On This Day in History
Discover key historical events within the Genesis range (1950–2049) that occurred on this calendar day, and claim their commemorative registry plaques.
May 5
10 historical milestones registered between 1950 and 2049
The Netherlands Carillon was inaugurated in Arlington, Virginia, on the 15th anniversary of Dutch Liberation Day.
Wikipedia: Netherlands Carillon
Project Mercury: American astronaut Alan Shepard made a sub-orbital spaceflight on board Freedom 7, becoming the second person to travel into outer space.
Wikipedia: Project Mercury
The British Special Air Service recaptured the Iranian embassy in London following a six-day siege after Iranian Arab separatists had seized it.
Wikipedia: Special Air Service
After a 66-day hunger strike, Irish republican Bobby Sands died of starvation in HM Prison Maze.
Wikipedia: 1981 Irish hunger strike
Riots broke out in Washington, D.C., after a rookie police officer shot a Salvadoran man in the chest.
Wikipedia: 1991 Washington, D.C., riotThe Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, 202 years after it was first proposed.
Wikipedia: Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
American teenager Michael P. Fay was caned in Singapore for theft and vandalism, a punishment that the United States deemed to be excessive for a teenager committing a non-violent crime.
Wikipedia: Caning of Michael FayKenya Airways Flight 507 crashed immediately after takeoff from Douala International Airport in Cameroon, resulting in the deaths of all 114 people aboard.
Wikipedia: Kenya Airways Flight 507
Philippine broadcast network ABS-CBN was forced to go off-air by the National Telecommunications Commission after Congress failed to renew its franchise granted in 1995.
Wikipedia: ABS-CBN
The World Health Organization declared the end of COVID-19 as a global health emergency.
Wikipedia: World Health Organization