May 05

Saturday 05, 1990:

In Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), Toto Cutugno wins the thirty-fifth Eurovision Song Contest for Italy singing "Insieme: 1992" (Together: 1992).

Friday 05, 1950:

Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned as King Rama IX of Thailand.

Thursday 05, 1949:

The Council of Europe is formed.

Tuesday 05, 1925:

Scopes Trial: Dayton, Tennessee, biology teacher John Scopes is arrested for teaching Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution.

Tuesday 05, 1891:

The Music Hall in New York (now known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.