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What does @Wikipedia say about 5th June through the years 🏛️📜🗓️?
5th June 2025 🗓️ : Event
The Nintendo Switch 2 video game console is released worldwide.
"The Nintendo Switch 2 is a video game console developed by Nintendo and released in most regions on June 5, 2025. Like the original Nintendo Switch, it can be used as a handheld, as a tablet, or connected via the dock to an external display. The Joy-Con 2 controllers can be used while..."
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Switch_2
5th June 2021 🗓️ : Death
T. B. Joshua, Nigerian televangelist (born 1963)
"Temitope Balogun Joshua was a Nigerian charismatic pastor and televangelist. He was the leader and founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), a Christian megachurch that runs the Emmanuel TV television station from Lagos, Nigeria...."
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TB_Joshua
5th June 2016 🗓️ : Event
Two shootings in Aktobe, Kazakhstan, kill six people.
"The 2016 Aktobe shootings were a series of shootings on civilian and military targets in Aktobe, Kazakhstan, in June 2016. On 5 June, two attacks occurred at gun stores, while a third attack was aimed at a military unit. Multiple shootouts between terrorists and police occurred over the next few..."
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Aktobe_shootings
5th June 1976 🗓️ : Event
The Teton Dam in eastern Idaho, U.S., collapsed (failure pictured) as its reservoir was being filled for the first time, resulting in the deaths of eleven people and 13,000 cattle, and causing up to $2 billion in damage.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teton_Dam
5th June 1926 🗓️ : Birth
Paul Soros, Hungarian-American engineer and businessman (died 2013)
"Paul Soros was a Hungarian-born American mechanical engineer, inventor, businessman and philanthropist. Soros founded Soros Associates, which designs and develops bulk handling and port facilities. Soros Associates currently operates in ninety-one countries worldwide, as of 2013. Paul Soros,..."
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Soros
5th June 1826 🗓️ : Death
Carl Maria von Weber, German pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1786)
"Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and critic in the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Best known for his operas, he was a crucial figure in the development of German Romantische Oper...."
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Maria_von_Weber
5th June 🗓️ : Holiday
Christian feast day:
Genesius, Count of Clermont
"Genesius, Count of Clermont was a noble of Gaul and reputed miracle worker. He was said to be Count of Auvergne. His residence was at Combronde...."
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesius%2C_Count_of_Clermont