Events of the Day - 5 June

Can you answer questions about these events, which occurred on 5 June of various years?

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Year	Hint	Answer
1288	Battle of Worringen: the area it took place is now part of which German city?	Köln
1316	Death of French king whose wife was convicted of adultery in the 'Tour de Nesle' affair	Louis X
1409	Western Schism: in which Italian city does an ecumenical council depose both papal claimants and declare the Papacy empty?	Council of Pisa
1465	'Farce of Ávila': nobles crown Alfonso 'the Innocent' king. When he dies, to whom, longer-reigning, does his claim to the Castilian crown pass?	Isabel I of Castile
1646	Birth of Elena Cornaro Piscopia. She was the first woman to receive what degree?	Doctor of Philosophy
1806	End of the Batavian Republic: in which modern country lay its territory?	Netherlands
1832	This Parisian revolt, depicted in Les Misérables, begins	June Rebellion
1862	This treaty is signed, creating the French colony of Cochinchina and ceding the city from which it takes its name	Treaty of Saigon
1878	Birth of this famous general of the Mexican Revolution	Pancho Villa
1900	This South African city surrenders to British forces in the Second Anglo-Boer War	Pretoria
1916	Death of British general depicted on "Your country needs you!" posters	Herbert Kitchener
1959	This man, considered Singapore's founding father, begins his first term as Prime Minister	Lee Kuan Yew
1967	This short war begins between Israel, Egypt, Syria and Jordan	Six Day War
1977	A coup led by the Prime Minister overthrows the President of this island country	Seychelles
1981	A US public health agency publishes a report on patients with rare pneumonia - later they are classed as first recognised cases of what disease?	AIDS
1984	Under Operation Blue Star, fighting begins at this gurdwara in Amritsar	Golden Temple
1989	A man in China is photographed standing in front of tanks near this public square	Tiananmen Square
1997	Civil war begins in this Central African country	Congo
2004	Death of two-term American president who told Gorbachev to "tear down this wall"	Ronald Reagan
2015	Ameenah Gurib-Fakim becomes the first female President of this African country	Mauritius

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