1876: Americans were introduced to bananas. Bananas don’t naturally grow in the US, and on this day, they were presented at a food fair in Philadelphia. The bananas were an instant hit, and the rest is history.
1883: The first Orient Express leaves Paris. The legendary train journey from Paris to Istanbul featured in many works of popular culture, including Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” and Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express.“
1956: Elvis Presley first performs “Hound Dog” live on TV
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Presley’s suggestive hip movements during this performance earned him his nickname, “Elvis the Pelvis.” “Hound Dog” became his best-selling song with about 10 million sold copies.
1963: Secretary of State for War, John Profumo resigned, admitting he lied to Parliament about his relationship with a call girl, Christine Keeler, the reputed mistress of an alleged Soviet spy. His resignation damaged the reputation of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan’s government and Macmillan himself resigned a few months later due to ill health.
1967: The Six-Day War begins in the Middle East
Israeli forces launched a surprise attack against Egypt, prompting other Arab allies to enter the conflict. Egypt had previously blocked the Straits of Tiran to Israeli traffic and amassed its troops at the border between the two countries.
1968: Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated while running for U.S. president. The attacker, Sirhan Sirhan, a 24-year-old Palestinian, was disgruntled by Kennedy’s support for Israel. The brother of former U.S. President, John F. Kennedy, died on the following day.
1972: World leaders attended the funeral in Windsor of the former King Edward VIII who abdicated in 1936.
1977: Kenya political activist Wangari Maathi begins the Green Belt Movement that will win her the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. She leads the National Council of Kenyan Women to Nairobi’s Kamukunji Park to plant seven trees honouring historical community leaders.
1981: The first cases of AIDS are reported
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention described five cases of a rare form of pneumonia, a deadly immune deficiency disease that later became known as AIDS. In 2000, more than 40 million people worldwide were affected by it.
1983: The Second Sudanese Civil War begins. One of the most disastrous conflicts of the late 20th century from a humanitarian point of view – up to 2.5 million people will die in the next 22 years, many from starvation and disease – the war will pit the Christian southern Sudan People’s Liberation Army against the Muslim-led northern federal government of Khartoum. Four million people will be displaced as the conflict spreads into the Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile region. Warfare will conclude with the establishment of an independence process that will see a separate country, South Sudan, come into being in 2011.
1986: The State Security Service, SSS, was created by the Nigerian Government. It is also known as the Department of State Security (DSS)
2004: American politician Ronald Reagan—who, as the 40th president of the United States (1981–89), became known for his conservative Republicanism, his fervent anticommunism, and his appealing personal style—died at age 93.
2004: Some 40 guests watch as the pop star and actress Jennifer Lopez weds her third husband, the singer Marc Anthony, in an intimate ceremony held in the backyard of Lopez’s home in Los Angeles. Lopez was born in 1970 in the Bronx, New York, and went on to earn admiration in Hollywood as a “triple threat.” She originally worked as a dancer (most famously as a “Fly Girl” in the popular television series In Living Color), but soon earned notice as an actor for her portrayal of the murdered Tejana pop singer Selena in a 1997 biopic.
BIRTHS ON THIS DAY: June 05
Ross Noble, 48 years
Ross Markham Noble is an English stand-up comedian and actor was born on 5 June 1976. Noble rose to mainstream popularity through making appearances on British television, particularly interviews and on panel shows such as Have I Got News for You. He has also released DVDs of several of his tours.
Federico García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936)
Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca, known as Federico García Lorca, was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director.
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