Andrea Constand, a former employee of Temple University’s basketball program, at his suburban Philadelphia mansion in 2004. (The jury deadlocked, resulting in a mistrial, but Cosby was convicted in a second trial; Pennsylvania’s highest court later tossed out that conviction.)
2018 - The Miss America pageant announced that it was eliminating the swimsuit competition from the event; the new head of the organization’s board of trustees, Gretchen Carlson, said on ABC, “We’re not going to judge you on your appearance because we are interested in what makes you you.”
2020 - Minneapolis banned chokeholds by police, the first of many changes in law enforcement practices to be announced in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death; officers would also now be required to intervene any time they saw unauthorized force by another officer.
2022 - Queen Elizabeth II appeared at the balcony of Buckingham Palace, delighting fans who had hoped to catch a glimpse of her during the final day of festivities marking the monarch's 70 years on the throne.
Birthdays
34 - Sophie Lowe (actress)
37 - Barbara de Regil (actress)
38 - Amanda Crew (actress)
46 - Nick Kroll (actor)
47 - Liza Weil (actress)
50 - Chad Allen (actr)
53 - Mark Wahlberg (actor)
55 - Brian McKnight (singer)
57 - Ron Livingston (actor)
61 - Karen Sillas (actress)
62 - Jeff Garlin (actor)
66 - Beth Hall (actress)
68 - Kenny G (musician)
73 - Suze Orman (financial guru)
75 - Ken Follett (author)
76 - Gail Davies (singer)
77 - Laurie Anderson (singer)
90 - Bill Moyers (broadcast journalist)
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Today in Sports History - June 5
1963 - The NHL held its first amateur draft. Twenty-one players were selected. Montreal chose first and selected Garry Monahan.
1967 - The NHL awarded six new franchises: the Minnesota North Stars, Oakland Seals, Los Angeles Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers and the St. Louis Blues.
1977 - The Los Angeles Dodgers retire Walter Alston's #24.
1981 - Nolan Ryan passes Early Wynn as baseball's all-time walks leader with 1,777.
1999 - Steffi Graf wins her 22nd and final Grand Slam title of her career, defeating Martina Hingis to win the French Open.
2016 - Novak Djokovic became the first man in nearly 50 years to win four consecutive major championships, finally earning an elusive French Open title with a win over Andy Murray to complete a career Grand Slam.
2022 - Rafael Nadal wins a record 22nd Grand Slam singles title and a record 14th French Open singes title.
1783 - Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier gave the first successful balloon flight demonstration.
1794 - Congress passed the Neutrality Act, which prohibited Americans from taking part in any military action against a country that was at peace with the United States.
1884 - Civil War hero Gen. William T. Sherman refused the Republican nomination for president with the words, "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected."
1933 - The United States went off the gold standard.
1947 - Sen. George Marshall proposed a plan (which came to be known as the Marshall Plan) to help Europe recover financially from the effects of World War II.
1950 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in Henderson v. United States, struck down racially segregated railroad dining cars.
1967 - War erupted in the Middle East, as Israel, anticipating a possible attack by its Arab neighbors, launched a series of airfield strikes that destroyed nearly the entire Egyptian air force; Syria, Jordan and Iraq immediately entered the conflict which came to be known as the Six-Day War.
1968 - Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot by an assassin after claiming victory in California's Democratic presidential primary at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles; assassin Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was arrested at the scene. (He died the following day.)
1975 - Egypt reopened the Suez Canal to international shipping, eight years after it was closed due to the war with Israel.
1976 - Fourteen people were killed when the Teton Dam in Idaho burst.
1981 - The Centers for Disease Control published the first report about the disease that would later come to be known as AIDS.
2002 - 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her Salt Lake City, Utah home. (Smart was found alive by police in a Salt Lake City suburb in March 2003. One kidnapper, Brian David Mitchell, was sentenced to life in prison without parole; the other, Wanda Barzee, was released from prison in September 2018.)
2004 - Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, died at age 93 in Los Angeles after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease.
2006 - More than 50 National Guardsmen from Utah became the first unit to work along the U.S.-Mexico border as part of a crackdown by President George W. Bush.
2013 - The British newspaper "Guardian" published the first of many stories based on leaks by Edward Snowden about the top-secret surveillance activities of the National Security Agency.
2017 - Bill Cosby went on trial in Norristown, Pennsylvania, on charges he drugged and sexually assaulted Andrea Constand, a former employee of Temple University’s basketball program, at his suburban Philadelphia mansion in 2004. (The jury deadlocked, resulting in a mistrial, but Cosby was convicted in a second trial; Pennsylvania’s highest court later tossed out that conviction.)
2018 - The Miss America pageant announced that it was eliminating the swimsuit competition from the event; the new head of the organization’s board of trustees, Gretchen Carlson, said on ABC, “We’re not going to judge you on your appearance because we are interested in what makes you you.”
2020 - Minneapolis banned chokeholds by police, the first of many changes in law enforcement practices to be announced in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death; officers would also now be required to intervene any time they saw unauthorized force by another officer.
2022 - Queen Elizabeth II appeared at the balcony of Buckingham Palace, delighting fans who had hoped to catch a glimpse of her during the final day of festivities marking the monarch's 70 years on the throne.
Birthdays
34 - Sophie Lowe (actress)
37 - Barbara de Regil (actress)
38 - Amanda Crew (actress)
46 - Nick Kroll (actor)
47 - Liza Weil (actress)
50 - Chad Allen (actr)
53 - Mark Wahlberg (actor)
55 - Brian McKnight (singer)
57 - Ron Livingston (actor)
61 - Karen Sillas (actress)
62 - Jeff Garlin (actor)
66 - Beth Hall (actress)
68 - Kenny G (musician)
73 - Suze Orman (financial guru)
75 - Ken Follett (author)
76 - Gail Davies (singer)
77 - Laurie Anderson (singer)
90 - Bill Moyers (broadcast journalist)
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Today in Sports History - June 5
1963 - The NHL held its first amateur draft. Twenty-one players were selected. Montreal chose first and selected Garry Monahan.
1967 - The NHL awarded six new franchises: the Minnesota North Stars, Oakland Seals, Los Angeles Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers and the St. Louis Blues.
1977 - The Los Angeles Dodgers retire Walter Alston's #24.
1981 - Nolan Ryan passes Early Wynn as baseball's all-time walks leader with 1,777.
1999 - Steffi Graf wins her 22nd and final Grand Slam title of her career, defeating Martina Hingis to win the French Open.
2016 - Novak Djokovic became the first man in nearly 50 years to win four consecutive major championships, finally earning an elusive French Open title with a win over Andy Murray to complete a career Grand Slam.
2022 - Rafael Nadal wins a record 22nd Grand Slam singles title and a record 14th French Open singes title.
