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Births On This Day,
June, 5

  • 1976 Ross Noble

    English comedian, actor

  • 1898 Federico García Lorca

    Spanish poet, playwright, director

  • 1883 John Maynard Keynes

    English economist

  • 1878 Pancho Villa

    Mexican general

  • 1660 Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough

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Deaths On This Day,
June, 5

  • 2012 Ray Bradbury

    American author

  • 2004 Ronald Reagan

    American actor, politician, 40th President of the United States

  • 1975 Paul Keres

    Estonian chess player

  • 1916 Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener

    English field marshal

  • 1900 Stephen Crane

    American journalist, author, poet