May 5 - wikipedia May 5 This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 May 2018. < < May > > Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2018 May 5 in recent years 2018 ( Saturday ) 2017 ( Friday ) 2016 ( Thursday ) 2015 ( Tuesday ) 2014 ( Monday ) 2013 ( Sunday ) 2012 ( Saturday ) 2011 ( Thursday ) 2010 ( Wednesday ) 2009 ( Tuesday ) Date May 5 is the 125th day of the year ( 126th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 240 days remaining until the end of the year. This day marks the approximate midpoint of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere ( starting the season at the March equinox ). Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 References 6 External links Events 553 -- The Second Council of Constantinople begins. 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. 1260 -- Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire. 1494 -- Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica and claims it for Spain. 1640 -- King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament. 1654 -- Cromwell 's Act of Grace, aimed at reconciliation with the Scots, proclaimed in Edinburgh. 1762 -- Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg. 1789 -- In France, the Estates - General convenes for the first time since 1614. 1809 -- Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread. 1809 -- The Swiss canton of Aargau allows citizenship to Jews. 1811 -- In the second day of fighting at the Peninsular War Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro the French army, under Marshall André Masséna, drive in the Duke of Wellington 's overextended right flank, but French frontal assaults fail to take the town of Fuentes de Oñoro and the Anglo - Portuguese army holds the field at the end of the day. 1821 -- Emperor Napoleon dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. 1835 -- The first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen. 1860 -- Giuseppe 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. 1862 -- Cinco de Mayo : Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico. 1864 -- American Civil War : The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County. 1865 -- American Civil War : The Confederate District of the Gulf surrenders about 4,000 men at Citronelle, Alabama. 1865 -- American Civil War : The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia. 1866 -- Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York. 1877 -- American Indian Wars : Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles. 1886 -- The Bay View massacre : A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven. 1891 -- The Music Hall in New York City ( later known as Carnegie Hall ) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor. 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. 1905 -- The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England ; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder. 1912 -- Pravda, the `` voice '' of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg. 1920 -- Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder. 1925 -- Scopes Trial : Serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act. 1925 -- The government of South Africa declares Afrikaans an official language. 1927 -- To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is first published. 1936 -- Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 1940 -- World War II : Norwegian refugees form a government - in - exile in London. 1940 -- World War II : Norwegian Campaign : Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulate to German forces after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms. 1941 -- Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa ; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots ' Victory Day. 1944 -- German troops execute 216 civilians in the village of Kleisoura, Greece. 1945 -- World War II : Denmark is liberated from German occupation by British forces. 1945 -- World War II : The Prague uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation. 1945 -- World War II : Six people are killed when a Japanese fire balloon explodes near Bly, Oregon. They are the only Americans killed in the contiguous US during the war. 1946 -- The 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. 1950 -- Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned as King of Thailand. 1955 -- The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect. 1961 -- Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight. 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. 1973 -- Secretariat wins the 1973 Kentucky Derby in 1 : 59 2 / 5, an as - yet unbeaten record. 1980 -- Operation Nimrod : The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six - day siege. 1981 -- Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger - striking, aged 27. 1985 -- Ronald Reagan visits the military cemetery at Bitburg and the site of the Bergen - Belsen concentration camp, where he makes a speech. 1987 -- Iran -- Contra affair : Start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America 1991 -- A riot breaks out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after police shoot a Salvadoran man. 1992 -- Armand Césari Stadium disaster in Bastia ( Corsica ) : 18 people are killed and 2,300 are injured when one of the terraces collapses before a football match between SC Bastia and Olympique de Marseille. 1994 -- The signing of the Bishkek Protocol between Armenia and Azerbaijan effectively freezes the Nagorno - Karabakh conflict. 1994 -- American teenager Michael P. Fay is caned in Singapore for theft and vandalism. 2006 -- The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army. 2010 -- Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek government - debt crisis. 2014 -- Eleven people are missing after a Chinese cargo ship collides with a Marshall Islands registered container ship off the coast of Hong Kong. 2014 -- Twenty - two people die after two boats carrying refugees collide in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Greece. Births 1210 -- Afonso III of Portugal ( d. 1279 ) 1282 -- Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena ( d. 1322 ) 1310 -- Preczlaw of Pogarell, Cardinal and Bishop of Wrocław ( d. 1376 ) 1352 -- Rupert of Germany, Count Palatine of the Rhine ( d. 1410 ) 1479 -- Guru Amar Das, Indian 3rd Sikh Guru ( d. 1574 ) 1504 -- Stanislaus Hosius, Polish cardinal ( d. 1579 ) 1530 -- Gabriel, comte de Montgomery, French nobleman ( d. 1574 ) 1542 -- Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire ( d. 1623 ) 1582 -- John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg ( 1608 -- 1628 ) ( d. 1628 ) 1684 -- Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, French wife of Adrien Maurice de Noailles ( d. 1739 ) 1747 -- Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor ( d. 1792 ) 1749 -- Jean - Frédéric Edelmann, French pianist and composer ( d. 1794 ) 1764 -- Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician ( d. 1812 ) 1800 -- Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher ( d. 1864 ) 1813 -- Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and author ( d. 1855 ) 1818 -- Karl Marx, German philosopher, sociologist, and journalist ( d. 1883 ) 1826 -- Eugénie de Montijo, French wife of Napoleon III ( d. 1920 ) 1830 -- John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company ( d. 1906 ) 1832 -- Hubert Howe Bancroft, American ethnologist and historian ( d. 1918 ) 1833 -- Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer and academic ( d. 1905 ) 1834 -- Viktor Hartmann, Russian painter and architect ( d. 1873 ) 1843 -- William George Beers, Canadian dentist and patriot ( d. 1900 ) 1846 -- Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1916 ) 1858 -- John L. Leal, American physician ( d. 1914 ) 1864 -- Nellie Bly, American journalist and author ( d. 1922 ) 1865 -- Helen Maud Merrill, American litterateur and poet ( d. 1943 ) 1866 -- Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman ( d. 1938 ) 1869 -- Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator ( d. 1937 ) 1869 -- Hans Pfitzner, German composer and conductor ( d. 1949 ) 1874 -- Thomas Bavin, New Zealand - Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales ( d. 1941 ) 1883 -- Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English general and politician, 43rd Governor - General of India ( d. 1950 ) 1884 -- Chief Bender, American baseball player and coach ( d. 1954 ) 1887 -- Mervyn S. Bennion, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient ( d. 1941 ) 1885 -- Kingsley Fairbridge, South African - Australian scholar and politician ( d. 1924 ) 1889 -- Herbie Taylor, South African cricketer and soldier ( d. 1973 ) 1890 -- Christopher Morley, American journalist and author ( d. 1957 ) 1892 -- Dorothy Garrod, British archaeologist ( d. 1968 ) 1898 -- Elsie Eaves, American engineer ( d. 1983 ) 1898 -- Blind Willie McTell, American Piedmont blues singer and guitar player ( d. 1959 ) 1899 -- Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter ( d. 1982 ) 1900 -- Helen Redfield, American geneticist ( d. 1988 ) 1903 -- James Beard, American chef and author ( d. 1985 ) 1905 -- Floyd Gottfredson, American author and illustrator ( d. 1986 ) 1906 -- Charles Exbrayat, French author and screenwriter ( d. 1989 ) 1907 -- Iryna Vilde, Ukrainian journalist and author ( d. 1982 ) 1908 -- Kurt Böhme, German opera singer ( d. 1989 ) 1909 -- Miklós Radnóti, Hungarian poet and author ( d. 1944 ) 1910 -- Leo Lionni, American author and illustrator ( d. 1999 ) 1911 -- Gilles Grangier, French director and screenwriter ( d. 1996 ) 1911 -- Andor Lilienthal, Russian - Hungarian chess player ( d. 2010 ) 1911 -- Pritilata Waddedar, Indian educator and activist ( d. 1932 ) 1913 -- Duane Carter, American racing driver ( d. 1993 ) 1914 -- Tyrone Power, American actor ( d. 1958 ) 1915 -- Alice Faye, American actress and singer ( d. 1998 ) 1916 -- Zail Singh, Indian politician, 7th President of India ( d. 1994 ) 1917 -- Pío Leyva, Cuban singer - songwriter ( d. 2006 ) 1918 -- Egidio Galea, Maltese Roman Catholic priest ( d. 2005 ) 1919 -- Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece ( d. 1999 ) 1921 -- Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1999 ) 1922 -- Irene Gut Opdyke, Polish nurse and humanitarian ( d. 2003 ) 1923 -- William C. Campbell, American golfer ( d. 2013 ) 1923 -- James Gilbert, Scottish television producer and director ( d. 2016 ) 1923 -- Richard Wollheim, English philosopher and academic ( d. 2003 ) 1925 -- Leo Ryan, American soldier, educator, and politician ( d. 1978 ) 1926 -- Ann B. Davis, American actress ( d. 2014 ) 1927 -- Pat Carroll, American actress 1927 -- Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan ( d. 2012 ) 1930 -- Hans Abramson, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter ( d. 2012 ) 1931 -- Greg, Belgian author and illustrator ( d. 1999 ) 1932 -- Stan Goldberg, American illustrator ( d. 2014 ) 1932 -- Bob Said, American race car driver and bobsled racer ( d. 2002 ) 1933 -- Igor Kashkarov, Russian high jumper 1933 -- Collie Smith, Jamaican cricketer ( d. 1959 ) 1934 -- Ace Cannon, American saxophonist 1934 -- Victor Garland, Australian accountant and politician, 26th Australian Minister for Veterans ' Affairs 1934 -- Johnnie Taylor, American singer - songwriter ( d. 2000 ) 1935 -- Bernard Pivot, French journalist, talk show host, and producer 1935 -- Robert Rehme, American film producer 1936 -- Sandy Baron, American actor and comedian ( d. 2001 ) 1936 -- Patrick Gowers, English composer and educator ( d. 2014 ) 1936 -- Ervin Lázár, Hungarian author ( d. 2006 ) 1936 -- John Maxton, Scottish politician 1937 -- Delia Derbyshire, English keyboard player and composer ( d. 2001 ) 1938 -- Michael Murphy, American actor 1938 -- Bill Robertson, American businessman and politician ( d. 2013 ) 1938 -- Barbara Wagner, Canadian figure skater and coach 1939 -- Ray Gosling, English journalist, author, and activist ( d. 2013 ) 1940 -- Lance Henriksen, American actor 1940 -- Michael Lindsay - Hogg, American director and producer 1941 -- Alexander Ragulin, Russian ice hockey player ( d. 2004 ) 1942 -- István Bujtor, Hungarian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ( d. 2009 ) 1942 -- Jean Corston, Baroness Corston, English lawyer and politician 1942 -- Hugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon, English politician ( d. 2015 ) 1942 -- Tammy Wynette, American singer - songwriter and guitarist ( d. 1998 ) 1943 -- Michael Palin, English actor and screenwriter 1943 -- Ignacio Ramonet, Spanish journalist and author 1944 -- Bo Larsson, Swedish footballer 1944 -- John Rhys - Davies, Welsh actor and screenwriter 1944 -- Roger Rees, Welsh - American actor and director ( d. 2015 ) 1945 -- Kurt Loder, American journalist, author, and critic 1945 -- Dianne Willcocks, English sociologist and academic 1946 -- Aydın Menderes, Turkish politician ( d. 2011 ) 1948 -- Bella van der Spiegel - Hage, Dutch cyclist 1948 -- Bill Ward, English drummer and songwriter 1949 -- Eppie Bleeker, Dutch speed skater 1950 -- Rex Caldwell, American golfer 1950 -- Maggie MacNeal, Dutch singer 1951 -- Rudolf Finsterer, German rugby player and coach 1951 -- Toomas Vilosius, Estonian physician and politician, 2nd Minister of Social Affairs of Estonia 1952 -- Ed Lee, American politician and attorney, 43rd Mayor of San Francisco ( d. 2017 ) 1952 -- Jorge Llopart, Spanish race walker 1952 -- Willem Witteveen, Dutch scholar and politician ( d. 2014 ) 1955 -- Jon Butcher, American singer - songwriter, guitarist, and freelance multimedia producer 1956 -- Steve Scott, American runner and coach 1957 -- Richard E. Grant, Swazi - English actor, director, and screenwriter 1957 -- Peter Howitt, English actor, director, and screenwriter 1957 -- Aad van Mil, Dutch water polo player 1958 -- Ron Arad, Israeli colonel and pilot ( d. 1986 ) 1958 -- Robert DiPierdomenico, Australian footballer and sportscaster 1958 -- Vanessa Downing, Australian actress 1958 -- Jack Wishna, American businessman, co-founded Rockcityclub ( d. 2012 ) 1959 -- Bobby Ellsworth, American singer and bass player 1959 -- Ian McCulloch, English singer - songwriter and guitarist 1959 -- Steve Stevens, American guitarist and songwriter 1959 -- Brian Williams, American journalist 1960 -- Doug Hawkins, Australian footballer and sportscaster 1961 -- Marg Downey, Australian actress 1961 -- Hiroshi Hase, Japanese wrestler and politician 1961 -- Rob Williams, American basketball player ( d. 2014 ) 1962 -- Kaoru Wada, Japanese composer and conductor 1963 -- James LaBrie, Canadian singer - songwriter 1963 -- Simon Rimmer, English chef and author 1963 -- Scott Westerfeld, American author and composer 1964 -- Jean - François Copé, French politician, French Minister of Budget 1964 -- Heike Henkel, German high jumper 1964 -- Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer ( d. 2013 ) 1964 -- Minami Takayama, Japanese voice actress and singer 1965 -- Glenn Seton, Australian race car driver 1966 -- Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer 1966 -- Sergei Stanishev, Bulgarian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Bulgaria 1966 -- Josh Weinstein, American screenwriter and producer 1967 -- Adam Hughes, American author and illustrator 1967 -- Alexis Sinduhije, Burundian journalist and politician 1969 -- Pieter Muller, South African rugby player 1970 -- Kyan Douglas, American television host and author 1970 -- LaPhonso Ellis, American basketball player 1970 -- Todd Newton, American game show host 1971 -- Harold Miner, American basketball player 1971 -- Mike Redmond, American baseball player and manager 1972 -- James Cracknell, English rower 1972 -- Žigmund Pálffy, Slovakian ice hockey player 1972 -- Mikael Renberg, Swedish ice hockey player 1975 -- Meb Keflezighi, American runner 1976 -- Dieter Brummer, Australian actor 1976 -- Jean - François Dumoulin, Canadian race car driver 1976 -- Anastasios Pantos, Greek footballer 1976 -- Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentinian footballer and sportscaster 1976 -- Sage Stallone, American actor ( d. 2012 ) 1978 -- Morgan Pehme, American director, producer, and screenwriter 1979 -- Vincent Kartheiser, American actor 1980 -- Yossi Benayoun, Israeli footballer 1980 -- Hank Green, American entrepreneur, educator, and vlogger 1980 -- DerMarr Johnson, American basketball player 1981 -- Craig David, English singer - songwriter, musician and producer 1982 -- Ferrie Bodde, Dutch footballer 1982 -- Wouter D'Haene, Belgian sprinter 1982 -- Randall Gay, American football player 1982 -- Corey Parker, Australian rugby league footballer 1983 -- James Anyon, English cricketer 1983 -- Henry Cavill, English actor 1983 -- Mabel Gay, Cuban triple jumper 1983 -- Annie Villeneuve, Canadian singer - songwriter 1983 -- Scott Ware, American football player 1984 -- Johanna Hedva, Korean - american artist and genderqueer activist 1984 -- Wade MacNeil, Canadian singer - songwriter and guitarist 1984 -- Christian Valdez, Mexican footballer 1985 -- Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress and singer 1985 -- Emanuele Giaccherini, Italian footballer 1985 -- Tsepo Masilela, South African footballer 1985 -- Marcos Rogério Oliveira Duarte, Brazilian footballer 1985 -- Terrence Wheatley, American football player 1987 -- Graham Dorrans, Scottish footballer 1988 -- Adele, English singer - songwriter 1988 -- Mervyn Westfield, English cricketer 1989 -- Chris Brown, American singer - songwriter, dancer, and actor 1991 -- Xenofon Fetsis, Greek footballer 1991 -- Raúl Jiménez, Mexican footballer 1992 -- Loïck Landre, French footballer 1996 -- Isaac Heeney, Australian footballer 1999 -- Nathan Chen, American figure skater Deaths 465 -- Gerontius, Archbishop of Milan 1194 -- Casimir II the Just, Polish son of Bolesław III Wrymouth ( b. 1138 ) 1243 -- Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent, English justiciar ( b.c. 1160 ) 1306 -- Constantine Palaiologos, Byzantine general ( b. 1261 ) 1309 -- Charles II of Naples ( b. 1254 ) 1380 -- Saint Philotheos, Coptic martyr 1432 -- Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola, Italian adventurer 1338 -- Prince Tsunenaga, son of the Japanese Emperor ( b. 1324 ) 1525 -- Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ( b. 1463 ) 1582 -- Charlotte of Bourbon, Princess consort of Orange, married to William I of Orange ( b. 1547 ) 1586 -- Henry Sidney, Irish politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland ( b. 1529 ) 1671 -- Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, English general and politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom ( b. 1602 ) 1672 -- Samuel Cooper, English painter and linguist ( b. 1609 ) 1700 -- Angelo Italia, Italian architect ( b. 1628 ) 1705 -- Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor ( b. 1640 ) 1760 -- Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician ( b. 1720 ) 1766 -- Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar ( b. 1684 ) 1808 -- Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist and philosopher ( b. 1757 ) 1821 -- Napoleon, French general and emperor ( b. 1769 ) 1827 -- Frederick Augustus I of Saxony ( b. 1750 ) 1833 -- Sophia Campbell, English - Australian painter ( b. 1777 ) 1855 -- Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician ( b. 1786 ) 1859 -- Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic ( b. 1805 ) 1860 -- Jean - Charles Prince, Canadian bishop ( b. 1804 ) 1883 -- John O'Shanassy, Irish - Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Victoria ( b. 1818 ) 1892 -- August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic ( b. 1818 ) 1896 -- Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician ( b. 1839 ) 1902 -- Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet ( b. 1836 ) 1907 -- Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter ( b. 1841 ) 1913 -- Henry Moret, French painter ( b. 1856 ) 1916 -- John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel ( b. 1865 ) 1916 -- Maurice Raoul - Duval, French polo player ( b. 1866 ) 1921 -- Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( b. 1864 ) 1924 -- A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician ( b. 1853 ) 1931 -- Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver ( b. 1899 ) 1942 -- Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician ( b. 1920 ) 1947 -- Ty LaForest, Canadian - American baseball player ( b. 1917 ) 1957 -- Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician ( b. 1878 ) 1959 -- Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate ( b. 1878 ) 1962 -- Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer ( b. 1889 ) 1965 -- Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer ( b. 1915 ) 1965 -- John Waters, American director and screenwriter ( b. 1893 ) 1971 -- Violet Jessop, Argentinean - English nurse ( b. 1887 ) 1973 -- Zekai Özger, Turkish poet and academic ( b. 1948 ) 1977 -- Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany ( b. 1897 ) 1981 -- Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer and hunger striker ( b. 1954 ) 1983 -- Horst Schumann, German physician ( b. 1901 ) 1983 -- John Williams, English - American actor ( b. 1903 ) 1985 -- Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed the Bailey bridge ( b. 1901 ) 1988 -- Michael Shaara, American author and academic ( b. 1928 ) 1993 -- Irving Howe, American literary and social critic ( b. 1920 ) 1994 -- Mário Quintana, Brazilian poet and translator ( b. 1906 ) 1995 -- Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and coach ( b. 1911 ) 1999 -- Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter ( b. 1920 ) 2000 -- Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist ( b. 1914 ) 2000 -- Bill Musselman, American basketball player and coach ( b. 1940 ) 2001 -- Morris Graves, American painter and educator ( b. 1910 ) 2001 -- Clifton Hillegass, American publisher, created CliffsNotes ( b. 1918 ) 2002 -- Hugo Banzer, Bolivian general and politician, 62nd President of Bolivia ( b. 1926 ) 2002 -- Paul Wilbur Klipsch, American engineer, founded Klipsch Audio Technologies ( b. 1904 ) 2002 -- George Sidney, American director and producer ( b. 1916 ) 2003 -- Sam Bockarie, Sierra Leonean commander ( b. 1964 ) 2003 -- Walter Sisulu, South African activist and politician ( b. 1912 ) 2006 -- Naushad Ali, Indian composer and producer ( b. 1919 ) 2006 -- Atıf Yılmaz, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter ( b. 1925 ) 2007 -- Theodore Harold Maiman, American - Canadian physicist and engineer, created the laser ( b. 1927 ) 2008 -- Irv Robbins, Canadian - American businessman, co-founded Baskin - Robbins ( b. 1917 ) 2008 -- Jerry Wallace, American singer and guitarist ( b. 1928 ) 2010 -- Giulietta Simionato, Italian soprano ( b. 1910 ) 2010 -- Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Nigerian academic and politician, 13th President of Nigeria ( b. 1951 ) 2011 -- Claude Choules, English - Australian soldier ( b. 1901 ) 2011 -- Yosef Merimovich, Israeli footballer and manager ( b. 1924 ) 2011 -- Dana Wynter, British actress ( b. 1931 ) 2012 -- Surendranath, Indian cricketer ( b. 1937 ) 2012 -- Carl Johan Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg ( b. 1916 ) 2012 -- Aatos Erkko, Finnish journalist and publisher ( b. 1932 ) 2012 -- George Knobel, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager ( b. 1922 ) 2012 -- Roy Padayachie, South African lawyer and politician, South African Minister of Communications ( b. 1950 ) 2013 -- Sarah Kirsch, German poet and author ( b. 1935 ) 2013 -- Robert Ressler, American FBI agent and author ( b. 1937 ) 2014 -- Michael Otedola, Nigerian journalist and politician, 9th Governor of Lagos State ( b. 1926 ) 2015 -- Jobst Brandt, American cyclist, engineer, and author ( b. 1935 ) 2015 -- Hans Jansen, Dutch linguist, academic, and politician ( b. 1942 ) 2017 -- Binyamin Elon, Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician ( b. 1954 ) 2017 -- Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Mauritanian politician ( b. 1953 ) Holidays and observances Children 's Day ( Japan ) Children 's Day ( South Korea ) Christian feast day : Angelus of Jerusalem Aventinus of Tours Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice Frederick the Wise ( Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod ) Hilary of Arles Jutta of Kulmsee Stanisław Kazimierczyk May 5 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics ) Cinco de Mayo ( Mexico and United States ) Constitution Day ( Kyrgyzstan ) Europe Day ( Council of Europe ) Feast of al - Khadr or Saint George ( Palestinian ) Indian Arrival Day ( Guyana ) International Midwives ' Day ( International ) Liberation Day ( Denmark ) Liberation Day ( Netherlands ) Lusophone Culture Day ( Community of Portuguese Language Countries ) Martyrs ' Day ( Albania ) Patriots ' Victory Day ( Ethiopia ) Senior Citizens Day ( Palau ) Tango no sekku ( Japan ) References Jump up ^ The biographical dictionary of women in science : pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th century. 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