What day of the week was June 5, 1975?

The day of the week June 5th, 1975 fell on was a Thursday.

Paul Keres the Estonian chess player (b. 1916) died on this day in 1975. As did Lester Matthews the English actor (b. 1900) .

The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War. The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum on remaining in the European Economic Community (EEC).