WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024

1661-Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge

1872-Republican National Convention meets (Phila)

1876-Bananas become popular in U.S., at Centennial Exposition in Phila

1917-10 million U.S. men begin registering for draft in WW I

1940-First synthetic rubber tire exhibited Akron Oh

1944-First B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure

1956-Fed court rules racial segregation on Montgomery buses anti-Const

1957-NY narcotics investigator, Dr Herbert Berger, urges AMA to

investigate use of stimulating drugs by athletes

1972-U.N. Conference on the Human Environment opens in Stockholm

1977-First personal computer, the Apple II, goes on sale

1977-Coup in Seychelles (National Day)

1981-Center of Disease Control reports of a pneumonia affecting gays (AIDS)

1983-Yannich Noah becomes 1st Frenchman to win French Open since WW II

1984-Indira Gandhi orders attack on Sikh's holiest site (Golden Temple)

1987-"Nightline" presents it's first "Town Meeting" the subject is AIDS &

the show runs until 3:47 AM