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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_5" title="June 5">June 5</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Environment_Day" title="World Environment Day">World Environment Day</a></b>; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Official_Birthday" title="King's Official Birthday">King's Official Birthday</a></b> in New Zealand (2023); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Australia_Day" title="Western Australia Day">Western Australia Day</a></b> (2023)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1899" title="1899">1899</a> – Filipino general <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Luna" title="Antonio Luna">Antonio Luna</a></b> was assassinated in the midst of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War" title="Philippine–American War">Philippine–American War</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968" title="1968">1968</a> – U.S. senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy" title="Robert F. Kennedy">Robert F. Kennedy</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Robert_F._Kennedy" title="Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy">was fatally shot</a></b> by Palestinian immigrant <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirhan_Sirhan" title="Sirhan Sirhan">Sirhan Sirhan</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambassador_Hotel_(Los_Angeles)" title="Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles)">Ambassador Hotel</a> in Los Angeles.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976" title="1976">1976</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teton_Dam" title="Teton Dam">Teton Dam</a></b> in eastern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho" title="Idaho">Idaho</a>, U.S., 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.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%C3%ABl_Mam%C3%A8re" title="Noël Mamère">Noël Mamère</a>, mayor of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux" title="Bordeaux">Bordeaux</a> suburb of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A8gles" title="Bègles">Bègles</a>, conducted a marriage ceremony for two men, even though <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_France" title="Same-sex marriage in France">same-sex marriage in France</a></b> had not yet been legalised.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009" title="2009">2009</a> – After <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Peruvian_political_crisis" title="2009 Peruvian political crisis">almost two months of civil disobedience</a></b>, at least 31 people were killed in clashes between the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Police_of_Peru" title="National Police of Peru">National Police</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_Peru" title="Indigenous peoples of Peru">indigenous people</a> in Peru's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagua_Province" title="Bagua Province">Bagua Province</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya%27qub_ibn_al-Layth_al-Saffar" title="Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar">Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 879); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Couch_Adams" title="John Couch Adams">John Couch Adams</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1819); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megumi_Nakajima" title="Megumi Nakajima">Megumi Nakajima</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1989)</p>