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On This Day, June 5

2025: The Nintendo Switch 2 video game console is released worldwide.
2024: The Boeing Starliner is launched on its first crewed flight, carrying astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams to the International Space Station.
2022: A constitutional referendum is held in Kazakhstan following violent protests and civil unrest against the government.
2017: Montenegro becomes the 29th member of NATO.
2017: Six Arab countries—Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates—cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region.

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