1542: St. Francis Xavier arrived at Old Goa, then the capital of Portuguese Goa.
1889: The Eiffel Tower was officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
1941: Joseph Stalin becomes Prime Minister of Russia.
1949: EDSAC launched the first electronic digital storage computer software.
1983: Adolf Hitler’s diary exposed as a hoax.
1994: The Euro Tunnel, which runs through the English Gulf and connects England to France, was inaugurated by Queen Elizabeth II of England and Francois Mitra, President of France.
2001: Pope John Paul II visited a mosque in Syria. He was the first pope to visit a mosque.
2002: Bhupinder Nath Kirpal became the 31st Chief Justice of India.
2010: Ajmal Amir Kasab, convicted for the 26/11 attack in Mumbai, was sentenced to death.
Famous birthdays - May 6.
1856: Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist, philosopher, and the founder of psychoanalysis.
1861: Pt. Motilal Nehru, an Indian lawyer, activist, and politician.
1940: Aban Mistry, an Indian female Tabla player, singer, and musician.
1951: Leela Samson, an Indian Bharatanatyam dancer, choreographer, instructor, and writer.
1953: Tony Blair, a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Death anniversaries - May 6
1589: Tansen, a prominent figure of Hindustani classical music.
1862: Henry Thoreau, an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher.
1922: Shahu Maharaj, a Raja and the first Maharaja of the Indian princely state of Kolhapur.
1946: Bhulabhai Desai, an Indian independence activist and acclaimed lawyer.
1952: Maria Montessori, an Italian physician, and educator.
1966: Raghunath Purushottam Paranjpye, the first Indian to achieve the coveted title of Senior Wrangler at the University of Cambridge.
1973: Shiv Kumar Batalvi, an Indian poet, writer and playwright.
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.
