553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins.
1215 - Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta.
1494 - Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica and claims it for Spain.
1640 - King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament.
1762 - Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
1809 - The Swiss canton of Aargau denies citizenship to Jews.
1811 - In the second day of fighting at the Peninsular War Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro the French army, under Marshall André Masséna, drive in the Duke of Wellington's overextended right flank, but French frontal assaults fail to take the town of Fuentes de Onoro and the Anglo-Portuguese army holds the field at the end of the day.
1821 - Emperor Napoleon I of the French dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
1860 - Giuseppe Garibaldi sets sail from Genoa, leading the expedition of the Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and giving birth to the Kingdom of Italy.
1862 - Cinco de Mayo: troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
1886 - The Bay View Tragedy: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
1925 - The government of South Africa declares Afrikaans an official language.
1936 - Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
1940 - World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London
1941 - Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots' Victory Day.
1945 - World War II: Canadian and UK troops liberate the Netherlands and Denmark from Nazi occupation when Wehrmacht troops capitulate.
1945 - World War II: The Prague Uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from Nazi occupation.
1949 - The Treaty of London establishes the Council of Europe in Strasbourg as the first European institution working for European integration.
1950 -His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej crowns himself King Rama IX of Thailand.
1955 - West Germany gains full sovereignty.
1964 - The Council of Europe declares May 5th as Europe Day.
1981 - Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger striking, aged 27.
1987 - Iran-Contra affair: start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America
2006 - The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army.
2010 - Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek debt crisis.
Famous Birthdays
867 - Emperor Uda of Japan
1210 - Afonso III of Portugal
1747 - Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
1813 - Søren Kierkegaard, philosopher, theologian and poet,
1818 - Karl Marx, philosopher
1826 - Eugénie de Montijo, wife of Napoleon III
1887 - Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury
1919 - Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos, dictator of Greece
1932 - Will Hutchins, actor
1948 - Bill Ward, musician
1957 - Richard E. Grant, actor
1963 - Heidi Kozak, actress
1973 - Tina Yothers, actress
1978 - Santiago Cabrera, actor
1983 - Henry Cavill, actor
1984 - Christian Valdéz, footballer
1987 - Ian Michael Smith, actor
1988 - Adele, singer-songwriter and musician
1989 - Chris Brown, singer-songwriter
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