May 5th, 1982

Born on May 5th, 1982

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 507 days, exactly on February 23rd, 2026, people who were born on May 5th, 1982 will be 16,000 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 following a six-day siege after Iranian Arab separatists had seized it.

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 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, a crucial event of the unification of Italy.

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

Born on May 5th, 1982

42

Vanessa Bryant

American philanthropist

*May 5th, 1982, Huntington Beach

42

Kaveh Mehrabi

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1982, Tehran

42

Gunnar Jeannette

Racecar driver

*May 5th, 1982, Palm Beach

42

Corey Parker

Australian rugby league footballer

*May 5th, 1982, Brisbane

42

Randall Gay

Player of American football

*May 5th, 1982, Baton Rouge

42

Chris Mann

American singer-songwriter

*May 5th, 1982, Wichita

42

Gary Gibson

Player of American football

*May 5th, 1982, Plant City

42

Agustin Murillo

Mexican baseball player

*May 5th, 1982, Tijuana

42

Jan Rezek

Czech football player

*May 5th, 1982, Teplice

42

Krishna Poonia

Indian discus thrower & Member of legislative assembly

*May 5th, 1982, Agroha

42

Velibor Đurić

Bosnian footballer

*May 5th, 1982, Vlasenica

42

Sándor Torghelle

Football player

*May 5th, 1982, Budapest

42

Wouter D'Haene

Belgian canoer

*May 5th, 1982, Kortrijk

42

Ferrie Bodde

Dutch footballer

*May 5th, 1982, Delft

42

Paweł Abbott

Polish footballer

*May 5th, 1982, York

42

Ari Koponen

Finnish politician

*May 5th, 1982, Vantaa

42

Prince Joel Dawit Makonnen

Member of the Ethiopian Imperial Family

*May 5th, 1982, Rome

42

Lawrence Rothman

American singer

*May 5th, 1982, United States of America

42

Teresa Portela

Spanish canoeist

*May 5th, 1982, Aldán

42

Levison Wood

English explorer and author

*May 5th, 1982, Stoke-on-Trent

42

Burak Yeter

Turkish musician

*May 5th, 1982, Trabzon

42

Pavel Vorobiev

Russian ice hockey player

*May 5th, 1982, Karaganda

42

Yung Wun

American rapper

*May 5th, 1982, Atlanta

42

Richard Wojciak

British ice hockey player

*May 5th, 1982, Swindon

42

Noel O'Leary

Irish Gaelic football player

*May 5th, 1982, Kilnamartyra

42

Manuel Sala

Angolan footballer

*May 5th, 1982, Angola

42

Jia Dandan

Chinese ice hockey player

*May 5th, 1982, Harbin

42

Daniel Paulista

Brazilian footballer and manager

*May 5th, 1982, Ribeirão Preto

42

Abdelkader Benayada

Footballer

*May 5th, 1982, Frenda

42

Salim Salimov

Bulgarian boxer

*May 5th, 1982, Omurtag

42

Jaroslav Nesvadba

Czech footballer

*May 5th, 1982, Czechoslovakia

42

Adiam Dymott

Swedish singer

*May 5th, 1982, Uppsala

42

Lidija Horvat

Croatian handball player

*May 5th, 1982, Zagreb

42

James Leuzinger

British alpine skier

*May 5th, 1982, Glarus

42

Daryl Harr

Canadian racing driver

*May 5th, 1982, St. Albert

42

Florian Neukart

Austrian computer scientist, quantum physicist, mathematician, and scientific author

*May 5th, 1982, Bruck an der Mur

42

Lena Asmus

Russian and German rhythmic gymnast

*May 5th, 1982, Omsk

42

Lamar White Jr.

American journalist

*May 5th, 1982, Alexandria

42

Ivan Perić

Serbian footballer

*May 5th, 1982, Pristina

42

Przemysław Kaźmierczak

Polish footballer

*May 5th, 1982, Łęczyca

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36

Adele

British singer

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

45

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

41

Henry Cavill

British actor (born 1983)

*May 5th, 1983, Saint Helier

36

Sylvina Kurniawan

Australian badminton player

*May 5th, 1988, Surabaya

51

Andreas Bausewein

German politician

*May 5th, 1973, Erfurt

53

Marlene Thomsen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1971, Vejle

48

Andrew Erickson

American biathlete

*May 5th, 1976, Minnetonka

80

John Rhys-Davies

Welsh actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

53

Helene Kirkegaard

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1971, Præstevang Parish

58

Chan Oi Ni

Hong Kong badminton player

*May 5th, 1966, Hong Kong

43

Craig David

English singer

*May 5th, 1981, Southampton

24

Christopher Martínez

Badminton player

*May 5th, 2000, San Marcos

44

Nick Nuyens

Belgian road bicycle racer

*May 5th, 1980, Lier

64

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher (1818–1883)

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

35

Chris Brown

American singer, songwriter, rapper, dancer, and actor

*May 5th, 1989, Tappahannock

66

Wolfgang Hellmich

German politician

*May 5th, 1958, Welver

71

Lene Køppen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1953, Copenhagen

39

Emanuele Giaccherini

Italian footballer

*May 5th, 1985, Bibbiena

44

Yossi Benayoun

Israeli former association footballer, who is the current sporting director of the Israel national team

*May 5th, 1980, Dimona

30

Javier Manquillo

Spanish association football player

*May 5th, 1994, Madrid

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Born in 1982

41

Nicki Minaj

Trinidadian-born rapper, singer, songwriter and actress (born 1982)

*December 8th, 1982, Saint James

41

Lee Chong Wei

Malaysian badminton player

*October 21st, 1982, Bagan Serai

42

John Mulaney

American comedian and actor (born 1982)

*August 26th, 1982, Chicago

42

Birgitte Hjort Sørensen

Danish actress, born 1982

*January 16th, 1982, Hillerød

42

Leticia Brunati

Argentinian beach handball coach

*May 28th, 1982, Buenos Aires

42

Louis Bell

American record producer

*May 27th, 1982, Quincy

42

Miss Li

Swedish singer and songwriter

*July 21st, 1982, Borlänge

42

Huang Sui

Badminton player

*January 8th, 1982, Hunan

42

Inez Bjørg David

German actress

*February 6th, 1982, Aarhus

41

Chien Yu-Chin

Badminton player

*October 24th, 1982, Kaohsiung

42

Kamila Augustyn

Badminton player

*January 14th, 1982, Słupsk

42

Dwyane Wade

American former basketball player

*January 17th, 1982, Chicago

41

Gracia Baur

German singer

*November 18th, 1982, Neuperlach

42

Ekaterina Ananina

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1982, Perm

41

Aki Akao

Badminton player

*October 20th, 1982, Hita

42

Christian Tiffert

German association football player and manager

*February 18th, 1982, Halle (Saale)

42

Jussie Smollett

American actor and singer

*June 21st, 1982, Santa Rosa

42

Christoph Letkowski

German actor and musician

*June 16th, 1982, Halle (Saale)

42

Verena Bentele

German paralympic biathlete and politician (SPD)

*February 28th, 1982, Lindau

42

Nivea

American R&B singer

*March 24th, 1982, Savannah

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1982 is a normal year and no leap year.

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