Events

Up to 1950 
 70 - Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle of the Wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem.
 1224 - The University of Naples is founded.
 1257 - Krakow receives city rights.
 1283 - Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, captures Charles II of Naples.
 1654 - Queen Christina I of Sweden abdicates (leaves) the throne and secretly converts to Roman Catholicism.
 1806 - Louis Bonaparte becomes regent of the Netherlands.
 1817 - The first Great Lakes steamer, Frontenac, is launched.
 1829 - HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship, Voladora, off Cuba.
 1832 - The June Rebellion breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of Louis-Philippe.
 1837 - Houston, Texas is incorporated as part of the then-Republic of Texas.
 1849 – Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy.
 1851 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's serial Uncle Tom's Cabin starts a 10-month run in the 'National Era' newspaper.
 1862 - The Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France. The guerrilla, Huong Dinh, continues to fight against the Europeans, against the order of Emperor Tu Duc.
 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont, Virginia - Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.
 1870 - Fire rips through Pera, a part of Constantinople (present-day Istanbul), destroying over 3,000 houses and killing around 1,300 people.
 1883 - The first regularly-scheduled Orient Express leaves Paris.
 1888 - An earthquake of over magnitude 5 strikes the Rio de la Plata region between Argentina and Uruguay.
 1900 - Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
 1915 – Denmark amends its constitution to give women the right to vote.
 1916 - Louis Brandeis is sworn in as Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
 1917 - World War I: Conscription into the military, for the war, begins in the United States.
 1924 - The first fax to be sent across the Atlantic Ocean is sent by Ernst Alexanderson.
 1941 - 4,000 Chongqing residents choke to death in a bomb shelter during the bombing of Chongqing.
 1942 - World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania.
 1944 - World War II: Over 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries in Normandy, in preparation for the D-Day landings the next day.
 1945 - The Allied Control Council, the military occupation governing body of Germany after World War II, officially takes control.
 1946 - A fire at the Fort de la Salle Hotel in Chicago kills 61 people.
 1947 – George Marshall calls for aid to war-torn Europe.
 1949 - Thailand's first female Member of Parliament, Orapin Chaiyakin, is elected.

1951  2000 
 1953 - Denmark's Constitution is reformed, allowing a woman to become monarch. Future Queen, Margrethe II of Denmark, becomes next-in-line to the throne.
 1956 - Elvis Presley introduces the famous Hound Dog single.
 1959 - The first government of the State of Singapore is sworn in.
 1963 – British politician John Profumo resigns in a sex scandal.
 1963 - Mass protests occur in Iran against Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini is arrested.
 1967 – The Six-Day War begins, fought between Israel and its neighbours.
 1968 - Robert F. Kennedy is shot in Los Angeles, California, by Sirhan Sirhan. Kennedy dies the next day as a result of his injuries.
 1969 - The International Communist Conference begins on Moscow.
 1975 - Egypt's Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
 1975 - The United Kingdom holds a referendum on membership of the European Economic Community, with a majority voting to stay part of the organization.
 1976 - The Teton Dam in Idaho collapses, killing 11 people.
 1977 – A coup occurs in the Seychelles.
 1981 - The first cases of what would later be known as AIDS, are reported.
 1984 - Operation Blue Star: Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi orders a storming of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest place in the Sikh religion.
 1989 – The Unknown Rebel halts a line of tanks in an act of defiance at the Chinese government's violent crackdown at Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
 1998 – A seven-week strike begins at General Motors.
 1998 - Ethiopia and Eritrea start fighting a border war.
 2000 - Sumatra is hit by a magnitude 7.9 earthquake, killing over 100 people.
 2000 - A 6-day war begins in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo between Rwandan and Ugandan forces.

From 2001 
 2001 – Tropical Storm Allison hits Texas.
 2002 – Elizabeth Smart, a teenager, is kidnapped from her home in Utah.
 2003 – A heatwave in India and Pakistan reaches its height with temperatures of over 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit).
 2004 - Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States dies from pneumonia at the age of 93.
 2006 – Serbia declares independence from the Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
 2009 - A fire kills 31 people at a day-care center in Hermosillo, Mexico.
 2011 - Ollanta Humala defeats Keiko Fujimori in a close Presidential election in Peru. He becomes President on July 28.
 2012 - Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker becomes the first US state governor to keep his position after a recall election.

Births

Up to 1900 
1341 – Edmund of Langley, a younger son of King Edward III of England (d. 1402)
1493 – Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (d. 1555)
1553 - Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617)
1606 – Pierre Corneille, French playwright (d. 1684)
1640 - Pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715)
1646 - Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (d. 1684)
1660 - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (d. 1744)
1718 – Thomas Chippendale, English furniture maker (d. 1779)
1723 – Adam Smith, Scottish economist (d. 1790)
1757 – Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist (d. 1808)
1760 - Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist and mineralogist (d. 1852)
1771 – Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (d. 1851)
1781 – Christian August Lobeck, German classical scholar (d. 1860)
1791 - Salim bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (d. 1856)
1805 - Samuel Adams, Governor of Arkansas (d. 1850)
1806 - Magnus Eiriksson, Icelandic theologian and writer (d. 1881)
1819 – John Couch Adams, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1892)
1830 - Carmine Crocco, Italian guerrilla (d. 1905)
1850 – Pat Garrett, American Western lawman (d. 1908)
1862 – Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist, won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1930)
1868 - James Connolly, Scottish-Irish socialist leader and general (d. 1916)
1868 - William W. Brandon, 37th Governor of Alabama (d. 1934)
1876 – Tony Jackson, American musician (d. 1920)
1878 – Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1923)
1879 – Robert Mayer, philanthropist (d. 1985)
1883 – John Maynard Keynes, English economist (d. 1946)
1884 – Ralph Benatzky, composer (d. 1957)
1884 - Frederick Lorz, American long-distance runner (d. 1914)
1892 - Jaan Kikkas, Estonian weightlifter (d. 1944)
1894 – Roy Thomson, Lord Thomson of Fleet, English publisher (d. 1976)
1895 – William Boyd, American actor (d. 1972)
1898 – Federico García Lorca, Spanish lyricist and dramatist (d. 1936)
1898 - Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian shoemaker (d. 1960)
1899 - Otis Barton, American engineer and diver (d. 1992)
1899 - Theippan Maungwa, Burmese writer (d. 1942)
1900 – Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-born physicist (d. 1979)

1901  1950 
1902 - Arthur Powell Davies, American minister, author and activist (d. 1957)
1906 - Eraldo Monzeglio, Italian footballer (d. 1981)
1908 - Navi Naryana Reddy, Indian philanthropist and social reformer (d. 1991)
1912 – Josef Neckermann, German entrepreneur and  dressage equestrian (d. 1992)
1914 - Beatrice De Cardi, British archaeologist
1919 – Richard Scarry, American children's writer (d. 1994)
1921 - Sheila Sim, British actress (d. 2016)
1925 – Art Donovan, American football player (d. 2013)
1925 – Boy Gobert, actor (d. 1986)
1926 - Camillo Cibin, Italian papal bodyguard (d. 2009)
1926 - Gurgen Dalibaltayan, Armenian colonel-general (d. 2015)
1928 – Robert Lansing, American actor (d. 1994)
1928 – Tony Richardson, British actor (d. 1991)
1930 - Alifa Rifaat, Egyptian writer (d. 1996)
1931 – Jacques Demy, French playwright (d. 1990)
1931 - Jerzy Prokopiuk, Polish anthropologist and philosopher
1932 – Christy Brown, Irish writer (d. 1981)
1933 - William Kahan, Canadian mathematician
1934 – Bill Moyers, American journalist
1934 - Vilhjalmur Einarsson, Icelandic athlete
1935 - Helmut Benthaus, German footballer
1938 – Karin Balzer, East 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, screenwriter, and monologue artist (d. 2004)
1941 - Robert Kraft, American businessman
1942 – Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea
1944 - Massimo Cacciari, Italian philosopher and politician
1944 – Tommie Smith, American athlete
1945 - Patrick Head, English businessman
1946 - Stefania Sandrelli, Italian actress
1947 – Kevin Schon, American actor
1947 – Laurie Anderson, American performance artist, actress, composer
1949 – Ken Follett, Welsh writer

1951  1975 
1952 – Nicko McBrain, English musician (Iron Maiden)
1953 - Kathleen Kennedy, American movie producer
1954 - Simon Hopkinson, English food writer
1955 – Edinho, Brazilian footballer
1956 – Kenny G, American musician
1958 – Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, former President of the Comoros
1959 - Robert Lloyd, English singer
1960 - Julie Kirkbride, English politician
1961 - Anthony Burger, American singer and pianist (d. 2006)
1961 - Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (d. 1999)
1962 – Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este
1962 - Jeff Garlin, American actor, comedian and producer
1965 - Sandrine Piau, French soprano
1965 - Bob Probert, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2010)
1967 – Joe DeLoach, American athlete
1968 - Ed Vaizey, English lawyer and politician
1970 – Martin Gelinas, Canadian ice hockey player
1971 – Mark Wahlberg ("Marky Mark"), American singer and actor
1971 - Miyuki Komatsu, Japanese actress
1972 – Mike Bucci (Nova, Simon Dean), American professional wrestler
1973 - Andy McLaren, Scottish footballer
1974 - Chad Allen, American actor
1974 - Nina Conti, English ventriloquist and actress
1975 - Anna Nova, German pornographic actress

From 1976 
1976 - Ross Noble, English comedian
1976 - Aesop Rock, American rapper, musician, songwriter and producer
1978 - Fernando Meira, Portuguese footballer
1979 – David Bisbal, Spanish singer
1979 - François Sagat, French actor
1979 - David Weir, British Paralympic athlete
1979 – Pete Wentz, American musician (Fall Out Boy)
1981 – Jade Goody, British TV personality (d. 2009)
1981 – Sebastien Lefebvre, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
1982 - Zvjezdan Misimovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina footballer
1984 – Mark Wilson, Scottish footballer
1985 - Jeremy Abbott, American figure skater
1985 - Ekaterina Bychkova, Russian tennis player
1985 - Rubén de la Red, Spanish footballer
1986 - Dave Bolland, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 - Amanda Crew, Canadian actress
1987 - Charlie Clements, English actor
1987 - Marcus Thornton, American basketball player
1989 - Megumi Nakajima, Japanese voice actress
1990 - Sophie Lowe, English-Australian movie actress
1990 - Junior Hoilett, Canadian footballer
1991 - Martin Braithwaite, Danish footballer
1992 - Emily Seebohm, Australian swimmer
1993 - Laura Giuliani, Italian footballer
1995 - Beckii Cruel, British dancer and singer
1997 - Kieran Tierney, Scottish footballer
1998 - Yulia Lipnitskaya, Russian figure skater
2005 - Irene Urdangarin y Borbon, Spanish royal

Deaths

Up to 1900 
 301 - Sima Lun, Chinese usurper of the Jin Dynasty (b. 249)
 535 - Patriarch Epiphanius of Constantinople
 567 - Patriarch Theodosius I of Alexandria
 754 - Saint Boniface, English missionary, bishop and martyr
 1017 - Emperor Sanjo of Japan (b. 976)
 1296 - Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (b. 1245)
 1316 – King Louis X of France (b. 1289)
 1568 - Lamoral, Count Egmont, Flemish soldier and statesman (b. 1522)
 1625 – Orlando Gibbons, English composer (b. 1583)
 1667 - Pietro Sforza Pallavicino, Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1607)
 1688 - Constantin Phaulkon, Greek adventurer (b. 1647)
 1716 - Roger Cotes, English mathematician (b. 1682)
 1722 - Johann Kuhnau, German composer and musician (b. 1660)
 1791 - Frederick Haldimand, 22nd Governor of Quebec (b. 1718)
 1816 - Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (b. 1741)
 1819 - Bodawpaya, King of Burma (b. 1745)
 1826 - Carl Maria von Weber, German pianist, composer and conductor (b. 1786)
 1857 - Henry Hubbard, Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1784)
 1866 – John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer (b. 1815)
 1900 – Stephen Crane, American writer (b. 1871)

1901  2000 
 1904 - Sami Frasheri, Albanian writer (b. 1850)
 1906 – Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (b. 1842)
 1910 - O. Henry, American author (b. 1862)
 1916 – Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, British field marshal (b. 1850)
 1921 - Georges Feydeau, French playwright (b. 1862)
 1930 - Pascin, Bulgarian painter (b. 1885)
 1947 - Nils Olof Chrisander, Swedish actor and director (b. 1884)
 1967 - Arthur Biram, Israeli philologist, philosopher and educator (b. 1878)
 1975 - Paul Keres, Estonian painter (b. 1916)
 1979 - Heinz Erhardt, German actor and comedian (b. 1909)
 1991 - Heo Jong-suk, Korean writer, poet, journalist and Communist activist (b. 1902)
 1993 – Conway Twitty, American musician (b. 1933)
 1998 - Jeanette Nolan, American actress (b. 1911)
 1998 - Sam Yorty, 37th Mayor of Los Angeles, California (b. 1909)
 1999 - Mel Tormé, American jazz musician (b. 1925)
 2000 - Don Liddle, American baseball player (b. 1925)
 2000 – Franco Rossi, Italian movie director and producer (b. 1919)

From 2001 
 2001 - Pedro Lain Estralgo, Spanish medical researcher (b. 1908)
 2002 – Dee Dee Ramone, American musician (The Ramones) (b. 1951)
 2003 - Juergen Moellemann, German politician (b. 1944)
 2003 - Manuel Rosenthal, French composer and conductor (b. 1904)
 2004 – Ronald Reagan, American actor and politician, 40th President of the United States (b. 1911)
 2007 – Povel Ramel, Swedish entertainer (b. 1922)
 2008 - Eugenio Montejo, Venezuelan poet (b. 1938)
 2012 - Barry Unsworth, British author (b. 1930)
 2012 - Ray Bradbury, American writer (b. 1920)
 2013 - Stanislaw Nagy, Polish cardinal (b. 1921)
 2014 - Reiulf Steen, Norwegian politician and diplomat (b. 1933)
 2014 - Don Davis, American musician, songwriter and producer (b. 1938)
 2015 - Alan Bond, Australian businessman (b. 1938)
 2015 - Jerry Collins, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1980)
 2015 - Tariq Aziz, Iraqi politician (b. 1936)
 2015 - Jane Briggs Hart, American aviator (b. 1921)
 2015 - Sadun Boro, Turkish sailor (b. 1928)
 2015 - Giacomo Furia, Italian actor (b. 1925)
 2015 - Kazuo Chiba, Japanese Aikido teacher (b. 1940)
 2016 - Manohar Aich, Indian bodybuilder (b. 1914)
 2016 - Gianluca Buonanno, Italian politician (b. 1966)
 2016 - Jerome Bruner, American psychologist (b. 1915)
 2016 - Jarbas Passarinho, Brazilian politician (b. 1920)
 2017 - Kathryn Stripling Byer, American poet (b. 1944)
 2017 - Andy Cunningham, British magician, puppeteer and actor (b. 1950)
 2017 - Helen Dunmore, British writer (b. 1952)
 2017 - Marilyn Hall, Canadian-born American television producer and philanthropist (b. 1927)
 2017 - Giuliano Sarti, Italian footballer (b. 1933)
 2017 - Cheick Tioté, Ivorian footballer (b. 1986)
 2018 - Brian Browne, Canadian jazz pianist and composer (b. 1937)
 2018 - Pierre Carniti, Italian politician and trade unionist (b. 1936)
 2018 - Denman, Irish-bred racehorse (b. 2000)
 2018 - Feng Ting-kuo, Taiwanese politician (b. 1990)
 2018 - Kate Spade, American fashion designer (b. 1962)

Observances 
 Constitution Day (Denmark)
 World Environment Day
 Arbor Day (New Zealand)
 Liberation Day (Seychelles)

June 05