June 5: World Environment Day; Feast day of Saint Boniface (Christianity); Father's Day and Constitution Day in Denmark; Yom Yerushalayim in Israel (2016)
Danfeng Gate, Daming Palace
- 663 – The Daming Palace (reconstructed gate pictured) became the government seat and royal residence of the Tang empire during Emperor Gaozong's reign.
- 1257 – Kraków in Poland received city rights based on the Magdeburg law.
- 1899 – Antonio Luna was assassinated in the midst of the Philippine–American War.
- 1941 – Second Sino-Japanese War: During one sortie in a five-year bombing campaign on Chongqing, 4,000 people died of asphyxiation when the tunnel they were hiding in became blocked.
- 1976 – The Teton Dam in eastern Idaho, US, collapsed as its reservoir was being filled for the first time, resulting in the deaths of eleven people and 13,000 cattle, and causing up to $2 billion in damage.
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