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RE: June 5th

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The Appleby Horse Fair is a horse fair which is held annually at Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria
http://www.applebyfair.org/

World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated every year on 5th June
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Environment_Day

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The first "pure" Bose-Einstein condensate was created by E. Cornell, C. Wieman, and co-workers at JILA on June 5, 1995.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t3325733/superfluidity/

On 5 June 1874, Alfred Cornu tried to calculate the speed of light between Montlhéry and Paris.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montlh%C3%A9ry#History

Happy Birthday Sydney's Observatory
http://www.sydneyobservatory.com.au/

The first Sydney Observatory time ball was dropped at noon on 5 June 1858
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Observatory

The Verein für Raumschiffahrt was founded in 1927
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verein_f%C3%BCr_Raumschiffahrt

The 1888 Río de la Plata earthquake occurred on June 5, 1888
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43205841/1888-ro-de-la-plata-earthquake/

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HMS Hampshire sank after she struck a mine on the 5th June 1916
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hampshire_(1903)#Last_voyage_and_sinking

Alvin (DSV-2) submersible was commissioned on 5 June 1964.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49453904/alvin-dsv-2/

Balloonomania saw its true origins, in the very first public balloon flight on June 5, 1783
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloonomania#Origins_of_Balloonomania

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First flight of the Blue Streak British medium-range ballistic missile on 5 June 1964
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Streak_(missile)

Orbiting Geophysical Observatory 6 was launched on the 5th June 1969
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1969-051A

Soyuz T-2 was launched on the 5th June 1980
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_T-2

STARSHINE-1 was launched June 5, 1999 from the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-96
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53941161/starshine-1-satellite/

Space Shuttle Columbia, STS-40, was successfully launched on 5 June 1991
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-40#Mission_highlights

Space Shuttle Endeavour, STS-111, was successfully launched on 5 June 2002
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-111

Albert Einstein ATV-4 was launched on June 5, 2013
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43046381/atv-4-albert-einstein/

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Richard Alan Searfoss (born June 5, 1956) is a retired United States Air Force colonel, NASA astronaut and test pilot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_A._Searfoss

Frank Curtis "Curt" Michel (June 5, 1934 - February 26, 2015) was an American astrophysicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Michel

Jane C. Charlton (born June 5, 1965) is a professor of astronomy and astrophysics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_C._Charlton

Dennis Gabor (5 June 1900 - 8 February 1979) was a Hungarian-British electrical engineer and physicist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49454120/dennis-gabor-1900-1979/

Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia (5 June 1646 - 26 July 1684) was a Venetian philosopher
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Cornaro_Piscopia

Bernardino Baldi (5 June 1553 - 10 October 1617) was an Italian mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardino_Baldi

Beatrice E. de Cardi (5 June 1914 - 5 July 2016) was an archaeologist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_De_Cardi

John Couch Adams (5 June 1819 - 21 January 1892) was a British mathematician and astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Couch_Adams

Jerome A. "Jerry" Kristian (born June 5, 1934 -June 22, 1996) was a theoretical and observational cosmologist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Kristian

Michael E. Brown (born June 5, 1965) is an American astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_E._Brown

John Gatenby Bolton (5 June 1922 - 6 July 1993) was a British-Australian astronomer from Sheffield, England.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gatenby_Bolton

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Land of the Lost is a 2009 American adventure comic science fiction film directed by Brad Silberling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_the_Lost_(film)

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NGC 6302 was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop on the 5th June 1826.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t2873344/the-bug-nebula/

Messier 19 was discovered by French astronomer Charles Messier on the 5th June 1764.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53939031/messier-19/

Messier 20 was discovered by Charles Messier on the 5th June 1764.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t3058756/trifid-nebula/

Messier 21 was discovered by Charles Messier on the 5th June 1764.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57749804/ngc-6531/

Messier 22 was observed by Charles Messier on the 5th June 1764.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t3363424/m22/

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Asteroid (248) Lameia was discovered by Johann Palisa on June 5, 1885 in Vienna
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/248_Lameia