May 5
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May 5 is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 240 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
- 200 – Sun Ce, Chinese warlord (b. 175)
- 311 – Gallerius, Roman Emperor (b. 260)
- 984 - Gerberga of Saxony (b. 913)
- 1028 – Alfonso V of Castile (b. 994)
- 1194 – Casimir II of Poland (b. 1138)
- 1219 – Leo II, King of Armenia (b. 1150)
- 1257 – Haakon the Young, Junior King of Norway (b. 1232)
- 1306 - Constantine Palaiologus, Byzantine prince and general (b. 1261)
- 1309 – Charles II of Naples (b. 1254)
- 1525 – Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (b. 1463)
- 1604 - Claudio Merulo, Italian composer (b. 1533)
- 1700 - Angelo Italia, Sicilian Baroque architect (b. 1628)
- 1705 – Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1640)
- 1731 - Daniel Defoe, English writer (b. 1660)
- 1808 - Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist and philosopher (b. 1757)
- 1821 – Napoleon, French general and later Emperor of France (b. 1769)
- 1827 - Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (b. 1750)
- 1855 - Seabury Ford, 20th Governor of Ohio (b. 1801)
- 1859 – Peter Gustav Dirichlet, German mathematician (b. 1805)
- 1865 – Ben Hall, Australian bushranger shot dead by the police (b. 1837)
- 1881 - Ansel Briggs, 1st Governor of Iowa (b. 1806)
- 1883 - Eva Gonzales, French painter (b. 1847)
- 1892 – August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist (b. 1818)
- 1896 - Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
- 1900 – Ivan Aivazovsky, Russian painter (b. 1817)
1901 – 2000
- 1916 – John MacBride, Irish Nationalist (b. 1865)
- 1921 – Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian writer and pacifist (b. 1864)
- 1925 - Tome Jose de Barros Queiros, Portuguese politician (b. 1872)
- 1931 - Glen Kidston, English pilot and racing driver (b. 1899)
- 1941 - Natalie of Serbia (b. 1859)
- 1944 – Bertha Benz, German automobile pioneer (b. 1849)
- 1945 – Peter Van Pels, Dutch-Jewish refugee (b. 1926)
- 1959 – Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentine politician (b. 1878)
- 1962 - Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889)
- 1977 – Ludwig Erhard, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
- 1981 – Bobby Sands, Northern Irish activist and hunger striker (b. 1954)
- 1992 – Jean-Claude Pascal, French comedian and singer (b. 1927)
- 1995 – Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player (b. 1911)
- 1999 - Candy Candido, American radio performer, bass player, singer, animator and voice actor (b. 1913)
From 2001
- 2002 – Hugo Banzer, President of Bolivia (b. 1926)
- 2003 – Walter Sisulu, South African activist (b. 1912)
- 2004 – Ritsuko Okazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1959)
- 2005 – Edgar Ponce, Mexican actor and dancer (b. 1974)
- 2007 – Theodore Maiman, American physicist (b. 1927)
- 2008 – Irv Robbins, Canadian-American entrepreneur (b. 1917)
- 2010 – Giulietta Simionato, Italian mezzo-soprano (b. 1910)
- 2010 – Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, President of Nigeria (b. 1951)
- 2011 – Claude Choules, English-Australian World War I veteran (b. 1901)
- 2011 – Arthur Laurents, American playwright (b. 1917)
- 2012 - Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg, Swedish royal, uncle of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Margrethe II of Denmark (b. 1916)
- 2013 - Sarah Kirsch, German poet (b. 1935)
- 2014 - Eduardo Mac Entyre, Argentine artist (b. 1929)
- 2014 - Billy Frank, Jr., American activist (b. 1931)
- 2014 - Butler Derrick, American politician (b. 1936)
- 2015 - Hans Jansen, Dutch politician (b. 1942)
- 2015 - Oscar Holderer, German rocket scientist (b. 1919)
- 2015 - Craig Gruber, American musician (b. 1951)
- 2015 - Brian Sedgemore, British politician (b. 1937)
- 2015 - Jon Castañares, Spanish economist and politician (b. 1925)
- 2016 - Sylvia Kauders, American actress (b. 1921)
- 2016 - Siné, French cartoonist (b. 1928)
- 2016 - Isao Tomita, Japanese musician and composer (b. 1932)
- 2017 - Buhe, Chinese politician (b. 1926)
- 2017 - Benny Elon, Israeli politician (b. 1954)
- 2017 - Corinne Erhel, French politician (b. 1967)
- 2017 - Amancio Escapa Aparicio, Spanish-Dominican prelate (b. 1938)
- 2017 - Almir Guineto, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
- 2017 - Adolph Kiefer, American swimmer (b. 1918)
- 2017 - Leila Seth, Indian judge (b. 1930)
- 2017 - Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, President of Mauritania (b. 1953)
- 2018 - Michele Castoro, Italian Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1952)
- 2018 - Wilson Frost, American politician (b. 1925)
- 2018 - Ermanno Olmi, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
- 2018 - Klaus Dede, German writer and journalist (b. 1935)
- 2018 - Stanley Falkow, American microbiologist (b. 1934)
- 2018 - José María Iñigo, Spanish journalist and commentator (b. 1942)
- 2018 - Boyan Petrov, Bulgarian zoologist and mountaineer (b. 1973)
- 2019 - Barbara Perry, American actress (b. 1921)
- 2019 - Shih Chi-yang, Taiwanese politician (b. 1935)
- 2019 - Norma Miller, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1919)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1901 – Blind Willie McTell, American singer (d. 1959)
- 1907 - Iryna Vilde, Ukrainian writer (d. 1982)
- 1908 - Kurt Böhme, German bass (d. 1989)
- 1911 – Andor Lilienthal, Hungarian chess player (d. 2010)
- 1911 - Gilles Grangier, French director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
- 1914 – Tyrone Power, American actor (d. 1958)
- 1915 – Alice Faye, American actress and singer (d. 1998)
- 1916 - Zail Singh, 7th President of India (d. 1994)
- 1917 - Pío Leyva, Cuban singer (d. 2006)
- 1917 - Lennie Merullo, American baseball player (d. 2015)
- 1919 – Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek military leader (d. 1999)
- 1921 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist (d. 1999)
- 1922 - Monica Lewis, American actress (d. 2015)
- 1923 - Sergey Akhromeyev, Marshal of the Soviet Union (d. 1991)
- 1925 - Leo Ryan, American politician (d. 1978)
- 1927 - Charles Rosen, American pianist and music writer (d. 2012)
- 1928 - Richard Schaal, American actor (d. 2014)
- 1930 – Ezzatollah Sahabi, Iranian politician (d. 2011)
- 1931 - Greg, Belgian cartoonist (d. 1999)
- 1932 - Stan Goldberg, American comic writer (d. 2014)
- 1933 - Igor Kashkarov, Soviet high jumper
- 1934 - Ace Cannon, American saxophonist
- 1934 - Henri Konan Bédié, former President of Ivory Coast
- 1935 - Shih Chi-yang, Taiwanese politician (d. 2019)
- 1937 – Tran Duc Luong, former President of Vietnam
- 1937 – Delia Derbyshire, English composer (d. 2001)
- 1939 - Ray Gosling, English broadcaster, journalist and activist (d. 2013)
- 1940 – Lance Henriksen, American actor and painter
- 1941 – Alexander Ragulin, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2004)
- 1942 - Marc Alaimo, American actor
- 1942 – Tammy Wynette, American musician (d. 1998)
- 1943 – Michael Palin, British actor, comedian, writer and TV presenter
- 1943 - Ignacio Ramonet, Spanish journalist and writer
- 1944 – Bo Larsson, Swedish footballer
- 1944 – John Rhys-Davies, British actor
- 1944 – Roger Rees, British actor (d. 2015)
- 1945 - Kurt Loder, American journalist, critic, writer and columnist
- 1946 - Beth Carvalho, Brazilian samba singer (d. 2019)
- 1947 – Malam Bacai Sanhá, President of Guinea-Bissau (d. 2012)
- 1948 – Bill Ward, British musician
- 1950 – Morton Rhue, American writer
1951 – 1975
- 1952 - Willem Witteveen, Dutch legal scholar and politician (d. 2014)
- 1952 - Ed Lee, American politician, Mayor of San Francisco (d. 2017)
- 1953 - Dieter Zetschke, German businessman
- 1955 - Lisa Jane Persky, American actress
- 1957 – Richard E. Grant, British actor
- 1959 – Ian McCulloch, British singer
- 1959 – Brian Williams, American news anchor
- 1960 - Jorge Quiroga, former President of Bolivia
- 1961 - Mike J. Dunleavy, American politician, Governor of Alaska
- 1962 - Nicolas Vanier, Senegalese writer, explorer and director
- 1963 - Simon Rimmer, English chef
- 1964 - Heike Henkel, German high jumper
- 1964 - Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)
- 1966 - Shawn Drover, Canadian musician
- 1966 - Sergei Stanishev, 46th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
- 1966 - Josh Weinstein, American writer
- 1967 - Takehito Koyasu, Japanese voice actor
- 1969 - Olav Sepp, Estonian chess player
- 1972 - Zigmund Palffy, Slovakian ice hockey player
- 1972 – James Cracknell, British rower
- 1972 – Brad Bombadir, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1972 - Devin Townsend, Canadian musician
- 1975 - Meb Keflezighi, Eritrean-born American runner
From 1976
- 1976 - Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentine footballer
- 1976 - Sage Stallone, American actor (d. 2012)
- 1977 - Jessica Schwarz, German actress
- 1978 – John Wilshere, Papua New Guinea rugby league player
- 1978 – Santiago Cabrera, Chilean actor
- 1979 – Vince Grella, Australian footballer
- 1980 – Yossi Benayoun, Israeli footballer
- 1981 – Danielle Fishel, American actress
- 1981 – Craig David, British singer
- 1982 – Jay Bothroyd, English footballer
- 1982 – Sándor Torghelle, Hungarian footballer
- 1983 – Henry Cavill, Jersey actor
- 1984 - Wade McNeil, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1985 – Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress, illustrator and singer
- 1985 - Tsapo Masilela, South African footballer
- 1985 - Emanuele Giaccherini, Italian footballer
- 1987 - Graham Dorrans, Scottish footballer
- 1988 – Adele, British singer and songwriter
- 1988 – Brooke Hogan, American singer and television personality
- 1988 – Skye Sweetnam, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
- 1989 – Chris Brown, American singer and actor
- 1991 - Shubha Phutela, Indian actress (d. 2012)
- 1991 - Robin de Kruijf, Dutch volleyball player
- 1992 – Yosuke Mikami, Japanese footballer
- 1992 – Taisuke Miyazaki, Japanese footballer
- 1993 - Francine Niyonsaba, Burundian middle-distance runner
- 1998 - Menna Fitzpatrick, British Paralympic skier
- 1999 - Nathan Chen, American figure skater
Deaths
Observances
- Cinco de Mayo (Mexico and United States)
- Liberation Day (Denmark and Netherlands)
- Children's Day (Japan)
- Children's Day (South Korea)
- Coronation Day (Thailand)
- Patriots' Victory Day (Ethiopia)
- Martyrs' Day (Albania)
- Constitution Day (Kyrgyzstan)
- Lusophone Culture Day in Portuguese-speaking countries
- Europe Day