Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 5
June 5: Queen's Birthday in New Zealand (2006); UN World Environment Day; Whit Monday in Christianity (2006)
- 1849 - Denmark became a constitutional monarchy.
- 1947 - George Marshall called for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
- 1967 - The Six-Day War began with an Israeli Air Force attack on Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.
- 1968 - Sirhan Sirhan mortally shot Robert F. Kennedy in Los Angeles.
- 1995 - A new phase of matter, the Bose–Einstein condensate was produced for the first time. (pictured)