May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (126th in leap years). There are 240 days remaining. |
May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (126th in leap years). There are 240 days remaining. |
Events: *1494 - Christopher Columbus discovers Jamaica. *1762 - Peace treaty between Russia and Prussia. *1789 - The French States General convenes for the first time since 1614. *1809 - Mary Kies is the first woman to be awarded a patent. *1809 - The Swiss canton of Aargau denies Jews citizenship. *1835 - In Belgium a railway is opened between Brussels and Mechelen?. It is the first railway in continental Europe. *1847 - The [American Medical Association]? is founded. *1862 - Mexican army defeated the French army in the [Battle of Puebla]?. *1865 - First [train robbery]? in the United States. *1874 - Child Labor law passed in the Netherlands. *1891 - The Music Hall (now known as [Carnegie Hall]? has its grand opening and first public performance *1892 - The US Congress passes the Geary Chinese Exclusion Act: All Chinese in the US must register, if not they risk deportation. *1893 - Crash on the New York stock exchange (Panic of 1893). *1912 - Russian Communist newspaper Pravda? first published. *1912 - Start of the Olympic Games of Stockholm. *1916 - American marines invade the Dominican Republic. *1920 - Polish troops occupy Kiev?. *1925 - Dayton? Tennessee biology teacher [John Scopes]? is arrested for teaching Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution. *1936 - Italian troops occupy [Addis Abeba]? (Ethiopia). *1940 - In London, a Norwegian government in exile is formed. *1941 - Emperor [Haile Selassie]? returns to Addis Abeba. *1943 - Postmaster General Frank C. Walker invents the Postal Zone System. *1944 - Gandhi freed from prison. *1945 - German troops in the Netherlands and Denmark capitulate. *1945 - Concentration camp Mauthausen? liberated. *1949 - Council of Europe is formed. *1955 - West Germany gains full sovereignty. *1956 - World Championships Judo are first held. *1961 - [Alan Shepard]? is the first American in space. He makes a space flight of 15 minutes, making less than one complete orbit. *1979 - [Voyager 1]? passes Jupiter. *1980 - British police storm the Iranian embassy in London after a time of siege. *1987 - Start of the congressional hearings in the [Iran-Contra affair]?. *1994 - American [Michael Fay]? is caned in Singapore. *2000 - Conjunction of all traditional planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Moon and Sun). Births: *1813 - Søren Kierkegaard, philosopher *1818 - Karl Marx, philosopher *1832 - [H.H. Bancroft]?, historian and publisher *1901 - Blind Willie McTell, blues singer *1940 - [Eric Burdon]?, rock singer (Animals) *1942 - [Tammy Wynette]?, country singer *1943 - Michael Palin, comedian (Monty Python) Deaths: *1028 - [Alfonso V]?, king of Leon and Galicia (999-1028) (battle) *1194 - [Kazimierz II]?, grand-duke of Poland (1177-1194) *1309 - [Charles II]?, king of Naples (1285-1309) *1525 - Frederick III, ruler of Saxony (1486-1525) *1705 - [Leopold I]?, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire *1786 - [Pedro III]?, king of Portugal *1821 - Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of France (1799-1815) *1827 - [Fredeerick Augustus I]?, king of Saxony (1806-1827) *1859 - [Peter Dirichlet]?, mathematician *1981 - Bobby Sands, IRA activist (hunger strike) *1995 - [Mikhail Botvinnik]?, world chess champion |
Events: * 1494? - Christopher Columbus discovers Jamaica. * 1762 - Peace treaty between Russia and Prussia. * 1789 - The French States General convenes for the first time since 1614. * 1809 - Mary Kies is the first woman to be awarded a patent. * 1809 - The Swiss canton of Aargau denies Jews citizenship. * 1835 - In Belgium a railway is opened between Brussels and Mechelen?. It is the first railway in continental Europe. * 1847 - The [American Medical Association]? is founded. * 1862 - Mexican army defeated the French army in the [Battle of Puebla]?. * 1865 - First [train robbery]? in the United States. * 1874 - Child Labor law passed in the Netherlands. * 1891 - The Music Hall (now known as [Carnegie Hall]? has its grand opening and first public performance * 1892 - The US Congress passes the Geary Chinese Exclusion Act: All Chinese in the US must register, if not they risk deportation. * 1893 - Crash on the New York stock exchange (Panic of 1893). * 1912 - Russian Communist newspaper Pravda? first published. * 1912 - Start of the Olympic Games of Stockholm. * 1916 - American marines invade the Dominican Republic. * 1920 - Polish troops occupy Kiev?. * 1925 - Dayton? Tennessee biology teacher [John Scopes]? is arrested for teaching Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution. * 1936 - Italian troops occupy [Addis Abeba]? (Ethiopia). * 1940 - In London, a Norwegian government in exile is formed. * 1941 - Emperor [Haile Selassie]? returns to Addis Abeba. * 1943 - Postmaster General Frank C. Walker invents the Postal Zone System. * 1944 - Gandhi freed from prison. * 1945 - German troops in the Netherlands and Denmark capitulate. * 1945 - Concentration camp Mauthausen? liberated. * 1949 - Council of Europe is formed. * 1955 - West Germany gains full sovereignty. * 1956 - World Championships Judo are first held. * 1961 - [Alan Shepard]? is the first American in space. He makes a space flight of 15 minutes, making less than one complete orbit. * 1979 - [Voyager 1]? passes Jupiter. * 1980 - British police storm the Iranian embassy in London after a time of siege. * 1987 - Start of the congressional hearings in the [Iran-Contra affair]?. * 1994 - American [Michael Fay]? is caned in Singapore. * 2000 - Conjunction of all traditional planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Moon and Sun). Births: * 1813 - Søren Kierkegaard, philosopher * 1818 - Karl Marx, philosopher * 1832 - [H.H. Bancroft]?, historian and publisher * 1901 - Blind Willie McTell, blues singer * 1940 - [Eric Burdon]?, rock singer (Animals) * 1942 - [Tammy Wynette]?, country singer * 1943 - Michael Palin, comedian (Monty Python) Deaths: * 1028 - [Alfonso V]?, king of Leon and Galicia (999-1028) (battle) * 1194? - [Kazimierz II]?, grand-duke of Poland (1177-1194) * 1309? - [Charles II]?, king of Naples (1285-1309) * 1525? - Frederick III, ruler of Saxony (1486-1525) * 1705? - [Leopold I]?, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire * 1786 - [Pedro III]?, king of Portugal * 1821 - Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of France (1799-1815) * 1827 - [Fredeerick Augustus I]?, king of Saxony (1806-1827) * 1859 - [Peter Dirichlet]?, mathematician * 1981 - Bobby Sands, IRA activist (hunger strike) * 1995 - [Mikhail Botvinnik]?, world chess champion |
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