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05 June, 2006
Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro
05 June, 2003
Severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50°C in the region.
05 June, 2001
Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm caused $5.5 billion in damages, making Allison the costliest tropical storm in U.S. history. U.S. Senator Jim Jeffords leaves the Republican Party, an act which shifts control of the United States Senate from the Republicans to the Democratic Party.
05 June, 1989
Election boost for Solidarity - Initial results suggest Poland's Solidarity party will claim a remarkable success in the country's elections.
05 June, 1989
The Unknown Rebel halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. The Inuvialuit Final Agreement is signed in Canada to give the Inuit of western Canada the first comprehensive land claim agreement north of the 60th parallel.
05 June, 1984
Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi orders an attack on the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion.
05 June, 1975
The UK holds its first and only UK-wide referendum, on remaining in the EEC. The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
05 June, 1972
Duke of Windsor laid to rest - World leaders attend the funeral in Windsor of the former King of Britain who abdicated in 1936.
05 June, 1968
Robert Kennedy injured in shooting - Senator Robert Kennedy is shot and seriously wounded shortly after giving a victory speech in a Los Angeles hotel.
05 June, 1967
Israel launches attack on Egypt - Israeli forces launch a pre-emptive strike on Egypt prompting Arab allies to get involved in a ground and air battle.
05 June, 1963
Profumo resigns over sex scandal - Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, resigns admitting he lied to Parliament about his relationship with a call girl.
05 June, 1956
Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
05 June, 1945
Allied Control Council, military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power.
05 June, 1944
Celebrations as Rome is liberated - The people of Rome crowd onto the streets to welcome the victorious Allied troops. More than 1000 British bombers drop 5000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day. The two largest invasion fleets heretofore in history sailed that morning on opposite sides of the world. Most of the ship were United States flagged vessels.

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