About May 5

May 5, 2022 is the 125th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 240 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

What Happened On May 5

  • 553 –
    The Second Council of Constantinople begins.
  • 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.
  • 1762 –
    Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
  • 1821 –
    Emperor Napoleon I dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
  • 1835 –
    In Belgium, the first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen.
  • 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.
  • 1925 –
    The government of South Africa declares Afrikaans an official language
  • 1940 –
    World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London
  • 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.
  • 1961 –
    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.
  • 1964 –
    The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day.
  • 1980 –
    Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege.
  • 1981 –
    Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27.
  • 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.
  • 2010 –
    Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek debt crisis.

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