May 5

• 553 – The Second Council of Constantinople begins.{{cite web|url=http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf214.xii.ii.html |title=NPNF2–14. The Seven Ecumenical Councils, Introduction |publisher=CCEL|access-date=20 November 2019}}
• 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.{{cite book|author=Anne Commire|title=Historic World Leaders: Africa, Middle East, Asia, Pacific|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nDoOAQAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Gale Research Incorporated|isbn=978-0-8103-8409-5|page=344}}
• 1494 – On his second voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus sights Jamaica, landing at Discovery Bay and declares Jamaica the property of the Spanish crown.{{Cite book|last=Austin Alchon|first=Suzanne|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YiHHnV08ebkC&pg=PA62|title=A Pest in the Land: New World Epidemics in a Global Perspective|publisher=University of New Mexico Press|year=2003|isbn=978-0-8263-2871-7|page=62|access-date=28 February 2016}}

• 1609 – Daimyō (Lord) Shimazu Tadatsune of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.{{cite book|last=Loo|first=Tze May|title=Heritage Politics: Shuri Castle and Okinawa's Incorporation Into Modern Japan, 1879-2000|location=Lanham, Md.|publisher=Lexington Books|date=2014|isbn=9780739182482|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NjsfAwAAQBAJ|pages=37–38}}
• 1640 – King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament.{{cite book|author=Sir John Borough|title=Notes of the Treaty Carried on at Ripon Between King Charles I. and the Covenanters of Scotland, A.D. 1640, Taken by Sir John Borough, Garter King of Arms|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hyxTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR8|year=1869|publisher=Camden Society|pages=8}}
• 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.
• 1821 – Emperor Napoleon dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
• 1821 – The first edition of The Manchester Guardian, now The Guardian, is published.{{cite web|first1= Mark |last1=Rice-Oxley| first2=Theresa| last2= Malone |first3= Garry| last3= Blight| first4=Miles| last4= Probyn| title=The Guardian's first ever edition – annotated | url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/ng-interactive/2021/may/05/guardian-200-first-ever-edition-annotated | date= 5 May 2021| work= The Guardian| access-date= 5 May 2021 }}
• 1835 – The first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen.
• 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 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 – Workers marching for the Eight-hour day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin were shot at by Wisconsin National Guardsmen in what became known as the Bay View Massacre.Wisconsin Labor History Society. (n.d.). Bayview tragedy, 1886. Wisconsin Labor History. Retrieved May 1, 2022, from https://www.wisconsinlaborhistory.org/our-events/bayview-tragedy-1886/
• 1887 – The Peruvian Academy of Language is founded.{{Cite news|url=https://elcomercio.pe/luces/libros/5-mayo-paso-dia-hoy-194798-noticia/|title=5 de mayo: ¿Qué pasó un día como hoy?|newspaper=El Comercio|first=Carlos|last=Batalla|date=5 May 2016|access-date=15 June 2023|language=Spanish}}
• 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 – The first issue of the Bolshevik newspaper Pravda was published.{{Cite book | first = Viktor | last = Kholenko | date = 28 January 2021 | title = НОСТАЛЬЖИ. Повесть-эссе. (Письма из ХХ века). О ВРЕМЕНИ, О ЖИЗНИ, О СУДЬБЕ. | volume= II | publisher = Delibri | page = 384 | language = Russian | isbn = 9785449107626 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=_PUlEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA384}}
• 1920 – Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder.
• 1930 – The 1930 Bago earthquake, the former of two major earthquakes in southern Burma kills as many as 7,000 in Yangon and Bago.{{cite news |title=5,000 to 7,000 Killed in Burmese Quake; Tidal Wave Wrecks Port; Rangoon Hard Hit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/05/07/archives/5000-to-7000-killed-in-burmese-quake-tidal-wave-wrecks-port-rangoon.html |work=New York Times |date=7 May 1930 |page=1}}
• 1936 – Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• 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.
• 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: A Fu-Go balloon bomb launched by the Japanese Army kills six people near Bly, Oregon.
• 1945 – World War II: Battle of Castle Itter, one of only two battles in that war in which American and German troops fought cooperatively.
• 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.
• 1955 – The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect.
• 1961 – Project Mercury: 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 1:59.4, 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.
• 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.{{Cite web|title=Sudan: Political Protocol between the Sudanese government and Sudan Liberation Army Movement signed - Sudan|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/sudan/sudan-political-protocol-between-sudanese-government-and-sudan-liberation-army-movement|access-date=2021-05-22|website=ReliefWeb|date=19 November 2006 |language=en}}
• 2007 – Kenya Airways Flight 507 crashes after takeoff from Douala International Airport in Douala, Cameroon, killing all 114 aboard, making it the deadliest aircraft disaster in Cameroon.{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20070505-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-8AL 5Y-KYA Douala Airport (DLA)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-08-24}}
• 2010 – Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek government-debt crisis.
• 2023 – The World Health Organization declares the end of the COVID-19 pandemic as a global health emergency.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65499929|title=Covid global health emergency is over, WHO says|website=BBC News|date=5 May 2023|access-date=5 May 2023}}

• 1210 – Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279){{cite book|author=Sir Frederick Dixon HARTLAND|title=A chronological dictionary or index to the genealogical chart, etc|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nEJfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA6|year=1854|pages=6}}
• 1282 – Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena (d. 1348){{cite book|author=Charles F. H. Evans|title=Studies in Genealogy and Family History in Tribute to Charles Evans on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pK1pAAAAMAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Association for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy|page=395}}
• 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 (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){{cite book | first=Jasper Godwin | last=Ridley | title=Napoleon III and Eugenie | location=London | publisher=Constable | year=1979 | isbn=978-0-09461-380-5 | page=137}}
• 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){{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 1905 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1905/sienkiewicz/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=23 December 2021}}
• 1858 – John L. Leal, American physician (d. 1914)
• 1859 – Charles B. Hanford, American Shakespearean actor (d. 1926){{cite book|first=A. D.|last= Storms|title=The Players Blue Book|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924027213259|year=1901|publisher=Sutherland & Storms|location=Worcester, MA|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924027213259/page/n263 258]-259}}
• 1864 – Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (d. 1922){{cite encyclopedia|editor=Commire, Anne|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|volume=14|year=2002|publisher=Yorkin Publications, Gale Group|location=Waterford|isbn=978-0-78764-073-6|page=65}}
• 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)
• 1873 – Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (d. 1901){{cite census

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• 1874 – Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1941)
• 1882 – Sylvia Pankhurst, English women's suffrage movement leader and socialist activist (d. 1960)
• 1883 – Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English general and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (d. 1950)
• 1883 – Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler, American mathematician (d. 1966){{cite book | first1=Louise S. | last1=Grinstein | first2=Paul J. | last2=Campbell | chapter=Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler (1883-1966) | editor-last1=Grinstein | editor-first1=Louise S. | editor-last2=Campbell | editor-first2=Paul J. | title=Women of Mathematics: a Biobibliographic Sourcebook | place=New York | publisher=Greenwood Press | year=1987 | isbn=978-0-3132-4849-8 | page=241}}
• 1884 – Chief Bender, American baseball player and coach (d. 1954)
• 1885 – Kingsley Fairbridge, South African-Australian scholar and politician (d. 1924)
• 1887 – Mervyn S. Bennion, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1941)
• 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){{cite book | first=Brian M. | last=Fagan | title=Archaeologists: Explorers of the Human Past | location=Oxford | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=2003 | isbn=978-0-19511-946-6 | page=139}}
• 1898 – Elsie Eaves, American engineer (d. 1983){{cite web | title=Obituary for Elsie Eaves | work= New York Times | date=April 2, 1983 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/02/obituaries/elsie-eaves.html | access-date=22 March 2020}}
• 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){{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict02ogil | title=The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the mid-20th Century | last1=Ogilvie |first1=Marilyn Bailey | last2=Harvey |first2=Joy Dorothy | year=2000 | publisher=Routledge | author-link=Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie | author-link2=Joy Harvey | isbn=978-0-41592-040-7 | location=New York | pages=[https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict02ogil/page/1082 1082] | oclc=40776839 | url-access=registration}}

• 1901 – Janne Mustonen, Finnish politician (d. 1964){{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Janne Mustonen |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911092.aspx |publisher=Parliament of Finland |access-date=27 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415201123/https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911092.aspx |archive-date=15 April 2017 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}
• 1903 – James Beard, American chef and author (d. 1985)
• 1905 – Floyd Gottfredson, American author and illustrator (d. 1986)
• 1907 – Daryna Dmytrivna Polotniuk, Bukovinian (Ukrainian) journalist and author (d. 1982){{cite web | title=Iryna Vilde | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309154840/http://leksika.com.ua/10820314/ure/vilde | url=http://leksika.com.ua/10820314/ure/vilde | archive-date=9 March 2016 | website=Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia | access-date=22 March 2020 | year=2016}}
• 1910 – Leo Lionni, American author and illustrator (d. 1999)
• 1911 – Andor Lilienthal, Russian-Hungarian chess player (d. 2010)
• 1911 – Pritilata Waddedar, Indian educator and activist (d. 1932){{cite web | title=Pritilata's 100th birthday today | website=The Daily Star | date=5 May 2011 | url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-184343 | access-date=22 March 2020}}
• 1913 – Duane Carter, American race car 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)
• 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 – Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Canadian mathematician (d. 2017){{cite book | first=James D. | last=Patterson | chapter=Cathleen Synge Morawetz | editor-last1=Grinstein | editor-first1=Louise S. | editor-last2=Campbell | editor-first2=Paul J. | title=Women of Mathematics: a Biobibliographic Sourcebook | place=New York | publisher=Greenwood Press | year=1987 | isbn=978-0-3132-4849-8 | page=[https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/152 152] | chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/152 }}
• 1925 – Leo Ryan, American soldier, educator, and politician (d. 1978)
• 1927 – Pat Carroll, American actress (d. 2022)
• 1929 – Ilene Woods, American actress (d. 2010)
• 1932 – Stan Goldberg, American illustrator (d. 2014)
• 1933 – Collie Smith, Jamaican cricketer (d. 1959)
• 1934 – Henri Konan Bédié, Ivorian politician, 2nd President of Côte d'Ivoire (d. 2023){{cite book|author=South Africa. Parliament (1994–)|title=Joint Sittings of Both Houses of Parliament: (Hansard)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-JsUAQAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Government Printer}}
• 1934 – Victor Garland, Australian accountant and politician, 26th Australian Minister for Veterans' Affairs (d. 2022)
• 1935 – Eddie Linden, Scottish poet and magazine editor (d. 2023)
• 1935 – Bernard Pivot, French journalist, talk show host, and producer (d. 2024){{Cite news |date=2024-05-06 |title=Bernard Pivot, journaliste, créateur d'« Apostrophes », est mort |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2024/05/06/bernard-pivot-journaliste-createur-d-apostrophes-est-mort_6231907_3382.html |access-date=2024-05-06 |work=Le Monde.fr |language=fr}}
• 1936 – Sandy Baron, American actor and comedian (d. 2001)
• 1937 – Beryl Burton, English racing cyclist (d. 1996) [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/beryl-burton-obituary-1346085.html Clifford, Tim, (7 May 1996), Beryl Burton Obituary, The Independent]. Retrieved 20 July 2015
• 1937 – Delia Derbyshire, English musician, arranger and composer (d. 2001){{cite news|last=Hodgson|first=Brian|author-link=Brian Hodgson|title=Obituary: Delia Derbyshire|newspaper=Guardian Unlimited|date=7 July 2001|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/jul/07/guardianobituaries1}}
• 1938 – Michael Murphy, American actor
• 1939 – Ray Gosling, English journalist, author, and activist (d. 2013)
• 1940 – Lance Henriksen, American actor
• 1942 – Jean Corston, Baroness Corston, English lawyer and politician
• 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 (d. 2023)
• 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
• 1946 – Jim Kelly, American actor, athlete, and martial artist (d. 2013){{Cite web |last=Yardley |first=William |date=2013-07-02 |title=Jim Kelly, Star of Martial Arts Movies, Dies at 67 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/02/arts/jim-kelly-star-of-martial-arts-movies-dies-at-67.html |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US}}
• 1948 – Bill Ward, English drummer and songwriter
• 1950 – Maggie MacNeal, Dutch singer
• 1952 – Ed Lee, American politician and attorney, 43rd Mayor of San Francisco (d. 2017)
• 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
• 1958 – Robert DiPierdomenico, Australian footballer and sportscaster
• 1959 – Bobby Ellsworth, American singer and bass player
• 1959 – Ian McCulloch, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 – Brian Williams, American journalist
• 1960 – Doug Hawkins, Australian footballer and sportscaster
• 1961 – Marg Downey, Australian actress
• 1961 – Hiroshi Hase, Japanese wrestler and politician
• 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
• 1966 – Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer
• 1966 – Sergei Stanishev, Bulgarian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Bulgaria{{cite book|title=Almanac Bulgaria 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PzZpAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Sofia Press Agency}}
• 1966 – Josh Weinstein, American screenwriter and producer
• 1967 – Adam Hughes, American author and illustrator
• 1967 – Charles Nagy, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Charles Nagy Stats |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/charles-nagy-119640 |website=mlb.com |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=5 May 2024}}
• 1967 – Alexis Sinduhije, Burundian journalist and politician
• 1971 – Harold Miner, American basketball player
• 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 (d. 2021)
• 1976 – Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentinian footballer and sportscaster
• 1977 – Tiffany Roberts, American footballer{{Cite web |title=Tiffany Roberts |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27684 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=20 March 2024 }}
• 1979 – Vincent Kartheiser, American actor
• 1980 – Yossi Benayoun, Israeli footballer
• 1980 – Hank Green, American entrepreneur, educator, and vlogger
• 1981 – Craig David, English singer-songwriter, musician and producer
• 1981 – Danielle Fishel, American actress
• 1982 – Vanessa Bryant, American philanthropist and model{{Cite web|last=Silas|first=Karen|date=February 28, 2020|title=Kobe Bryant's wife Vanessa Bryant's background - everything you need to know|url=https://www.hola.com/us/celebrities/20200228fl35tfdf88/vanessa-laine-bryant-nationality-childhood-biography-1/|website=HOLA|language=en-US|access-date=12 February 2022}}
• 1982 – Corey Parker, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1983 – Henry Cavill, English actor
• 1985 – Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress and singer
• 1985 – Emanuele Giaccherini, Italian footballer
• 1985 – P. J. Tucker, American basketball player{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/tuckepj01.html|title=P.J. Tucker Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}
• 1987 – Graham Dorrans, Scottish footballer
• 1988 – Adele, English singer-songwriter
• 1989 – Chris Brown, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
• 1989 – Agnes Knochenhauer, Swedish curler{{Cite web |title=Agnes Knochenhauer |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/138421 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=24 March 2024 }}
• 1991 – Raúl Jiménez, Mexican footballer
• 1994 – Celeste, British singer{{cite web |title=Celeste Epiphany Waite |url=https://californiabirthindex.org/birth/celeste_epiphany_waite_born_1994_23375512 |website=californiabirthindex.org |access-date=5 May 2024}}
• 1995 – James Conner, American football player{{Cite web |title=James Conner |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/ConnJa00.htm |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=pro-football-reference.com}}
• 1996 – Christopher Eubanks, American tennis player{{cite web |title=Christopher Eubanks |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/E865/overview |website=atptour.com |publisher=ATP Tour |access-date=5 May 2024}}
• 1996 – Mayar Sherif, Egyptian tennis player{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/318711/mayar-sherif|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Mayar Sherif|publisher=Women's Tennis Association|access-date=16 October 2022}}
• 1997 – Logan Gilbert, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Logan Gilbert Stats |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/logan-gilbert-669302 |website=mlb.com |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=5 May 2024}}
• 1997 – Mitch Marner, Canadian hockey player{{cite web |title=Mitch Marner Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/mapleleafs/player/mitch-marner-8478483 |website=nhl.com |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=5 May 2024}}
• 1998 – Aryna Sabalenka, Belarusian tennis player{{Cite web |title=Aryna Sabalenka {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/320760/aryna-sabalenka |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}
• 1999 – Nathan Chen, American figure skater
• 1999 – Justin Kluivert, Dutch footballer
• 2003 – Carlos Alcaraz, Spanish tennis player{{Cite web |title=Carlos Alcaraz {{!}} Overview {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=ATP Tour}}
• 2004 – Kirsty Muir, Scottish freestyle skier{{Cite web |title=Kirsty Muir |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/139190 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=20 March 2024 }}

• 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. {{Circa|1160}})
• 1306 – Constantine Palaiologos, Byzantine general (b. 1261)
• 1309 – Charles II of Naples (b. 1254)
• 1316 – Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, daughter of King Edward I of England (b. 1282)
• 1338 – Prince Tsunenaga, son of the Japanese Emperor (b. 1324)
• 1380 – Saint Philotheos, Coptic martyr{{Cite web|url=http://icopts.com/new/index.php?option=com_synaxarium&task=alldays&rdr=bashans/day2.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927185119/http://icopts.com/new/index.php?option=com_synaxarium&task=alldays&rdr=bashans%2Fday2.php|url-status=dead|title=Coptic Synexarion|archive-date=September 27, 2007}}
• 1432 – Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola, Italian adventurer
• 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){{cite web |title=Napoleon I {{!}} Biography, Achievements, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=11 July 2021 |language=en}}
• 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)

• 1901 – Mariano Ignacio Prado, Peruvian general, twice President of Peru (b. 1825){{Cite book|title=General Mariano Ignacio Prado. Su vida y su obra|first=Evaristo|last=San Cristoval|date=1966|publisher=Impr. Gil|location=Lima|page=58|language=Spanish}}
• 1902 – Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xXbl9lZcW_YC&q=may+5+|title=Bret Harte: Opening the American Literary West|first=Gary|last=Scharnhorst|date=October 30, 2000|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=9780806132549|via=Google Books}}
• 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)
• 1941 – Platon of Banja Luka, Serbian Orthodox bishop (b. 1874){{cite book|last=Goldstein|first=Slavko|author-link=Slavko Goldstein|others=Translated by Michael Gable|year=2012|title=1941: The Year That Keeps Returning|edition=2nd|publisher=New York Review Books|location=New York City|isbn=978-1-59017-673-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tPCrbVJNvWUC|page=97}}
• 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){{cite web |title=Bobby Sands {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bobby-Sands |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=3 February 2020 |language=en}}
• 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){{cite web |title=KLIPSCH, PAUL WILBUR (FAMOUS PHOTO) - Hempstead County, Arkansas {{!}} PAUL WILBUR (FAMOUS PHOTO) KLIPSCH - Arkansas Gravestone Photos |url=https://arkansasgravestones.org/view.php?id=939712 |website=arkansasgravestones.org |access-date=27 January 2020}}
• 2002 – George Sidney, American director and producer (b. 1916)
• 2002 – Louis C. Wyman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1917){{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/09/us/louis-c-wyman-85-served-5-terms-in-house.html | title=Louis C. Wyman, 85; Served 5 Terms in House | newspaper=The New York Times | date=9 May 2002 }}
• 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)
• 2020 – Millie Small, Jamaican singer-songwriter (b. 1947){{cite web|date=6 May 2020|title=Millie Small dies in London|url=https://subcultz.com/millie-small-dies-in-london/}}
• 2024 – Jeannie Epper, American stuntwoman and actress (b. 1941){{Cite web |date=2024-05-07 |title=Jeannie Epper, epic stuntwoman behind feats of TV's 'Wonder Woman,' dies at 83 |url=https://apnews.com/article/jeannie-epper-dead-124a196695ff07b039898ed49d48157a |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=AP News |language=en}}
• 2024 – Bernard Hill, English actor (b. 1944){{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68962192|title=Bernard Hill: Titanic and Lord of the Rings actor dies|date=5 May 2024|website=BBC|access-date=5 May 2024|archive-date=5 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505141301/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68962192|url-status=live}}
• 2024 – César Luis Menotti, Argentine footballer and manager (b. 1938){{Cite web |date=2024-05-05 |title=Argentina World Cup-winning coach Cesar Luis Menotti dies aged 85 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c0430j1dd3no |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}

• Children's Day (Japan, South Korea){{cite book |last1=Fuller |first1=Linda |title=National days/national ways: historical, political, and religious celebrations around the world |date=2004 |publisher=Praeger Publishers |location=Westport, Conn. |isbn=0275972704 |pages=85 and 124}}{{cite book |last1=Pratt |first1=Keith |last2=Rutt |first2=Richard |title=Korea: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary |date=16 December 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-79393-6 |page=46 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r15cAgAAQBAJ&dq=south+korea+children%27s+day+5+may&pg=PA46 |language=en}}
• Christian feast day:
• Angelus of Jerusalem
• Aventinus of Tours
• Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice
• Frederick the Wise (Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod)
• Gotthard of Hildesheim
• Hilary of Arles
• Jutta of Kulmsee
• Stanisław Kazimierczyk
• May 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Cinco de Mayo (Mexico, 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, Netherlands)
• Lusophone Culture Day (Community of Portuguese Language Countries)
• World Portuguese Language Day (International){{cite web|url=https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/portuguese-language-day|title=World Portuguese language day|publisher=UNESCO|access-date=2020-05-05}}
• Martyrs' Day (Albania)
• National Cartoonist Day{{cite news |url=https://www.news18.com/news/lifestyle/why-may-5-is-observed-as-national-cartoonist-day-history-significance-and-inspirational-quotes-5112691.html |title=Why May 5 is Observed as National Cartoonist Day? History, Significance and Inspirational Quotes |publisher=News18.com |date=5 May 2022 |access-date=7 May 2022}}
• Patriots' Victory Day (Ethiopia)
• Revenge of the Fifth (see Star Wars Day)
• Senior Citizens Day (Palau){{Cite book|title=The Europa World Year: Kazakhstan - Zimbabwe |date=29 July 2004 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-85743-255-8 |page=3304 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gP_-8rXzQs8C&pg=PA3304}}
• Soviet Press Day (Soviet Union){{Cite book|title=Ленинская газета "Правда" (1912-1914 гг.) и рабочее движение в Эстонии|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=--xHAAAAMAAJ|publisher=Ėstonskoe gos. izd-vo|last=Rudnev|first=Daniil|year=1962|page=16|language=Russian}}
• Tango no sekku (Japan)
• Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Awareness Day (Canada and United States)

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• [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/5 BBC: On This Day]
• {{NYT On this day|month=5|day=5}}
• [https://www.onthisday.com/events/may/5 Historical Events on May 5]

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