CoM Moderators Posted June 5 Posted June 5 754 - Friezen robbers murder Bishop Boniface (later Saint) and over 50 companions near Dokkum 1909 - Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, home of the Indy 500, holds its first competition - a hot air balloon race 1927 - French Championships Men's Tennis: Hometown favourite Rene Lacoste wins 2nd of 3 French titles; beats Bill Tilden 6-4, 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 11-9 1945 - Benjamin Britten's opera "Peter Grimes" premieres in London 1953 - US Senate rejects China People's Republic membership to UN 1956 - "Milton Berle Show" last airs on NBC-TV 1993 - Somali warlord Aidids murders 23 Pakistani 1994 - French Open Men's Tennis: In an all-Spanish final Sergi Bruguera beats Alberto Berasategui 6-3, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1 for his second French title 2003 - A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50°C (122°F) in the region 2017 - Puerto Rico declares its Zika virus epidemic over More Historical Events »
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