About May 5

May 5, 2024 is the 126th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 240 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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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 269 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On May 5

  • 1215 –
    Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta.
  • 1260 –
    Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.
  • 1789 –
    In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
  • 1809 –
    The Swiss canton of Aargau denies citizenship to Jews.
  • 1835 –
    In Belgium, the first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen.
  • 1865 –
    In North Bend, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio), the first train robbery in the United States takes place.
  • 1877 –
    Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
  • 1886 –
    The Bay View Tragedy: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing seven.
  • 1891 –
    The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
  • 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.
  • 1925 –
    The government of South Africa declares Afrikaans an official language
  • 1941 –
    Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots’ Victory Day.
  • 1945 –
    World War II: Canadian and UK troops liberate the Netherlands and Denmark from Nazi occupation when Wehrmacht troops capitulate.
  • 1946 –
    The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
  • 1949 –
    The Treaty of London establishes the Council of Europe in Strasbourg as the first European institution working for European integration.
  • 1950 –
    Bhumibol Adulyadej crowns himself King Rama IX of Thailand.
  • 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
  • 1991 –
    A riot breaks out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after police shoot a Salvadoran man.
  • 2006 –
    The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army.

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