June 5 in History
5 June in History – 144 years ago
South America 1880: War of the Pacific
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2017
Montenegro joins NATO
starts
2014
Daesh invades northern Iraq
starts
2012
ALBA members withdraw from Rio Pact
starts
1993
Peace negotiations bring end to Guatemalan Civil War
starts
1967
Six Day War fought by Israel against Egypt, Syria, and Jordan
1967
British disband Mediterranean Fleet
starts
1967
Israelis defeat Egypt in Sinai and Gaza
1945
Allied Control Commission assumes control throughout Germany, which is divided into four occupation zones
starts
1938
Nationalist Chinese burst Yellow River dykes at Huayuankou in attempt to halt Japanese advance
ends
1899
Unsuccessful Anglo-Boer talks on uitlander rights
1871
Kingdom of Fiji proclaimed
ends
1838
Los Altos breaks with Guatemala
starts
1832
Failed republican uprising in Paris
ends
1832
Bosnia revolts against Ottoman rule
ends
1827
Ottomans capture Athens
ends
1791
Bryants escape from NSW to Dutch East Indies
ends
420
Coel Hen rules in northern Britain?*
starts
398
Romans defeat Pictish attack on Britain*
starts
298
Diocletian revises boundary of southern Egypt*
ends
294
Cities in revolt in Upper Egypt*
starts
193
Bosporan Kingdom destroys Siraces and Scythian Kingdom*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 5 June for purposes of Omniatlas
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