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May 5: Day of the Week
May 5, 2024 is the 126th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 240 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.
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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
May 5 Historical Event(s)
1215
Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta.
1762
Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
1789
In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
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.
1862
Cinco de Mayo: troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
1904
Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
1964
The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day.
1972
Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy.
2007
All 114 aboard Kenya Airways Flight 507 die when the pilots lose control of the plane and it crashes in Douala, Cameroon.
Who were born on May 5?
1846
Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)
1866
Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist (d. 1938)
1915
Alice Faye, American actress (d. 1998)
1927
Pat Carroll, American actress
1934
Ace Cannon, American saxophonist
1956
Robert Marien, Québécois actor, singer and songwriter
1970
LaPhonso Ellis, American basketball player
1973
Tina Yothers, American actress
1982
Wouter D'Haene, Belgian flatwater-canoeist
1985
Emanuele Giaccherini, Italian footballer
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