What happend on 5th June

04.06
06.06
1984

Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi orders an attack on the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh relgion.

1981

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that five homosexual men in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems (these were the first recognized cases of AIDS).

1977

A coup takes place in Seychelles.

1976

Collapse of the Teton Dam in Idaho, United States.

1975

The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.

1970

Chile becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

1968

U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California by Sirhan Sirhan. (He dies on June 6).

1967

Six-Day War begins: The Israeli air force launches simultaneous attacks on the air forces of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.

1963

British Secretary of State for War John Profumo resigns in a sex scandal.

1959

The first government of the State of Singapore is sworn in.