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The 5t o Mey is the 125t day o the year (126t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 240 days ti come.
Events 1950: Coronation ceremony o Bhumibol Adulyadej 2011 : Constituency vote map o Scots Pairlament election1646 - Charles I of Ingland and Scotland gies himsel up tae the Scots Presbyterian Airmy at Newark . 1821 - Napoleon I dies agit 51 in exile on Saunt Helena . 1821 - Breetish daily newspaper The Guardian is foondit. 1842 - The Great Fire o Hamburg stairts. 1862 - Battle o Puebla: Mexican forces repel a French invasion in the Battle o Puebla. 1912 - The 1912 Simmer Olympic Gemmes in Stockholm stairts.1945 - Warld War II : German forces surrender in Denmark an the Netherlands .1949 - The Cooncil o Europe is foondit.1950 - The coronation o Keeng Bhumibol Adulyadej o Thailand taks place. 1955 - Wast Germany gains full sovereignty. 1961 - Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space. 1966 - Borussia Dortmund becomes the first German fitbaw team tae win the European Cup , defeatin Liverpool F.C. 2-1 in extra-time in Glesga . 2002 - Jacques Chirac is electit tae a seicont term as Preses o Fraunce .2005 - Tony Blair 's Labour Pairty is electit tae a third consecutive term in the Unitit Kinrick General Election.2007 - Kenya Airways Flicht 507 crashes in Cameroon , killin 114 fowk.2010 - Preses o Nigerie Umaru Musa Yar'Adua dees in office. Goodluck Jonathan succeeds him.2011 - Scots Pairlamentary walin: The Scots Naitional Pairty unner Alex Salmond wins an overaw majority, wi 69 oot o 129 seats, an a seicont term in office.2016 - Scots Pairlamentary walin: The Scots Naitional Pairty , unner Nicola Sturgeon , wins a third term in office, despite losin its overaw majority (winnin 63 seats). The Conservatives overtake Labour intae seicont place; The Green Pairty gains 4 seats. 2018 - NASA launches its InSight probe tae the planet Maurs . 2019 - Brunei abandons its plan tae punish gay sex wi daith. 2019 - Aeroflot Flicht 1492 bursts intae flames on its return tae Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport, killin 41 oot o 78 fowk on baird. 2019 - A tanker splosion naur Niamey , Niger , kills at least 58 fowk. Births Karl Marx Adele 1705 - John Campbell, 4t Yerl o Loudoun, Scots nobleman an airmy afficer (d. 1782) 1719 - Andrew Meikle, Scots mechanical ingineer (d. 1811) 1747 - Leopold II, Haly Roman Emperor (d. 1792) 1813 - Soren Kierkegaard , Dens philosopher (d. 1855) 1818 - Karl Marx , German poleetical philosopher (d. 1883) 1846 - Henryk Sienkiewicz, Pols writer (d. 1917 ) 1876 - George Livingstone, Scots fitbawer (d. 1950) 1914 - Tyrone Power, American actor (d. 1958)1917 - Davie Shaw, Scots fitbawer (d. 1977)1921 - Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American pheesicist (d. 1999 )1942 - Tammy Wynette, American sangster (d. 1998 )1943 - Michael Palin , Inglis actor, comedian an writer1949 - Marion Fellows , Scots politeecian1954 - Brian Souter , Scots businessman 1957 - Richard E. Grant, Inglis actor1980 - Yossi Benayoun, Israeli fitbawer 1981 - Craig David, Inglis sangster 1983 - Henry Cavill , Jersey actor 1987 - Graham Dorrans, Scots fitbawer 1988 - Adele , Inglis sangster-sangwriter 1989 - Chris Brown, American sangster an actor
Daiths 1705 - Leopold I, Haly Roman Emperor (b. 1640) 1731 - Daniel Defoe, Inglis writer (b. 1660) 1821 - Napoleon , Emperor o Fraunce (b. 1769) 1900 - Ivan Aivazovsky, Roushie penter (b. 1817)1906 - Eliza Brightwen , Scots naituralist (b. 1830)1921 - Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrick writer an pacifist (b. 1864)1959 - Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentine politeecian (b. 1878) 1977 - Ludwig Erhard , Chancellor o Wast Germany (b. 1897 ) 1995 - Mikhail Botvinnik, Roushie chess player (b. 1911 )2010 - Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Preses o Nigerie (b. 1951)2019 - Barbara Perry , American actress (b. 1921 ) Halidays Cinco de Mayo celebration