This Day in History: June 5th

This Day in History: FDR takes the U.S. off the gold standard in the midst of the Great Depression, 1933; George C. Marshall proposes a great startegy for rebuilding Europe after World War II which will be called the Marshall Plan that rejuvenated the war-torn region, 1947; British Secretary of War John Profumo resigns after admitting to having had sexual relations with a call girl- Christine Keeler, the announcement shaking up the normally staid British press, 1963; Israel defeats Jordanian, Egyptian and Syrian forces in the first skirmish of the Six Day War, 1967; Robert F. Kennedy is shot and killed after he gives a rousing speech at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on his way to running for President, 1968; President Ronald Reagan dies after serving his country and brining it out of a lingering "malaise" after the Presidency of a failed predecessor and becoming a hero to millions around the world, 2004