Historical Events  May 5.

1260: Kublai Khan became the emperor of the Mongols.

1883: Surendra Nath Banerjee became the first journalist to go to jail.

1936: Italian troops captured Addis Ababa.

1955: West Germany gained sovereignty.

1961: Alan Shepherd became the first American to go into space.

1964: Europe Council declared May 5 as Europe Day.

1984: Phu Dorji becomes the first Indian to conquer Everest without oxygen backup.

2005: Labor Party leader Tony Blair became Prime Minister for the third time in Britain.

2020 : The National Telecommunication Commission issued a Cease and desist order to ABS – CBN Corporation to stop the operation of its free TV and radio stations one day after their 25-year Congressional franchise was expired.

Famous Birthdays May 5.

1479: Guru Amar Das, the third of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism.

1818: Karl Heinrich Marx, a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, and socialist revolutionary.

1864: Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi, an Indian Hindi writer, and editor.

1905: Pandit Raghunath Murmu, an Indian Santali writer and educator.

1916: Giani Zail Singh, the seventh President of India.

1954: Manohar Lal Khattar, 10th Chief Minister of Haryana.

1956: Gulshan Kumar, an Indian businessman who was the founder of the T-Series music label, and a Bollywood movie producer.

Death Anniversaries May 5.

1821: Napoleon Bonaparte, a French statesman, and military leader. He became the emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814.

1989: Naval Hormusji Tata, an adopted son of Sir Ratanji Tata and a noted alumni DAVIET of the Tata Group.

1918: Tryambak Bapuji Thombre, an Indian

2006: Naushad Ali, an Indian music director for Hindi films.

2007: Theodore Harold Maiman, an American engineer, and physicist. He is widely credited with the invention of the laser.