Editing May 5 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Pitcher|Pitching]] against the [[Philadelphia Athletics]] at the [[Huntington Avenue Grounds]], [[Cy Young]] of the [[Boston Red Sox|Boston Americans]] throws the first [[Perfect game (baseball)|perfect game]] in the modern era of [[baseball]].
*[[1905]] &ndash; The trial in the [[Stratton Brothers case]] begins in London, England; it marks the first time that [[fingerprint]] evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
*[[1912]] &ndash; The first issue of the [[Bolshevik]] newspaper ''[[Pravda]]'' was published.<ref name="Холенко2021">{{Cite book | first = Viktor | last = Kholenko | date = 28 January 2021 | title = НОСТАЛЬЖИ. Повесть-эссе. (Письма из ХХ века). О ВРЕМЕНИ, О ЖИЗНИ, О СУДЬБЕ. | volume= II | publisher = Delibri | page = 384 | language = Russian | isbn = 9785449107626 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=_PUlEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA384}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; Authorities arrest [[Sacco and Vanzetti|Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti]] for alleged robbery and murder.
*[[1930]] &ndash; The [[1930 Bago earthquake]], the former of two major earthquakes in southern [[Burma]] kills as many as 7,000 in Yangon and Bago.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |title=5,000 to 7,000 Killed in Burmese Quake; Tidal Wave Wrecks Port; Rangoon Hard Hit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/05/07/archives/5000-to-7000-killed-in-burmese-quake-tidal-wave-wrecks-port-rangoon.html |work=New York Times |date=7 May 1930 |page=1}}</ref>
*[[1936]] &ndash; Italian troops [[March of the Iron Will|occupy]] [[Addis Ababa, Ethiopia]].
*  [[1940]]   &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Norwegian Campaign]]: Norwegian squads in [[Battle of Hegra Fortress|Hegra Fortress]] and [[Battle of Vinjesvingen|Vinjesvingen]] capitulate to [[Nazi Germany|German forces]] after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms.
*[[1941]] &ndash; Emperor [[Haile Selassie]] returns to Addis Ababa; the country commemorates the date as [[Liberation Day]] or Patriots' Victory Day.
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Prague uprising]] begins as an attempt by the [[Czech resistance]] to free the city from [[German occupation of Czechoslovakia|German occupation]].
*  1945   &ndash; World War II: A [[Fu-Go balloon bomb]] launched by the Japanese Army kills six people near [[Bly, Oregon]].
*  1945   &ndash; World War II: [[Battle of Castle Itter]], one of only two battles in that war in which American and German troops fought cooperatively.
*[[1946]] &ndash; The [[International Military Tribunal for the Far East]] begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of [[war crime]]s and [[crimes against humanity]].
*[[1955]] &ndash; The [[General Treaty]], by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect.
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Project Mercury]]: [[Alan Shepard]] becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital [[Mercury-Redstone 3|flight]].
*[[1964]] &ndash; The [[Council of Europe]] declares May 5 as [[Europe Day]].
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Alitalia Flight 112]] crashes into Mount Longa near [[Palermo]], [[Sicily]], killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy.
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Secretariat (horse)|Secretariat]] wins the [[1973 Kentucky Derby]] in 1:59.4, an as-yet-unbeaten record.
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Operation Nimrod]]: The British [[Special Air Service]] storms the [[Iran]]ian [[embassy]] in London after a six-day siege.
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Bobby Sands]] dies in the [[Long Kesh]] prison hospital after 66 days of [[hunger strike|hunger-striking]], aged 27.
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Ronald Reagan]] [[Bitburg controversy|visits]] the military cemetery at [[Bitburg]] and the site of the [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp]], where he makes a speech.
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Iran–Contra affair]]: Start of [[United States Congress|Congressional]] televised hearings in the United States of America
*[[1991]] &ndash; A [[1991 Washington, D.C. riot|riot]] breaks out in the [[Mount Pleasant, Washington, D.C.|Mt. Pleasant]] section of Washington, D.C. after police shoot a [[Salvadoran]] man.
*[[1994]] &ndash; The signing of the [[Bishkek Protocol]] between [[Armenia]] and [[Azerbaijan]] effectively freezes the [[Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]].
*  1994   &ndash; American teenager [[Michael P. Fay]] is [[Caning in Singapore|caned]] in [[Singapore]] for theft and vandalism.
*[[2006]] &ndash; The government of [[Sudan]] signs an accord with the [[Sudan Liberation Army]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sudan: Political Protocol between the Sudanese government and Sudan Liberation Army Movement signed - Sudan|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/sudan/sudan-political-protocol-between-sudanese-government-and-sudan-liberation-army-movement|access-date=2021-05-22|website=ReliefWeb|date=19 November 2006 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Kenya Airways Flight 507]] crashes after takeoff from [[Douala International Airport]] in [[Douala]], Cameroon, killing all 114 aboard, making it the deadliest aircraft disaster in Cameroon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20070505-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-8AL 5Y-KYA Douala Airport (DLA)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-08-24}}</ref>
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Anti-austerity movement in Greece|Mass protests]] in Greece erupt in response to [[austerity]] measures imposed by the government as a result of the [[Greek government-debt crisis]].
*[[2023]] &ndash; The [[World Health Organization]] declares the end of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] as a global health emergency.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65499929|title=Covid global health emergency is over, WHO says|website=BBC News|date=5 May 2023|access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref>