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

  • 1494 –
    Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica and claims it for Spain.
  • 1762 –
    Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
  • 1789 –
    In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 1936 –
    Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • 1940 –
    World War II: Norwegian Campaign – Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulate to the Nazis after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms.
  • 1940 –
    World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London
  • 1945 –
    World War II: Canadian and UK troops liberate the Netherlands and Denmark from Nazi occupation when Wehrmacht troops capitulate.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1972 –
    Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy.
  • 1987 –
    Iran-Contra affair: start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America
  • 2006 –
    The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army.
  • 2007 –
    All 114 aboard Kenya Airways Flight 507 die when the pilots lose control of the plane and it crashes in Douala, Cameroon.
  • 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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