What Happened On May 5

What Happened On May 5 Events

1809 May 5 Mary Kies Receives the First Patent by a Woman in US
Mary Dixon Kies (March 21, 1752 – 1837) was an early 19th-century American who was the first recipient of a patent granted to a woman by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, on ...
1862 May 5 Battle of Dragoon Springs
The Battle of Dragoon Springs was a minor skirmish between a small troop of Confederate soldiers, (Company A of Governor John R. Baylor's Regiment of Arizona Rangers), and an army of Apac...
1862 May 5 Battle of Williamsburg - Peninsula Campaign's First Battle
The Battle of Williamsburg, also known as the Battle of Fort Magruder, took place on May 5, 1862, in York County, James City County, and Williamsburg, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula C...
1862 May 5 First Cinco De Mayo
Mexican troops under General Ignacio Zaragoza successfully defended the town of Puebla on May 5, 1862, temporarily halting France's efforts to establish a puppet regime in Mexico. With t...
1864 May 5 Battle of Albemarle Sound
Description: On May 5, CSS Albemarle fought seven blockading Union ships to a draw at the mouth of the Roanoke River. Federals recaptured the converted steamer Bombshell. USS Sassacus was...
1864 May 5
to 1864 May 7
 Battle of the Wilderness - Grant and Lee Meet
The Battle of the Wilderness was fought on May 5-6, 1864. It was the beginning of the Overland Campaign, the bloodiest campaign in American history and the turning point in the war in the...
1904 May 5 Cy Young Pitches a Perfect Game
The first perfect game in American League history was thrown by Cy Young who had his last no-hit game in the National League in 1897. His appearances in games prior to this one included t...
1912 May 5
to 1912 Jul 22
 Games of the V Olympiad Held in Stockholm, Sweden
The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1912 in Stockholm, Sweden. For the first time, c...
1925 May 5 John Scopes is Arrested
On May 5, 1925, high school science teacher John Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution in one of Tennessee's public schools. Scopes had agreed to act as defendant in a case intended ...
1927 May 5 'To The Lighthouse' is Published
"To the Lighthouse" has not the formal perfection, the cohesiveness, the intense vividness of characterization that belong to "Mrs. Dalloway." It has particles of failure in it. It is inf...
1945 May 5 Polish 1st Armored Division Captures German Port of Wilhelmshaven
Towards the end of July 1944 the Polish 1st Armored Division was transferred to Normandy, where it was to prove its worth during the 1944 invasion of Europe. Attached to First Canadian Ar...
1945 May 5 U.S. 11th Armored Division Liberates Mauthausen Concentration Camp
[American forces] disarm the remaining SS guards. Representatives from the International Committee of the Red Cross begin caring for surviving prisoners in the main camp. Incomplete camp ...
1946 May 5
to 1946 May 12
 The Simla Conference
In the summer of 1945, a conference was convened at Simla by the Viceroy, Lord Wavell, who had recently returned from England with the approval of the Newspaper report of the outcome of t...
1966 May 5 Montreal Canadiens win Stanley Cup
The 1966 Stanley Cup Final was contested by the Detroit Red Wings and the defending champion Montreal Canadiens. The Canadiens would win the best-of-seven series four games to two to win ...
1977 May 5 Parliament releases Live: P-Funk Earth Tour
Live: P-Funk Earth Tour is a 1977 Parliament live double album that documents the band's P-Funk Earth Tour of that year. The performances include songs from Parliament's albums through Th...
1981 May 5
to 1981 May 14
 1981 NBA Finals - Celtics Defeat Rockets
The 1981 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1980-81 NBA season, pitting the Boston Celtics against the Houston Rockets. For the 1980-81 season Houston Rock...
1981 May 5 "Pixote" Is Released
Pixote: a Lei do Mais Fraco (English: Pixote: The Law of the Weakest), (1981) is a Brazilian drama film directed by Hector Babenco. The screenplay was written by Babenco and Jorge Durán, ...
1992 May 5 FDA Approves Chiron's Proleukin
Treating skin cancer and kidney cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. Proleukin is an antineoplastic. It works by helping enhance many aspects of the immune system, which ...
1992 May 5 Radiohead releases first EP, Drill
Drill was the first commercial release of English alternative rock group Radiohead, still known then as "On A Friday". The EP was released on 5 May 1992, debuting on the UK charts at numb...
1992 May 5 The Twenty-seventh Amendment is ratified
The Twenty-seventh Amendment (Amendment XXVII) prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of the Congress from taking effect, until the start of the next set of t...
1994 May 5 "The Fire" - Season 5 Episode 20 of Seinfeld Premiers
"The Fire" was the eighty-fourth episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld and the 20th episode for the 5th season. It aired on May 5, 1994. Plot Summary: At Pendant Publishing Kramer is d...
1995 May 5 'Alien Autopsy' Presented at the Museum of London
Mr. Darnell's first major hit was ''Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction'' in 1995. The idea originated when a freelance producer came to him, claiming to have found film from 1947 of an alien ...
1998 May 5 Bad Religion releases No Substance
No Substance is the tenth full-length album by the punk rock band Bad Religion. It was the band's third (or fourth, if you count the reissue of Recipe for Hate) release on Atlantic Record...
2003 May 5 FDA Approves AstraZeneca's Iressa
IRESSA is indicated as monotherapy for the continued treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer after failure of both platinum-based and docetaxe...
2003 May 5 Tim Duncan Wins Second Straight NBA MVP
Tim Duncan has been named NBA's Most Valuable Player for the second consecutive season. Duncan led the San Antonio Spurs to a league best record of 60-22. He averaged over 23 points per g...
2004 May 5 Boston Red Sox defeat Cleveland Indians, 9-5
CLEVELAND -- So how did the new Red Sox manager handle the strain of his first five-game losing streak? Did he lock himself in his office, leave a dent in the dugout water cooler, snap...
2005 May 5 Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 2-1
DETROIT - When they saw Bronson Arroyo walk off the mound prior to the start of the ninth inning in favor of closer Keith Foulke, there was a collective sigh of relief, a temporary moment...
2006 May 5 Boston Red Sox defeat Baltimore Orioles, 6-3
When Mark Loretta stepped to the plate in the sixth inning last night with two outs, two runners on base, and the game tied, he had no idea that what he was about to do had been done last...
2006 May 5 Mission: Impossible III released
Mission: Impossible III (also known as M:I:III) a 2006 action film, the third based on the spy-themed television series Mission: Impossible starring Tom Cruise who reprises his role of IM...
2006 May 5 Red Hot Chili Peppers release Stadium Arcadium
Stadium Arcadium is the ninth studio album by alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on May 5, 2006, on Warner Bros. Records in Europe and May 9 in the United States. It so...
2006 May 5 Tammy Teas Dies
Tammy Noreen Teas, 45, passed away in a Seattle Hospice on May 5, 2006, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born to Herbert and Noreen Keller Teas on August 14, 1960, ...
2007 May 5 Baltimore Orioles defeat Cleveland Indians, 8-2
In case the Orioles had forgotten, this is what an offense looks like when it opens up. When runners on base actually get to circle them.When collecting multiple hits in an inning doesn't...
2007 May 5 Kenya Airways Flight 507 Crashes, Killing 114
A Kenya Airways plane that crashed after takeoff in Cameroon with 114 people on board is largely submerged in a swamp and there is no chance of survivors, Cameroon's civil protection serv...
2007 May 5 Minnesota Twins defeat Boston Red Sox, 2-1
MINNEAPOLIS -- The hue and cry for Alex Cora to play more may soon be renewed, but this time it will have nothing to do with the rookie at second base, Dustin Pedroia. Instead, the cla...
2008 May 5 Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 6-3
DETROIT - While Daisuke Matsuzaka was walking the house last night, a few swings made it all bearable for the Red Sox in a 6-3 win over the Detroit Tigers, whose promised extreme makeover...
2008 May 5 Oakland Athletics defeat Baltimore Orioles, 2-1
A recap of the Orioles' 2-1 loss to the Athletics last night: ALL TIED UP With men on first and second and one out in the seventh inning, Orioles manager Dave Trembley pulled starte...
2009 May 5 Boston Red Sox defeat New York Yankees, 7-3
NEW YORK - The count was 2-and-0 to Ramiro Pena in the sixth inning, the rain falling steadily. Runners were on second and third with the Red Sox leading by a run and just one out. Any mi...
2009 May 5 Milwaukee Brewers defeat Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-5
Pittsburgh - J.J. Hardy knew he had been dreadful in clutch situations this season. He just didn't know how dreadful. "I felt like I was doing horrible but I just heard the stats," ...
2009 May 5 New York Mets defeat Atlanta Braves, 4-3
ATLANTA - Carlos Delgado was proud of his performance during Tuesday night's final inning in one respect. "Game-winning RBI," he said about his two-run single in the ninth, which gave clo...
2009 May 5 Philadelphia Phillies defeat St. Louis Cardinals, 10-7
In a three-hour slog of sloppy play and sluggish pace, the Philadelphia Phillies showed the Cardinals that when neither team has pitching, the one with power wins. For the second conse...
2009 May 5 Red Sox beat Yankees, 7 - 3, in twenty-seventh game of season
Red Sox - 400 000 021 - 7 8 1 Yankees - 003 000 000 - 3 10 1 The first five Red Sox batters hit safely against Chamberlain -- Ellsbury single (and stolen base), Pedroia single, Ort...
2009 May 5 Swine Flu (H1N1) downgraded by US Health and Human Services Secretary
U.S. health officials are no longer recommending that schools close for two weeks over suspected cases of the A/H1N1 flu virus. Hundreds of schools around the country had followed the gui...
2009 May 5 Tampa Bay Rays defeat Baltimore Orioles, 6-3
SAME OLD Rays starter Matt Garza allowed three runs on a two-run, third-inning homer by Brian Roberts that followed a Rays error, and a solo shot by Gregg Zaun in the fifth. He's now 6...
2009 May 5
to 2009 May 18
 The Jesusita Fire in Santa Barbara occurs
The Jesusita Fire was a wildfire that began at approximately 1:45 PM on May 5, 2009 in the hills of Santa Barbara, California. The fire burned 8,733 acres (35.34 km2), destroyed 80 homes ...
2009 May 5
9:15AM-10:15AM
 David Heinemeier Hansson - RailsConf Keynote
2009 May 5
10:45AM-11:35AM
 Don't Mock Yourself - RailsConf
Ask experienced Rails developers what they think about mock objects and some will say “absolutely awesome” while others “absolutely horrible.” The problem with both of those answers lies ...
2009 May 5
10:45AM-11:35AM
 The Even-Darker Art of Rails Engines - RailsConf
When I started talking about the idea of ‘Rails Engines’ a few years ago, everyone thought I was crazy. Some people said it was stupid, or just plain evil. Despite that, the ability to wr...
2009 May 5
10:45AM-11:35AM
 The Gilt Effect - RailsConf
Gilt Groupe is a fascinating e-commerce business, where luxury items are sold at a discount in “flash” sales that mimic the New York sample sale experience. In this model, passionate buye...
2009 May 5
10:45AM-11:35AM
 The GitHub Panel - RailsConf
Chris Wanstrath (GitHub), Tom Preston-Werner (GitHub), PJ Hyett (GitHub), Scott Chacon (GitHub), Jon Maddox (Mustache, Inc.) We plan to solicit questions in advance from the Rails comm...
2009 May 5
11:45AM-12:35PM
 In Praise of Non-Fixtured Data - RailsConf
This talk explores why fixtures are mostly bad, what can be done to “fix” the unmanageable miscreant that fixtures have evolved into, and cross-examines the new breed of data generators. ...