June 5 is the 156th day of the year (157th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 209 days remain until the end of the year. 1086 – Tutush, brother of Seljuk sultan Malik Shah, defeats Suleiman ibn Qutalmish, the Turkish ruler of Anatolia in the battle of Ain Salm. [1] 1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights. [2]

Jun 5, 2012 · Historical events for the 5th of June. See what famous, interesting and notable events happened throughout history on June 5.

June 5th is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. On this day, presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is mortally wounded, Ayatollah Khomeini is arrested after a state of siege is proclaimed in Iran, and AIDS Epidemic officially begins when US Centers for Disease Control reports on pneumonia affecting five homosexual men in Los ...

Israel —amid rising tensions with Egypt, Syria, and Jordan —staged a preemptive air assault and soundly defeated those Arab countries, notably seizing the Old City of Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip before a cease-fire. Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about the Middle East.

Discover what happened on June 5 with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.

Jun 5, 2012 · What happened on this day in history, June 5. See what historical events occurred, which famous people were born and who died on June 5.

On June 5, Mark Wahlberg, Neil Patrick Harris, John Maynard Keynes were born and Ronald Reagan, Ray Bradbury, Robert Hanssen died.

Today in history – which major historical events happened on June 5? Who was born on this date, who died? In which year did the birth or death occur?

Did you know that June 5 is known as Sausage Roll Day? Here you'll learn facts about June 5, including events that happened on this day throughout history.

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 caused $5.5 billion in damages, making Allison the costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.