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| 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, 1995 (May 05 1995) | Death | Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player, grandmaster and world champion (born in 1911) | |
| 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, 1965 (May 05 1965) | Birth | Glenn Seton, Australian racing driver | |
| 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, 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, 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, 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, 1915 (May 05 1915) | Birth | Alice Faye, American actress (died in 1998) | |
| 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, 1855 (May 05 1855) | Death | Sir Robert Inglis, Bt, English politician (born in 1786) | |
| May 5th, 1835 (May 05 1835) | Event | In Belgium, the first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen. | |
| May 5th, 1705 (May 05 1705) | Death | Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (born in 1640) | |
| May 5th, 1525 (May 05 1525) | Death | Frederick III of Saxony (born in 1463) | |
| 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. | |
