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Thursday, 05 June 2025

2006

Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.

2003

A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50°C (122°F) in the region.

2001

Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm caused $5.5 billion in damages, making Allison the costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.

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).

1995

The Bose-Einstein condensate is first created.

1989

The Unknown Rebel halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

1984

Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi orders an attack on the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion.

1981

The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that five people in Los Angeles, California have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS.

1977

A coup takes place in Seychelles.

The Apple II, one of the first personal computers, goes on sale.

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