Today is Wednesday, June 5, the 156th day of 2013. There are 209 days left in the year.
1661 ― Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge
1806 ― Batavian Republic becomes the Kingdom of Holland
1917 ― 10 million U.S. men begin registering for draft in WW I
1933 ― U.S. goes off gold standard
1940 ― First synthetic rubber tire exhibited Akron, Ohio
1945 ― USA, U.K., USSR, France declare supreme authority over Germany
1947 ― Sec of State George C. Marshall outlines “The Marshall Plan”
1968 ― Sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies the next day
1975 ― Suez Canal reopens (after 6-Day War caused it to close)
1977 ― First personal computer, the Apple II, goes on sale