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What happened in history on this day: June 5?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On June 5 in ...
- 1983 - The Summer Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is held, in Chicago, Illinois, over several days.
- 1983 - At the CES, Coleco Industries announces the Coleco Adam computer. It features Zilog Z80A processor, 80 kB RAM (64 kB user RAM, 16 kB video RAM), 3 sound channels, 16-color graphics, ColecoVision game cartridge slot, 4 MC6801 microprocessors controlling operation of peripherals, SmartWriter word processor in ROM, full size 75-key keyboard, CP/M compatibility, BASIC compatible with Applesoft BASIC, three expansion slots, Adam net jack, two joysticks with keypads, 256x192 graphics and 36x24 text on TV display, 256-512 kB tape-cartridge device, Buck Rogers - The Planet of Zoom game, and 10-15 cps 80-column daisy wheel printer. Price is US$599.
- 1983 - At the Consumer Electronics Show, Atari introduces the Atari 600 XL. It features 1.79 MHz 6502-C processor, 16 kB RAM, 24 kB ROM, 320x192 graphics and 40x24 text on TV screen. Price is US$199. An optional CP/M module is available. Optional package bundle called The Writing System for US$600 includes AtariWriter word processor on a cartridge, and 20-cps letter-quality printer.
- 1983 - At the Consumer Electronics Show, Atari introduces the Atari 800 XL, with 64 kB RAM.
- 1983 - At the Consumer Electronics Show, Atari introduces the Atari 1450 XL, with built-in 300 bps modem.
- 1983 - At the Consumer Electronics Show, Atari introduces the Atari 1450 XLD, with built-in 300 bps modem and disk drive.
- 2000 - Advanced Micro Devices introduces 750 MHz to 1 GHz Athlon processors. The processor includes integrated 256 kB Level 2 cache. Prices range from US$319 to US$990. Code-name during development was Thunderbird.
- 2000 - Advanced Micro Devices begins shipping 600 to 700 MHz Duron processors to computer manufacturers. Prices start at US$112.
- 2000 - The Taipei International Computer Show (Computex) is held In Taipei, Taiwan, over five days.
- 1926 - Bard's Hollywood Theater in Los Angeles previews the 35th Alice Comedy film, Alice Cuts the Ice.
- 1929 - Walt Disney applies for a trademark of the image of Mickey Mouse, for use in motion pictures.
- 1934 - Walt Disney Productions is granted a trademark of "Mickey Mouse" for use in books and newspaper comic strips.
- 1957 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled Operation Deepfreeze.
- 1969 - In San Francisco, California, the Sierra Club files a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service, to prevent Disney's proposed Mineral King ski resort from being built. The court is asked to issue a preliminary injunction to halt work on the project pending the outcome of the trial.
- 1972 - Eastern Airlines begins sponsorship of the If You Had Wings attraction in Tomorrowland in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
- 1984 - The Disney board of directors grants approval of the acquisition of Gibson Greetings.
- 1984 - The Disney board of directors approves the revised Arvida deal, and makes Charles Cobb, Arvida's chief executive, a board member.
- 1987 - Buena Vista premieres the live-action feature film Benji the Hunted in Dallas, Texas. The film was not made by Disney, but picked up by Buena Vista and Walt Disney Pictures for release in the US.
- 1988 - The Disney Channel airs the Disney Channel Premiere Film Night Train to Kathmandu.
- 1995 - The NBC TV network ceases airing the Disney series Blossom.
- 1998 - The animated feature film Mulan premieres at the Hollywood Bowl in California.
- 2001 - Disney releases the film Oliver & Company on videocassette and DVD.
- 2001 - Disney releases the film So Dear to My Heart on videocassette and DVD.
- 1953 - The General Motors Motorama show is on display in Kansas City, over ten days.
- 1977 - At the Westwood Racing Circuit, in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada, the Bus Stop / CKLG SCCA Trans-Am Championship - Round 2 race is held.
- Finishing 6th in category I and 10th overall is the Phantom Racing #43 Corvette, driven by Frank Joyce.
- Finishing 7th in category I and 11th overall is the Carlen #74 Corvette 350, driven by Gary Carlen.
- Finishing 8th in category I and 12th overall is the Search #28 Corvette, driven by Frank Search.
- Finishing 9th in category I and 13th overall is the Corvettes Unlimited #11 Corvette 350, driven by Ron McDuffie.
- Finishing 11th in category I and 15th overall is the Brandt's Moving #60 Corvette 350, driven by John Brandt.
- Finishing 12th in category I and 16th overall is the Stark Enterprises #17 Corvette 433, driven by Rick Stark.
- In 14th place in category I and 21st place overall, but not finishing the race, is the Ruiz #15 Corvette 350, driven by Edward Ruiz.
- In 9th place in category II and 23rd place overall, but not finishing the race, is the Craig #9 Corvette 350, driven by Laurie Craig.
- In 15th place in category I and 24th place overall, but not finishing the race, is the Panzarella #55 Corvette 427, driven by Frank Panzarella.
- In 16th place in category I and 25th place overall, but not finishing the race, is the Little Foreign Car Shop #93 Corvette, driven by Michael Oleyar.
- 1983 - At the Sears Point International Raceway in Sonoma, California, the SCCA Budweiser Trans-Am Championship - Round 3 race is held.
- Finishing 8th is the Supercuts #65 Corvette, driven by Frank Emmett.
- Finishing 13th is the Wirth #3 Corvette, driven by Tony Brassfield.
- Finishing 14th is the T+S Racing #35 Corvette, driven by Ken Yeo.
- In 18th place, but not finishing the race, is the Pickett Racing #6 Corvette, driven by Greg Pickett.
- In 22nd place, but not finishing the race, is the Pacific Summit Motor Sports #11 Corvette, driven by Darin Brassfield.
- Finishing 24th is the Merritt Tire #79 Corvette, driven by Larry Park.
- In 30th place, but not finishing the race, is the On Track Engineering #0 Corvette, driven by Frank Search.
- 1992 - In Bowling Green, Kentucky, the official ground-breaking ceremony for the National Corvette Museum is held. Zora Arkus-Duntov drives a bulldozer with cardboard cut-out Corvette sides. Zora, David McLellan, and NCM President Dan Gale share in the official ground-breaking with a ceremonial shovel. The American Sunroof Corporation presents a check for US$100,000 to the museum. Kentucky governor Brereton Jones presents a check for US$400,000 to the museum.
- 1997 - The film Con Air is released to theatres in various countries. A 1967 Elkhart Blue convertible Corvette is dragged into the sky behind a C-123 cargo plane.
- 2003 - Universal Pictures releases the film 2 Fast 2 Furious in the US and Australia. A current model Corvette convertible hits wreckage of a Saleen Mustang and rolls over.
- 2005 - In Le Mans, France, the Corvette Racing team's two Corvette C6-R race cars participate in testing on the course for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
- 1940 - German panzer divisions resume movement, from Rethel on the Aisne to the Swiss frontier, south from the Somme bridgeheads, and between Amiens and the sea.
- 1940 - French General Beaufrére surrenders the remaining French troops defending Dunkirk.
- 1940 - German forces begin night reconnaissance over Britain.
- 1940 - French Premier Paul Reynaud appoints Charles de Gaulle to Undersecretary of State for War in France, and promotes him to provisional Brigadier General.
- 1942 - (120 hours) Japanese submarine I-168 fires on Midway with its 5-inch deck gun.
- 1942 - (0200 hours) Admiral Isuroku Yamamoto calls off the invasion of Midway Island.
- 1942 - (0415 hours) American submarine USS Tambor radios Sand Island (Midway), warning of a large enemy force, possibly within striking distance.
- 1942 - (about 0430 hours) Eight B-17s take off from Eastern Island (Midway), heading out to intercept a reported enemy force. They find nothing.
- 1942 - Off Midway Island, Japanese heavy cruisers Mogami and Mikuma collide while trying to evade torpedoes from an American submarine.
- 1942 - (0630 hours) An American PBY pilot from Midway reports two battleships 125 miles due west of Midway, headed west.
- 1942 - (0900 hours) Japanese carrier Hiryu is scuttled, near Midway Island.
- 1944 - (0415 hours) Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight Eisenhower approves the D-Day landing in Normandy, France, on June 6.
- 1944 - (afternoon) Allied airborne troopers begin dressing for battle.
- 1944 - (about 1700 hours) American minesweeper USS Osprey hits a mine in the English Channel.
- 1944 - (evening) 1047 British bombers drop over 5,000 tons of bombs on French coastal batteries. This is the heaviest bombing of any night to date. Nine of ten main batteries are knocked out by a combination of American and British air and naval bombardment.
- 1944 - (night) Operation Neptune commences, transporting Allied invasion troops and equipment from England to France. At 7016 ships, this is the largest armada ever in the history of warfare.
- 1944 - (2115 hours) BBC radio broadcasts a message directed at the French, telling them to listen for important instructions to follow soon. This alerts the Germans, but little is done.
- 1944 - (2330 hours) Aircraft carrying British Pathfinder forces take off from England.
- 1945 - The European Advisory Committee announces the unconditional political capitulation of Germany. Control of the country is divided into four occupation zones, controlled by the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union.
- 1947 - American Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs George Marshall announces the European Recovery Program, known as the Marshall Plan.
- 1954 - France issues a postage stamp marking the 10th anniversary of the liberation of the country.
- 1978 - Taito releases the Space Invaders video game, in Japan. Original name was Space Monsters, created by Toshihiro Nishikado.
- 1809 - The Estates of the riksdag accept the new constitution.
- 1967 - The Federal Finance Minister announces it will switch the 10c and 25c coins to pure nickel. The Royal Canadian Mint is given authority to start converting 10c and 25c coins to pure nickel as soon as possible.
- 1795 - Last 1795-dated silver dollars are delivered to the Treasury.
- 1806 - First trotter (horse racing) to break 3-minute mile (Yankee).
- 1869 - Third Belmont Stakes, Fenian wins.
- 1926 - Cleveland Indians triple-play New York Yankees and win 15-3.
- 1952 - Jersey Joe Walcott beats Ezzard Charles for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1957 - New York narcotics investigator, Dr Herbert Berger, urges AMA to investigate use of stimulating drugs by athletes.
- 1977 - Portland Trail Blazers beat Philadelphia 76ers for NBA championship, 4 games to 2.
- 1981 - Houston Astros' pitcher Nolan Ryan passes Early Wynn as the all-time walk leader [1,777] issuing two walks in a 3-0 win over the New York Mets.
- 1982 - Conquistador Cielo wins Belmont Stakes by 14.5 lengths.
- 1983 - Yannich Noah becomes first Frenchman to win French Open since WW II.
- 1989 - In Ontario, Canada, the Toronto Skydome stadium opens for its first game; Milwaukee Brewers beat Toronto Blue Jays 5-3.
- 2001 - With a home run in his 57th game, Barry Bonds becomes the fastest player ever to hit 30 home runs.
- 2002 - Hitting his 587th home run, Barry Bonds passes Frank Robinson becoming fourth on the all-time career home run list.
- 2006 - Cincinnati Reds' player Ken Griffey Junior hits a home run in his 43rd ballpark to tie the major league record also held by Fred McGriff.
- 2010 - Francesca Schiavone defeats Samantha Stosur 6-4, 7-6 (2) to win the womens singles French Open at Roland Garros stadium. Schiavone is the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam tennis tournament.
- 2010 - Drosselmeyer, a three-year-old chestnut colt owned by WinStar Farm, wins the $1 million US Belmont Stakes in 2:31.57, with jockey Mike Smith.
- 2022 - At Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, USA, NHL Eastern Conference Final, game 3: Tampa Bay Lightning beats New York Rangers by score 3-2, Rangers lead series 2-1.
- 2022 - Tennis player Rafael Nadal of Spain wins the French Open men's singles, defeating Casper Ruud of Norway. This is Nadal's 14th French Open win, and 22nd Grand Slam title.
- 2022 - At Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Saint Louis Cardinals beats Chicago Cubs by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Mets beats Los Angeles Dodgers by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At RingCentral Coliseum, Oakland, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Boston Red Sox beats Oakland Athletics by score 5-2.
- 2022 - At Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Atlanta Braves beats Colorado Rockies by score 8-7.
- 2022 - At Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Seattle Mariners beats Texas Rangers by score 6-5.
- 2022 - At American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Diego Padres beats Milwaukee Brewers by score 6-4.
- 2022 - At Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Houston Astros beats Kansas City Royals by score 7-4.
- 2022 - At Great America Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Washington Nationals beats Cincinnati Reds by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, USA , Major League Baseball regular season game: San Francisco Giants beats Miami Marlins by score 5-1.
- 2022 - At Tropicana Field in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago White Sox beats Tampa Bay Rays by score 6-5.
- 2022 - At Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Major League Baseball regular season game: Minnesota Twins beats Toronto Blue Jays by score 8-6.
- 2022 - At Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cleveland Guardians beats Baltimore Orioles by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Pittsburgh Pirates beats Arizona Diamondbacks by score 3-0.
- 2022 - At Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Philadelphia Phillies beats Los Angeles Angels by score 9-7.
- 2022 - At Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Yankees beats Detroit Tigers by score 5-4.
- 1885 - J Palisa discovers asteroid #248 Lameia.
- 1910 - J Helffrich discovers asteroids #699 Hela and #700 Auravictrix.
- 1937 - A Bohrmann discovers asteroid #1455 Mitchella.
- 1980 - Soyuz T-2 carries two cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station.
- 1991 - Space Shuttle STS 40 (Columbia 12) launched.
- 2007 - NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft makes its second fly-by of Venus en route to Mercury.
- 1805 - First recorded tornado in "Tornado Alley" (Southern Illinois).
- 2001 - (to June 9) Houston, Texas is devastated by flooding when Tropical Storm Allison produces 36 inches (900 mm) of rain. Particularly hard hit are the downtown area and the Texas Medical Center, which loses years of research and data and thousands of lab animals. Twenty-two people die; damage exceeds US$5 billion.
- 1794 - US Congress prohibits citizens from serving in foreign armed forces.
- 1805 - First recorded tornado in "Tornado Alley" (Southern Illinois).
- 1851 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin begins a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper.
- 1863 - CSS Alabama captures the Tailsman in the Mid Atlantic.
- 1864 - General William E "Grumble" Jones is killed at Piedmont.
- 1864 - The chief clerk of US loans discovers 100 $1000 bonds are missing from the US Treasury.
- 1875 - Pacific Stock Exchange formally opens.
- 1876 - Bananas become popular in US, at Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1912 - US marines invade Cuba (third time).
- 1916 - Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
- 1917 - Ten million American men begin registering for draft for war duty.
- 1940 - First synthetic rubber tire exhibited in Akron, Ohio, USA.
- 1942 - Elwood Ordnance Plant explosion near Joliet, Illinois, USA kills 54.
- 1944 - First B-29 bombing raid; one plane lost due to engine failure.
- 1945 - The European Advisory Committee announces the unconditional political capitulation of Germany. Control of the country is divided into four occupation zones, controlled by the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union.
- 1946 - Fire at LaSalle Hotel cocktail lounge kills 61 (Chicago, Illinois, USA).
- 1947 - American Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs George Marshall announces the European Recovery Program, known as the Marshall Plan.
- 1950 - US Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation.
- 1956 - US Federal court rules racial segregation on Montgomery (Alabama) buses anti-Constitutional.
- 1957 - New York narcotics investigator, Dr Herbert Berger, urges AMA to investigate use of stimulating drugs by athletes.
- 1968 - US Senator Robert F. Kennedy is shot by one or more assassins in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Five others are wounded. One shooter is identified as Sirhan Sirhan. Security guard Thane Eugene Cesar may have shot Kennedy from the rear.
- 1968 - USS Scorpion nuclear-power submarine, last heard from 50 miles south of Azores, is declared presumed lost with 99 crew.
- 1969 - Race riot in Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
- 1976 - Teton Dam in Idaho burst causing $1 billion damage (14 die).
- 1977 - The Apple II, the first practical personal computer, goes on sale.
- 1981 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that five homosexual men in Los Angeles, California have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems (the first recognized cases of AIDS).
- 1993 - In Minnesota, a magnitude 4.1 earthquake occurs.
- 1998 - A strike begins at the General Motors Corporation parts factory in Flint, Michigan.
- 2001 - (to June 9) Houston, Texas is devastated by flooding when Tropical Storm Allison produces 36 inches (900 mm) of rain. Particularly hard hit are the downtown area and the Texas Medical Center, which loses years of research and data and thousands of lab animals. Twenty-two people die; damage exceeds US$5 billion.
- 2001 - U.S. Senator Jim Jeffords leaves the Republican party, an act which changes control of the United States Senate from the Republican party to the Democratic party.
- 2008 - Verizon Wireless announces it will buy mobile phone service provider Alltel for US$28.1 billion.
- 2013 - The Guardian newspaper begins reporting on the US NSA document leak provided by Edward Snowden.
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