May 5th, 1976

Born on May 5th, 1976

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 484 days, exactly on August 16th, 2025, people who were born on May 5th, 1976 will be 18,000 days old!

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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

Born on May 5th, 1976

47

Andrew Erickson

American biathlete

*May 5th, 1976, Minnetonka

47

Rolland Ezuruike

Nigerian powerlifter

*May 5th, 1976, Obowo

47

Tasos Pantos

Greek footballer

*May 5th, 1976, Athens

47

Tom Wrigglesworth

English stand-up comedian

*May 5th, 1976, Sheffield

47

Jose Llana

American actor and singer

*May 5th, 1976, Manila

45

Dieter Brummer

Australian actor

*May 5th, 1976, Sydney †July 24th, 2021, Glenhaven

47

Glen Wallace

Northern Irish actor

*May 5th, 1976, Belfast

47

Jedd Fisch

American football coach

*May 5th, 1976, Livingston

47

Dane Looker

American football player

*May 5th, 1976, Puyallup

47

Andrzej Laszczak

Polish luger

*May 5th, 1976, Szczyrk

47

Stefan Öhman

Finnish ice hockey player

*May 5th, 1976, Örnsköldsvik

47

Déborah Heissler

French poet

*May 5th, 1976, Mulhouse

47

Bernard Jackman

Irish rugby union footballer and coach

*May 5th, 1976, Tullow

47

Jerod Ward

American basketball player

*May 5th, 1976, Jackson

47

Richard de Mos

Dutch politician and educator

*May 5th, 1976, Delft

47

Markus Ringberg

Swedish football player and coach

*May 5th, 1976, Bromölla

47

Juan Pablo Sorín

Argentine footballer

*May 5th, 1976, Buenos Aires

47

Jean-François Dumoulin

Canadian racing driver

*May 5th, 1976, Trois-Rivières

47

Suraju Saka

Republic of Congo table tennis player

*May 5th, 1976, Nigeria

47

Ricardo Arellano

Mexican football referee

*May 5th, 1976, Aguascalientes City

47

Hi-Tek

American rapper and producer

*May 5th, 1976, Cincinnati

47

Pham Minh Duc

Vietnamese footballer

*May 5th, 1976, Vietnam

47

Keith Ginter

American baseball player

*May 5th, 1976, Norwalk

47

Keagan Kang

Australian actor

*May 5th, 1976, Perth

47

Floyd Wedderburn

Former Jamaican American football player

*May 5th, 1976, Kingston

47

Darren Wrack

English footballer (born 1976)

*May 5th, 1976, Cleethorpes

47

Sebastian Komor

Canadian musician

*May 5th, 1976, Zabrze

47

Peter Morén

Member of Peter Bjorn And John, Tutankamon & Ingrid, and solo artist

*May 5th, 1976, Mora

47

Mehdi Sahnoune

French boxer

*May 5th, 1976, Marseille

47

Mitsuru Mukojima

Japanese association football player

*May 5th, 1976, Fujieda

47

Steffen Dierolf

German water polo player

*May 5th, 1976, Esslingen am Neckar

47

Alejandro Hernando

Argentine taekwondoin

*May 5th, 1976, General San Martín

47

Duke Udi

Nigerian footballer

*May 5th, 1976, Nigeria

47

Željko Panić

Bosnian swimmer

*May 5th, 1976, Split

47

Yasmin Warsame

Somali-Canadian model

*May 5th, 1976, Mogadishu

36

Sage Stallone

American actor, film director, and producer (1976-2012)

*May 5th, 1976, Los Angeles †July 13th, 2012, Studio City

45

Murtaza Lodhgar

Cricketer (1976-2021)

*May 5th, 1976, Siddhpur †September 17th, 2021

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35

Adele

British singer

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

50

Andreas Bausewein

German politician

*May 5th, 1973, Erfurt

41

Vanessa Bryant

American philanthropist

*May 5th, 1982, Huntington Beach

52

Marlene Thomsen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1971, Vejle

52

Helene Kirkegaard

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1971, Præstevang Parish

41

Kaveh Mehrabi

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1982, Tehran

57

Chan Oi Ni

Hong Kong badminton player

*May 5th, 1966, Hong Kong

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

35

Sylvina Kurniawan

Australian badminton player

*May 5th, 1988, Surabaya

65

Wolfgang Hellmich

German politician

*May 5th, 1958, Welver

51

James Cracknell

British rower

*May 5th, 1972, Sutton

70

Lene Køppen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1953, Copenhagen

64

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher (1818–1883)

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

46

Virginie Efira

Belgian-French actress and television presenter

*May 5th, 1977, Schaerbeek

23

Christopher Martínez

Badminton player

*May 5th, 2000, San Marcos

59

Jean-François Copé

French politician

*May 5th, 1964, Boulogne-Billancourt

46

Jessica Schwarz

German actress

*May 5th, 1977, Erbach

45

Cemile Giousouf

German politician

*May 5th, 1978, Leverkusen

40

Henry Cavill

British actor (born 1983)

*May 5th, 1983, Saint Helier

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Born in 1976

47

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

47

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

47

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

47

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

47

Halim Haryanto

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1976, Bandung City

47

Ellen Angelina

Indonesian badminton player

*June 30th, 1976, Salatiga City

48

Chantal Botts

Badminton player

*March 30th, 1976, Witbank

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

47

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

47

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

47

Francesco Totti

Italian association football player

*September 27th, 1976, Rome

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

47

Wang Chen

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 21st, 1976, Shanghai

47

Hidetaka Yamada

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1976, Kobe

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Leap year

Yes: 1976 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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