May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). There are 240 days remaining.There are usually 92 days in Spring. We are considered halfway through Spring on May 5.
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- 1640 - King Charles I of England disbands the Short Parliament.
- 1646 - King Charles I of England and Scotland surrenders to the Scottish Presbyterian Army at Newark.
- 1762 - Peace treaty between Russia and Prussia.
- 1809 - Mary Kies becomes the first woman to be awarded a US patentA patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a government to an inventor or applicant for a limited amount of time (normally 20 years from the filing date). The term "patent" originates from the term patere which means to lay open (to public inspectio (which was for a technique of weavingIn computer science, weaving describes the process of combining different aspects into a complete application. See Aspect-oriented programming. Weaving is an ancient textile art and craft that involves placing two threads or yarn made of fibre onto a warp strawStraw is the dry stalk of a cereal plant, after the nutrient grain or seed has been removed. Straw makes up about half of the yield of a cereal crop such as wheat, oats, rye or barley. In times gone by, it was regarded as a useful by-product of the harves with silkSilk (SERICVS / Gr. sigma;ηρικoς ("silken") SERES / Gr. Sigma;ηρες ("Chinese") or alternatively < Ch. or ( pronounced "si") meaning "silk", the pictogram representing two strands of silk. is a natural fiber and threadA thread is a large number of very thin fibers spun together, used in the manufacture of textiles and in sewing. The helical blades of a screw are also called "threads". The term "thread" is used in computer science as well, where it is short for "thread).
- 1809 - The SwissThe Swiss Confederation or Switzerland is a landlocked federal state in central Europe, with neighbours Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein. The country has a strong tradition of political and military neutrality, but also of international c canton of AargauAargau ( German Aargau French Argovie Italian Argovia Romansh Argovia in English sometimes Argovia is one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. It comprises the lower course of the river Aar, which is why the canton is called Aargau (meaning Aar d denies JewThe word Jew is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to either a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or a member of the Jewish culture or ethnicity. This article discusses the term as describing an ethnic group; for as citizenship.
- 1814 - British-American War (War of 1812): The British attack Fort Ontario at Oswego, New York.
- 1835 - In Belgium a railway is opened between Brussels and Mechelen. It is the first railway in continental Europe.
- 1862 - French-Mexican War : The Mexican army defeats the French army in the Battle of Puebla (on May 9 this day was made into the Cinco de mayo holiday).
- 1864 - American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
- 1865 - In North Bend, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati), the first train robbery in the United States takes place.
- 1877 - Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles .
- 1891 - The Music Hall in New York (now known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance ( Tchaikovsky is the guest conductor).
- 1892 - The United States Congress passes the Geary Chinese Exclusion Act: All Chinese in the United States must register, if not they risk deportation.
- 1893 - Panic of 1893: Crash on the New York Stock Exchange starts a depression.
- 1912 - The 1912 Summer Olympics open in Stockholm, Sweden.
- 1916 - American marines invade the Dominican Republic.
- 1922 - In The Bronx, construction begins on Yankee Stadium.
- 1925 - Scopes Trial: Dayton, Tennessee biology teacher John Scopes is arrested for teaching Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution.
- 1936 - Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- 1940 - World War II: In London, a Norwegian government in exile is formed.
- 1941 - Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa.
- 1943 - The film curator of the Library of Congress, Howard Walls announces that about 5,000 films will be preserved in the library.
- 1944 - Mohandas Gandhi is freed from prison.
- 1945 - World War II:
- 1949 - The Council of Europe is formed.
- 1950 - Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned as King Rama IX of Thailand.
- 1954 - General Alfredo Stroessner takes power in Paraguay by coup.
- 1955 - West Germany gains full sovereignty.
- 1961 - Mercury program: Mercury 3 - Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into space. He makes a flight of 15 minutes, making less than one complete orbit.
- 1970 - Shri Mataji Nirmala Shrivastava claims to have discovered a historical process of en-masse Self Realization.
- 1978 - Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds has his 3000th major league hit.
- 1980 - Operation Nimrod: The Special Air Service storm the Iranian embassy in London after a six day siege.
- 1986 - The Love Boat aired its last episode.
- 1987 - Iran-Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings.
- 1990 - Capital punishment: Jesse Tafero is executed in Florida after three electric chair malfunctions caused flames to shoot from his head.
- 1992 - The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution receives its 38th ratification by the Alabama Legislature and therefore becomes law.
- 1992 - Wolfenstein 3D is released, the first ever first-person shooter computer game.
- 1995 - British film producer Ray Santilli unveils his "alien autopsy" footage to a group of UFO researchers. The film is widely regarded as a hoax.
- 1994 - American Michael P. Fay is caned in Singapore as punishment for spray-painting two cars.
- 2000 - Conjunction of all traditional planets ( Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Moon and Sun).
- 2001 - Chandra Levy's parents report her missing to Washington, DC police.
- 2002 - The first "Free Comic Book Day" promotional event to promote popular interest in the medium in North America; timed to coincide with the premiere of the film, Spider-Man.
