Editing June 5 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1915]] &ndash; Denmark amends its [[constitution of Denmark|constitution]] to allow [[women's suffrage]].
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Louis Brandeis]] is sworn in as a [[Justice of the United States Supreme Court]]; he is the first [[History of Jews in the United States|American Jew]] to hold such a position.
*  1916   &ndash; [[World War I]]: The [[Arab Revolt]] against the [[Ottoman Empire]] breaks out.
*[[1917]] &ndash; World War I: [[Selective Service Act of 1917|Conscription]] begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: After a brief lull in the [[Battle of France]], the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the [[River Somme]] in Operation ''[[Fall Rot]]'' ("Case Red").
*[[1941]] &ndash; World War II: Four thousand [[Chongqing]] residents are [[asphyxia]]ted in a bomb shelter during the [[Bombing of Chongqing]].
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: The United States declares war on [[Kingdom of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]], [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]], and [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: More than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[Atlantic Wall|gun batteries]] on the [[Normandy]] coast in preparation for [[Normandy landings|D-Day]].
*[[1945]] &ndash; The [[Allied Control Council]], the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power.
*[[1946]] &ndash; A fire in the [[La Salle Hotel]] in Chicago, [[Illinois]], kills 61 people.<!--Resulted in laws and policy change; notable-->
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: [[Marshall Plan]]: In a speech at [[Harvard University]], the [[United States Secretary of State]] [[George Marshall]] calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Thailand]] elects [[Orapin Chaiyakan]], the first [[Women in Thailand|female]] member of [[Thailand's Parliament]].
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Elvis Presley]] introduces his new single, "[[Hound Dog (song)|Hound Dog]]", on ''[[The Milton Berle Show]]'', scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
*[[1959]] &ndash; The first government of [[Singapore]] is sworn in.
*[[1960]] &ndash; The [[Lake Bodom murders]] occur in [[Finland]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://allthatsinteresting.com/lake-bodom-murders |title=The Lake Bodom Murders: Finland's Most Famous Unsolved Triple Homicide |first=Katie |last=Serena |date=2019-01-09 |language=en-US |access-date=2020-12-13}}</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; The British [[Secretary of State for War]], [[John Profumo]], resigns in a [[sex scandal]] known as the "[[Profumo affair]]".
*  1963   &ndash; [[Movement of 15 Khordad]]: Protests against the arrest of [[Ayatollah]] [[Ruhollah Khomeini]] by the [[Shah]] of [[Iran]], [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]]. In several cities, masses of angry demonstrators are confronted by tanks and [[paratrooper]]s.
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[DSV Alvin|DSV ''Alvin'']] is commissioned.
*[[1967]] &ndash; The [[Six-Day War]] begins: [[Israel]] launches surprise strikes against [[Egypt]]ian air-fields in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border.
*[[1968]] &ndash; Presidential candidate [[Robert F. Kennedy]] is [[Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy|assassinated]] by [[Sirhan Sirhan]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sirhan-sirhan-kept-behind-bars/ |title=Sirhan Sirhan Kept Behind Bars |last=Murphy |first=Jarrett |date=March 7, 2003 |work=CBS News |access-date=June 5, 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; The [[Suez Canal]] opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
*  1975   &ndash; The United Kingdom holds its first [[1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum|country-wide referendum]] on membership of the [[European Economic Community]] (EEC).<ref>{{cite web |title=Archive: how The Guardian reported the 1975 EEC referendum |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/from-the-archive-blog/2015/jun/05/referendum-eec-europe-1975 |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 May 2022 |language=en |date=5 June 2015}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; The [[Teton Dam]] in [[Idaho]], United States, collapses. Eleven people are killed as a result of flooding.<ref>{{cite book |author=Reed Business Information |title=New Scientist |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5RHTCiRgnB0C&pg=PA280 |date=2 February 1978 |publisher=Reed Business Information |pages=280}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; The ''[[Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report]]'' of the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] reports that five people in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of [[pneumonia]] seen only in patients with weakened [[immune system]]s, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of [[AIDS]].
*[[1983]] &ndash; More than 100 people are killed when the Russian river cruise ship ''[[Aleksandr Suvorov (ship)|Aleksandr Suvorov]]'' collides with a girder of the [[Ulyanovsk]] Railway Bridge. The collision caused a freight train to [[Derailment|derail]], further damaging the vessel, yet the ship remained afloat and was eventually restored and returned to service.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/08/world/more-than-100-died-in-volga-boat-crash-soviet-official-says.html |title=MORE THAN 100 DIED IN VOLGA BOAT CRASH, SOVIET OFFICIAL SAYS |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 8, 1983 |access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Operation Blue Star]]: Under orders from [[Prime Minister of India|India's prime minister]], [[Indira Gandhi]], the Indian Army begins an invasion of the [[Harmandir Sahib|Golden Temple]], the holiest site of the [[Sikh]] religion.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/19/world/punjab-raid-unanswered-questions.html |title=PUNJAB RAID: UNANSWERED QUESTIONS |author=William K. Stevens |date=June 1984 |website=New York Times |access-date=June 4, 2018}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; The [[Tank Man]] halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989]].
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']] is launched on [[STS-40]], the fifth [[spacelab]] mission.<ref>{{cite web |title=STS-40 |url=http://spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-40.htm |access-date=February 26, 2014 |publisher=Spacefacts}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; Portions of the [[Holbeck Hall Hotel]] in [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire]], UK, fall into the sea following a landslide.
*[[1995]] &ndash; The [[Bose–Einstein condensate]] is first created.
*[[1997]] &ndash; The [[Republic of the Congo Civil War (1997–1999)|Second Republic of the Congo Civil War]] begins.
*[[1998]] &ndash; A [[Strike action|strike]] begins at the [[General Motors]] parts factory in [[Flint, Michigan]], that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants. The strike lasts seven weeks.
*[[2000]] &ndash; The [[Six-Day War (2000)|Six-Day War in Kisangani]] begins in [[Kisangani]], in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], between [[Uganda]]n and [[Rwanda]]n forces. A large part of the city is destroyed.
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Tropical Storm Allison]] makes landfall on the upper-[[Texas]] coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm causes $5.5&nbsp;billion in damages, making Allison the second costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'']] launches on [[STS-111]], carrying the [[Expedition 5]] crew to the [[International Space Station]] to replace the [[Expedition 4]] crew. Astronaut [[Franklin Chang-Díaz]] becomes the second person to have flown on seven spaceflights.<ref name="ws20071114">{{cite web |title=Franklin Chang-Diaz: Astronaut and Rocket Scientist |url=http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/story/80-franklin_chang_diaz_astronaut_and_rocket_scientist.html |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071115161244/http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/story/80-franklin_chang_diaz_astronaut_and_rocket_scientist.html |archive-date=November 15, 2007 |access-date=January 12, 2010 |website=[[PBS]]}}, ''[[Wired Science]]'', November 14, 2007</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; A severe [[heat wave]] across [[Pakistan]] and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50&nbsp;°C (122&nbsp;°F) in the region.
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Noël Mamère]], Mayor of Bègles, celebrates [[same-sex marriage in France|marriage for two men]] for the first time in France.
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Serbia]] declares independence from the [[Serbia and Montenegro|State Union of Serbia and Montenegro]].
*[[2009]] &ndash; After 65 straight days of civil disobedience, at least 31 people [[2009 Peruvian political crisis|are killed]] in clashes between security forces and indigenous people near [[Bagua, Peru]].
*2009 &ndash; A [[2009 Hermosillo daycare center fire|fire at a day-care center]] kills 49 people in [[Hermosillo]], Mexico.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-27684358|title=Memories of deadly 2009 nursery fire haunt Mexico|work=BBC|first=Will|last=Grant|access-date=8 April 2025|date=5 June 2014}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; Last [[2012 transit of Venus|transit of Venus]] until the year 2117.<ref>{{cite news |first=Irene |last=Klotz |title=Venus transit offers opportunity to study planet's atmosphere (+video) |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0606/Venus-transit-offers-opportunity-to-study-planet-s-atmosphere-video |publisher=Christian Science Monitor |date=6 June 2012 |access-date=6 June 2012}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; An [[2015 Sabah earthquake|earthquake with a moment magnitude of 6.0]] strikes Ranau, Sabah, Malaysia, killing 18 people, including hikers and mountain guides on [[Mount Kinabalu]], after mass landslides that occurred during the earthquake. This is the strongest earthquake to strike Malaysia since 1975.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/south-east-asia/story/sabah-quake-death-toll-rises-18-after-missing-singaporeans-found-201 |title=Sabah quake: Death toll rises to 18; Malaysia to end search and rescue ops |work=[[The Straits Times]] |date=10 June 2015 |access-date=10 June 2015}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; Two [[2016 Aktobe shootings|shootings]] in [[Aktobe]], Kazakhstan, kill six people.<ref name="reuters">{{cite news |last1=Nurshayeva |first1=Raushan |last2=Auyezov |first2=Olzhas |date=5 June 2016 |title=Suspected militants attack Kazakh guard base, kill six |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kazakhstan-extremists-shooting-idUSKCN0YR0IX |access-date=5 June 2016 |work=Reuters}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Montenegro]] becomes the 29th member of [[NATO]].
*  2017   &ndash; Six Arab countries—[[Bahrain]], [[Egypt]], [[Libya]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Yemen]], and the [[United Arab Emirates]]—[[Qatar diplomatic crisis|cut diplomatic ties]] with [[Qatar]], accusing it of destabilising the region.
*  [[2022]] &ndash; A [[2022 Kazakh constitutional referendum|constitutional referendum]] is held in Kazakhstan following [[2022 Kazakh unrest|violent protests and civil unrest]] against the government.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-16 |title=Kazakhstan president proposes reforms to limit his powers |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/16/kazakhistan-president-proposes-reforms-to-limit-his-powers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414125015/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/16/kazakhistan-president-proposes-reforms-to-limit-his-powers |archive-date=14 April 2022 |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref>