Monday, June 5, 2000
History today -- 8:41 am CST, Update by The Master
- 1783: Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier launched the first sustained, manned flight when their hot-air balloon, dubbed a "globe aerostatique," rose an estimated 1,500 feet and flew 7,500 feet at Annonay, France.
A.T. Hun comments: That night, the Montgolfier brothers had a really good wash. - 1794: Congress passed the Neutrality Act, prohibiting Americans from enlisting in the service of a foreign power.
- 1884: Civil War hero Gen. William T. Sherman refused the Republican presidential nomination, saying, "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected."
- 1917: Approximately 10 million American men began registering for the draft in World War I.
- 1933: United States went off the gold standard.
- 1940: Battle of France began in World War II.
- 1945: The Allied Control Commission took control of Germany, dividing it into four occupation zones.
- 1947: Secretary of State George C. Marshall, speaking at Harvard University, outlined an aid program for Europe that became known as the Marshall Plan.
- 1967: The Six Day War between Israel and Arab neighbors Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon began.
- 1968: Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated after claiming victory in California's Democratic presidential primary. Gunman Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was immediately arrested.
- 1975: Egypt reopened the Suez Canal to international shipping, eight years after it was closed because of the 1967 war with Israel.
- 1976: 11 people died when the Teton Dam in Idaho burst.
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