DIES VENERIS NON. IVN. MMDCCLVII A.U.C. (June 5, 2004)

Some other events that occurred on this day in history:

8498 B.C. Atlantis destroyed.
1752 Benjamin Franklin demonstrates that lightning was a form of electricity.
1783 Hot-air balloon first demonstrated by Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier.
1827 Athens fell to the Ottomans.
1851 Uncle Tom's Cabin published by Harriet Beecher Stow
1933 U.S. goes off the gold standard.
1944 Allied troops liberate Rome.
1967 The Six Day War between Israel and Egypt, Syria and Jordan began.
1968 U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy mortally shot by Sirhan Sirhan.

Other famous June 5thers include:

Fred Stone (of Sly & The Family Stone); Nicko McBrain (of Iron Maiden) ; Don Reid (of The Statler Brothers); Kenny G. ; Ken Follet and Spalding Gray(authors); Bill Moyers (journalist); John Maynard Keynes and Adam Smith (economists); and, Francisco "Pancho" Villa (revolutionary).

For more information about June 5th see pages by: The New York Times, BBC and Library of Congress.