{"id":1260,"date":"2026-06-05T12:03:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T12:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1260"},"modified":"2026-06-05T12:03:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T12:03:29","slug":"today-in-history-june-5-novak-djokovic-wins-french-open-completing-career-grand-slam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1260","title":{"rendered":"Today in History: June 5, Novak Djokovic wins French Open, completing career Grand Slam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>Getting your Trinity Audio player ready&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Today is Friday, June 5, the 156th day of 2026. There are 209 days left in the year.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1258\">Colorado mother told police \u2018I feel like I killed her\u2019 after alcoholic teen daughter\u2019s death<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Today in history:<\/h4>\n<p>On June 5, 2016, Novak Djokovic became the first man in nearly a half-century to win four consecutive major championships, finally earning an elusive French Open title with a win over Andy Murray to complete a career Grand Slam.<\/p>\n<h4>Also on this date:<\/h4>\n<p>In 1794, Congress passed the Neutrality Act, which prohibited Americans from taking part in any military action against a country that was at peace with the United States.<\/p>\n<p>In 1950, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Henderson v. United States, struck down racially segregated railroad dining cars traveling across state lines.<\/p>\n<p>In 1967, the Six-Day War began as Israel, anticipating a possible attack by its Arab neighbors, launched a series of airfield strikes that destroyed nearly the entire Egyptian air force.<\/p>\n<p>In 1968, U.S. Sen. Robert F. 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(Smart was found and rescued by police in a Salt Lake City suburb in March 2003.)<\/p>\n<p>In 2004, Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, died in Los Angeles at age 93 after a long struggle with Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Boeing launched astronauts into space for the first time aboard its Starliner capsule, joining SpaceX as a second taxi service for NASA. Two NASA test pilots blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, bound for the International Space Station.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1254\">Colorado Gov. Jared Polis declares statewide drought emergency<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Today\u2019s Birthdays:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>USA Track &amp; Field Hall of Famer John Carlos is 81.<\/li>\n<li>Musician-artist Laurie Anderson is 79.<\/li>\n<li>Author Ken Follett is 77.<\/li>\n<li>Finance author Suze Orman is 75.<\/li>\n<li>Musician Kenny G is 70.<\/li>\n<li>Actor-comedian Jeff Garlin is 64.<\/li>\n<li>Author Rick Riordan is 62.<\/li>\n<li>Actor Ron Livingston is 59.<\/li>\n<li>Singer Brian McKnight is 57.<\/li>\n<li>Actor Mark Wahlberg is 55.<\/li>\n<li>Actor Liza Weil is 49.<\/li>\n<li>Actor-comedian Nick Kroll is 48.<\/li>\n<li>Rock musician Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy) is 47.<\/li>\n<li>Singer-actor Troye Sivan is 31.<\/li>\n<li>NFL quarterback Sam Darnold is 29.<\/li>\n<li>Dancer Rylee Arnold is 21.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novak Djokovic became the first man in nearly a half-century to win four consecutive major championships, finally earning an elusive French Open title with a win over Andy Murray to complete a career Grand Slam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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