Today in History for 5th June 2025
Historical Events
1257 – Kraków, Poland, receives city rights.
1507 – England and Netherlands sign trade agreement
1915 – 47th Belmont: George Byrne aboard The Finn wins in 2:18.6
1948 – “(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend” single released by Stan Jones
1998 – A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants (the strike lasted seven weeks)
Famous Birthdays
1695 – Johann Conrad Schlaun, German baroque architect (Schloss Münster), born in Nörde, Warburg, Germany (d. 1773)
1765 – Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German mathematician, born in Simmozheim (d. 1831)
1884 – Claude Jennings, Australian cricket batsman (6 Tests, HS 32; South Australia, Queensland), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1950)
1931 – Jerzy Prokopiuk, Polish philosopher and anthroposopist, born in Warsaw (d. 2021)
1952 – Monnette Sudler, American jazz guitarist (Sounds of Liberation), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2022)
Famous Deaths
1568 – Willem Key, Flemish Renaissance painter, dies at about 47
1906 – Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher known for “Philosophy of the Unconscious”, dies at 64
1939 – Elijah Beardsworth, British world quick shaving champion, dies
1970 – “Jopie” Pengel [Johan A], Premier of Suriname (1963-69), dies at 54
1997 – J Anthony Lukas, writer (Pulitizer, Common Ground), suicide at 64
