What happened on June 5 ?

Choose another date »

 
 

 

Births

1341 - Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (d. 1402)

1493 - Justus Jonas, German protestant reformer (d. 1555)

1553 - Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617)

1640 - Pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715)

1656 - Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist (d. 1708)

1718 - Thomas Chippendale, English furniture maker (d. 1779)

1723 - Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (d. 1790)

1757 - Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist (d. 1808)

1760 - Johan Gadolin, Finnish scientist (d. 1852)

1771 - King Ernest I of Hanover (d. 1851)

1781 - Christian August Lobeck, German classical scholar (d. 1860)

1819 - John Couch Adams, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1892)

1850 - Pat Garrett, American Western lawman (d. 1908)

 
 

1862 - Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1930)

1876 - Tony Jackson, American musician (d. 1920)

1878 - Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1923)

1879 - Robert Mayer, German-born philanthropist (d. 1985)

1883 - John Maynard Keynes, English economist (d. 1946)

1884 - Ralph Benatzky, Czech composer (d. 1957)

1894 - Roy Thomson, Lord Thomson of Fleet, English publisher (d. 1976)

1895 - William Boyd (actor), American actor (d. 1972)

1898 - Federico García Lorca, Spanish lyricist and dramatist (d. 1936)

1900 - Dennis Gabor, Hungarian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)

1905 - John Abbott, British actor (d. 1996)

1919 - Richard Scarry, American children's author (d. 1994)

1920 - Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American author (d. 1974)

 
 

1925 - Art Donovan, American football star

1928 - Tony Richardson, British actor (d. 1991)

1930 - Alifa Rifaat, Egyptian writer (d. 1996)

1931 - Jacques Demy, French playwright

1932 - Christy Brown, Irish author (d. 1981)

1934 - Bill Moyers, American journalist

1938 - Karin Balzer, German hurdler

1939 - Joe Clark, sixteenth Prime Minister of Canada

1939 - Margaret Drabble, English novelist

1941 - Martha Argerich, Argentine pianist

1941 - Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2004)

1941 - Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots

1944 - Tommie Smith, American athlete

1946 - Freddie Stone, American guitarist (Sly & the Family Stone)

1947 - Laurie Anderson, American actress and composer

1947 - Tom Evans, Pop musician (Badfinger) (d. 1983)

1949 - Ken Follett, Welsh author

1952 - Carole Fredericks, American singer (Fredericks Goldman Jones) (d. 2001)

1954 - Nicko McBrain, English musician (Iron Maiden)

1955 - Edino Nazareth Filho, Brazilian football player

1956 - Richard Butler, English singer (The Psychedelic Furs, Love Spit Love), painter and writer

1956 - Kenny G, American saxophonist

1962 - Princess Astrid of Belgium

1962 - Jeff Garlin, American comedian

1967 - Joe DeLoach, American athlete

1968 - Ron Livingston, American actor

1969 - Brian McKnight, American musician

1970 - Martin Gelinas, Canadian hockey player

1971 - Susan Lynch, Northern Irish actress

1971 - Mark Wahlberg, American singer and actor

1973 - Lamon Brewster, American boxer

1974 - Chad Allen, American actor

1975 - Anna Nova, German erotic actress

1975 - ?ydr?nas Ilgauskas, NBA basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers)

1976 - Ross Noble, English comedian

1977 - Liza Weil, American actress

1979 - David Bisbal, Spanish singer

1979 - Peter Wentz, American musician (Fall Out Boy)

1981 - Sebastien Lefebvre, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)

1981 - Jade Goody, British television personality

 

Events Births Deaths Holidays