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Velocity-distribution data that confirm the discovery of a new phase of matter, the Bose-Einstein condensate. The two right-most images, corresponding to lower temperatures, show multiple atoms coalescing into a single macroscopic quantum state. -
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June Rebellion in Paris
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| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| World Environment Day; | inappropriate tone |
| Feast day of Saint Boniface (Christianity) | refimprove section |
| Father's Day in Denmark | refimprove section |
| Naksa Day in Palestinian communities (1967) | Article barely discusses observance itself, mostly about a specific demonstration instead. |
| 1798 – In the Battle of New Ross, British forces prevented the United Irishmen from spreading the Irish Rebellion into Munster. | refimprove |
| 1849 – A new constitution was introduced in Denmark, establishing a constitutional monarchy and the Rigsdagen, a bicameral parliament consisting of the Landsting and the Folketing. | refimprove section |
| 1883 – The Orient Express, a train line that became synonymous with intrigue and luxury travel, began operations. | refimprove |
| 1888 – An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale shook the upper Río de la Plata floor between Argentina and Uruguay. | needs more footnotes, inconsistency on scale |
| 1947 – At a speech at Harvard University, United States Secretary of State George Marshall called for economic aid to war-torn Europe, outlining a recovery program that became known as the Marshall Plan. | unreferenced section |
| 1956 – American singer Elvis Presley performed "Hound Dog" on The Milton Berle Show, an appearance that generated many letters of protest. | section needs cleanup |
| 1967 – The Six-Day War began with an Israeli preemptive strike that destroyed about 450 total aircraft of the Egyptian, Jordanian and Syrian Air Forces on the ground. | refimprove section |
| 1969 – The International communist conference began in Moscow. | besides list of participants, article is stubby |
| 1995 – A new phase of matter, the Bose–Einstein condensate, was produced for the first time by Eric Cornell and Carl Wieman at the University of Colorado at Boulder NIST–JILA lab. | refimprove sections |
| Bill Moyers |b|1934 | close paraphrasing |
| William Scamp |b|1801 | unreliable ref for date. |
Eligible
- 663 – The Daming Palace in Chang'an became the seat of government and the royal residence of the Tang dynasty during the reign of Emperor Gaozong.
- 1257 – Bolesław V, High Duke of Poland, granted city rights to Kraków modelled on the Magdeburg town charter.
- 1305 – Raymond Bertrand de Got was elected Pope Clement V, succeeding Benedict XI, who died the previous year.
- 1610 – The masque Tethys' Festival was performed at the Palace of Whitehall to celebrate the investiture of Henry Frederick as Prince of Wales.
- 1832 – The June Rebellion, an anti-monarchist uprising, broke out in Paris.
- 1862 – Vietnamese guerrilla leader Trương Định chose to fight on against European forces, defying Emperor Tự Đức and the Treaty of Saigon.
- 1941 – Second Sino-Japanese War: About 4,000 people died of asphyxiation in Chongqing when the tunnel in which they were hiding became blocked during a raid in the five-year bombing campaign.
- 1963 – British politician John Profumo (pictured) admitted that he had lied to the House of Commons about his involvement in a sex scandal with Christine Keeler, and resigned from government.
- 1963 – The arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini for publicly denouncing Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi sparked protests in Iran.
- 1968 – U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy was fatally shot by Palestinian immigrant Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
- 1976 – The Teton Dam in eastern Idaho, 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.
- 1981 – The first clinical cases of AIDS were published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- 1989 – An anonymous demonstrator, later dubbed "Tank Man", single-handedly stopped a column of Chinese tanks during the Tiananmen Square protests before being dragged aside.
- 2001 – Tropical Storm Allison, the costliest Atlantic tropical cyclone that was never a hurricane, made landfall in Texas, causing approximately $8.5 billion in damage.
- Born/died: | Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar |d|879| Elena Cornaro Piscopia|b|1646| Ignatius George II |d|1708| Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover |b|1771| Johann Kuhnau |d|1722| John Couch Adams |b|1819| Stephen Crane |d|1900| Lee Choon Seng |d|1966| Mark Wahlberg |b|1971| Kate Spade |d|2018
Notes
- Luc Montagnier appears on May 20, so HIV/AIDS should not appear in the same year
- Ali Khamenei is on June 4, so 1963 demonstrations in Iran should not appear in the same year.
- Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 is on June 4, so Tank Man should not appear in the same year.
- Six-Day War also appears on Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 10.
June 5: World Environment Day; Jerusalem Day in Israel (2024)
Antonio Luna
- 1897 – The Ancient Temples and Shrines Preservation Law was passed, instituting the protection of structures and artifacts in Japan designated National Treasures.
- 1899 – Antonio Luna (pictured), Commanding General of the Philippine Army, was assassinated in the midst of the Philippine–American War.
- 1997 – Anticipating a coup attempt, President Pascal Lissouba of the Republic of the Congo ordered the detention of his rival Denis Sassou Nguesso, initiating a second civil war.
- 2004 – Noël Mamère, the mayor of Bègles, conducted a marriage ceremony for two men, even though same-sex marriage in France had not yet been legalised.
- 2009 – After almost two months of civil disobedience, at least 31 people were killed in clashes between the National Police and indigenous people in Bagua Province, Peru.
- Ivy Compton-Burnett (b. 1884)
- Theippan Maung Wa (b. 1899)
- Elizabeth Gloster (b. 1949)
- Megumi Nakajima (b. 1989)