Today in History
5 June
177 births · 89 deaths · 71 events recorded
Notable Births
All 177 ›
Chaeryeong
b. 2001
South Korean singer and dancer (born 2001)
Dave (rapper)
b. 1998
British rapper (born 1998)
Kale Clague
b. 1998
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1998)
Marques Colston
b. 1983
American football player (born 1983)
Rick Riordan
b. 1964
American author (born 1964)
Jacques Demy
b. 1931
French film director (1931–1990)
John Maynard Keynes
b. 1883
British economist (1883–1946)
Pancho Villa
b. 1878
Mexican revolutionary general and politician (1878–1923)
Notable Deaths
All 89 ›
Astrud Gilberto
d. 2023
Brazilian singer (1940–2023)
TB Joshua
d. 2021
Nigerian Christian leader (1963–2021)
Kate Spade
d. 2018
American fashion designer (1962–2018)
Cheick Tioté
d. 2017
Ivorian footballer (1986–2017)
Jerome Bruner
d. 2016
American psychologist and scholar (1915–2016)
Alan Bond
d. 2015
Australian businessman (1938–2015)
Richard Johnson (actor)
d. 2015
British actor (1927–2015)
Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi
d. 2014
Iraqi ISIL leader (1971–2014)
On This Day in History
All 71 ›
2025
The Nintendo Switch 2 video game console is released worldwide.
Nintendo Switch 2
2024
The Boeing Starliner is launched on its first crewed flight, carrying astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams to the International Space Station.
Boeing Starliner
2022
A constitutional referendum is held in Kazakhstan following violent protests and civil unrest against the government.
2022 Kazakh constitutional referendum
2017
Montenegro becomes the 29th member of NATO.
Montenegro
2017
Six Arab countries—Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates—cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region.
Bahrain
2016
Two shootings in Aktobe, Kazakhstan, kill six people.
2016 Aktobe shootings
2015
An earthquake with a moment magnitude of 6.0 strikes Ranau, Sabah, Malaysia, killing 18 people, including hikers and mountain guides on Mount Kinabalu, after mass landslides that occurred during the earthquake. This is the strongest earthquake to strike Malaysia since 1975.
2015 Sabah earthquake
2012
Last transit of Venus until the year 2117.
2012 transit of Venus