About May 5

May 5, 2025 is the 125th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 240 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

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Taurus is the sun 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.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 288 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On May 5

  • 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.
  • 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 denies citizenship to Jews.
  • 1821 –
    Emperor Napoleon I dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
  • 1835 –
    In Belgium, 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, Virginia.
  • 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.
  • 1925 –
    The government of South Africa declares Afrikaans an official language
  • 1944 –
    German troops execute 216 civilians in the village of Kleisoura in Greece
  • 1949 –
    The Treaty of London establishes the Council of Europe in Strasbourg as the first European institution working for European integration.
  • 1955 –
    West Germany gains full sovereignty.
  • 1961 –
    The Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 3 – Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, making a sub-orbital flight of 15 minutes.
  • 1981 –
    Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27.
  • 1987 –
    Iran-Contra affair: start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America

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