May 05

Friday 05, 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.

Friday 05, 1961:

Mercury program: Mercury 3 – Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into space, making a sub-orbital flight of 15 minutes.

Tuesday 05, 1925:

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

Saturday 05, 1923:

Coco Chanel introduces Chanel No. 5 perfume.

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.