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Tuesday May 5, 2026
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

May 5: Day of the Week

May 5, 2026 is the 125th day of the year 2026 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 240 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mardi.

Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

May 5 by the Numbers

  • 86 days since May 5
  • 0 year, 2 months, and 25 days ago
  • 2 months since then
  • May 5 is in the 19th week of the year 2026 (ISO 8601)
  • 12 weeks ago
  • The year 2026 is not a leap year

May 5 Historical Event(s)

1640King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament. 1821Emperor Napoleon I dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. 1835In Belgium, the first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen. 1862Cinco de Mayo: troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico. 1877Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles. 1891The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor. 1949The Treaty of London establishes the Council of Europe in Strasbourg as the first European institution working for European integration. 1972Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy. 1981Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27. 1991A riot breaks out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after police shoot a Salvadoran man.

Who were born on May 5?

1546Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623) 1800Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (d. 1864) 1833Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer (d. 1905) 1927Pat Carroll, American actress 1936Ervin Lázár, Hungarian writer (d. 2006) 1937Johnnie Taylor, American singer (d. 2000) 1940Lance Henriksen, American actor and painter 1940Michael Lindsay-Hogg, American film director 1941Alexander Ragulin, Russian hockey player (d. 2004) 1972Mikael Renberg, Swedish ice-hockey player

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