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June 5

50 years on from Teton Dam, June 5 is a date with an anniversary worth pausing on. Most of the weight falls in the 21st century, where politics and nation-building recur.

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Gemini is the sign for June 5 — read more on the Gemini page, or see June's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on June 5?

June 5 is the 156th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1832 and 2009. Famous people born on June 5 include John Maynard Keynes, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough and John Couch Adams.

Released on June 5

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game Mario Kart World
  • Game Fast Fusion
  • Game Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma
  • Game Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour
  • Game Survival Kids

2022

  • TV High (School) On Sex

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1832

    June Rebellion

  2. 1849

    Denmark

  3. 1879

    Zungeni Mountain skirmish

  4. 1968

    Robert F. Kennedy

  5. 1976

    Teton Dam

  6. 1989

    Tank Man

  7. 2001

    Tropical Storm Allison

  8. 2004

    Noël Mamère

  9. 2009

    2009 Peruvian political crisis

  10. 2009

    2009 Hermosillo daycare center fire

Famous birthday twins

Born on June 5

John Maynard Keynes

b. 1883

Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough

b. 1660

John Couch Adams

b. 1819

Justus Jonas

b. 1493

Federico García Lorca

b. 1898

Carmine Crocco

b. 1830

Tony Richardson

b. 1928

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo

b. 1942

Deaths

  • 2012Ray Bradbury
  • 2004Ronald Reagan
  • 1899Antonio Luna
  • 1316Louis X of France
  • 879Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar
  • 301Sima Lun

Holidays & observances

  • —Arbor Day (New Zealand)
  • —Christian feast day: Boniface
  • —Christian feast day: Dorotheus of Gaza
  • —Christian feast day: Dorotheus of Tyre
  • —Christian feast day: Luke Loan Ba Vu (Roman Catholic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Genesius, Count of Clermont
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Meinwerk
  • —Christian feast day: June 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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