June 05

Monday 05, 1995:

Bose-Einstein condensate is first created.

Friday 05, 1959:

The first government of the State of Singapore is sworn in.

Monday 05, 1944:

World War II: More than 1000 British bombers drop 5000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day.

Tuesday 05, 1866:

Calculations indicate Pluto reached its most recent aphelion (furthest point from Sun) on this day. The next aphelion will occur in August 2113.

Thursday 05, 1851:

Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin or, Life Among the Lowly starts a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper.