International observance days, weeks, and months for June 5, 2027. Plus historical events and birthdays.
June 5, 2027 celebrates World Environment Day, plus 2 more. June 5, every year is celebrated as World Environment Day or WED. The day is set aside to encourage awareness and action to protect the natural environment. It draws attention to environmental issues such as marine pollution, air pollution, deforestation, and wildlife crime such as poaching.
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Each year during the week of June 5, Canadian Environment Week focuses attention on conservation and preservation of natural and precious resources. The observance encourages awareness and action to protect the natural environment. It also draws attention to environmental issues such as marine pollution, air pollution, and deforestation.
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June 5 is a day to fight illegal fishing. It’s the International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, or IUU fishing. IUU fishing occurs in virtually all bodies of water. It causes problems for varieties of fish struggling to survive. People who are trying to manage fisheries properly, and people who depend on fisheries for food and jobs are fighting illegal fishing.
Read the full story →People born on June 5
Founder of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Zoologist, ichthyologist, herpetologist, and namesake of a Jamaican lizard.
Wild West sheriff and customs agent known for killing Billy the Kid.
Inventor of dissolvable pills.
Winner of the 1905 Boston Marathon.
Events that occurred on June 5 throughout history
Congress passes the Neutrality Act, banning Americans from serving in foreign armed forces.
The first tornado is recorded in "Tornado Alley." The tornado twisted in from Franklin and Jefferson counties of Missouri and across parts of southern Illinois.
A telegraph line opens up between Philadelphia and Baltimore. The telegraph was built by the Magnetic Telegraph Company and introduced a major advancement in in instantaneous communication.
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (Life Among the Lowly) is printed in the National Era newspaper. Originally printed as a series, the story ran in 40 installments.
1876 Bananas become popular in the US after being featured at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.
The trial of Lizzie Borden begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts, for the ax murders of her father and stepmother.
"Army registration day", the draft, begins. Nearly 10 million men register to serve in WWI.
The U.S. declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania. These declarations remain historically significant as the last "formal declarations of war" ever issued by the United States Congress.
General Eisenhower decides to proceed with the D-Day invasion. Codenamed Operation Overlord, 175,000-service members were authorized to jump on Normandy, France.
Allied Powers (U.S., U.K., U.S.S.R., and France) assume supreme authority over Germany with the "Berlin Declaration Regarding the Defeat of Germany".
The Marshall Plan is outlined to help to rebuild 17 war-torn Western European countries after World War II. Strategically, it was intended to prevent the spread of communism in Europe.
In the first nationally televised sporting event, Jersey Joe Walcott defeats Ezzard Charles in 15 rounds for the heavyweight boxing title in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Elvis Presley performs Hound Dog on the Milton Berle Show. It was the first time he performed on television without a guitar.
Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California, by Sirhan Sirhan.
The AIDS epidemic officially begins when US CDC reports on pneumonia affecting five homosexual men in LA.