May 5th, 1940

Born on May 5th, 1940

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What happened on May 5th, 1940?

May 5th, 1940

World War II: Norwegian Campaign: Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulate to German forces after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms.

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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.

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What else 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, 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.

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

Born on May 5th, 1940

83

Michael Lindsay-Hogg

American television, film, music video, and theatre director

*May 5th, 1940, New York City

83

Lance Henriksen

American actor

*May 5th, 1940, New York City

83

Lasse Åberg

Swedish actor, musician, film director and artist

*May 5th, 1940, Hofors parish

81

Jürgen Anbuhl

German politician

*May 5th, 1940, Berlin †January 30th, 2022

83

Lion Izmaylov

Russian stand-up comic, writer and satirist

*May 5th, 1940, Moscow

83

Robert J. Spane

United States Navy admiral

*May 5th, 1940, Ely

83

Tsai Chen-nan

Taiwanese entrepreneur

*May 5th, 1940, Shinchiku Prefecture

83

Michael Craig Hillmann

American Iranologist

*May 5th, 1940, Baltimore

83

Gwen Grant

English writer

*May 5th, 1940, Worksop

83

Don Criqui

Sportscaster

*May 5th, 1940, Buffalo

83

Adam Przeworski

Polish-American professor of political science

*May 5th, 1940, Warsaw

83

Sandagdorj Handsuren

Mongolian chess player

*May 5th, 1940, Ulaanbaatar

83

Dates Fryberger

American ice hockey player (1940-)

*May 5th, 1940, Duluth

83

Diane E. Griffin

Biologist

*May 5th, 1940, Iowa City

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

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

35

Adele

British singer

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

70

Lene Køppen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1953, Copenhagen

88

Eddi Arent

German actor and comedian

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

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

64

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher (1818–1883)

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

65

Wolfgang Hellmich

German politician

*May 5th, 1958, Welver

57

Chan Oi Ni

Hong Kong badminton player

*May 5th, 1966, Hong Kong

88

Bernard Pivot

French writer and presenter

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

50

Andreas Bausewein

German politician

*May 5th, 1973, Erfurt

41

Vanessa Bryant

American philanthropist

*May 5th, 1982, Huntington Beach

78

Sylvia Pankhurst

English feminist and socialist (1882–1960)

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

85

Michael Murphy

American film and television actor

*May 5th, 1938, Los Angeles

52

Marlene Thomsen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1971, Vejle

80

Michael Palin

English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter

*May 5th, 1943, Broomhill & Sharrow Vale

52

Helene Kirkegaard

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1971, Præstevang Parish

41

Kaveh Mehrabi

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1982, Tehran

35

Sylvina Kurniawan

Australian badminton player

*May 5th, 1988, Surabaya

59

Jean-François Copé

French politician

*May 5th, 1964, Boulogne-Billancourt

47

Andrew Erickson

American biathlete

*May 5th, 1976, Minnetonka

Same year
Born in 1940

83

Onur Öymen

Turkish politician and diplomat

*October 18th, 1940, Kadıköy

84

Lorns Skjemstad

Norwegian cross-country skier

*March 10th, 1940, Inderøy Municipality

40

John Lennon

British musician (1940–1980)

*October 9th, 1940, Liverpool †December 8th, 1980, New York City

83

Jeannie Seely

American singer

*July 6th, 1940, Titusville

76

Al Jarreau

American singer (1940–2017)

*March 12th, 1940, Milwaukee †February 12th, 2017, Los Angeles

82

Pelé

Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)

*October 23rd, 1940, Três Corações †December 29th, 2022, Morumbi District

83

Al Pacino

American actor (born 1940)

*April 25th, 1940, Manhattan

77

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

*April 24th, 1940, Corona †May 9th, 2017, Los Angeles

83

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

82

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

80

Wolfgang Clement

German politician

*July 7th, 1940, Bochum †September 27th, 2020, Bonn

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician (born 1940)

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

32

Bruce Lee

Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)

*November 27th, 1940, San Francisco Chinese Hospital †July 20th, 1973, Kowloon Tong

84

Jana Brejchová

Czech actress

*January 20th, 1940, Prague

55

Joseph Brodsky

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

*May 24th, 1940, Saint Petersburg †January 28th, 1996, Brooklyn

76

Manfred Jung

German singer and operatic tenor

*July 9th, 1940, Oberhausen †April 14th, 2017, Essen

79

Tilo Prückner

German actor and author

*October 26th, 1940, Augsburg †July 2nd, 2020, Berlin

83

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

*July 7th, 1940, Liverpool

83

Patrick Stewart

British actor (born 1940)

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

77

John Hurt

British actor (1940–2017)

*January 22nd, 1940, Chesterfield †January 25th, 2017, Norfolk

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Leap year

Yes: 1940 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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