What are the important events that happened on May 5? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
May 5: Facts & Myths About This Day
May 5 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.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 22, 2022 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,651,708,800 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaicosapentagon’ day.
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Taurus is the zodiac 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.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 3,422 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 5 Historical Events
- 1640 –King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament.
- 1811 –In the second day of fighting at the Peninsular War Battle of Fuentes de Onoro the French army, under Marshall Massena, drive in the Duke of Wellington’s overextended right flank, but French frontal assaults fail to take the town of Fuentes de Onoro and the Anglo-Portugese army holds the field at the end of the day.
- 1821 –Emperor Napoleon I dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1944 –German troops execute 216 civilians in the village of Kleisoura in Greece
- 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.
- 2006 –The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army.
- 2010 –Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek debt crisis.
Who were born on May 5?
- 1883 –Archibald Wavell, British general (d. 1950)
- 1889 –Herbie Taylor, South African cricketer (d. 1973)
- 1937 –Johnnie Taylor, American singer (d. 2000)
- 1955 –Melinda Culea, American actress
- 1959 –Ian McCulloch, English singer (Echo & the Bunnymen)
- 1963 –Simon Rimmer, English chef
- 1972 –Brad Bombardir, Canadian ice-hockey player
- 1980 –DerMarr Johnson, American basketball player
- 1981 –Danielle Fishel, American actress
- 1987 –Jessie Cave, English actress
Who died on May 5?
- 1194 –King Casimir II of Poland (b. 1138)
- 1855 –Sir Robert Inglis, Bt, English politician (b. 1786)
- 1859 –Peter Gustav Dirichlet, German mathematician (b. 1805)
- 1900 –Ivan Aivazovsky, Russian painter (b. 1817)
- 2000 –Bill Musselman, American basketball head coach (b. 1940)
- 2002 –Paul Klipsch, American engineer, noted for his loudspeaker designs (b. 1904)
- 2005 –Edgar Ponce, Mexican actor and dancer (b. 1974)
- 2007 –Theodore Harold Maiman, American physicist, noted for making the first working laser (b. 1927)
- 2010 –Giulietta Simionato, Italian mezzo-soprano (b. 1910)
- 2011 –Yosef Merimovich, Israeli football player and manager (b. 1924)
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