Category: This Day In History May 05
Categories: This Day In History May
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This Day in History for May 05
Historic Events:
- 553 - Second Council of Constantinople begins
- 1215 - Rebel barons renounce allegiance to King John
- 1260 - Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.
- 1494 - Columbus lands at Jamaica and claims it for Spain.
- 1640 – King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament.
- 1762 – Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
- 1861 - Mexico wins the Battle of Puebla. The annual Mexican-American celebration of Cinco de Mayo began in 1863.
- 1877 - American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads Lakota into Canada.
- 1891 - Carnegie Hall opens in New York City.
- 1934 - Three Stooges first short released: Woman Haters
- 1936 - Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- 1961 - NASA's Mercury program sends the first American, Alan Shepard, into space.
- 2007 - 114 die aboard Kenya Airways Flight 507
- 2010 - Greece austerity mass protests
Famous Birthdays:
- 1210 - King Afonso III of Portugal
- 1818 - Karl Marx
- 1907 - Yoritsune Matsudaira, Japanese classical music composer.
- 1914 - Tyrone Power, American film and stage actor.
- 1992 - Jean-Claude Pascal, French entertainer who won the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest.
- 1951 - Marion Bailey, English actress.
Famous Deaths:
- 1821 - Napolean Bonaparte
- 2008 - Irv Robbins, co-owner of Baskin-Robbins ice cream.
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Person Profiles (6)
賴則 松平
05 May 1907 日本東京府 - 25 Oct 2001
Napoleone Bonaparte
15 Aug 1769 Ajaccio, Corse, France - 05 May 1821
Tyrone Power
05 May 1914 Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States - 15 Nov 1958
Irvine (Rabinovich) Robbins
06 Dec 1917 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - 05 May 2008
Jean-Claude (Villeminot) Pascal
24 Oct 1927 Paris, Seine, France - 05 May 1992
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