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70Titus & his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem

1661Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge

1799Naturalists Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland set sail in the Pizarro from A Coruña and begin their 5 year Latin American expedition

1833Ada Lovelace (future 1st computer programmer) meets Charles Babbage

1888US Democrats nominate Grover Cleveland for president

1937Henry Ford initiates 32 hour work week

1940General Charles de Gaulle becomes French junior minister of Defense

1941Sandor Szabo beats B Nagurski in St Louis, to become wrestling champ

1944German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel goes on leave just before WWII D-Day landings by the Allies

1947Sec of State George Marshall outlines "Marshall Plan"

1952Jersey Joe Walcott beats Ezzard Charles in 15 for heavy weight boxing title

1955NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550' HR off Chicago Billy Pierce

1966Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Clayton Federal Golf Invitational

197343rd French Men's Tennis: Ilie Nastase beats Nikki Pilic (63 63 60)

1974As' Reggie Jackson & Bill North engage in clubhouse fight at Detroit

1981Astro's Nolan Ryan passes Early Wynn as all-time walk leader (1,777)

1981George Harrison releases "Somewhere in England"

198252nd French Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Andrea Jaeger (76 61)

198353rd French Men's Tennis: Yannick Noah beats Mats Wilander (62 75 76)

198858th French Men's Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Henri Leconte (75 62 61)

1988Laura Davies wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic

1989Paul McCartney releases "Flowers in the Dirt"

1990South African troops plunder Nelson Mandela's home

1991Mikhail Gorbachev receives his 1990 Nobel Peace Prize

199363rd French Women's Tennis Open: Steffi Graf beats M J Fernandez (4-6 6-2 6-4)

1994Beth Daniel wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic

1995The Bose-Einstein condensate is first created.

1998"The Truman Show", starring Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, and Ed Harris, is released

On This Day In History
Date Event
Jun 5, 70
Titus & his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem 
Jun 5, 754
Friezen murders bishop Boniface & over 50 companions 
Jun 5, 1257
Kraków, Poland, receives city rights. 
Jun 5, 1288
Battle of Woeringen: Reinald I vs Jan I 
Jun 5, 1305
Archbishop Bertrand the Got of Bordeaux elected Pope Clement V 
Jun 5, 1507
England & Netherlands sign trade agreement 
Jun 5, 1625
Spanish troops under Spinola conquer Breda 
Jun 5, 1632
Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Roermond 
Jun 5, 1661
Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge 
Jun 5, 1716
England & Emperor Karel VI signs military treaty 
Jun 5, 1752
Prince William of Orange becomes Knight of Garter 
Jun 5, 1783
Joseph & Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public balloon flight 
Jun 5, 1794
US Congress prohibits citizens from serving in foreign armed forces 
Jun 5, 1798
The Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated. 
Jun 5, 1799
Naturalists Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland set sail in the Pizarro from A Coruña and begin their 5 year Latin American expedition 
Jun 5, 1805
1st recorded tornado in "Tornado Alley" (Southern Illinois) 
Jun 5, 1806
1st trotter to break 3 minute mile (Yankee) 
Jun 5, 1806
Batavian Republic becomes Kingdom of Holland 
Jun 5, 1808
-6] Battle at Wagram: French army beats Austrians 
Jun 5, 1827
Turks capture the Acropolis & take Athens during Greek War of Independence 
Jun 5, 1829
HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba. 
Jun 5, 1833
Ada Lovelace (future 1st computer programmer) meets Charles Babbage 
Jun 5, 1846
Telegraph line opens between Phila & Balt 
Jun 5, 1848
Statue of prince William the Silent, Prince of Orange, unveiled 
Jun 5, 1849
Danish National Day-Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy 
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