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May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in Leap Year s). There are 240 days remaining.
The Northern Hemisphere is considered halfway through Spring on May 5 , since there are usually 92 days in that season of the year.
Events
- 1260 - Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire .
- 1640 - King Charles I Of England disbands the Short Parliament .
- 1646 - King Charles I Of England and Scotland surrenders to the Scottish Presbyterian Army at Newark .
- 1762 - Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty Of St. Petersburg .
- 1789 - In France , the Estates-General convenes for the first time in 150 years.
- 1809 - Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a US Patent , for a technique of Weaving Straw with Silk and Thread .
- 1809 - The Swiss canton of Aargau denies citizenship to Jew s.
- 1835 - In Belgium , the first railway in Continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen .
- halt a French Invasion in the Battle Of Puebla .
- begins in Spotsylvania County, Virginia .
- 1865 - In North Bend, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati ), the first Train Robbery in the United States takes place.
- leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles .
- 1891 - The Music Hall in New York (now known as Carnegie Hall ) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
- starts a Depression .
- 1904 - Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds , Cy Young of the Boston Americans threw the first Perfect Game in the modern era of Baseball .
- 1916 - American Marines invade the Dominican Republic .
- , biology teacher John Scopes is arrested for teaching Charles Darwin 's Theory Of Evolution .
- 1936 - Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa , Ethiopia .
- , a Norwegian government-in-exile is formed.
- 1941 - Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa , Ethiopia ; this date has been since commemorated as Liberation Day .
- 1944 - Mohandas Gandhi is freed from prison.
- 1945 - World War II :
- --- German troops in the Netherlands and Denmark capitulate to Canadian and British forces, liberating these countries from Nazi occupation.
- --- Prague uprising against the Nazis.
- --- Mauthausen Concentration Camp is liberated.
- --- Admiral Karl Dönitz orders all U-boat s to cease offensive operations and return to their bases.
- --- A Japanese bomb, launched by Balloon and called a Fire Balloon , explodes near Lakeview , Oregon , United States , killing a woman and five children who were examining it during a church picnic.
- 1949 - The Council Of Europe is formed.
- 1950 - Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned as King Rama IX Of Thailand .
- 1954 - A Coup D'état carries General Alfredo Stroessner to power in Paraguay .
- 1955 - West Germany gains full sovereignty.
- – Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into Space , making a sub-orbital flight of 15 minutes.
- 1978 - Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds hits his 3000th major league hit.
- storm the Iran ian Embassy in London after a six day siege.
- televised hearings.
- 1991 - A Riot breaks out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, DC after a Salvadoran man is shot by police.
- 1992 - Wolfenstein 3D is released, the first-ever First-person Shooter computer game.
- 1994 - American Michael P. Fay is caned in Singapore as punishment for spray-painting two cars.
- 2005 - The United Kingdom General Election takes place, in which Tony Blair's Labour Party are re-elected for a third, consecutive term.
Births
- 867 - Uda , Emperor Of Japan (d. 931 )
- 1210 - King Afonso III Of Portugal (d. 1279 )
- 1546 - Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl Of Exeter , English politician (d. 1623 )
- 1747 - Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792 )
- 1764 - Robert Craufurd , British general (d. 1812 )
- 1813 - Søren Kierkegaard , Danish philosopher (d. 1855 )
- 1818 - Karl Marx , German political philosopher (d. 1883 )
- 1826 - Empress Eugenie of France, wife of Napoleon III (d. 1920 )
- 1832 - H.H. Bancroft , American historian and publisher (d. 1918 )
- 1833 - Ferdinand Von Richthofen , German geographer (d. 1905 )
- 1846 - Henryk Sienkiewicz , Polish author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916 )
- 1865 - Elizabeth Jane Cochran , American journalist and writer (d. 1922 )
- 1866 - Thomas B. Thrige , Danish industrialist (d. 1938 )
- 1869 - Hans Pfitzner , Russian-born composer (d. 1949 )
- 1883 - Archibald Wavell , British general (d. 1950 )
- 1887 - Geoffrey Fisher , Archbishop Of Canterbury (d. 1972 )
- 1890 - Christopher Morley , American writer (d. 1957 )
- 1901 - Blind Willie McTell , American singer (d. 1959 )
- 1903 - James Beard , American chef and cookbook writer (d. 1985 )
- 1908 - Kurt Böhme , German bass (d. 1989 )
- 1914 - Tyrone Power , American actor (d. 1958 )
- 1915 - Alice Faye , American actress (d. 1998 )
- 1916 - Zail Singh , President of India (d. 1994 )
- 1921 - Arthur Leonard Schawlow , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999 )
- 1923 - Richard Wollheim , British philosopher (d. 2003 )
- 1926 - Ann B. Davis , American actress
- 1935 - Douglas Marland , American television writer (d. 1993 )
- 1936 - Patrick Gowers , British composer
- 1941 - Alexander Ragulin , Russian hockey player (d. 2004 )
- 1942 - Marc Alaimo , American actor
- 1943 - Michael Palin , British writer, actor, and comedian
- 1944 - Roger Rees , Welsh actor
- 1944 - John Rhys-Davies , Welsh actor
- 1948 - Bill Ward , British drummer ( Black Sabbath )
- 1952 - Campbell McComas , Australian impersonator and broadcaster (d. 2005 )
- 1954 - Dave Spector , American television personality and commentator
- 1955 - Wil Harris , American drummer
- 1957 - Richard E. Grant , British actor
- 1963 - James LaBrie , American singer ( Dream Theater )
- 1966 - Shawn Drover , Canadian drummer ( Megadeth )
- 1971 - David Reilly , American singer ( God Lives Underwater ) (d. 2005 )
- 1972 - Devin Townsend , Canadian musician ( Strapping Young Lad )
- 1972 - James Cracknell , British Rowing Champion, Double Olymipic Gold Medalist
- 1976 - Juan Pablo Sorín , Argentine footballer
- 1979 - Vincent Kartheiser , American actor
- 1981 - Craig David , British R&B singer
- 1982 - Jay Bothroyd , English footballer
- 1984 - Wade MacNeil , Canadian guitarist ( Alexisonfire )
- 1987 - John Gotti Agnello , son of columnist and author Victoria Gotti and grandson of mobster John Gotti
- 1989 - Chris Brown , American singer
Deaths
- 200 - Sun Ce , a warlord of the Han Dynasty (b. 175 )
- 311 - Galerius , Roman Emperor
- 1028 - King Alfonso V Of Castile , León, and Galicia
- 1192 - Duke Ottokar IV Of Styria (b. 1163 )
- 1194 - King Casimir II Of Poland (b. 1138 )
- 1219 - King Leo II Of Armenia (b. 1150 )
- 1309 - King Charles II Of Naples
- 1525 - Frederick III Of Saxony (b. 1463 )
- 1586 - Henry Sidney , Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1529 )
- 1604 - Claudio Merulo , Italian composer (b. 1533 )
- 1671 - Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl Of Manchester , English politician (b. 1602 )
- 1672 - Samuel Cooper , English painter (b. 1609 )
- 1705 - Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1640 )
- 1760 - Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers , English murderer (hanged) (b. 1720 )
- 1766 - Jean Astruc , French physician and scholar (b. 1684 )
- 1808 - Pierre Jean George Cabanis , French physiologist (b. 1757 )
- 1811 - Robert Mylne , Scottish architect (b. 1734 )
- 1821 - Napoleon I Of France (b. 1769 )
- 1827 - Frederick Augustus I Of Saxony (b. 1750 )
- 1855 - Sir Robert Inglis, Bt , English politician (b. 1786 )
- 1859 - Peter Gustav Dirichlet , German mathematician (b. 1805 )
- 1900 - Ivan Aivazovsky , Russian painter (b. 1817 )
- 1921 - Alfred Hermann Fried , Austrian writer and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1864 )
- 1947 - Ty LaForest , Canadian baseball player (b. 1917 )
- 1959 - Carlos Saavedra Lamas , Argentine politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1878 )
- 1962 - Ernest Tyldesley , English cricketer (b. 1889 )
- 1971 - Violet Jessop , Titanic survivor (b. 1887 )
- 1977 - Ludwig Erhard , a German politician ( CDU ) and Chancellor Of Germany from 1963 until 1966 (b. 1897 )
- 1981 - Bobby Sands , Irish activist (b. 1954 )
- 1985 - Sir Donald Bailey , British civil engineer (b. 1901 )
- 1988 - Michael Shaara , American author (b. 1928 )
- 1992 - Jean-Claude Pascal , French singer (b. 1927 )
- 1995 - Mikhail Botvinnik , Russian chess player (b. 1911 )
- 1997 - Walter Gotell , German actor (b. 1924 )
- 2001 - Cliff Hillegass , American writer and publisher
- 2003 - Walter Sisulu , South African activist (b. 1912 )
Holidays and observances
External links
May 4 - May 6 - April 5 - June 5 – Listing Of All Days
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