{"id":4250,"canonical_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1981ce-jun-5--4250","name":"1981 CE, June 5","year":1981,"era":"CE","month":6,"day":5,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1981ce-jun-5--4250","iso-date":"1981-06-05","precision":"year-month-day","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.britannica.com/science/AIDS\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003eThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported in its June 5, 1981, issue of\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eMorbidity and Mortality Weekly Report\u003c/em\u003e, the detection of a rare form of pneumonia in five homosexual men in Los Angeles, marking the first official reporting of what will later become known as the\u003cstrong\u003e AIDS\u003c/strong\u003e epidemic (\u003cstrong\u003eAcquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome\u003c/strong\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e","additional_details":"\u003cp\u003eA few physicians and public health workers in coastal cities had noticed strange opportunistic infections in otherwise healthy gay men in prior years but the CDC report highlighted brought to light.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/history/hiv-and-aids-timeline#year-1981\"\u003eMore\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","photo":"","created_at":"2025-06-05T22:49:44-07:00","updated_at":"2026-05-17T11:39:59-07:00","breadcrumbs":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"June History","item":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/june"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"June 5","item":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/june-5"}]},"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Thing","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1981ce-jun-5--4250#eventK365","name":"1981 CE, June 5","headline":"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported in its June 5, 1981, issue of Morbidity and... - 1981 CE","description":"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported in its June 5, 1981, issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the detection of a rare...","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1981ce-jun-5--4250","additionalType":"HistoricalEvent","inLanguage":"en","datePublished":"2025-06-05T22:49:44-07:00","dateModified":"2026-05-17T11:39:59-07:00","publisher":{"@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/#organizationK365"},"temporalCoverage":"1981-06-05","isPartOf":[{"@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/#websiteK365"},{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/june","name":"What Happened in June History"},{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/june-5#pageK365","name":"What Happened on June 5"}]}}