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May 5: Easter (Eastern Christianity, 2024); Lixia begins in China (2025); Children's Day in Japan; Cinco de Mayo in Mexico and the United States Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall 1646 – First English Civil War : Charles I surrendered himself to Scottish Covenanter leader David Leslie near Newark, England.
9 May. 1931 - Death of Albert Abraham Michelson, Prussian-born American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852) 1950 - Death of Esteban Terradas i Illa, Catalan mathematician, scientist, and engineer (b. 1883; May 10. 1482 - Death of Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1397)
May (in Latin, Maius) was named for the Greek goddess Maia, who was identified with the Roman era goddess of fertility, Bona Dea, whose festival was held in May. Conversely, the Roman poet Ovid provides a second etymology, in which he says that the month of May is named for the maiores, Latin for "elders," and that the following month (June) is ...
May 16, 1969 – Venera 5, a Soviet spaceprobe, lands on Venus. May 17, 1865 – The International Telegraph Union is established. May 18, 1974 - India conducts underground nuclear tests, named Smiling Buddha. May 18, 1998 - Microsoft sued by US Government; May 19, 1943 - RAF uses bouncing bombs in combat; May 20, 1932 - Amelia Earhart crosses ...
The original Famous Birthdays website was created by Edward Morykwas, a Michigan schoolteacher, in 1996. It offered e-cards. [4] [5] [6]The site was updated to its current format in November 7, 2012, by Evan Britton, [7] who has since described the website as "Wikipedia for Generation Z".
May 5 is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 240 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 553 ...
King Charles and Queen Camilla have kept the royal tradition of celebrating U.K. residents turning 100 with a special birthday card — but rarely do they hand deliver!. Rona Grafton was treated ...
May 17 is the 137th day of the year ... Birthday of the Raja ; Christian feast day: Giulia Salzano; Paschal Baylon; William Hobart Hare (Episcopal Church (USA))