5 Mey
Appearance
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The5t o Meyis the 125t day o the year (126t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 240 days ti come.
Events
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- 1646-Charles IofInglandandScotlandgies himsel up tae theScots Presbyterian AirmyatNewark.
- 1821-Napoleon Idies agit 51 in exile onSaunt Helena.
- 1821- Breetish daily newspaperThe Guardianis foondit.
- 1842- The Great Fire oHamburgstairts.
- 1862- Battle o Puebla:Mexicanforces repel a French invasion in the Battle o Puebla.
- 1912- The1912Simmer Olympic GemmesinStockholmstairts.
- 1945-Warld War II:German forces surrender inDenmarkan theNetherlands.
- 1949- The Cooncil oEuropeis foondit.
- 1950- The coronation o KeengBhumibol AdulyadejoThailandtaks place.
- 1955-Wast Germanygains full sovereignty.
- 1961-Alan Shepardbecomes the first American in space.
- 1966-Borussia Dortmundbecomes the first German fitbaw team tae win theEuropean Cup,defeatinLiverpool F.C.2-1 in extra-time inGlesga.
- 2002-Jacques Chiracis electit tae a seicont term asPresesoFraunce.
- 2005-Tony Blair'sLabour Pairtyis electit tae a third consecutive term in theUnitit KinrickGeneral Election.
- 2007- Kenya Airways Flicht 507 crashes inCameroon,killin 114 fowk.
- 2010-PresesoNigerieUmaru Musa Yar'Aduadees in office.Goodluck Jonathansucceeds him.
- 2011-Scots Pairlamentarywalin: TheScots Naitional PairtyunnerAlex Salmondwins an overaw majority, wi 69 oot o 129 seats, an a seicont term in office.
- 2016-Scots Pairlamentarywalin: TheScots Naitional Pairty,unnerNicola Sturgeon,wins a third term in office, despite losin its overaw majority (winnin 63 seats). The Conservatives overtake Labour intae seicont place; The Green Pairty gains 4 seats.
- 2018-NASAlaunches its InSight probe tae the planetMaurs.
- 2019-Bruneiabandons its plan tae punish gay sex wi daith.
- 2019- Aeroflot Flicht 1492 bursts intaeflameson its return taeMoscowSheremetyevo Airport, killin 41 oot o 78 fowk on baird.
- 2019- A tanker splosion naurNiamey,Niger,kills at least 58 fowk.
Births
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- 1705-John Campbell, 4t Yerl o Loudoun,Scots nobleman an airmy afficer (d.1782)
- 1719-Andrew Meikle,Scots mechanical ingineer (d.1811)
- 1747-Leopold II, Haly Roman Emperor(d.1792)
- 1813-Soren Kierkegaard,Dens philosopher (d.1855)
- 1818-Karl Marx,German poleetical philosopher (d.1883)
- 1846-Henryk Sienkiewicz,Pols writer (d.1917)
- 1876-George Livingstone,Scots fitbawer (d.1950)
- 1914-Tyrone Power,American actor (d.1958)
- 1917-Davie Shaw,Scots fitbawer (d.1977)
- 1921-Arthur Leonard Schawlow,American pheesicist (d.1999)
- 1942-Tammy Wynette,American sangster (d.1998)
- 1943-Michael Palin,Inglis actor, comedian an writer
- 1949-Marion Fellows,Scots politeecian
- 1954-Brian Souter,Scots businessman
- 1957-Richard E. Grant,Inglis actor
- 1980-Yossi Benayoun,Israeli fitbawer
- 1981-Craig David,Inglis sangster
- 1983-Henry Cavill,Jersey actor
- 1987-Graham Dorrans,Scots fitbawer
- 1988-Adele,Inglis sangster-sangwriter
- 1989-Chris Brown,American sangster an actor
Daiths
- 1705-Leopold I, Haly Roman Emperor(b.1640)
- 1731-Daniel Defoe,Inglis writer (b.1660)
- 1821-Napoleon,Emperor o Fraunce (b.1769)
- 1900-Ivan Aivazovsky,Roushie penter (b.1817)
- 1906-Eliza Brightwen,Scots naituralist (b.1830)
- 1921-Alfred Hermann Fried,Austrick writer an pacifist (b.1864)
- 1959-Carlos Saavedra Lamas,Argentine politeecian (b.1878)
- 1977-Ludwig Erhard,Chancellor o Wast Germany (b.1897)
- 1995-Mikhail Botvinnik,Roushie chess player (b.1911)
- 2010-Umaru Musa Yar'Adua,PresesoNigerie(b.1951)
- 2019-Barbara Perry,American actress (b.1921)
Halidays
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- Cinco de Mayo (Mexico,Unitit States)
- Childer Day (Japan)
- Liberation Day (Denmark,Netherlands)
- Patriots' Day (Ethiopie)
- EuropeDay
- Coronation Day (Thailand)
- Martyrs' Day (Albanie)
- Constitution Day (Kyrgyzstan)
- LusophoneCulture Day
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