This Day in History: June 05, 2024
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1783
Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier gave the first successful balloon flight demonstration.
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1884
Civil War hero Gen. William T. Sherman refused the Republican nomination for president with the words, “I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected.”
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1933
The United States went off the gold standard.
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1947
Sen. George Marshall proposed a plan (Marshall Plan) to help Europe recover financially from the effects of World War II.
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1967
The Arab-Israeli Six-Day War began.
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1968
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot by an assassin and died the next day.
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1981
The Centers for Disease Control published the first report about the disease that would later become known as AIDS.
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2002
Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her Salt Lake City home.
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2004
Former president Ronald Reagan died.
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2013
The British newspaper the Guardian published the first of many stories based on leaks by Edward Snowden about the top-secret surveillance activities of the National Security Agency.
