This Day In European History

5th June

Events
1963: John Profumo, British minister, resigns during the Profumo affair.
1973: Britain votes to enter the European Common Market.
1989: Poland's first free elections since the Second World War are won by Solidarity.

Births
1723: Adam Smith, Scottish economist.
1757: Pierre-Jean-Georges Cabanis, French philosopher.
1883: John Maynard Keynes, British economist.
1900: Dennis Gabor, Anglo-Hungarian engineer.

Deaths
754: St. Boniface, English Christian missionary.
1568: Count Lamoraal of Egmont, Spanish opposition leader.
1625: Orlando Gibbons, English composer.
1816: Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer.
1826: Carl Maria von Weber, German composer.
1916: Horatio Kitchener, British commander.

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