About May 5

May 5, 2025 is the 125th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 240 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

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Taurus is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 288 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On May 5

  • 1260 –
    Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.
  • 1640 –
    King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament.
  • 1789 –
    In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
  • 1811 –
    In the second day of fighting at the Peninsular War Battle of Fuentes de Onoro the French army, under Marshall Massena, drive in the Duke of Wellington’s overextended right flank, but French frontal assaults fail to take the town of Fuentes de Onoro and the Anglo-Portugese army holds the field at the end of the day.
  • 1864 –
    American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
  • 1865 –
    In North Bend, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio), the first train robbery in the United States takes place.
  • 1866 –
    Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
  • 1886 –
    The Bay View Tragedy: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing seven.
  • 1904 –
    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.
  • 1905 –
    The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
  • 1920 –
    Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder.
  • 1925 –
    Scopes Trial: serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
  • 1936 –
    Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • 1941 –
    Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots’ Victory Day.
  • 1944 –
    German troops execute 216 civilians in the village of Kleisoura in Greece
  • 1955 –
    West Germany gains full sovereignty.
  • 1964 –
    The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day.
  • 1987 –
    Iran-Contra affair: start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America
  • 1994 –
    The signing of the Bishkek Protocol between Armenia and Azerbaijan effectively freezes the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
  • 2006 –
    The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army.

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