May 5

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This page provides a timeline of notable events that occurred on this day in history.

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May 5 History Information

• Wikipedia: May 5 Entry
• Library of Congress: May 5 in History
• The New York Times: May 6 News Archive
• BBC News: May 5 British News Archive
• CBC News: May 5 Canadian News Archive  
• YouTube Video: Associated Press: May 6 History (Time 1:28)
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May 5 Events

• 1951: Alan Shepard becomes America's first space explorer, taking off from Cape Canaveral Florida
• 1891: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky opens up Carnegie Hall in New York City
• 1821: Napoleon Bonaparte dies while in exile on the Island of Saint Helena
• 1818: Karl Marx is born in Trier Prussia