12 History Lessons + 4 Births & 6 Deaths for June 5, 2025
Today’s History:
- 70 – Roman forces under Titus breach the middle wall of Jerusalem during the siege of the city.
- 1851 – Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery serial Uncle Tom’s Cabin begins publication in The National Era.
- 1883 – The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris for Istanbul.
- 1917 – U.S. conscription begins as over 10 million men register for World War I military service.
- 1944 – Operation Overlord: Allied forces complete final preparations for the D-Day invasion.
- 1947 – Secretary of State George C. Marshall outlines the Marshall Plan to aid postwar Europe.
- 1956 – Elvis Presley introduces his hit song “Hound Dog” on The Milton Berle Show, shocking audiences with his dance moves.
- 1967 – The Six-Day War begins between Israel and its Arab neighbors.
- 1968 – U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles; he dies the next day.
- 1975 – The Suez Canal reopens after being closed since the 1967 Six-Day War.
- 1981 – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports the first cases of what becomes known as AIDS.
- 2004 – Ronald Reagan, 40th U.S. president, dies after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
Today’s Birthdays:
- 1956 – Kenny G, American saxophonist and smooth jazz artist (Songbird) (69)
- 1971 – Mark Wahlberg, American actor and producer (The Fighter, The Departed) (54)
- 1976 – Lauren Conrad, American TV personality and author (The Hills) (49)
- 1985 – Troian Bellisario, American actress (Pretty Little Liars) (40)
Today’s Deaths:
- 1826 – Carl Maria von Weber, German composer and opera pioneer (Der Freischütz) (Age 39)
- 1910 – O. Henry, American short story writer (The Gift of the Magi) (Age 47)
- 1977 – Alice Paul, American suffragist and women’s rights activist (Age 92)
- 2004 – Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States (Age 93)
- 2012 – Ray Bradbury, American author of Fahrenheit 451 (Age 91)
- 2018 – Kate Spade, American fashion designer (Age 55)
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