June 5 - This Day in History

June 5 : General Interest
1933: FDR takes United States off gold standard

On June 5, 1933, the United States went off the gold standard, a monetary system in which currency is backed by gold, when Congress enacted a joint resolution nullifying the right of creditors to demand payment in gold... read more


American Revolution
1723 : Adam Smith, author of The Wealth of Nations, is baptized in Scotland
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adam-smith-author-of-the-wealth-of-nations-is-baptized-in-scotland


Automotive
1998 : Autoworkers' union calls strike at GM parts factory
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/autoworkers-union-calls-strike-at-gm-parts-factory


Civil War
1864 : Union routs Rebels at the Battle of Piedmont
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-piedmont-virginia


Cold War
1947 : George Marshall calls for aid to Europe
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-marshall-calls-for-aid-to-europe


Crime
1968 : Bobby Kennedy is assassinated
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bobby-kennedy-is-assassinated


Disaster
1870 : Constantinople burns
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/constantinople-burns


General Interest
1963 : Profumo resigns in sex scandal
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/profumo-resigns-in-sex-scandal

1967 : Six-Day War begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/six-day-war-begins

1968 : Robert F. Kennedy shot
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/robert-f-kennedy-shot

2004 : Ronald Reagan dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ronald-reagan-dies


Hollywood
2004 : Jennifer Lopez marries Marc Anthony
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jennifer-lopez-marries-marc-anthony


Literary
1949 : Ken Follett is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ken-follett-is-born

2012 : Ray Bradbury, bestselling science fiction author, dies at 91
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ray-bradbury-bestselling-science-fiction-author-dies-at-91


Music
1956 : Elvis rocks The Milton Berle Show
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/elvis-rocks-the-milton-berle-show


Old West
1922 : Discoverer of Klondike Gold dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/discoverer-of-klondike-gold-dies


Presidential
1888 : Cleveland denies widow her husband's military pension
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cleveland-denies-widow-her-husbands-military-pension

1942 : FDR warns Japanese against using poison gas
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-warns-japanese-against-using-poison-gas


Sports
1993 : Julie Krone wins the Belmont Stakes
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/julie-krone-wins-the-belmont-stakes


Vietnam War
1968 : Robert Kennedy shot after California primary
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/robert-kennedy-shot-after-california-primary

1972 : Laird testifies before Congress
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/laird-testifies-before-congress


World War I
1916 : British War Minister Lord Kitchener drowns
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-war-minister-lord-kitchener-drowns


World War II
1944 : Allies prepare for D-Day
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/allies-prepare-for-d-day