What Happened on my Birthday May 5

Today is May 5, the 125th day. There are 240 days left in the year. Did you ever wonder "What happened on my birthday May 5?" "What famous person was born on my birthday May 5", "What historical event took place on the day I was born, May 5?", " What does my birthday reveal about my personality ?" or "What special celebrations took place during my birth month, May?" This blog offers information about historical happenings, famous birthdays and Numerology

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May 5 Events

Today's Highlight in History: On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. became America's first space traveler as he made a 15-minute sub-orbital flight in a capsule launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla.

What Happened on my Birthday May 5 in US

1891, Carnegie Hall (then named "Music Hall") had its official opening night in New York City. 1904, Cy Young pitched the American League's first perfect game as the Boston Americans defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 3-0.

05/05/05 1905 Robert S Abbott published 1st issue of newspaper "Chicago Defender"

1925, schoolteacher John T. Scopes was charged in Tennessee with violating a state law that prohibited teaching the theory of evolution. (Scopes was found guilty, but his conviction was later set aside.)
1942, during World War II, Japanese forces landed on the Philippine island of Corregidor.
1955, West Germany became a fully sovereign state. The baseball musical "Damn Yankees" opened on Broadway.

1981, Irish Republican Army hunger-striker Bobby Sands died at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland in his 66th day without food.

2000, the tightest alignment of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, the sun and the moon as seen from Earth since 1962 took place.

2004 Picasso's 1905 Painting "Boy with a Pipe" sold for $104 million at Sotheby's in New York, breaking the record at that time for an auctioned painting.

2008 Irvine Robbins, co-founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream chain, died in Rancho Mirage, Calif., at age 90.

What Happened on my Birthday May 5 in UK and Other History

1818, political philosopher Karl Marx was born in Prussia
1821, Napoleon Bonaparte, 51, died in exile on the island of St. Helena.
1862, Mexican forces loyal to Benito Juarez defeated French troops sent by Napoleon III in the Battle of Puebla.

05/05/05 2005 A United Kingdom general election results in the re-election of Tony Blair's Labour Party for a third consecutive term.

Famous Birthdays

1818 Karl Marx...see picture
1942 Tammy Wynette

1943 Comedian-actor Michael Palin
1948 Rock musician Bill Ward (Black Sabbath)
1957 Actor Richard E. Grant

1970 UK Comedian Johnny Vegas

1981 Singer Craig David

What does my birthday reveal about my personality

Numerology was an accepted part of ancient mathematics and revolves around the study of numbers, with each number from 0 to 9 representing a different personality trait based on its association with planets and/or moons in our solar system.

May 5

5 is your primary birth path. You are An Opportunist, one of those people who is always striving to find answers to the many questions that life poses.

To get your secondary birth path you need to work out your year
Example: if you were born in 1991 that is 1+9+9+1=20 which is 2+0=2
so add month 5 to day 5 to your year calculation. In this example 5+5+2=12 which is 1+2=3
so you are also an Artist, one that emphasizes expression, sociability, and creativity.
Note 11 is 11 not 1+1=2 and 22 is 22 not 2+2=4
Number 1 = One who has a need for personal attainment or an Achiever.
Number 2 = One who clearly sees the full spectrum of viewpoints in any argument or situation, Idealist.
Number 3 = Artist, one that emphasizes expression, sociability, and creativity.
Number 4 = The most trustworthy, practical, and down-to-earth of individuals, a Pragmatist.
Number 5 = An Opportunist, one of those people who is always striving to find answers to the many questions that life poses.
Number 6 = A Caregiver, you feel a strong sense of responsibility, are idealistic and need to feel useful to be happy.
Number 7 = A Seeker, one with a peaceful and affectionate soul.
Number 8 = Affluent, one who is very independent, forceful and competitive.
Number 9 = A Philosopher, a person with compassion, generosity, and a very humanitarian attitude.
Number 11 = A Visionary, one with spiritual awareness, understanding and knowledge beyond the grasp of others.
Number 22 = A Global Thinker, the most powerful of all the Life Path numbers. This individual can achieve enormous success, prestige, and fame if they have the desire and willingness to achieve it.

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What Happened on my Birthday May 5

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