How Many Days Until June 5?

This day in history: June 5

1. 1981

   The first clinical cases of AIDS were published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

2. 1989

   An anonymous demonstrator, later dubbed "Tank Man", single-handedly stopped a column of Chinese tanks during the Tiananmen Square protests before being dragged aside.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 2009

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

7. 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.

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