This day, that year: From Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination to Edward Snowden’s NSA revelations — how June 5 shaped the world

June 5th is a date that echoes through history, capturing significant happenings from the launch of Henry Ford’s groundbreaking workweek experiment in 1937 to President Eisenhower's pivotal D-Day decision in 1944. This date also commemorates the Marshall Plan that resurrected post-war Europe in 1947, the tragic assassination of RFK in 1968, and India's Operation Blue Star in 1984.

This day, that year: From Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination to Edward Snowden’s NSA revelations — how June 5 shaped the world
June 5th is a date that echoes through history, capturing significant happenings from the launch of Henry Ford’s groundbreaking workweek experiment in 1937 to President Eisenhower's pivotal D-Day decision in 1944. This date also commemorates the Marshall Plan that resurrected post-war Europe in 1947, the tragic assassination of RFK in 1968, and India's Operation Blue Star in 1984.