May 5th All Events |
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| May 5th, 2008 (May 05 2008) | Death | Irv Robbins, Canadian-American entrepreneur (born in 1917) | |
| May 5th, 2007 (May 05 2007) | Event | Kenya Airways Flight KQ 507 crashes in Cameroon. | |
| May 5th, 2007 (May 05 2007) | Death | Theodore Harold Maiman, Inventor (born in 1927) | |
| May 5th, 2006 (May 05 2006) | Event | The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA). | |
| May 5th, 2006 (May 05 2006) | Death | Naushad Ali, Indian composer (born in 1919) | |
| May 5th, 2005 (May 05 2005) | Event | The United Kingdom general election takes place, in which Tony Blair s Labour Party is re-elected for a third, consecutive term. | Tony Blair Quotes |
| May 5th, 2004 (May 05 2004) | Death | Ritsuko Okazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter (born in 1959) | |
| May 5th, 2003 (May 05 2003) | Death | Walter Sisulu, South African activist (born in 1912) | |
| May 5th, 2002 (May 05 2002) | Death | Hugo Banzer, Bolivian dictator (born in 1926) | |
| May 5th, 2002 (May 05 2002) | Death | Paul Klipsch, American engineer, noted for his loudspeaker designs. (born in 1904) | |
| May 5th, 2002 (May 05 2002) | Death | George Sidney, American film director (born in 1916) | |
| May 5th, 2001 (May 05 2001) | Death | Clifton Hillegass, American writer and publisher | |
| May 5th, 2001 (May 05 2001) | Death | Raymond Kessler, American midget wrestler | |
| May 5th, 2000 (May 05 2000) | Death | Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (born in 1914) | |
| May 5th, 1997 (May 05 1997) | Death | Walter Gotell, German actor (born in 1924) | |
| May 5th, 1995 (May 05 1995) | Death | Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player, grandmaster and world champion (born in 1911) | |
| May 5th, 1992 (May 05 1992) | Event | The 27th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified. | |
| May 5th, 1992 (May 05 1992) | Death | Jean-Claude Pascal, French singer (b.1927) | |
| May 5th, 1991 (May 05 1991) | Event | A riot breaks out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after a Salvadoran man is shot by police. | |
| May 5th, 1989 (May 05 1989) | Birth | Chris Brown, American singer | |
| May 5th, 1988 (May 05 1988) | Birth | Jessica Dubroff, American aviator (died in 1996) | |
| May 5th, 1988 (May 05 1988) | Birth | Brooke Hogan, American singer | |
| May 5th, 1988 (May 05 1988) | Birth | Skye Sweetnam, Canadian singer and songwriter | Skye Sweetnam Quotes |
| May 5th, 1988 (May 05 1988) | Birth | Adele, English singer | |
| May 5th, 1988 (May 05 1988) | Death | Michael Shaara, American author (born in 1928) | |
| May 5th, 1987 (May 05 1987) | Event | Iran-Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings. | |
| May 5th, 1987 (May 05 1987) | Birth | Marija Sestic, Bosnian singer | |
| May 5th, 1985 (May 05 1985) | Birth | P. J. Tucker, American basketball player | |
| May 5th, 1985 (May 05 1985) | Birth | Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress, illustrator and singer | |
| May 5th, 1985 (May 05 1985) | Birth | Terrence Wheatley, American Football player | |
| May 5th, 1985 (May 05 1985) | Death | Sir Donald Bailey, British civil engineer (born in 1901) | |
| May 5th, 1984 (May 05 1984) | Birth | Wade MacNeil, Canadian guitarist (Alexisonfire) | |
| May 5th, 1984 (May 05 1984) | Birth | Eve Torres, American dancer and model | |
| May 5th, 1983 (May 05 1983) | Birth | Henry Cavill, English actor | |
| May 5th, 1983 (May 05 1983) | Birth | Scott Ware, American footballer | |
| May 5th, 1983 (May 05 1983) | Death | Horst Schumann, Nazi physician (born in 1901) | |
| May 5th, 1982 (May 05 1982) | Birth | Jay Bothroyd, English footballer | |
| May 5th, 1982 (May 05 1982) | Birth | Wouter D Haene, Belgian flatwater canoer | |
| May 5th, 1982 (May 05 1982) | Birth | Randall Gay, National Football League player | |
| May 5th, 1982 (May 05 1982) | Birth | Edyta Sliwinska, Polish ballroom dancer | |
| May 5th, 1982 (May 05 1982) | Birth | Dieter Brummer, Australian TV Actor | |
| May 5th, 1981 (May 05 1981) | Birth | Craig David, English singer | Craig David Quotes |
| May 5th, 1981 (May 05 1981) | Birth | Danielle Fishel, American actress | |
| May 5th, 1981 (May 05 1981) | Birth | Marcelle Bittar, Brazilian supermodel | |
| May 5th, 1981 (May 05 1981) | Birth | Chris Duncan, baseball player | |
| May 5th, 1981 (May 05 1981) | Death | Bobby Sands, Irish activist (born in 1954) | |
| May 5th, 1980 (May 05 1980) | Event | Operation Nimrod: The Special Air Service storm the Iranian embassy in London after a six day siege. | |
| May 5th, 1980 (May 05 1980) | Event | Constantine Karamanlis is elected for the first time President of Greece. | |
| May 5th, 1980 (May 05 1980) | Birth | Yossi Benayoun, Israeli Footballer | |
| May 5th, 1979 (May 05 1979) | Birth | Vincent Kartheiser, American actor | |
| May 5th, 1978 (May 05 1978) | Birth | Santiago Cabrera, Chilean actor | |
| May 5th, 1978 (May 05 1978) | Birth | Bruno Cheyrou, French footballer | |
| May 5th, 1977 (May 05 1977) | Birth | Choi Kang-hee, South Korean actress | |
| May 5th, 1977 (May 05 1977) | Death | Ludwig Erhard, German politician (CDU) and Chancellor of Germany from 1963 until 1966 (born in 1897) | |
| May 5th, 1976 (May 05 1976) | Birth | Juan Pablo Sorin, Argentine footballer | |
| May 5th, 1976 (May 05 1976) | Birth | Anastasios Pantos, Greek footballer | |
| May 5th, 1974 (May 05 1974) | Birth | Seiji Ara, Japanese racing driver | |
| May 5th, 1973 (May 05 1973) | Birth | Muhsin Muhammad, American football player | |
| May 5th, 1973 (May 05 1973) | Birth | Tina Yothers, American actress | |
| May 5th, 1972 (May 05 1972) | Birth | James Cracknell, British rowing champion, double Olympic gold medalist | |
| May 5th, 1972 (May 05 1972) | Birth | Mike Dirnt, American musician (Green Day) | |
| May 5th, 1972 (May 05 1972) | Birth | Devin Townsend, Canadian musician (Strapping Young Lad) | |
| May 5th, 1972 (May 05 1972) | Birth | Brad Bombardir, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| May 5th, 1971 (May 05 1971) | Birth | Mike Redmond, American baseball player | |
| May 5th, 1971 (May 05 1971) | Birth | David Reilly, American singer (God Lives Underwater) (died in 2005) | |
| May 5th, 1971 (May 05 1971) | Death | Violet Jessop, Titanic survivor (born in 1887) | |
| May 5th, 1970 (May 05 1970) | Birth | Kyan Douglas, American TV-personality | |
| May 5th, 1970 (May 05 1970) | Birth | Juan Acevedo, baseball player | |
| May 5th, 1970 (May 05 1970) | Birth | Naomi Klein, Canadian author and activist | |
| May 5th, 1970 (May 05 1970) | Birth | Will Arnett, Canadian-American actor | |
| May 5th, 1970 (May 05 1970) | Birth | Soheil Ayari, French racer | |
| May 5th, 1967 (May 05 1967) | Birth | Takehito Koyasu, Japanese seiyu (voice actor) | |
| May 5th, 1967 (May 05 1967) | Birth | Maro Mavri, Greek fashion model and actress | |
| May 5th, 1966 (May 05 1966) | Birth | Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer (Megadeth) | |
| May 5th, 1965 (May 05 1965) | Birth | Glenn Seton, Australian racing driver | |
| May 5th, 1964 (May 05 1964) | Event | May 5 is declared Europe Day on the 15th anniversary of the Council of Europe. | |
| May 5th, 1963 (May 05 1963) | Birth | Simon Rimmer, English chef | |
| May 5th, 1963 (May 05 1963) | Birth | Heidi Kozak, American actress | |
| May 5th, 1963 (May 05 1963) | Birth | James LaBrie, Canadian singer (Dream Theater) | |
| May 5th, 1962 (May 05 1962) | Birth | Jenifer McKitrick, American songwriter | |
| May 5th, 1962 (May 05 1962) | Death | Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (born in 1889) | |
| May 5th, 1961 (May 05 1961) | Event | The Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 3 - Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, making a sub-orbital flight of 15 minutes. | |
| May 5th, 1961 (May 05 1961) | Birth | Hiroshi Hase, Japanese professional wrestler and politician | |
| May 5th, 1959 (May 05 1959) | Birth | Ian McCulloch, English singer of Echo & the Bunnymen | |
| May 5th, 1959 (May 05 1959) | Birth | Brian Phelps, American disk jockey and actor | |
| May 5th, 1959 (May 05 1959) | Birth | Brian Williams, American news anchor | |
| May 5th, 1959 (May 05 1959) | Death | Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentine politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born in 1878) | |
| May 5th, 1958 (May 05 1958) | Birth | Ron Arad, Israeli aircraft navigator missing in action. | |
| May 5th, 1957 (May 05 1957) | Birth | Richard E. Grant, British actor | |
| May 5th, 1957 (May 05 1957) | Birth | Peter Howitt, British actor and film director | |
| May 5th, 1956 (May 05 1956) | Birth | Robert Marien, Quebec actor, singer and songwriter | |
| May 5th, 1955 (May 05 1955) | Event | West Germany gains full sovereignty. | |
| May 5th, 1955 (May 05 1955) | Birth | Melinda Culea, American actress | |
| May 5th, 1954 (May 05 1954) | Birth | Dave Spector, American television personality and commentator | |
| May 5th, 1952 (May 05 1952) | Birth | Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster (died in 2005) | |
| May 5th, 1950 (May 05 1950) | Event | Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned as King Rama IX of Thailand. | |
| May 5th, 1950 (May 05 1950) | Birth | Googoosh, Faegheh Atashin (????? ?????), Iranian, Persian Singer & actress | |
| May 5th, 1950 (May 05 1950) | Birth | Mary Hopkin, Welsh singer | |
| May 5th, 1949 (May 05 1949) | Event | The Council of Europe in Strasbourg is founded through the Treaty of London as the first European institution working for European integration. Since 1964, May 5 has been designated Europe Day by the Council of Europe and is celebrated since then to commemorate its founding on May 5, 1949. | |
| May 5th, 1948 (May 05 1948) | Birth | Bill Ward, British drummer (Black Sabbath) | |
| May 5th, 1947 (May 05 1947) | Death | Ty LaForest, Canadian baseball player (born in 1917) | |
| May 5th, 1945 (May 05 1945) | Event | World War II: German troops in the Netherlands and Denmark capitulate to Canadian and British forces, liberating these countries from Nazi occupation. | |
| May 5th, 1945 (May 05 1945) | Event | World War II: Prague uprising against the Nazis. | |
| May 5th, 1945 (May 05 1945) | Event | World War II: The Mauthausen concentration camp is liberated. | |
| May 5th, 1945 (May 05 1945) | Event | World War II: Admiral Karl Donitz, leader of Germany after Hitler s death, orders all U-boats to cease offensive operations and return to their bases. | Karl Donitz Quotes |
| May 5th, 1945 (May 05 1945) | Birth | Kurt Loder, Entertainment reporter | |
| May 5th, 1945 (May 05 1945) | Death | Peter Van Pels, Jewish Refugee (born in 1926) | |
| May 5th, 1944 (May 05 1944) | Birth | Bo Larsson, Swedish footballer | |
| May 5th, 1944 (May 05 1944) | Birth | Jean-Pierre Leaud, French actor | |
| May 5th, 1944 (May 05 1944) | Birth | John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor | John Davies Quotes |
| May 5th, 1943 (May 05 1943) | Birth | Michael Palin, British writer, actor, and comedian | Michael Palin Quotes |
| May 5th, 1943 (May 05 1943) | Birth | Raphael, Spanish singer | |
| May 5th, 1942 (May 05 1942) | Birth | Marc Alaimo, American actor | |
| May 5th, 1942 (May 05 1942) | Birth | Tammy Wynette, American musician (died in 1998) | |
| May 5th, 1942 (May 05 1942) | Death | Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (born in 1920) | |
| May 5th, 1941 (May 05 1941) | Event | Chanel No. 5 is released. | |
| May 5th, 1941 (May 05 1941) | Event | Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; this date has been since commemorated as Liberation Day. | |
| May 5th, 1941 (May 05 1941) | Birth | Alexander Ragulin, Russian hockey player (died in 2004) | |
| May 5th, 1941 (May 05 1941) | Death | Natalija Obrenovic, Queen of Serbia (born in 1859) | |
| May 5th, 1940 (May 05 1940) | Event | World War II: In London, a Norwegian government-in-exile is formed. | |
| May 5th, 1940 (May 05 1940) | Birth | Lance Henriksen, American actor and painter | |
| May 5th, 1940 (May 05 1940) | Birth | Michael Lindsay-Hogg, American film director | |
| May 5th, 1939 (May 05 1939) | Birth | Cesare Fiorio, Italian sporting director of various Formula One teams | |
| May 5th, 1938 (May 05 1938) | Birth | Michael Murphy, American actor | |
| May 5th, 1937 (May 05 1937) | Birth | Johnnie Taylor, American singer (died in 2000) | |
| May 5th, 1936 (May 05 1936) | Event | Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. | |
| May 5th, 1936 (May 05 1936) | Birth | Patrick Gowers, British composer | |
| May 5th, 1935 (May 05 1935) | Birth | Douglas Marland, American television writer (died in 1993) | |
| May 5th, 1935 (May 05 1935) | Birth | Bernard Pivot, French journalist and television host | |
| May 5th, 1935 (May 05 1935) | Birth | Robert Rehme, American film producer | |
| May 5th, 1934 (May 05 1934) | Birth | Ace Cannon, American saxophonist | |
| May 5th, 1931 (May 05 1931) | Birth | Greg, Belgian comic-book writer (Achille Talon) (d, 1999) | |
| May 5th, 1931 (May 05 1931) | Death | Glen Kidston, British aviator and racing driver (born in 1899) | |
| May 5th, 1927 (May 05 1927) | Birth | Pat Carroll, American actress | |
| May 5th, 1926 (May 05 1926) | Birth | Ann B. Davis, American actress | |
| May 5th, 1925 (May 05 1925) | Event | Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is served an arrest warrant for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act. | |
| May 5th, 1925 (May 05 1925) | Event | Afrikaans is established as an official language in South Africa. | |
| May 5th, 1925 (May 05 1925) | Birth | Leo Ryan, United States Congressman (died in 1978) | |
| May 5th, 1923 (May 05 1923) | Birth | Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (died in 2003) | Philo Quotes |
| May 5th, 1921 (May 05 1921) | Birth | Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1999) | |
| May 5th, 1921 (May 05 1921) | Death | Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian writer and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born in 1864) | Alfred Nobel Quotes |
| May 5th, 1920 (May 05 1920) | Event | Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are arrested, accused of robbery and murder. | |
| May 5th, 1919 (May 05 1919) | Birth | Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek dictator (died in 1999) | |
| May 5th, 1916 (May 05 1916) | Event | American marines invade the Dominican Republic. | |
| May 5th, 1916 (May 05 1916) | Birth | Zail Singh, President of India (died in 1994) | |
| May 5th, 1915 (May 05 1915) | Birth | Alice Faye, American actress (died in 1998) | |
| May 5th, 1914 (May 05 1914) | Birth | Tyrone Power, American actor (died in 1958) | |
| May 5th, 1908 (May 05 1908) | Birth | Kurt Bohme, German bass (died in 1989) | |
| May 5th, 1904 (May 05 1904) | Event | Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball. | |
| May 5th, 1903 (May 05 1903) | Birth | James Beard, American chef and cookbook writer (died in 1985) | |
| May 5th, 1902 (May 05 1902) | Event | The Commonwealth Public Service Act creates the Australian Public Service. | |
| May 5th, 1901 (May 05 1901) | Birth | Blind Willie McTell, American singer (died in 1959) | |
| May 5th, 1900 (May 05 1900) | Death | Ivan Aivazovsky, Russian painter (born in 1817) | |
| May 5th, 1899 (May 05 1899) | Birth | Freeman Gosden, American radio comedian (Amos-Amos n Andy) (died in 1982) | |
| May 5th, 1896 (May 05 1896) | Death | Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (born in 1839) | |
| May 5th, 1892 (May 05 1892) | Death | August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist (born in 1818) | |
| May 5th, 1891 (May 05 1891) | Event | The Music Hall in New York City (now known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor. | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Quotes |
| May 5th, 1890 (May 05 1890) | Birth | Christopher Morley, American writer (died in 1957) | Christopher Morley Quotes |
| May 5th, 1887 (May 05 1887) | Birth | Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury (died in 1972) | |
| May 5th, 1886 (May 05 1886) | Event | The Bay View Tragedy occurs, as militia fire upon a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin killing seven. | |
| May 5th, 1883 (May 05 1883) | Birth | Archibald Wavell, British general (died in 1950) | |
| May 5th, 1877 (May 05 1877) | Event | Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles. | |
| May 5th, 1869 (May 05 1869) | Birth | Hans Pfitzner, Russian-born composer (died in 1949) | |
| May 5th, 1866 (May 05 1866) | Birth | Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist (died in 1938) | |
| May 5th, 1865 (May 05 1865) | Event | In North Bend, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio), the first train robbery in the United States takes place. | |
| May 5th, 1865 (May 05 1865) | Birth | Nellie Bly, American journalist and writer (died in 1922) | |
| May 5th, 1864 (May 05 1864) | Event | American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. | |
| May 5th, 1862 (May 05 1862) | Event | Cinco de Mayo in Mexico: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla. | |
| May 5th, 1859 (May 05 1859) | Death | Peter Gustav Dirichlet, German mathematician (born in 1805) | |
| May 5th, 1855 (May 05 1855) | Death | Sir Robert Inglis, Bt, English politician (born in 1786) | |
| May 5th, 1846 (May 05 1846) | Birth | Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish author, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1916) | |
| May 5th, 1835 (May 05 1835) | Event | In Belgium, the first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen. | |
| May 5th, 1834 (May 05 1834) | Birth | Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (died in 1873) | |
| May 5th, 1833 (May 05 1833) | Birth | Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer (died in 1905) | |
| May 5th, 1832 (May 05 1832) | Birth | H.H. Bancroft, American historian and publisher (died in 1918) | |
| May 5th, 1830 (May 05 1830) | Birth | John Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (died in 1906) | |
| May 5th, 1827 (May 05 1827) | Death | Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (born in 1750) | |
| May 5th, 1826 (May 05 1826) | Birth | Empress Eugenie of France, wife of Napoleon III (died in 1920) | |
| May 5th, 1821 (May 05 1821) | Event | Emperor Napoleon I dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. | |
| May 5th, 1821 (May 05 1821) | Death | Napoleon I of France (born in 1769) | |
| May 5th, 1818 (May 05 1818) | Birth | Karl Marx, German political philosopher (died in 1883) | Karl Marx Quotes |
| May 5th, 1813 (May 05 1813) | Birth | Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (died in 1855) | Philo Quotes |
| May 5th, 1811 (May 05 1811) | Death | Robert Mylne, Scottish architect (born in 1734) | |
| May 5th, 1809 (May 05 1809) | Event | Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread. | |
| May 5th, 1809 (May 05 1809) | Event | The Swiss canton of Aargau denies citizenship to Jews. | |
| May 5th, 1808 (May 05 1808) | Death | Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist (born in 1757) | |
| May 5th, 1800 (May 05 1800) | Birth | Louis Christophe Francois Hachette, French publisher (died in 1864) | |
| May 5th, 1789 (May 05 1789) | Event | In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time in 150 years. | |
| May 5th, 1766 (May 05 1766) | Death | Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (born in 1684) | |
| May 5th, 1764 (May 05 1764) | Birth | Robert Craufurd, British general (died in 1812) | |
| May 5th, 1762 (May 05 1762) | Event | Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg. | |
| May 5th, 1760 (May 05 1760) | Death | Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English murderer (hanged) (born in 1720) | |
| May 5th, 1747 (May 05 1747) | Birth | Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (died in 1792) | |
| May 5th, 1705 (May 05 1705) | Death | Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (born in 1640) | |
| May 5th, 1672 (May 05 1672) | Death | Samuel Cooper, English painter (born in 1609) | |
| May 5th, 1671 (May 05 1671) | Death | Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, English politician (born in 1602) | |
| May 5th, 1640 (May 05 1640) | Event | King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament. | |
| May 5th, 1604 (May 05 1604) | Death | Claudio Merulo, Italian composer (born in 1533) | |
| May 5th, 1586 (May 05 1586) | Death | Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland (born in 1529) | |
| May 5th, 1546 (May 05 1546) | Birth | Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (died in 1623) | |
| May 5th, 1525 (May 05 1525) | Death | Frederick III of Saxony (born in 1463) | |
| May 5th, 1494 (May 05 1494) | Event | Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica and claims it for Spain. | Christopher Columbus Quotes |
| May 5th, 1479 (May 05 1479) | Birth | Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (died in 1574) | |
| May 5th, 1309 (May 05 1309) | Death | King Charles II of Naples | |
| May 5th, 1260 (May 05 1260) | Event | Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire. | |
| May 5th, 1219 (May 05 1219) | Death | King Leo II of Armenia (born in 1150) | |
| May 5th, 1215 (May 05 1215) | Event | Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John of Englandied in This was part of a chain of events leading to the Magna Carta signing. | |
| May 5th, 1210 (May 05 1210) | Birth | King Afonso III of Portugal (died in 1279) | |
| May 5th, 1194 (May 05 1194) | Death | King Casimir II of Poland (born in 1138) | |
| May 5th, 1028 (May 05 1028) | Death | King Alfonso V of Castile, Leon, and Galicia | |
| May 5th, 0984 (May 05 0984) | Death | Gerberga of Saxony, Queen of Western Francia | |
| May 5th, 0867 (May 05 0867) | Birth | Uda, Emperor of Japan (died in 931) | |
| May 5th, 0553 (May 05 0553) | Event | The Second Council of Constantinople begins. | |
| May 5th, 0311 (May 05 0311) | Death | Galerius, Roman Emperor | |
| May 5th, 0200 (May 05 0200) | Death | Sun Ce, warlord of the Han Dynasty (born in 175) | |
