Today in History - History - June 5th

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

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

1988Laura Davies wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic

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

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

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

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

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

1966Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Clayton Federal Golf Invitational

1981George Harrison releases "Somewhere in England"

1971Mark Wahlberg, Boston, Massachusetts, rap singer (Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch) and actor (Boogie Nights, The Departed)

1941Spalding Gray, RI, actor (Beaches, Clara's Heart, Heavy Petting)

1901Anastasia Nikolaevna, Saint Petersburg, daughter of last Russian Tsar

1949Ken Follett, Cardiff, Wales, spy author (Eye of the Needle, Lie Down with Lions)

1723Adam Smith, Kirkcaldy Scotland, economist (Wealth of Nations) (baptized)

1939Joe Clark [Charles Joseph], High River Alberta, (P-C) 16th Canadian PM (1979-80)

1930Actress Agnes Moorehead (29) weds actor Jack G. Lee (28)

1997Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher (30) weds Meg Mathews at the Little Church of the West in Las Vegas

1982Actor Michael Keaton (30) weds actress Caroline McWilliams (37)

1856Industrialist Samuel Colt (41) weds philanthropist Elizabeth Hart Jarvis (29)

1999Actress Reese Witherspoon (23) weds actor Ryan Phillippe (24) at the Old Wide Awake Plantation along the Sono River in Charleston, South Carolina

1979Blues musician Muddy Waters (64) weds Marva Jean Brooks (25) in Chicago

2004Tennis player Ilie Nastase (57) weds fashion model Amalia Teodosescu

1993Singer Mariah Carey weds Tommy Mottola, CEO (Sony Music)

2004Actress Jennifer Lopez (43) weds salsa artist Marc Anthony (42) in Beverly Hills, California

1941NBA coach Red Auerbach (23) weds Dorothy Lewis

2004Ronald Reagan, 40th US President, Governor of California and radio and film actor, dies aged 93

1900Stephen Crane, author (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 28