May 5th, 1032

Born on May 5th, 1032

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 362,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 670 days, exactly on March 15th, 2026, people who were born on May 5th, 1032 will be 363,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on May 5th?

May 5th, 2019

Aeroflot Flight 1492 was struck by lightning after leaving Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport and caught fire during the subsequent emergency landing attempt, killing 41 people on board.

May 5th, 2007

Kenya Airways Flight 507 crashed immediately after takeoff from Douala International Airport in Cameroon, resulting in the deaths of all 114 people aboard.

May 5th, 1992

The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, 202 years after it was first proposed.

May 5th, 1981

After a 66-day hunger strike, Irish republican Bobby Sands died of starvation in HM Prison Maze.

May 5th, 1980

The British Special Air Service recaptured the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege by Iranian Arab separatists.

May 5th, 1961

Project Mercury: American astronaut Alan Shepard (pictured) made a sub-orbital spaceflight on board Freedom 7, becoming the second person to travel into outer space.

May 5th, 1960

The Netherlands Carillon was inaugurated in Arlington, Virginia, on the 15th anniversary of Dutch Liberation Day.

May 5th, 1945

World War II: The citizens of Prague spontaneously rose up against the city's German occupiers.

May 5th, 1940

World War II: A squad of 250 Norwegian volunteers defending Hegra Fortress surrendered to a superior Nazi force after a 25-day siege.

May 5th, 1904

Pitching for the Boston Americans, Cy Young threw the first perfect game in modern professional baseball.

May 5th, 1891

Carnegie Hall (interior pictured) in New York City, built by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, officially opened with a concert conducted by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

May 5th, 1864

American Civil War: Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign in Virginia began with the inconclusive Battle of the Wilderness (pictured) in Spotsylvania County.

May 5th, 1654

Cromwell's Act of Grace, which pardoned the people of Scotland for any crimes committed during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, was proclaimed in Edinburgh.

May 5th, 1646

First English Civil War: Charles I surrendered himself to Scottish Covenanter leader David Leslie near Newark, England.

May 5th, 1860

Led by Italian general Giuseppe Garibaldi, the volunteer Expedition of the Thousand set sail from Genoa on a campaign to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 5th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 5th?

36

Adele

British singer

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

64

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher (1818–1883)

*May 5th, 1818, Trier †March 14th, 1883, London

80

John Rhys-Davies

Welsh actor (born 1944)

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

45

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

78

Sylvia Pankhurst

English feminist and socialist (1882–1960)

*May 5th, 1882, Manchester †September 27th, 1960, Addis Ababa

42

Vanessa Bryant

American philanthropist

*May 5th, 1982, Huntington Beach

51

Andreas Bausewein

German politician

*May 5th, 1973, Erfurt

71

Lene Køppen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1953, Copenhagen

58

Chan Oi Ni

Hong Kong badminton player

*May 5th, 1966, Hong Kong

66

Wolfgang Hellmich

German politician

*May 5th, 1958, Welver

42

Søren Kierkegaard

Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813–1855)

*May 5th, 1813, Copenhagen †November 11th, 1855, Copenhagen

88

Eddi Arent

German actor and comedian

*May 5th, 1925, Wrzeszcz †May 28th, 2013, Munich

53

Marlene Thomsen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1971, Vejle

53

Helene Kirkegaard

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1971, Præstevang Parish

42

Kaveh Mehrabi

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1982, Tehran

36

Sylvina Kurniawan

Australian badminton player

*May 5th, 1988, Surabaya

24

Christopher Martínez

Badminton player

*May 5th, 2000, San Marcos

57

Nellie Bly

American journalist

*May 5th, 1864, Burrell Township †January 27th, 1922, New York City

48

Andrew Erickson

American biathlete

*May 5th, 1976, Minnetonka

94

Eugènie de Montijo

Consort of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1826–1920)

*May 5th, 1826, Granada †July 11th, 1920, Madrid

60

Jean-François Copé

French politician

*May 5th, 1964, Boulogne-Billancourt

25

Nathan Chen

American figure skater (born 1999)

*May 5th, 1999, Salt Lake City

88

Richard Arlt

German Resistance member

*May 5th, 1911, Witoszyn Górny †August 25th, 1999

70

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Polish writer, novelist, journalist, philanthropist and Nobel Prize laureate

*May 5th, 1846, Wola Okrzejska †November 15th, 1916, Vevey

72

Ferdinand von Richthofen

German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

*May 5th, 1833, Pokój †October 6th, 1905, Berlin

25

Justin Kluivert

Dutch association football player

*May 5th, 1999, Zaandam

35

Chris Brown

American R&B singer, songwriter, rapper, dancer, actor and record producer

*May 5th, 1989, Tappahannock

30

Javier Manquillo

Spanish association football player

*May 5th, 1994, Madrid

62

Rodica Arba

Romanian rower

*May 5th, 1962, Petricani

52

James Cracknell

British rower

*May 5th, 1972, Sutton

89

Bernard Pivot

French writer and presenter

*May 5th, 1935, 4th arrondissement of Lyon

62

Nicolas Vanier

French adventurist, writer, moviemaker and musher

*May 5th, 1962, Dakar

70

Helga Lindner

East German swimmer

*May 5th, 1951, Chemnitz †November 3rd, 2021, Chemnitz

41

Henry Cavill

British actor (born 1983)

*May 5th, 1983, Saint Helier

83

Pierre Schoendoerffer

French film director (1928–2012)

*May 5th, 1928, Chamalières †March 14th, 2012, Clamart

33

Jon Bostic

American football player, linebacker

*May 5th, 1991, Wellington

83

Alice Faye

American actress and singer (1915–1998)

*May 5th, 1915, New York City †May 9th, 1998, Rancho Mirage

70

Jacques Médecin

French politician

*May 5th, 1928, Nice †November 17th, 1998, Punta del Este

72

Stefan Semmler

East German rower

*May 5th, 1952, Zschopau

27

Daniel Staniszewski

Polish cyclist

*May 5th, 1997, Ciechanów

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Public holidays on May 5th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on May 5th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1032 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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