June 5 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for June 5
In the headlines today:

2004	Former US president Ronald Reagan dies at his Los Angeles home at age 93. (photo credit: NARA)
1981	The Centers for Disease Control reports the earliest reported cases of AIDS in five homosexual men from Los Angeles.
1977	The Apple II personal computer goes on sale.
1975	Egypt reopens the Suez Canal to international shipping. The canal had been closed since the 1967 war with Israel.
1968	Senator Robert F. Kennedy is shot and mortally wounded by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, who is immediately arrested.
1967	Israel raids Egyptian military targets, beginning the Arab-Israeli Six Day War.
1940	The Battle of France begins during WWII.
1933	The US goes off the gold standard.
1917	Some ten million men begin registering for the draft in WWI.
1915	Women in Denmark gain the right to vote.
1865	Sabine Baring-Gould's hymn, Onward Christian Soldiers, is performed for the first time.
1851	The first installment of the serialized Uncle Tom's Cabin appears in the National Era newspaper.
1794	The US Congress passes the Neutrality Act, prohibiting Americans from enlisting in the service of a foreign power.
1783	Brothers Jacques and Joseph Montgolfier publicly demonstrate their hot-air balloon in 10-minute flight over Annonay, France.
1316	King Louis X of France dies.