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On This Day

June 5

World Environment Day

National Gingerbread Day

National Moonshine Day

1952 A Boxing bout between Walcott vs Charles becomes the first nationally televised sporting event.

1956 On the Milton Berle Show Elvis Presley performs Hound Dog for the first time.

1968 An attempted assassination of Robert F. Kennedy

1981 Nice Dreams starring Cheech and Chong's Hits movie theatres

1989 The Toronto Blue Jays play their first game at the Skydome vs Milwaukee Brewers losing 5- 3.

1992 Patriot Games is released in movie theatres Directed by Phillip Noyce Starring Harrison Ford & Samuel L. Jackson.

2000 On Monday Night Nitro Eric Bischoff wins the Hard Core Championship over Terry Funk

Happy Birthday

1878 Pancho Villa War Hero

1941 Spalding Gray actor Writer

1946 Feddie Stone musician in the band Sly and the Family Stone

1969 Brian Mcknight R & B singer



1971 Mark Wahlberg Rapper, Actor, Producer

1976 Aesop Rock Rapper

1982 Roxy Jezel

1986 Brooke Newton actress in All My Children & Ray Donovan

1993 Harley Dean

1994 Lucy Tyler

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