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- 1644
- Allies of the Qing dynasty capture Peking (Beijing) from the Ming dynasty and makes it their capital.
- 1863
- San Quintin, Pangasinan, is founded.
- 1891
- Benton Harbor, Michigan, is reincorporated as a city.
- 1945
- The short-lived province of Rhineland-Hesse-Nassau is formed by the Allied occupation in Germany.
- 1967
- The Beneluxtunnel opens in Rotterdam.
- 2020
- A segment of 16th Street Northwest in Washington, D.C., is renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza.
This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on June 5, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on June 5 of each year. This list highlights important changes in the world, as well as more mundane events that demonstrate the project's ambitious tendency toward micromapping history.
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