May 5: Day of the Week
May 5, 2023 is the 125th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 240 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.
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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.
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May 5 Historical Event(s)
- 1260Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.
- 1809Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.
- 1809The Swiss canton of Aargau denies citizenship to Jews.
- 1811In 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.
- 1860Giuseppe Garibaldi sets sail from Genoa, leading the expedition of the Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and giving birth to the Kingdom of Italy.
- 1944German troops execute 216 civilians in the village of Kleisoura in Greece
- 1945World War II: Canadian and UK troops liberate the Netherlands and Denmark from Nazi occupation when Wehrmacht troops capitulate.
- 1946The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
- 1949The Treaty of London establishes the Council of Europe in Strasbourg as the first European institution working for European integration.
- 2006The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army.
Who were born on May 5?
- 1864Nellie Bly, American journalist and writer (d. 1922)
- 1866Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist (d. 1938)
- 1869Hans Pfitzner, German composer (d. 1949)
- 1889Herbie Taylor, South African cricketer (d. 1973)
- 1948Bill Ward, British drummer
- 1954Dave Spector, American television personality and commentator
- 1962Jenifer McKitrick, American songwriter
- 1976Anastasios Pantos, Greek footballer
- 1985Emanuele Giaccherini, Italian footballer
- 1987Jessie Cave, English actress
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