1. On June 5, 1873, William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody was the scout for the Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia, leading him on a buffalo hunt in Nebraska. The Duke was enamored with the Wild West and eventually visited Cody's Wild West show.

2. On June 5, 1944, Nebraska native and pilot Glen Shean flew his B-24 Liberator on a bombing mission over France during World War II. The mission was part of the Allied invasion of Normandy, which began that same day.

3. On June 5, 1973, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents voted to admit women to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's College of Engineering. This marked a significant step forward in gender equality in higher education and STEM fields.

4. On June 5, 1989, the town of Grand Island, Nebraska was struck by a deadly tornado that killed five people and caused extensive damage. It was one of several tornadoes that hit Nebraska that day, causing a total of nine deaths.

5. On June 5, 2013, Nebraska's governor signed a bill repealing the state's death penalty. The bill was later overturned by a referendum in 2016, but the state has not carried out an execution since 1997.