MAY 5

May 5, 553 : The Second Council of Constantinople begins.
May 5, 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.
May 5, 1260 : Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.
May 5, 1494 : Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica and claims it for Spain.
May 5, 1640 : King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament.
May 5, 1762 : Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
May 5, 1789 : In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
May 5, 1809 : Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.
May 5, 1821 : Emperor Napoleon I dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
May 5, 1835 : In Belgium, the first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen.
May 5, 1862 : Cinco de Mayo in Mexico: troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla.
May 5, 1864 : American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
May 5, 1865 : In North Bend, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio), the first train robbery in the United States takes place.
May 5, 1877 : Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
May 5, 1886 : The Bay View Tragedy occurs, as militia fire upon a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin killing seven.
May 5, 1891 : The Music Hall in New York City (now known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
May 5, 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.
May 5, 1916 : American marines invade the Dominican Republic.
May 5, 1921 : Coco Chanel introduces Chanel No. 5
May 5, 1925 : Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes served an arrest warrant for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
May 5, 1925 : The government of South Africa declares Afrikaans an official language
May 5, 1936 : Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
May 5, 1940 : World War II: a Norwegian government-in-exile formed in London
May 5, 1941 : Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; date since commemorated as Liberation Day.
May 5, 1945 : World War II: German troops in the Netherlands and Denmark capitulate to Canadian and British forces, releasing these countries from Nazi occupation.
May 5, 1945 : World War II: Prague uprising against German occupying forces in Czechoslovakia
May 5, 1945 : World War II: US Army troops liberate the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria
May 5, 1945 : World War II: Admiral Karl Dönitz, President of Germany after Hitler's death, orders all German U-boats to cease offensive operations and return to their bases.
May 5, 1949 : The Treaty of London establishes the Council of Europe in Strasbourg as the first European institution working for European integration. In 1964 the Council of Europe designated May 5 as Europe Day; Europeans have celebrated the day since then to commemorate the founding.
May 5, 1950 : Bhumibol Adulyadej crowns hinself as King Rama IX of Thailand.
May 5, 1955 : West Germany gains full sovereignty.
May 5, 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.
May 5, 1964 : The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day
May 5, 1980 : Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storm the Iranian embassy in London after a six day siege.
May 5, 1980 : Constantine Karamanlis wins election for the first time to the Presidency of Greece.
May 5, 1987 : Iran-Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings.
May 5, 1991 : A riot breaks out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after police shoot a Salvadoran man.
May 5, 1992 : Ratification by Alabama brings into effect the 27th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
May 5, 1994 : The signing of the Bishkek Protocol between Armenia and Azerbaijan effectively freezes the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
May 5, 2005 : A United Kingdom general election results in the re-election of Tony Blair's Labour Party for a third consecutive term.
May 5, 2006 : The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA).

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