May 05

Thursday 05, 2005:

The United Kingdom general election takes place

Friday 05, 2000:

Planets in the Solar System align

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.

Thursday 05, 1994:

American Michael P. Fay is caned in Singapore as punishment for spray-painting two cars.

Tuesday 05, 1992:

Wolfenstein 3D is released, the first-ever first-person shooter computer game.

Saturday 05, 1990:

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

Tuesday 05, 1987:

Iran-Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings.

Monday 05, 1980:

Operation Nimrod: The Special Air Service storm the Iranian embassy in London after a six day siege.

Friday 05, 1978:

Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds hits his 3000th major league hit.

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.

Thursday 05, 1955:

West Germany gains full sovereignty.

Wednesday 05, 1954:

A coup d'état carries General Alfredo Stroessner to power in Paraguay.

Friday 05, 1950:

Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned as King Rama IX of Thailand.

Thursday 05, 1949:

The Council of Europe is formed.

Saturday 05, 1945:

A Japanese bomb, launched by balloon and called a fire balloon, explodes near Lakeview, Oregon, United States, killing a woman and five children who were examining it during a church picnic.

Friday 05, 1944:

Mohandas Gandhi is freed from prison.

Wednesday 05, 1943:

The film curator of the Library of Congress, Howard Walls, announces that about 5,000 films will be preserved in the library.

Monday 05, 1941:

Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; this date has been since commemorated as Liberation Day.

Sunday 05, 1940:

World War II: In London, a Norwegian government in exile is formed.

Tuesday 05, 1936:

Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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.

Friday 05, 1922:

In The Bronx, construction begins on Yankee Stadium.

Friday 05, 1916:

American marines invade the Dominican Republic.

Sunday 05, 1912:

The 1912 Summer Olympics open in Stockholm, Sweden.

Thursday 05, 1904:

Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans threw the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.

Friday 05, 1893:

Panic of 1893: Crash on the New York Stock Exchange starts a depression.

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.

Saturday 05, 1877:

Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.

Friday 05, 1865:

In North Bend, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati), the first train robbery in the United States takes place.

Thursday 05, 1864:

American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

Monday 05, 1862:

Cinco de Mayo in Mexico: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halted a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla.

Tuesday 05, 1835:

In Belgium, the first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen.

Friday 05, 1809:

The Swiss canton of Aargau denies citizenship to Jews.

Tuesday 05, 1789:

In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time in 150 years.

Wednesday 05, 1762:

Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.

Saturday 05, 1646:

King Charles I of England and Scotland surrenders to the Scottish Presbyterian Army at Newark.

Saturday 05, 1640:

King Charles I of England disbands the Short Parliament.

Wednesday 05, 1260:

Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.

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