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5 June 2023

Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.

Holidays

No listed India public holiday for this date.

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World Environment Day

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Selected anniversaries

Anniversary

2009 - A fire at a day-care center kills 49 children in Mexico

Fire in Mexico

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2009 - After almost two months of civil disobedience, at least 31 people were killed in clashes between the National Police and indigenous people in Bagua province, Peru.

Indigenous-led anti–oil drilling protests

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2004 - Noël Mamère, the mayor of Bègles, conducted a marriage ceremony for two men, even though same-sex marriage in France had not yet been legalised.

French journalist and politician (born 1948)

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2001 - Tropical Storm Allison, the costliest Atlantic tropical cyclone that was never a hurricane, made landfall in Texas, causing approximately $8.5 billion in damage.

Atlantic tropical storm in 2001

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1997 - Anticipating a coup attempt, President Pascal Lissouba of the Republic of the Congo ordered the detention of his rival Denis Sassou Nguesso, initiating a second civil war.

Congolese politician (1931–2020)

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